Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Now let me explain. This is hilarious to me... and thousands of other college-aged youth in the BYU area. Elder Oaks shared it in his talk at the Regional Stake Conference. I will share the part of his talk that this is from:

"The situation of a Church member who is single can be illustrated by a simple analogy. Imagine that your favorite hobby is stargazing and you’ve just joined a stargazing club. You come to your first club activity eager to participate. It’s a cold night, but you’re not concerned: most of the club members are wearing club jackets, and you’ve been told you should be able to get one as well. But there is no jacket for you. You ask about it, and you are told to keep looking and that if you do your best, you will find a jacket when the time is right.

Meanwhile, you are getting pretty cold and a little worried. And you notice that most of the other club members are talking about how nice and warm their jackets are. In fact, throughout the evening the topic surfaces continually in various forms: how to wash and dry your jacket, how to add extra pockets, how to mend it, and so forth. Some of the club members notice you don’t have a jacket. “You really need a jacket for these activities,” they tell you. “Why don’t you have one yet?”

While this analogy should not be taken too far, it does serve to show how awkward it can sometimes feel to be a single member of a conventional ward."

Haha it was way funnier when he told it, but it's still pretty funny :) So... now the secret code word for 'spouse' is 'jacket'. Hence the picture: "Finding your Jacket 101" haha :)