Posted by:
elderolddog
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Date: October 15, 2019 06:29PM
"In the world, but not of the world!" worked just fine when there were so many things to do!
As a young teen, my only night off from church or a church-related activity was Thursday.
Monday: Choir practice. In the chapel with friends, feeling good, feeling part of something, with chatting and laughing before and after.
Tuesday: MIA Goofing around big-time before, then getting away with whatever we could during class, and then goofing around BIG TIME after class, in the cultural hall/gym, playing basketball, volleyball or dodgeball.
Wednesday: (just the last year before my mission) Stake MIA rep from my ward, along with my G/F. Just nice to be with her.
Thursday: Nothing!
Friday: date night with the G/F, keeping things mormon pure, which sort of makes it mormon.
Saturday: A dance somewhere in the Stake, or visit the National Guard Armory dance that was a regular Saturday thing, but way edgy for us mormons, because people were outside drinking and smoking.
Sunday: church all day and then a youth fireside, either in the ward or somewhere in the Stake. As I've often mentioned, Bishop Worthen turned on the TV at his house during a fireside so we could watch the Beatles their first time on the Ed Sullivan Show.
In conclusion, there was a life to be lived in the church and for the youth, it was cutting edge, but it was very endurable because they weren't out to remove the "Fun" of being young.
There were also Hay Rides, Ice Skating, and on one memorable occasion, a bus trip to the Bay Area... If there was a mormon angle to it, I've forgotten it. What I do remember is touring the Treasure Island Naval Base and all of us going down into a submarine and then while being shown around, 'someone' hit the "Ahoogha-Ahoogha" claxon and yelled, "Dive, Dive, Dive!!"
There was a sign prominently posted that said "Do Not Touch!" But it was in English, so that was my excuse, Señor Navy guy.
I'm sure I was like many a young mormon: I could easily have stayed mormon if I got laid regularly. And thus the attraction of polygamy, right?