Welcome back, Rusty! I'm sure that teaching seminary for 4 years was an amazing experience. It's good to see you on this list again.
Heidi the fair > > ************** > > For those of you who are long-time Zion members, you may remember me - > Rusty Taylor. I've been on John's lists off and on since the beginning... > anyone else remember the awesome cyber-food fights we had? Well, I've been > teaching Seminary for the last 4 years and didn't have time to do that and > be on this list. Now, I'm done for a while. I need a break. Our oldest > son has left on his mission and our younger son will be a senior in high > school this year. I want to spend more time with him before he goes on his > mission. > > For those of you who don't know me - I joined the Church at 16 with my > parents and younger 2 sisters (an older brother was away at college at the > time and has never joined). We were baptized at the Joseph Smith Memorial > in Sharon, VT. I went to school at BYU and went on a mission to Sapporo, > Japan. Then I met my husband, Bob - we got married, moved to Alaska and > ended up in Kotzebue. That's where we met John and Esperanza. After 6 > years and adopting our sons, we moved back to the lower 48, and have lived > on the Kitsap Peninsula (across the Puget Sound from Seattle) ever since. > I work for the local school district. I don't have a Church calling at the > moment. > > I'm looking forward to being part of "Zion", again. Yoroshiku onegai > itashimasu! > > Sis. Rusty > > >Persecution against the Saints does not have to assume the same form as > >those overt violent acts against the Church in the Nauvoo period. Even > >more hateful and vindictive injustice was weighed against the Church > >after it was established in the Rocky Mountains. The extent of the > >bureacratic and legalistic punishment of the Church by the US Government > >during that period is difficult to fathom. Such predations could easily > >be revisited in the near future. It seems that all the motivation > >required during the earlier period of anti-Mormon aggression was the > >manipulation of public sentiment by powerful people in high places. Are > >people any more sophisticated today? > > > ********************************************************************** > "There are no coincidences, only small miracles." Author Unknown > > Mrs. Rusty Taylor - Poulsbo, WA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) > website -- http://pacific.telebyte.com/~brtaylor/ > ********************************************************************** > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
