Sunday I took some of the Monger sisters & their friends to an interfaith roundtable production at temple square.On our drive there, I showed them the temple and explained that it was like a Krishna temple, but for my faith. This family has only been in the states since November, I was thinking there was no way they'd even heard of my church...until..
The oldest daughter asked if I was a mormon. I said I was. And then she said 'I mormon'. I was thinking there was definitely a miscommunication with our language barrier.
Nope, she's really a mormon. Her aunt and uncle have lived here a few years and she was baptized shortly after moving to SLC. Her parents and other sisters will be baptized next month.
WHAT! You've got to be kidding me!
A few numbers into the cultural production, my little Nepalese friends were getting restless....And me-- being the reverent activist that I am, showed them how to play tic-tac-toe and other 'quiet' games.
From one mormon to another--these girls are gonna need to know how to stay awake thru sacrament!
And then they invited me in for potstickers. I have no idea what they put in that spicy sauce, but it was like a slap in the face....in a good way. Kinda like that Carl's Jr. commercial!
If you have any hand-me-downs or old tv's or dishes or anything of the sort, please let me know.
This family doesn't need much, but there are countless families like theirs in the area that do.
I'm torn because I want to give them everything but they don't need anything. They are happy for their simple life and yet are always so gracious. They're great examples to me...
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