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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 92 of 307 Acquaintances in my town do not begin any conversation without some reference to the weather. Brother Jones and I spent about five minutes on the topic before I could ask him to keep the water on my lawn while I was away. I stored his phone number in the address book of my phone and told him I had 'to go and say goodbye to my parents. My parents lived in the next ward over. This is convenient because I never have to see them during church. You have to understand that The Church That Shall Not Be Named is organized into wards. These are literally geographical designations. If you live at 150 N 400 E you might be in the 4th ward, and so on. r If you are in the 4th ward, your church building has been chosen for you and you will sit in it at the designated hour, usually right next to your next-door neighbor. Please do not be appalled by this obvious focus on controlling the members the members of my fine church. There are many good reasons for setting up a church like this. Since I have to sit next to my neighbor on Sundays, it is likely that I am going to get along with him during the week. I have always admired this aspect of our church. Also, let's just say that one member begins to feel a little bit of spiritual weakness and is going to misbehave; well, he is surrounded by people from church. He knows his misbehavior is going to be exposed quickly to this |