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| 01:04.22 | aeryndunham | waves to all |
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| 01:53.47 | aeryndunham | Oh yay neither of the missionaries are being transferred yet. I'm so glad =) |
| 02:42.34 | romanovic | transfer week this week? |
| 02:43.02 | aeryndunham | Yeah, it was |
| 02:43.18 | aeryndunham | They were relatively sure they wouldn't go anywhere, but you never know |
| 02:43.25 | aeryndunham | They've only been here 5 weeks |
| 02:43.29 | romanovic | yeah. |
| 02:45.56 | romanovic | We had the missionaries in our area over for dinner not long ago. A new Elder had transferred in, and he's great, but is allergic to shellfish, dairy, eggs, nuts, and a few other things that I didn't know one could be allergic to |
| 02:46.03 | aeryndunham | oH MY |
| 02:46.06 | aeryndunham | That would be difficult |
| 02:46.12 | aeryndunham | I want to have these girls over for dinner soon |
| 02:46.27 | romanovic | it was fun trying to find non-lethal food for him |
| 02:47.09 | aeryndunham | Haha |
| 02:47.25 | romanovic | You could ask if there's a missionary dinner calendar in your ward! In ours, the ward mission leader maintains it |
| 02:47.54 | aeryndunham | There is a calendar, they pass it around at sunday school and relief society |
| 02:48.05 | aeryndunham | and I asked them to make sure I was allowed to; that it wasn't a member's only thing |
| 02:50.07 | aeryndunham | They are exactly the missionaries that I needed, I think. |
| 02:50.44 | romanovic | You definitely are. On my mission, we were invited by people other than members of the ward occasionally |
| 02:51.11 | romanovic | those were the most interesting dinners |
| 02:54.32 | aeryndunham | I've also very much enjoyed the chapters they've "assigned" me to read |
| 02:55.35 | aeryndunham | And I don't know how much scrollback you read, but they did very well with probably the toughest question I could have asked them (not trying to trip them up... just something that genuinely is a major obstacle for me) |
| 02:56.11 | romanovic | That's awesome you've encountered missionaries you can connect with! |
| 02:56.53 | aeryndunham | One of them I feel like we'd be friends anywhere we had happened to meet? |
| 03:03.58 | aeryndunham | I'm glad I said yes when they asked if they could come give me a lesson, for sure |
| 03:04.26 | romanovic | I did read back, I'm glad you and the missionaries could discuss difficult questions without asserting they already have the answers for everything. |
| 03:05.00 | aeryndunham | And they're great, they said that no matter what sorts of target numbers missions throw out, they are not on a numbers game, there's no reward for converting the most people when you go home, and that even if I can't decide to get baptised that if they help at all in bringing me closer to God then they have succeeded |
| 03:08.40 | aeryndunham | Which, I mean, I know they ARE supposed to baptise people |
| 03:08.44 | aeryndunham | but it was a nice sentiment |
| 03:09.48 | aeryndunham | I must say there are some oddly strict mission rules - like at the baptism this weekend they needed some files moved between flash drives so they could play something on the TV, and I had to do it for them because they couldn't use the computer. |
| 03:10.12 | aeryndunham | I understand the computer thing, but in like direct prep for a baptism you'd think there'd be some grey arae |
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| 18:27.40 | romanovic | aeryndunham: that's interesting. I know the rules can be unique per mission. In mine, they were fine with me helping to fix people's computers, but any kind of online chat or email was not allowed. |
| 18:29.10 | romanovic | in SLC, missionaries are all issued tablets and mobile phones, and are expected to use Facebook (within reason - they reportedly ask missionaries to clean out friends list and keep usage mission-related, no chatting with ex-girlfriends) |
| 18:33.10 | aeryndunham | They are getting iPhones here soon |
| 18:33.33 | aeryndunham | They were telling me that the South Florida mission is more aligned with Central and South America than the rest of the US so they've been slower than most |
| 20:03.49 | jsmith | aeryndunham: Well, to be fair -- Miami can be considered the de-facto "capital" of much of Central and South America :-) |
| 20:04.02 | aeryndunham | Oh, yeah, it makes sense |
| 20:05.13 | jsmith | has a sudden urge to take a quick vacation somewhere in Latin America |
| 20:26.57 | aeryndunham | 'Hah |
| 20:43.01 | jfindlay | lol jsmith |
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