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Goat Herders

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on June 16, 2009
Missionaries, Sacrament Meeting / No Comments

Missionary giving talk: Now she’s 11. She raises goats. She lives a perfectly normal life.
Sister in congregation: Does herding goats make you normal?

Overheard by: ldsjaneite

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Tongue In Cheek

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on February 10, 2009
General, Missionaries, Sacrament Meeting / 1 Comment

Sister Missionary ends her homecoming talk with her testimony in Romanian [translation]: All of my friends and family are invited over to my house afterwards for a big party with lots of good food.

Overheard by: Alana

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Make-A-Title

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on February 09, 2009
General, Missionaries, Sacrament Meeting / 10 Comments

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RM giving the opening prayer at his sister’s homecoming: Please bless the Sacrament that it will nourish and strengthen our bodies…

Overheard by: Alana

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Hold To The Irony Rod

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on January 27, 2009
General, Sacrament Meeting / 3 Comments

A recently returned sister missionary speaking in sacrament meeting about reverence: And that pissed her companion right off! … My fourth point is about using reverence in language. We should never, ever use slang. It can offend people and is not reverent.

Overheard by: Sister Effing

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Next Sunday In The Holy Land

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on November 13, 2008
Children, Nursery, Primary / No Comments

Primary President: Next week’s Primary Program is a special opportunity to be a missionary because who will be there that normally wouldn’t be in sacrament meeting?
7-year-old: Jews!

Overheard by: jondh

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Near The Waters Of Faith

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on November 01, 2008
Children, Missionaries, Primary / No Comments

Sharing time teacher: Where do you want to serve you mission?
William: In the land of Gospel.

Overheard by: Stephanie

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Proud Missionary Mom

Posted by Overheard In The Ward on August 26, 2007
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Missionary Mother at Farewell: …and I know that as a missionary there will be rejection. But if anyone can handle rejection its my son Ian.

Overheard by: Brother Ian Thomas Hardin

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