Entries from June 2009

Texas town says goodbye to ‘hello’

Date June 23, 2009

From MNDaily.com:
In this friendly little ranching town, “hello” is wearing out its welcome. And Leonso Canales Jr. is happy as heck.
At his urging, the Kleberg County commissioners on Monday unanimously designated “heaven-o” as the county’s official greeting. The reason: “hello” contains the word “hell.”
“When you go to school and church, they tell you ‘hell’ is [...]

Fathers

Date June 22, 2009

I know I’m a day late on this one, but I’m not usually on the computer very much on Sundays…
Yesterday our 13-year-old Deacons Quorum President spoke on Fathers. He spoke about his father and his grandfathers and what he has learned from them. He also read a short story about Father’s which was attributed to [...]

Church commercial on CNN.com

Date June 19, 2009

So, I was watching a few “latest news” videos on the CNN news site, and I just let them play through. At one point, between videos was a commercial for the Church’s video called Finding Happiness. Then, the next thing I knew there was a segment on about how Lindsay Lohan had posted a topless [...]

The Last Supper!

Date June 2, 2009

Last night my wife did the Family Home Evening lesson. She called it “Scriptures In A Bag” (I’m not sure whether she made this up or found it online). She had several small paper bags on the floor, and each of them had an object or two in it. By seeing the objects in the [...]

LDS Church’s Elder Russell Nelson, wife robbed in Mozambique

Date June 1, 2009

Weird!

Donny Osmond was dropped off at Church a few weeks ago

Date June 1, 2009

No, not THAT Donny Osmond. On second thought, it was that Donny Osmond, but it wasn’t him in person. You see, a few weeks ago the Ward Mission Leader came up to me with a wet plastic grocery bag in his hands (it was raining) and said that someone had left this out front of [...]