My big, fat Mormon weekend

Yep it was all on this weekend.

Firstly Mag's friend Neroli's second son, Zac

is getting married on the 16th December.

Why do I announce this?

Cause it fits into my big, fat Mormon weekend.

Zac has recently finished his mission.

On his mission he met his princess bride,

his true love.

By the nature of missions she is a little older

so I'm sure that raised an eyebrow or two

cause all Mormons will automatically do the mission maths*.

But it's so very cool that he followed his heart

and asked for hers.

A temple wedding on the 16th is a happy ending to this chapter

but a wonderful beginning to eternity for them.

Her name is Nadia, pretty.

Meanwhile on the home front....

I baked chocy chippies for two lovely sisters

and on Saturday night dropped them off.



Ok here's how big and fat and Mormon my weekend got.

I went to Stake Conference on Saturday night.

I've done that before but as I was sitting there

totally involved and interested in what was being preached,

(although we don't really preach. 

Mormons are far to staid to preachy preach besides the

Book of Mormon is not of a biblical size to thump on the pulpit)

I suddenly thought about how before I was baptised a Mormon

I would drive past busy churches on Saturday nights and

wonder what kind of person goes to church on a Saturday night.

And now I know.... me.

There was still a conference session this morning.

I got to sit in the front row so I did my best to disconcert the speakers,

by staring at them with fervent listening attention

until our Stake President's daughter

wanted me to draw on her etch a sketch

and I love drawing on those things.

Nah not really.

I am the Stake Public Affairs Director so

was hosting our VIPs.

Who were Nicky Wagner, National MP

and Rahui Katene, Maori Party MP.

All the other nine MPs I invited declined

which I'm sure was because it's election campaign time

so they were busy but by coming to our conference

you made friends with about 1000 Mormons

all in one go.

That's a few votes.

Rahui is in our Ward anyway.

She is lovely and I really hope she gets elected again.

And she is Zac's aunty.

Mormon world is liddle, liddle.

Nicky is lovely too. 

She is currently a list MP and is lovely too.

Now I know being lovely isn't a reason to vote for someone

but it helps.

So this morning I was being VIP escorter

and sitting in the front row...

eyeballing the speakers.

Oh the speakers were insightful and inspiring.

You should have been there.

* Guys go on missions at 19 for two years, women go at 21 for 18 months.