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To: Abbottsville Stake From: Dennis Newsome, Stake Public Affairs Council Subject: Fasting for Mitt The Public Affairs Council of the Abbottsville Stake encourages all members to participate in the upcoming fast for Mitt Romney to win the presidential debate . I can assure you the candidate appreciates your fasting and prayers. But he needs more. Unfortunately, Mitt's tireless service in the one and only true church has not prepared him for success in a national campaign. Worldly voters expect a knowledge and understanding of their concerns, racial sensitivity, ideas, logical arguments, a respect for women, sincerity, basic communication skills, humility, and actual answers to the questions. Since when does the average member of an LDS High Council waste his time with any of that? Am I making my point, Abbottsville Stake? Romney needs more that the average debate prep. Because he now has so much time on his hands, Daniel C. Peterson has generously offered to advise Mitt on the craf...

To: Abbottsville Fourth Ward From: Donna Banta Subject: If I do say so myself... My novel, The Girls From Fourth Ward , got another great review, this time from the talented C.L. Hanson, author of ExMormon . Here's an excerpt: What if your bishop is a petty tyrant who loves nothing so much as the power he has over other people’s lives. You can’t simply switch to another ward. So, well… Somebody has to off him. But who? That’s the premise of Donna Banta’s delightfully entertaining and totally Mormon murder mystery  The Girls from Fourth Ward . As  I’ve often said , I think the best art achieves universality by rendering with great fidelity a specific milieu. In this case, the story of people lashing out secretly against an authority whom they can’t confront openly could be set in almost any human society, yet the story is enriched by a number of Mormon-specific components . . . Read the entire review by C.L. Hanson (aka Chanson)  here  on her popular blog, Main Street...

To: Abbottsville Stake From: Dennis Newsome, Stake Public Affairs Council Subject: Secret Video Leaked Recently a secret video of Mitt Romney addressing guests at a ward potluck in Fruit Heights, Utah was leaked to the media. Here is a transcript of the former governor's remarks: Governor Romney: Here's how I break down the American electorate: First there's the 47% who are whiny, inept, lazy moochers who've never done a day's work, speak with funny accents, think they're so big, don't go to church, and waste their time pontificating about hoity-toity things like science. There's no way these losers are going to vote for me. Er...well, actually they did vote for me back when I was running for governor of Massachusetts, but that's only because I was pretending to be one of them, and now I'm not, so they won't vote for me which is fine because they're a bunch of irresponsible loafers that I could care less about. Next there's the 47% wh...

To: abbottsville 4th ward From: elder young, france paris mission Subject: i'm just like elder romney!!!!! :-)))) hey abbottsville 4th!!!!! first of all, thanks to sister renfro for the super yummy cream filled coconut balls! :-)))) comp and I polished off all 4 dozen of them in like idk a minute. haahahahaha But even more thanks to brother newsome for sending us that giant box of romney stickers!!!!!! :-))))) when we first saw them we hollered out YES!!!! gave each other double high-five and did a little happy dance all around the post office. then we looked around to see that everyone was all quiet and starring at us. that made us bummed all over again--not because people were all quiet and starring at us. that happens all the time. :-)))) we were bummed that the only people around us were french and they can't vote for elder romney. :-(((((((((((( then it hit us. ELDER ROMNEY-GeT IT? he also served a mission in france!!!! he tracted out Noter Dame and the Loover just like ...

To: Abbottsville Fourth Ward From: Mitchell Knightly, President of the Abbottsville stake Subject: Getting it right on Coke and Pepsi Recently there has been some public debate over whether or not the LDS Church permits its members to drink caffeinated soft drinks. I recently read this thoughtful explanation in the FAQ section on a church approved website: Word of Wisdom FAQ's What is the Word of Wisdom? --The Word of Wisdom is an inspired "ahead of its time" revelation from the Lord that has protected the members' health for generations.  Do Mormons take the entire revelation literally? --Of course. Do the Mormons avoid eating "too much meat" as instructed in the Word of Wisdom? --Well, maybe not that literally. How about the part about "moderation in all things?" --Ditto. May they use alcohol or tobacco for "medicinal purposes" as the revelation states? --Not unless they want to be damned. What part of the Word of Wisdom do Mormons obe...