For anyone who isn't Mormon reading this post may be a little confused... if you are Mormon then I think you'll find my humor in this...
Today in church was Fast and Testimony Meeting. I enjoy this meeting more than any other, mainly because I enjoy hearing the little primary kids speak. However, I think I have a new reason why I love this meeting. There is an old southern black woman probably in her 80s or so named Sister Brown. I remember one of the first weeks of coming to this ward she came up to me with a big smile on her face, missing all her teeth, and saying "Hi Rachael! It is so good to see you today! Your baby is beautiful!" I just laughed and said thank you! It is so good to see you too!
I have no idea who Rachael is, but I didn't care. She made my day. From that day on, I've noticed she is always smiling, and saying hello to everyone.
Today, she got up on the stand to bear her testimony. She shares her story of being brought up in the Baptist church, with strong church going parents. She continues with how she wanted to go to a church where she felt like it was her family. She was invited to come to the Mormon church and felt at home. She was baptized. She goes on to thank God for love she feels in the ward, the bishop, so on and so forth. Then comes my favorite part... and why I love the south... she says " Since I have been baptized, I have NEVER ONCE been sick!" Raising both arms in the air, "PRAISE THE LORD!" All I thought was awesome.That wasn't the last "praise the Lord" in her testimony. I love that Sister Brown is a strong Mormon women, but still has that spark of her southern Baptist raising. As she ends her testimony and heads off the podium, a random man in the congregation stands up, and loudly says, "I bet you didn't know, but Sister Brown goes to the Temple!" and then right there starts bearing his testimony in the middle of his row. I leaned over and whispered to Wayne, "is this appropriate?" He had no idea, and quite frankly I don't think anyone cared. It was again, awesome. Only in the south would you see something like this.
I love my ward. Praise the Lord!
3 comments:
That is so funny! We have a Southern Baptist black woman in our ward too and it sounds like she could be directly related to the sister in your ward! She gets up to the podium and yells and preaches at us for a good 10 minutes every Fast Sunday. She's a riot and so dedicated, I just love it!!!
Wow, that is AWESOME! I love the church out here, so different from what we're used to.
I just saw this and man that is so funny. My kids would have started laughing. I love that there are so many different types of people who have joined the church and bring it all with them into the gospel. Man you will have some good stories when you leave.
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