Jehovah's Witnesses

Something happened around 6:30 or so this evening that hasn't happened in quite a while (a good year or so): Two Jehovah's Witnesses showed up at my door. I was kind of surprised to see them, especially after having been told that the last time a couple of them showed up, they were told a Mormon lives in the house (which got them to leave pretty quickly, apparently). One of the ladies was still in the driveway as the other was on the porch, trying to shove an invitation thing into the door when I finally got around to answering the doorbell (I was on one end of the house and on the second floor with the door closer to the other end and on the first floor). They didn't stick around too long after the lady on my porch said that they were the only church that went door to door like the two of them were doing and I mentioned that LDS missionaries go door to door as well. And I don't think they liked the sound of "stake center," either, but I can't be sure because I was looking down at the invitation thing I had been handed. I thought JWs were supposed to stick around for a while, too.

After they left, I've been looking through some of the websites Google finds to find out about that specific church. I find it a weird religion with a lot of rules. It makes being LDS look pretty easy. I'm halfway done reading the material on this website and it's a lot to take in in one sitting for what I've read so far. Their rules seem insane and it looks like the people in the "Governing Body" expect everyone to just follow blindly and not ask questions or think for themselves when it comes to what's written in the scriptures. How can anyone just follow like that without at least asking questions? The fact that I can go through the scriptures and interpret them myself makes me so grateful that I'm LDS and not a JW. I'm trying not to find websites that just bash the JW church but find materials that are specifically from the church since there's nothing better than going straight to the source. I think it a bit odd though, that I was given a copy of one of their magazines in the Tacoma Mall after an interview at the Old Navy there back in October. I read through it then but didn't really think anything of it. I recently refound the magazine and glanced through it last week. I might look it over again for good measure.

This afternoon when I was hanging out with a friend, we ran into someone that goes to the singles branch with me and her son at the park. I don't know what had possessed me to take Gir with me when I locked everything else up in the car but Gir caught the attention of the friend I went to church with and we got to talking about music and I let her go through the music. Everyone tends to find at least one band they like and she was no exception. Her little boy is so cute and he's a great kid. He has a ton of energy, which I'm totally jealous of. Then again, he just turned five years old and I'm almost 22, so there's no way I'll have that much energy again. He's definitely a good kid, though.

On the way home, my friend and I decided we were randomly going to pick some daffodils. They were just so pretty that it was hard to resist. How could you say no to something that just brightens your day and makes you smile? I just wish that I had picked more than the seven I had to fill in the vase more. It looks so empty that I want to go on a hunt to find more to fill the vase completely.