Single sisters serving

And lots of Sundays, too! Seriously, they are all good people and while there are others who could do their jobs, they each do them well. One of the things I like about our new bishop is that he’s real. He has been unemployed, he has inactive (grown) sons, they didn’t all serve missions and marry int he temple (some of the inactives did serve, though), his wife works full time – and on Sunday(!).

I can say these sisters have each been there and done that, too. The RSP went through a nasty, nasty divorce from a now excommunicated former bishop. (I sat on his DC, but I don’t think she knows that.) She also has only sons, some of whom are inactive, only two of which served missions and married in the temple – and one of them hasn’t spoken to her in years.

The seminary teacher is unemployed and has been for months after being fired by her LDS boss (she was his office manager, he eliminated her position). Her sister is transexual (and still a member).

I could go on, but you get the point – these are real people who know what it’s like to have real problems and that more praying or more scripture reading or more of anything else isn’t really the answer to their problems. They live in glass houses, not ivory towers.

Great Piece – Real women, real lives.

When I was released as ward YW President, the woman who was called after me had a story very similar to these women. I was young and kind of a “Barbie” type. Trendy, high energy, latest fashion, etc.

By appearance and life experience she was my polar opposite. When we met to exchange books and stuff she told me how wrong she was for the calling, “Not like you at all.” she kept saying. I could see she was the perfect choice. In the laurel class alone we had 3 divorced families, in various states of the divorces – all very painful, especially to a kid. We had non-participators who didn’t feel they belonged. We had a new convert and our ward had just been split and realigned. They needed her. She had weathered so much and could relate. It was the best choice. No one else could have filled that spot. Sister Perfect would have been a waste for those girls.