Friday evening
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pneMy goodness--is it Friday already? The week seems to have flown by.
On Wednesday evening, we went out to a restaurant with the family. My father paid the whole bill, asking us to reimburse him afterwards; I was not completely happy with that since it meant, among other things, that we needed small change.
On Thursday, we had a sealing session with the family. Among other things, my father was sealed to his parents.
I talked a bit more with Brother and Sister Defranchi (pronounced with [k] rather than [S] since it's a Corsican, not a French, name). Sister Defranchi is from Taiwan; I also found out how to spell her Chinese name (Lo Lan): 羅蘭 luó lán. The whole family speaks Chinese (Brother Defranchi studied it) and the children have Chinese names, too.
Today, I was in a baptismal session in French with Brother Defranchi, his daughter, and another French brother.
This afternoon, we had a conversation with Nadine and Benjamin; it was very interesting and enjoyable to speak with them. I don't think I've talked with Nadine for so long before, which made the occasion all the more special. In the evening, after we had gone shopping, Nadine and Benjamin asked whether they could join us, which they (and later their parents) did; we had another very enjoyable time.
But now it's late and I want to go to bed. Good night!
On Wednesday evening, we went out to a restaurant with the family. My father paid the whole bill, asking us to reimburse him afterwards; I was not completely happy with that since it meant, among other things, that we needed small change.
On Thursday, we had a sealing session with the family. Among other things, my father was sealed to his parents.
I talked a bit more with Brother and Sister Defranchi (pronounced with [k] rather than [S] since it's a Corsican, not a French, name). Sister Defranchi is from Taiwan; I also found out how to spell her Chinese name (Lo Lan): 羅蘭 luó lán. The whole family speaks Chinese (Brother Defranchi studied it) and the children have Chinese names, too.
Today, I was in a baptismal session in French with Brother Defranchi, his daughter, and another French brother.
This afternoon, we had a conversation with Nadine and Benjamin; it was very interesting and enjoyable to speak with them. I don't think I've talked with Nadine for so long before, which made the occasion all the more special. In the evening, after we had gone shopping, Nadine and Benjamin asked whether they could join us, which they (and later their parents) did; we had another very enjoyable time.
But now it's late and I want to go to bed. Good night!
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Date: Saturday, 23 August 2003 09:17 (UTC)sealing
Date: Saturday, 23 August 2003 10:34 (UTC)Sealing is a ceremony in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints whereby husband and wife (or children and parents) are joined together not only for this life but for eternity; this ceremony is only performed in temples.
It can also be performed on behalf of deceased people; in this case, the deceased people are represented by living individuals during the ceremony. (These ordinances, when performed for deceased people, don't force the sealing on them; rather, they represent a possibility which that person can accept or reject. Similarly with other ordinances which are performed on behalf of the dead, such as baptism.)
In some cases, there are even mixed living/dead sealings, such as the one we had on Thursday: my grandparents and my uncle were represented by proxies while my father was there in person as my father and uncle were sealed to their parents.
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Date: Saturday, 23 August 2003 16:56 (UTC)no subject
Date: Saturday, 23 August 2003 21:41 (UTC)I imagine it was your parents who gave you yours :)