Favorite Things Friday-Little Sister Guest Post

Alright ladies and gents.  Its Friday and this Friday, I would like to introduce one of my favorite things.

LITTLE SISTER!!!!!

In her official blogging world debut!

When she told me this story I told her she HAD to do a guest post.

And so everyone..enjoy Little Sister

Be Happy Be Healthy!

SOOO when I called home after church today and was relaying this story Stephanie insisted that I must guest post, because it’s just too good to not share!

So here I am :)

BYU singles wards are…. Interesting to say the least haha it’s taken a while for me to get used to certain things, and I’m still not entirely – the dead silence because there’s no children, the weekly mission calls and engagements, and every talk is also a chance to get your name and face out there in hopes of a date.

In the church there’s a big push to date, to get married – we’re big on families!

So singles wards = the dating version of the hunger games.  

The ward directory is also the ward menu or the ward selectory as you date around and get to know people.

Ward prayer is also a prime opportunity to ask someone out, some wards even do what’s called “date minute” where people can publicly ask whomever they would like out on a date.

The first counselor in my bishopric (leadership group of the congregation) has always been kind of known to joke about dating but it’s never been that big of a deal and it fits his overall goofy demeanor.  But this week in church my bishop had a go…. And it was well…. Interesting to say the least hahahaha

Now with the new semester we’ve had a lot of new people move in and the process of handing out callings (assignments to help the congregation run smoothly) has been kind of slow so he wanted to remind us that in the meantime to make sure and fulfill our other “callings”.  In the church we also have what’s called home and visiting teaching – essentially you’re assigned someone to teach and visit with every month to foster friendship and make sure everyone gets taken care of.  So his reminder about this assignment was actually quite appropriate.

But then… he started in on the dating.  (it went something like this)

"Ladies why not take advantage of home teaching to get a date he offered.  

And future missionaries?  You need to practice making appointments – call up a girl this week and take her out on a date.  

In addition to your other callings you also have this one – date.  Especially you return missionaries. 

Make their day!"

More like freak them out…. But I’ll roll with it ;)