Silver Girl

Another Troll from under the bridge!! Welcome!! We are glad to have you here!! Look forward to hearing more from you!! Silver Girl

Hi Alana.... Welcome to the boards from the Great White North of the great and beautiful Upper Peninsula... Are you a Yooper or a Troll (meaning one who lives beneath the bridge... LOL). Where are you from?? In the Soo here..... Silver Girl

Hi, Cherisa... Another thing... I just mentioned your situation to my Hubby (who is a convert of 6 years), and he suggested you go out to www.mormon.org and cruise that site... It is basically "the Gospel for beginners"... He loves that site, and found alot of practical information there!! It has a lot of "question and answer" type info.... You can even chat online with a missionary or call them on the phone... It also has a glossary to help you understand "MormonSpeak" (meaning all the words like Bishop, that you may not know all about yet!!)... Hope this helps some!! Silver Girl

Hi, Cherisa... First of all, welcome to the board... I hope you find help and support here... Secondly, if you are in a Branch, rather than a Ward, you won't have a Bishop... You will have a Branch President... A Ward is a congregation that has more members... A Ward is what a Branch wants to be when it grows up!! LOL So, the Branch President basically functions in the same way a Bishop does, only his congregation is smaller... Go talk to your Branch President, and he can help you!! If you don't know who he is, ask the Missionaries or a member of the Branch... And no, you don' have to be a member to speak with him!! Hope this helps!! Silver Girl

1. To interact with other LDS people, who may or may not be "likeminded"... 2. To find support that is missiong in our Ward, and to offer support to others... 3. To get away from the constant debate and arguing over at MADB... Silver Girl

My only other adbice is to stand tall knowing you are a son of your Father, and He loves you!! He will help you!! All My Best!! Silver Girl

Good luck tomorrow, Courtney!! I hope your return this week is the first Sunday of many!! May God bless you and your family, and keep you in His cinstant care!! I will be thinking about you!! Silver Girl

Hi, BJW... BROTHER, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM!! Our current Ward has been REALLY hard!! From the very first Sunday, we have been hurt so badly, that we were considering going to Sacrament Meeting only (since we made a promise to HF that we would always do so) and then skipping the last 2 meetings and holding our own Sunday School lessons at home with our sons... We even thought about not attending Sacrament Meeting, and having "Church" at home every other week, and then driving 1 hour 45 minutes to the nearest Ward on the other weeks... But, we couldn't afford to drive every week, and in the winter the roads here are BAD... But, we have stuck with it, and we have had a change in Leadership that has REALLY helped.... Our new Bishop is great!! We love him and he loves us!! He and his wife are our good friends!! But the other thing my hubby and I have tried to do is to ignore the unkind things said by people who want to hurt our feelings... We TRY to focus on those people that have been kind to us and who allow us to be kind to them... We have made some great friendships this way!! We also try to remember that HF and Jesus know what is in our hearts!! There are about 5 people in our Ward that we are civil to, and nothing more... We do not approach them, or strike up a conversation with them, but by the same token, we do not avoid them in the hall, or refuse to speak with them... We are civl, nothing more or less... These are people who have said the most vicious things to and about us... (ie, We are the worst thing that ever happened to this Ward and they would be better off without us.. We should "go back to Utah where we belong"... We are "instigators" and "trouble makers".... We are terrible members of the Church and terrible parents... We are serving too well in our callings only so we can make others look bad, and we are trying to "show off before men"...) BJW... I hope you can find some kind people to love you... Start by loving them... Then TRY to let the slights go... IT IS HARD... I KNOW!! Make it a matter of prayer... The Savior will help you!! Take Care, and I will pray for you!! Silver Girl

Welcome to the boards, Drew... You should find the atmosphere here a bit more relaxed!! We look forward to hearing for you... Silver Gril (from the Great White North og Michigan)

Gecko (from the Gieko commercials)

Berber carpets... Area rugs are not enough to keep the floors warm up here in the great white north.... TV News or Newapaper??

Chocolate cake!! (though pie is good to)... Classical Music or Rock and Roll??

Only the Canadians are further north than me!! LOL

I didn't know that Garden Girl!! Wow, small world!! Silver Girl

Fix My Hair... Jig Saw Puzzle or Cross Word Puzzle??

Welcome to the boards!! Jump in and have fun!! We can;t wait to hear more from you!! Regards From The Great White North Silver Girl

Welcome, Josie... We hope you will enjoy being here!! I hope your ill family member is doing well!! Welcome from The Great White North of Michigan!! Silver Girl

Good for you!! I wish you well as you prepare to go!! I am sure you will make a great missionary!! All My Best, Silver Girl

Wouldn't the Church Distribution Center have what you are looking for?? I know they have the scriptures in just about any language you could think of!! Silver Girl

Congrats!! Good for you!! Take some Motrin (or whatever they have you on) and relax... You earned it!!

Welcome to the board... You mentioned that the library where you are might not carry the Book of Mormon... No problem, if you are interested in reading the BOM, you can access it online at www.lds.org... Silver Girl

She was strange, but she was a "nice" strange!! LOL

But, it sounds like this was on a temporary basis, and not on an ongoing basis... I don't see anything wrong with that... The sister I was speaking of did the "get a blessing 5 times a week" thing for YEARS....

I think sometimes people use blessings as a "lazy" way of recieving answers to prayer... When we pray, we need to listen carefully to hear the still small voice, and to hear what answers Father will give us... Some people think, why work so hard, when you can simply get a blessing and get the same answers, without as much work... I knew a woman in my Ward who got a Priesthood blessing for "comfort and council" at least 4 or 5 times a week, on an ongoing bassis... She would call a different Brother each time, so people wouldn't realize how many times she was calling on the Bretheren... (She actually told me that, not my guess)... And then she would go off and tell everyone who would listen all about what each blessing said, and would quote them like they were scripture or doctrine... I never had a conversation with her that did not include a quote from her blessings... It made me feel a little sad for her.... I kept thinking, with a little more faith, and perhaps some scripture reading, she might have been more richly blessed.... Just my 2 Cents.... Silver Girl

Not that I won't miss the Canadian Saints, but it is going to be SOOO nice to stay in the USA... And to not have to wait on the bridge... And get hauled in to customs for a search!! Yippee!! Silver Girl