The Historical Week--good, bad, and the ugly

Well, first things first, America voted in a new President today--Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States. I guess a congratulations is in order then. I have to laugh because there are a lot of New Zealanders and other foreign nationals that support Mr. Obama. I really have not done too much research on him, but I think that this is a huge thing for the people of America. We shall see how it all goes.

Also, the Californian state proposition, to define marriage being between one man and one woman, passed this week. However, because the church wanted to uphold the sanctity of 'family' they were attacked by many angry people. People calling 'the Mormons' bigots and intolerant--what an interesting protest. Let's rally together to protest against a religion by misconstruing the message they've sent. Let's call people names and yell at them. Let's go to their headquarters in Salt Lake and march around for hours in the cold. Let's label them and make people hate them. Not good. I'm saddened to see what this world is coming to--this is not the civil rights movement and you cannot be compared to Black America. I'm all for civil, human, and any rights--unless you decide to impose on others (Murder, and hate rallies). My thoughts just go to my children (wherever they are); what a world they will have to live in.

Finally, you guessed it. Back into the President's box for the final home game of this season. What a little ripper. We got to chill with a few of the brethren: Elder Scott (we sang him "Happy Birthday"), Elder and Sister Perry (love them both), Elder Oaks, Elder Sybrowsky, Elder Dellenbach, and Elder Madsen (he mentioned that he had seen me in the "New Years Eve" video the church just made). What an opportunity?! They also really enjoyed having us cheer and make noise in the box. Elder Perry said, "We love having you here. You bring life and excitement to us dead people." Sister Tanner, former General Young Women's President, also said that she enjoyed having us there making noise. Elder Perry also charged us, during the BYU vs. San Diego State game, to make sure that we have a variety of activities at BYU and that "noone is left out." He said, "You need to find people that you can help, and make a difference in their lives. They need to be lifted."

Oh, what a blessing it is to be at BYU. I also caught up with Brother Steven's this past Monday for lunch. We had a good catch up about life and then he said, "Well, you go take your car down to the Chevy dealership and see what you can get to trade-up to a newer model. Don't worry about any accessories, just get the same Cobalt--only newer." What the? Really? Who does that? Here I was, pretty content with the car I have (a 2007 Chevy Cobalt) and he wanted to switch it. Wowzers.