that was great taylor!!! lol still laughing! ora: yeh i agree with you...i think it was unnecessary and the fact that they said that makes them look even worse so i'll join in on the random burst of anger lol
First of all, Taylor, that was HILARIOUS. My husband has no idea why I've been laughing so hard for the last five minutes - he thinks I'm an idiot :). Anyways, in my desperate missing of Benjelle moments, I read the AV Press article on Donyelle (http://www.avpress.com/n/18/0818_s3.hts) and had an epiphany! Well, sort of : ). I grew up in the AV (where Donyelle is from). My brother went to QH High School (also where Donyelle went). Yippee! And I went to AV College for 2 years (where she did her 'Hair' performance). So then I realized that the church she goes to (website is http://www.firstmissionaryav.org/) is one of my FAVORITE churches in the world. I've been there a couple of times - my brother actually sang a solo in a service there. I hope this sounds as respectful as I mean for it to - but it is one fly African-American church! It's rockin' on Sunday mornings - awesome music, and the sweetest people ever. I can totally see Donyelle having come from an environment like they have.
Ok, so here's the 31-year-old fangirl side of me: my dad worked with their Bishop (Rev. Hearns) for over 10 years through city government stuff! So guess who I emailed this morning??? My dad, asking him to hook me up with Rev. Hearns :). Even though my family has hung out w/ Rev. Hearns' family before many times, I'm sure he's long forgotten me and will probably think I'm a huge freak, but he and my dad still stay in contact. I'm going to work this angle, girls...and I WILL report back! : ) Wish me luck!
Ora:WOOT! YAY Benji wants a nice spoonful of Donny! haahha! Sorry, it was just to easy!
alysabeth2: Aww, I wish I had bagin connection like that! YAY! I cant wait to see what you find out!
YAY!!! This is sooo fun! It was my dad's b-day, then we watched this movie! Dang that movie is SOOO good! And now Im finding out that one of our readers has cool connections and that Benji wants to get him a nice handful of Donny! Could this day be any better??
lol Love the comment video Taylor! You know if you actually listen, Benji isn't that bad of a singer. He sounded muffled because he was doing that tongue thing of his that is oh so cute if you look closely.
Liz: hahah. Yeah, like in Janus. At some points I was just like...heeey, not bad Benji! Or...maybe is was just the seriously hot guitar playing in the background. A lil of both, I say! hahaha!
You guys are reading into things too much. The journalist wrote that Donyelle was African-American because she was using it as a way to lead into the next paragraph. One common misconception about the LDS church is that people think we are anti-African-American. This is SO FALSE!!!! The journalist was trying to assure everybody who read the article that the LDS church is not racist and that African-Americans are accepted just as much as everyone else. In fact, African-Americans nearly make up a majority of the church membership. Please don't read into these things. The journalist was using a very common technique to lead into the next paragraph, and she was trying to point out the fact that the LDS religion is not at all against African-Americans. Try to be more open minded about things.
Before you jump to conclusions on what someone meant by a particular statement, you should e-mail him/her to find out. Don't jump to conclusions about what the journalist was meaning.
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OMG, LMAO, that was ssssoooooooooo funny... I completely agree with Ora :D
So funny, I envy Kelly as well ><
OMG THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER!! ESPECIALLY WHEN HE TRIED TO SING THE SONG!!! Benji likes to dance with tv hosts!! lol
that was great taylor!!! lol still laughing!
ora: yeh i agree with you...i think it was unnecessary and the fact that they said that makes them look even worse
so i'll join in on the random burst of anger lol
ARRGGGGHHHHHHOmg!!!$&**$#WTHD*AMNIT!!!##$## =D
Ora: Thanks! haha. I didnt even notice that, oh well Im too lazy to go change it! haha!
Yeah, I agree! There was nooo need to mention that..Ughhm hoefaces!
haha. Im glad you guys liked it. Im in love with the girly scream! WOOT!
-Taylor :P
First of all, Taylor, that was HILARIOUS. My husband has no idea why I've been laughing so hard for the last five minutes - he thinks I'm an idiot :). Anyways, in my desperate missing of Benjelle moments, I read the AV Press article on Donyelle (http://www.avpress.com/n/18/0818_s3.hts) and had an epiphany! Well, sort of : ). I grew up in the AV (where Donyelle is from). My brother went to QH High School (also where Donyelle went). Yippee! And I went to AV College for 2 years (where she did her 'Hair' performance). So then I realized that the church she goes to (website is http://www.firstmissionaryav.org/) is one of my FAVORITE churches in the world. I've been there a couple of times - my brother actually sang a solo in a service there. I hope this sounds as respectful as I mean for it to - but it is one fly African-American church! It's rockin' on Sunday mornings - awesome music, and the sweetest people ever. I can totally see Donyelle having come from an environment like they have.
Ok, so here's the 31-year-old fangirl side of me: my dad worked with their Bishop (Rev. Hearns) for over 10 years through city government stuff! So guess who I emailed this morning??? My dad, asking him to hook me up with Rev. Hearns :). Even though my family has hung out w/ Rev. Hearns' family before many times, I'm sure he's long forgotten me and will probably think I'm a huge freak, but he and my dad still stay in contact. I'm going to work this angle, girls...and I WILL report back! : ) Wish me luck!
~Alysabeth
oh my goodness benji does want some donyelle!!! he will get her some how!! who would want tahir when you could have benji???
Ora:WOOT! YAY Benji wants a nice spoonful of Donny! haahha! Sorry, it was just to easy!
alysabeth2: Aww, I wish I had bagin connection like that! YAY! I cant wait to see what you find out!
YAY!!! This is sooo fun! It was my dad's b-day, then we watched this movie! Dang that movie is SOOO good! And now Im finding out that one of our readers has cool connections and that Benji wants to get him a nice handful of Donny! Could this day be any better??
-Taylor :P
lol Love the comment video Taylor! You know if you actually listen, Benji isn't that bad of a singer. He sounded muffled because he was doing that tongue thing of his that is oh so cute if you look closely.
Liz: hahah. Yeah, like in Janus. At some points I was just like...heeey, not bad Benji! Or...maybe is was just the seriously hot guitar playing in the background. A lil of both, I say! hahaha!
-Taylor :P
You guys are reading into things too much. The journalist wrote that Donyelle was African-American because she was using it as a way to lead into the next paragraph. One common misconception about the LDS church is that people think we are anti-African-American. This is SO FALSE!!!! The journalist was trying to assure everybody who read the article that the LDS church is not racist and that African-Americans are accepted just as much as everyone else. In fact, African-Americans nearly make up a majority of the church membership. Please don't read into these things. The journalist was using a very common technique to lead into the next paragraph, and she was trying to point out the fact that the LDS religion is not at all against African-Americans. Try to be more open minded about things.
Before you jump to conclusions on what someone meant by a particular statement, you should e-mail him/her to find out. Don't jump to conclusions about what the journalist was meaning.
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