Urban Poly Princess

So my mini-vacation ends tonight. It's been fantastic. My towel rung is fixed, my laundry is done and my guest bedroom looks a lot better although I never did finish cleaning it. I have chicken in the freezer, shrimp and spam in the fridge. I need to make something to work for my meals for next week. There's a fireside tonight featuring a couple who served a stealth mission in the middle east. They had to move several times because it wasn't safe and they didn't proselyte. How fun. Jared told our relief society about it. Lauresa was the only member of our presidency at Relief Society. She had me sit with her up front. I was happy to do that with her. She told me when we did lunch that she's not comfortable teaching relief society. I am completely comfortable speaking OR teaching. Saying that makes me think it's good I don't have a more meaningful calling if it means someone else gets the chance to develop their skills. I've been blessed.

We had some nice new faces to hear from in church today. I enjoyed listening to Jenn, Katy and Sam. Sam is a high councilman. How did I miss that. He is a good man. I am very happy he is engaged to Rebecca Rawlins. They both look very happy. At linger longer Mark came over to chat which was fine and I was nice. The sisters were there. I told them I'll take them to lunch at Elements on the 5th. They told me they eat there free!!! VEEERY NICE!!! Sister Newcomer said she didn't like her lunch there when she went there. I told her it was my favorite restaurant in the valley. She still wanted to do lunch there so it'll actually be cheap because I'll just have to pay for myself.

Mosiah 13
 35 Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pass the ^aresurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and afflicted?

My academic Poly friends typically like to talk about how oppressed they are and about white privilege. While incidents annoy me, I am over this AND I'm pretty sick about discussing it. My entire life does not revolve around this the way I feel it does to my friends.I found it interesting that Christ is described as oppressed and afflicted. So perhaps being oppressed is a blessing in disguise. 

A Sure Foundation - Dean M. Davies