tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768470548338087563.post8272998509303506875..comments2023-10-12T00:45:07.940-07:00Comments on Man On A Mission: My Story: Post Mission, the PLU years: Chapter 3Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04561860729984232424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768470548338087563.post-38600456013736386952009-10-31T20:14:08.725-07:002009-10-31T20:14:08.725-07:00I have really been enjoying reading your story. I ...I have really been enjoying reading your story. I like intelligent, articulate, well-spoken writers. You are one of those.<br /><br />Thank you for all the things you have shared thus far. I wait anxiously to read more of your story and life experiences.<br /><br />I felt a chill when I read your account of praying and the demons you encountered. I have had one experience similar to that in my life. I, like you, definitely know that evil exists in that form. And I had a similar experience as you did, of telling your priesthood leader about it only to be dismissed and have "eyes rolled". If they only knew.<br /><br />I am sorry your mission presient got it so seemingly wrong in not allowing you to use music to help with your service in Alaska. It seems that peoples' talents should be used, not hindered, in helping with the work. My older brother, a very tall man and a basketball player, serve his mission down under, in Australia. As part of his calling, he played basketball in a league that would be comparable to the NBA here in the States. His mission president allowed him to play as a means and way of inviting people to learn more about the Church. <br /><br />Your account of your first time in the temple was also similar to mine. I, too, wanted to stand up and leave when I was given the chance to "not accept". Not because I was not willing to believe, but because it felt to be too much to ask of a young 21-year old woman to accept those things upon herself. And, I am old eough to remember the "penalties" and, too, wondered why they were removed. I, too, have wondered why the temple ceremony has changed. I was told the latest changes were to "accomodate the elderly and those with disabilities." I do not know if that is true, or just another urban LDS myth?<br /><br />My father's half-brother was a federal judge in Anchorage, Alaska. His name is well-tossed around there. I am sure if we were to talk in person, you may know of him. I have never been to Alaska, but have had other family members who have. They love(d) it. Maybe someday I will go there. What are the winters like, exactly? As bad as everyone purports?<br /><br />Thank you, again, for the things you have shared. I look forward to learning more about you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com