Church Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. Glad to see you've survived it. I walked to work this morning and it was 12 degrees. TWELVE. TWELVE, GUYS. TWELVE DEGREES. TWELVE. Do you
Church Choices On Sunday I attended a giant Mormon congregation in Salt Lake City. Sitting in the middle of it all was interesting because I immediately found myself thinking about the contrast between this and my Palauan church-going experience that ended just two short but
Church Conversations with the Church Kids Throughout my year in Palau I have had many enlightening conversations with the Palauan teenagers at church. I've written them down as they've happened with the intention of sharing some of them with you one day. Below is a sampling
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. It's rainy today in the land of coconuts. Actually, it has pretty much been raining non-stop for about three weeks. I haven't
Church Talking About Sex, Part II On Monday I told you about the horribly awkward conversation [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/07/talking-about-sex.html] I suddenly found myself in with the teenage boys at church on Sunday. Last night I saw the boys again. You know how they
Church Talking About Sex I've mentioned before that this year I have an assignment with the teenagers at church. In Mormon terms, I'm the "young men's president," which means that I'm supposed to be the moral compass to
Church Singing in Palau Last week I posted about my upcoming plans for my life, which are a very big deal. And I was so excited to share with you what was going on and what’s up next for Stranger. And you guys were all like, “ok.
Church German Lighthouse On Saturday the long awaited Mormon Youth Conference occurred. Last week I asked you all for some ideas [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/07/youth-conference.html] for what to
Church Youth Conference This coming Saturday is the dreaded "Youth Conference" with the church kids that we've been planning for a few months. And when I say "planning for a few months," I mean "knowing that it's coming
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions We have made it to another weekend and it has started off nicely for me. Today is a holiday in Palau and to celebrate, I ran a 10K sponsored by
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions The great and terrible week has come to a close. Leotrix is probably off somewhere eating the rat poison left out for him and becoming stronger in the process. The
Church Daniel Snaps Last night Daniel snapped at one of the teenagers. Remember last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/twenty-teenagers.html] when he got high and mighty after I went all Carrie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFbAINOlnY] on them? And Daniel was
Church Twenty Teenagers Last night I had a very minor freak out in front of the church kids. It was Wednesday night, which is our night to do activities with the hormonal teenagers. And I could tell that I was ultra-irritable before we even walked into
FYI Back in the U.S. of A. I need to be quick today because I have spent 987 of the last 72 hours on planes and I am CRANKY. Ok, not really that cranky. Because I stopped sweating for the first time in 6 months. And how can you be cranky
Church Cat Pee! Everywhere! We had the kids last night, just like every Wednesday. Note: I like referring to our Wednesday night church activities with the teenagers this way because it sounds like a joint-custody situation. And it also gives me an inside peek at what it
Church Working in the Garden Last Saturday I experienced 4 hours of back-breaking labor in the garden behind the church. The Mormon church building in Palau sits on a beautiful piece of land that
Church About that . . . So about that whole marriage case at the Supreme Court. I'm typically pretty silent on Stranger about controversial current happenings. I think this is because I never wanted Stranger to be a forum for those kinds of things. Because for heaven'
Church Goodbye, Dear Friends [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4SgeKvvxBbU/UUk5sOuymyI/AAAAAAAADK8/538wel0MkcE/s1600/Johnsens+2.jpg] Sister and Elder Johnsen at my apartment for dinner on their last week in Palau. On Monday
Church Tapping Warning: You shouldn't read this post if you came here for a laugh today. It's going to be super boring. Because it's about life and stuff. Also, it's long. One friend in Palau recently gave Daniel
Church A Bold Move I play the piano. I know what you're thinking. "Oh my gosh Eli! You're like a triple threat! You play the piano, you can walk on the backs of your toes, AND your hair has been looking really good
Church Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Daniel drove me into work this morning. This was the entirety of our conversation: Daniel: Are you cranky again this morning? Eli: I'M NOT CRANKY!!! I'M
Church The 8 Letter F Word Daniel and I have assignments with the local Mormon church group to teach lessons and plan activities for the teenagers on the island. This means that every Wednesday night we are frantically organizing something. We started feeling guilty for constantly doing activities that teach
Church FAQs Good morning, dear strangers. A while back I decided it was time to stick an FAQs section on Stranger. So I'm finally doing that. You can find the tab above. I know. It's like I'm trying to set
Church Lost in the Jungle A whole bunch of things happened yesterday that probably all involved witchcraft and as a result, eventually Stranger was moved to what the kids call "its own domain." So they tell me now that you can access it by just going to
Church Cooking With The Kids Last week, before going to Guam, we hosted a cooking night at our place for the church kids. 20-something hormonal teenagers showed up. 20-something. Strangers, have you ever had 20-something hormonal teenagers all come to your house at once? By the
