Thursday, June 16, 2011

A Social Activity for the senses

I reached the upper echelons of church heirarchy when I was called to listen in on PEC meetings and Branch Presidency meetings. I made notes and agendas and sent out reminder emails. Well, anytime I'm asked to do something, its up to me to be irreverent about it. Example email reminder:

So, are we ready for coming early to church early for meetings? I know I am!!

Candace- did you still want to keep on the agenda for this Sunday the Relief Society emphasis on asking the elders out on dates?

Scott - Does President Lauritzen know about your side plans for the third hour discussion during Elder's Quorum on dating etiquette? Should we stick that on the agenda?

Russell - Are there any single ladies (between 24-29 years of age, sporty, maybe spanish-speaking, no divorces or children) that are in missionary discussions? David Foulk wanted me to ask.

This might be the first meeting I'm excited to show up to!!! J/k (no, but serious, it would be amazing)


or...

Oh, snap!!! Here I'm busy with my worldly duties by watching the NBA playoffs and I totally forgot to send...THE REMINDERS!!!! I know Scott is controlling his temper and silently thinking that this is just a microcosm for the society we live in, but then he goes back and figures out the speed of electrons in a vacuum and realizes that at least when the reminders fail, his structured atoms won't.

Well, I decided to step it up a notch on what turned out to be my 2nd to last sunday in the calling when I decided to make one little typo in the agenda just to see if anyone noticed. On the agenda, it was supposed to be labeled as "Break-the-fast" but I replaced one letter to make the social activity extremely unappealing. Well, people noticed, giggled, and chuckled under their breath and I was approached later by the branch president asking if I recognized the error I made, to which I feigned ignorance. I was released the next sunday.

A couple days ago, I received this on my facebook page from the RS President.

Funny story. Pres. L is scared to have Ethan make agendas because of the one you made! We haven't had an agenda since you left. Way to go! haha

Friday, June 03, 2011

Question

If you could live any place in the United States, ( cost of living not a problem but you would still have to work) - where would that be? Three choices in order of preferences and why. Just wondering.