Franken

So pretty soon here I am going to be ordained as an elder and recieve the Melchezidik (Sp?) Priesthood, thing is, I don't know too much about what all I am going to be able to do now. I was wondering once I have taken my Endowments out and everything can I when I go with to the temple to do baptisms now be the one to baptize my friends and family for the dead? Or do they prefer people not to? Can Anyone Else give me some other information as well as what kinds of things I should be preparing to perform as an elder? Thanks!

Did you really get in a fight?

I personally use that one a lot too, haha actually I think I've overused it a bit, it works with some girls but I have definately had some who are like what the heck are you talking about and just get more awkward. I think something that is really great to get a conversation going or to get them talking to you is to find maybe some common interest ground, like the other day I was at a region dance and I found out that this girl was a freshman, that she loved to sing and was in the concert choir at school, I told her about me being a Senior in Madrigals (Singing group) at our school and for the rest of the dance she had this big excited smile on her face while we were dancing and we had a great conversation about vocals.

First date huh? Well... I have to say I've come a long way from the beginning. My first date was homecoming of my junior year, total failure of a date. I planned the whole date and this being my first time was a bad idea. I ended up only finding one other pair for our group both of which me and my date hardly knew. So we started off the date, I picked up Marci and we waited for the other couple to meet us at our house where we proceeded to watch Les Mis (the musical) which ended up being really boring, mostly because the guy in the other couple was really geeky about the movie and kind of started singing with it because he liked it so much. We ordered pizza during the movie that was pretty good, but overall it was just pretty boring and unoriginal. We took the girls home then, we got ready, then picked them up and went to Spaghetti factory for dinner (another bad idea) I realize now you shouldn't head to a messy dinner place before a dance. The dance was just awkward because at that time I wasn't comfortable just breaking loose, and our group people totally seperated off from us as well. But I can laugh at the whole thing now and how pathetic I really was! I don't know anyone though who starts out and knows everything about dating the first time though so the first has to be really awkward eh? What's your first date experience?

What first wife in her right mind would give permission though? If we are all like angles and we're not married how does that work? I mean we're sealed to our spouse and family right? So how can we be sealed to our spouse and family and not be married?

I have to honestly say, I hated it. I thought Jack Black was terrible and I just didn't like the whole storyline of it all. It has no happy resolution and that just bugs me in movies. It reminded me of The Ring and The Grudge, those no resolution movies. Bleh

Why does it bother you so? Why does the magic number have to be one? ← I just know someone in that position who is possibly going to be sealed to two women since his first wife died early. And I mean I can see how hard it would be, and that maybe he just wants to be married so he's not lonely anymore, I mean she is coming over from the Ukraine. Anyway, it's my friends father and she's struggling with the whole idea of having two moms and a whole different family and how the church can stand behind something like that so I thought I'd try and find some answers of my own since I have never really known either why it is the way things are. Josie's explanation really cleared up a lot of things though.

the "lack of knowledge of scripture and power of God" Christ was refering to is the power of sealing ordinances. This is also known as the new and everlasting covenant. What Christ was saying is that if you're married *no matter how many times*, unless you are sealed in the new and ever lasting covenant your marriage is voided at death. That is the reason that when we are sealed our vow is "For all time and Eternity" instead of "Until death do you part, or As long as you both shall live". ← Even so with that being that, how can God's law be true that a man can be sealed to two wives. I've asked so many people in the church before, but I haven't ever really gotten a clear explanation from anyone of the purpose behind this, or whatever the whole plan of dual sealing could be.

I'm just really struggling about this aspect of the church and don't feel like I really understand it at all. How is it that a man can get re-sealed to another woman should his first wife die? What would happen in the afterlife? It just seems like polygamy in heaven to me. And personally if I was the first wife and had passed away I wouldn't want to meet my husband in the afterlife and find out that oh hey he brought someone else with him by the way. How does that work out? Last thing, is the second wife sealed to the first children as well? --Franken--

Thanks for your reply ToasterOfen, what you said makes me feel alot better about the kind of crap I've been getting from people lately about it.

So, this christmas I've decided to make matching scarves hats and gloves for just a couple of my close girl friends that I have (I know a little bit about sewing) and I've done a few past projects like that before but ever since I've been doing this my dad has been claiming I am a metro-sexual because of it. Can someone explain to me what that is... BTW, I promise I am not gay, I just think these are the kinds of gifts a girl would want for christmas, something cheap, but that takes thought and time to make.

It's definately different for everybody obviously because not everyone has the same weaknesses. But I'd say Porn is definately a really big one, I heard a staggering statistic the other day. It said that nearly 50 percent of the men in the LDS church have problems with Porn.

7 Brides for 7 Brothers is definately a classic =D We did that musical at our school last year.

Ehh not the Notebook. That is the most awkward movie to watch with a girl. I ended up taking a girl out on a date to see that movie! Totally embarrased me. Anyway, as for all out best movie ever I would have to say Unbreakable.

One of my friends was mentioning something to me about Kisses from a talk of one of the apostles where it stated something along the lines of, Do you throw away your kisses like pretzels? It just makes them so much less special. Whoever you give your kisses too should be very special and if you give too many too often they become less special, or referring to pretzels they lose their taste!