tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post6371182418810155760..comments2023-10-29T09:22:45.796-04:00Comments on Thora Florence: Where Ever I RoamThorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564924243186464304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-36187903738427038832009-06-08T23:15:09.805-04:002009-06-08T23:15:09.805-04:00That is so neat that you have been able to attend ...That is so neat that you have been able to attend church in so many places. I too love that it is the same everywhere, that we are all united. I love that upon moving we dont have to "find a new church" or "church shop" WE just go to our assigned ward, and there we are.Burnhamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074575191406377078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-78890865247597642532009-06-08T12:14:59.510-04:002009-06-08T12:14:59.510-04:00Thora, your post made me cry! We have lived all ov...Thora, your post made me cry! We have lived all over, too, and found the same thing. And we've had some pretty stressful moves. It's true that once when we were only going to be there for the summer we didn't get any callings or anything, which I was sad about. Still, when we lived in California as newlyweds we were taken in as family. All the "adults" treated us as their own children and cared for us. As someone who grew up in Idaho, moving to Los Angeles and the freeway system could not have been a bigger shock. Then we moved to the Antelope Valley and we were treated as the "adults" - my husband was Elder's Quorum president and I was in the stake Relief Society presidency! Extremes, but both places we were fully integrated into the ward! <br /><br />In Saudi Arabia the ward truly was our family, and it's like that is the baseline group of friends for most of us to this day. We moved to New York as the first Gulf war was starting. That was the toughest move. But that ward welcomed us and we were part of it and had multiple callings. It was truly part of God's plan for us to be there. We found friends and had experiences that have profoundly influenced our lives to this day.<br /><br />This is getting to be too long, but Houston became home. Kuwait was truly the place the Lord wanted us for the time we were there. We've visited in Sheffield, England, Switzerland, Jordan, and elsewhere. Once were were in a ward where some of the people were hostile to us because of some ill will towards someone else. Still, sitting in Sacrament meeting I got the answers I needed through a particularly strong Spirit. Everywhere we've lived or visited it's as you described, the Spirit is there, the Sacrament is there, and we are blessed so abundantly "there is not room enough to receive it."woolspinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511263246040190433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-1385017391609156362009-06-08T04:45:21.867-04:002009-06-08T04:45:21.867-04:00I love Thora. And the church everywhere, too. We...I love Thora. And the church everywhere, too. We also had a visitor bear her testimony at church today.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798756205391129473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-54152568770492381872009-06-07T20:40:59.424-04:002009-06-07T20:40:59.424-04:00You sure get around:) Thanks, I felt the spirit ju...You sure get around:) Thanks, I felt the spirit just reading it.Fuller'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604382718566554083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-12220234410998414092009-06-07T19:53:48.399-04:002009-06-07T19:53:48.399-04:00you know here the ward meets in an elementary scho...you know here the ward meets in an elementary school with sacrament in the lunch room. whats with all these curch meetings in schools, huh?? its been really hard for us because of the hard floors and chairs and its echo-y and porter finds it overwhelming to say the least. We spend a lot of time in the hallways. They are gettinga building renovated for the ward but it wont be for another year sadly! I am eager to go back to a sacrament room i must say! Its been really hard to feel the spirit at church under the circumstances. Also like you they are always so disapointed you are just visiting. in fact once they realized we were visiting only for three months they didnt bother giving us visiting or home teachers or callings and actually they were not going to transfer our records untill i asked how i would pay my tithing then?? It seems wards really like us if we are perminant or if we are passing through for a week. but for three monthst hey dont want to bother with getting to know us i guess. its been really lonely to say the least!<br /><br />sorry i got carried away...Camillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222505107451912209noreply@blogger.com