My Ward and Ebay

I've said my farewells to those in my ward yesterday, knowing full well that I may not be seeing some of these people again til we're all in the spirit world together. It's kind of sad to think that some of these people, as strong as they are here and now, those young men preparing to go on missions, that some of them might not make it to the Celestial Kingdom. I hope that they remember those moments in Sacrament Meeting, especially during our testimony meetings, when the spirit testified and taught all of us. I learned something in my ward these past two semesters, and that is how to love. I learned how to see each individual with so much potential and light that I could see their spirits and their testimonies being manifest as they spoke to us as equals. I learned how to see my ward as another family that I have to go to, that people there I could just go up to and know that I could trust them, that they would listen and understand me, as a sister. They all became my brothers and sisters in those last few weeks, and I'm glad I was taught so many things by my bishop, and by my Relief Society sisters.

Initially when I thought of Relief Society, it was always the Old Lady Society, where you have a bunch of elderly women and mothers, discussing the raising of their children. I know that in a singles ward, it's different because most of you are about the same age, and probably aren't discussing having kids and what not. Back home it might be like that, but here, it's like a wonderful gospel discussion, where everyone is open about their lives and their feelings on various topics. That is where the strength of the church lies, is in each ward member. And as sisters and ward members, we strengthen eachother, which makes the ward strong, then stakes, then regions, then nations. That's what is cool about this church, and I don't know if I'll ever experience those wonderful feelings again in any other ward, but I hope to be able to call another ward my family, even though I know perfectly well how close other family members are to where I currently live. They aren't able to share those wonderful spiritual experiences that my ward and I had, and so they can only support me, which is good enough for me.

On a side note, I have recently bid on two items on ebay, you know, part of my once a month ebay purchase. That's the only way I can control that spending urge of mine. So, I have bid on a Weezer cd, one in which I was forced to listen to in the car by my brother Jon, because he didn't like my music, and if I sang along to a song I knew that was playing, he would change the station. Interesting boy, Jon was. Anyway, I know all of the songs on the cd, and think it's great, clean language, catchy lyrics, things I can relate my life to, so I think I may have managed to snag this one for about $7.00. Good old ebay. And my brother Compulsive Indecision has a dvd in which is one of my all time favorites, called "Pride and Prejudice" the LDS version. Personally, I think it's hilarious, having viewed other versions of the same movie and read the book. Gotta love that LDS humor. Anyway, so that one is going to be about $11.00, which would normally by form $15-25 at the bookstore. Those rip-offs. So yea, that was variety and the spice of life for everyone. I'm glad that I was able to figure out how to put links on the side bar of this wonderful blog, so as to keep ya'll closely linked. Puns, what would life be without them?