Prophet Gives Provo Two Chances at Jabari Parker

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpC-xeepneD62Eln9uZI-b8hnSMHfuwSMg97wDSPv8L6AVe4aJN5Twj2fVd9P3OCSj9bhhL-1Oc6CdpNxaU4neLWAMCQchSnum0aBf_eVf1O_94N4YEErynhK_0lUGSqG_aLmV7QjLbA/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpC-xeepneD62Eln9uZI-b8hnSMHfuwSMg97wDSPv8L6AVe4aJN5Twj2fVd9P3OCSj9bhhL-1Oc6CdpNxaU4neLWAMCQchSnum0aBf_eVf1O_94N4YEErynhK_0lUGSqG_aLmV7QjLbA/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a>In this past Saturday's morning session of LDS <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference" target="_blank">General Conference</a> President Monson announced that LDS young men can know begin serving missions at age 18 instead of 19 and young women at age 19 instead of 21.<br /><br />While it has wonderful impact for both males and females who have a desire to serve missions, we Sistas are excited about the particular impact it has for young women.<br /><br />Gone are the days where female missionaries were thought of as the unfortunate ladies who weren't blessed enough to be married by age 21.<br /><br />I'm turning in my mission papers will become the new Dear John letter and now the Elders will be waiting for their Sister to come home, yep boys, y'all aint the only ones worth waiting for!<br /><br />On the real, we think that the lowered mission ages are fantastic and look forward to the changes it brings to the way girls will be counseled about serving missions in the LDS Young Women program.<br /><br />An inadvertent side effect of the missionary age changes are the options for LDS college athletes. Males can now serve missions straight out of high school and be back in the game at age 20. One must wonder if this option has crossed Mormon high school b-baller, Jabari Parker's mind?<br /><br />PS: We are saying many prayers for the MTC trainers who will now be <strike>plauged</strike> blessed by working with 18 year old boys.<br /><br />Hallelujah Holla Back,<br />Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel

Prophet Gives Provo Two Chances at Jabari Parker

In this past Saturday's morning session of LDS General Conference President Monson announced that LDS young men can know begin serving ...

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Sistas in Zion Radio: Justin Cash, Musician

Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sistasinzion/2012/10/07/general-conference-justin-cash-musician" target="_blank">here</a>. Mobile iOS users listen <a href="http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/3/844/show_3844853.mp3" target="_blank">here</a>. Call in at (646) 478-3671.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnvWNDPUCCCoKznCSUdYVMGqyKLlyYTgjAn_vNl_X-Bs2beW9kI7zp_GP9Id8HhE54t7ROx3MNH6WAxdFd99bOfpYbXxTkT_Lbjqskf9iaxL3GF0laV4noys1bG4RqC4Wd_oDSvACR3A/s1600/Justin+Cash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnvWNDPUCCCoKznCSUdYVMGqyKLlyYTgjAn_vNl_X-Bs2beW9kI7zp_GP9Id8HhE54t7ROx3MNH6WAxdFd99bOfpYbXxTkT_Lbjqskf9iaxL3GF0laV4noys1bG4RqC4Wd_oDSvACR3A/s400/Justin+Cash.jpg" width="400" /></a>Tune on this special LDS General Conference Sunday as the Sistas chat with Justin Cash.<br /><br />With a smile, Justin calls his style of music “feel-good music.” His style of feel-good rhythm and blues has grown out of his unstoppable personality and tendency to view the struggle of life through a lens of hope. Justin grew up moving around the United States, has spent two years in Spain, and his blues-rock roots have picked up a variety of flavors along the way. Justin Cash’s natural joie de vivre brings you to a feel good place where music grooves and melody is king, with songs that acknowledge a range of emotions, yet are propelled by his active belief that there is good in the world.<br /><br />To learn more about  Justin Cash and his music visit <a href="http://gojustincash.com/">gojustincash.com</a>.

Sistas in Zion Radio: Justin Cash, Musician

Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here . Mobile iOS users listen here . Call in at (646) 478-3...

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Sistas April Conference Weekend 2012

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgpDWdgAqUuEDlS15pAjov0BmAV7qMt_3HBZbGN5MZrNmmGKGMV9LG3rzYYoSGjz3i4wpDSe1ikc4BAsJocIeBvOcZbJDU0ywimhnHRmRmQ75NfHzctO7_oG6ogLAHl8StXMQNhQzyBQ/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgpDWdgAqUuEDlS15pAjov0BmAV7qMt_3HBZbGN5MZrNmmGKGMV9LG3rzYYoSGjz3i4wpDSe1ikc4BAsJocIeBvOcZbJDU0ywimhnHRmRmQ75NfHzctO7_oG6ogLAHl8StXMQNhQzyBQ/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sista Laurel, Jabari Parker & Sista Beehive</td></tr></tbody></table>This past weekend was <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/about-general-conference?lang=eng" target="_blank">General Conference</a> for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's a time where we receive inspiration and instruction, and the words of Conference left us Sistas feeling edified and ready to do work on ourselves and service for others.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8-9OhEzym6dvq_v5pXYrJ0-cJELzIUjv9gZxF3UlCqE2-Tb4cSNXBg6Q7sgBoSfo1scNd8YBOz_Z5OfScwbpP4oxkS4NZt6I7CaMnx-n6kPHUA_00JetyDP-avPIxK8L-qAeA1henVM/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8-9OhEzym6dvq_v5pXYrJ0-cJELzIUjv9gZxF3UlCqE2-Tb4cSNXBg6Q7sgBoSfo1scNd8YBOz_Z5OfScwbpP4oxkS4NZt6I7CaMnx-n6kPHUA_00JetyDP-avPIxK8L-qAeA1henVM/s200/photo.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sista Catherine, Sista Laurel, <br />Nkoyo Iyamba & Sista Beehive</td></tr></tbody></table>It was a busy weekend as well! First we stopped by KSL Newsradio to be interviewed by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nkoyo-Iyamba-KSL/266243413413353" target="_blank">Nkoyo Iyamba</a>, host of Cultural Connections. We brought along Sista Catherine (We can't live without her!) and had a good ole time talkin' about faith, what <i>ain't</i> our testimonies and keepin' it real. Just in case ya'll don't know it Sista Iyamba is one of the pretty faces you see singing for the Lord in Motab! We tried to get her to give us the dirt on <a href="http://www.sistasinzion.com/2010/01/alex-boye-wants-jesus-to-walk-with-him.html" target="_blank">Alex Boye</a>, but she said what happens in Motab stays in Motab. They must have that Mormon Mafia code of silence or something. You can listen to the interview <a href="http://pandora.bonnint.net/audio/2012_04_01_cultural_connections.mp3" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://twitter.com/sistasinzion" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://www.searchenginegenie.com/images/twitter17.jpg" title="By: searchenginegenie.com" /></a>Of Course we listened to Conference and even made our way down to the Conference Center. We live tweeted Conference which was all kinds of fabulous, helping the LDS Church out as ebonical translators in an unofficial capacity...you're welcome <a href="http://www.thomassmonson.org/" target="_blank">President Monson</a>. Party with the Sistas on twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/sistasinzion" target="_blank">@sistasinzion</a>!<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8DSd-2kfF6e7FqdCnD5HjpnU8vBsIbc1_jHIFz2lEXOJgGAZ97kQMjBB6iVKF4XLDHpJ-YrLepOPyyLOfYWGpN6iELsYn3XG86DWQK3EtGopyqV1NLU-R8H9PFOKIKJ978Oj_nxlUKc/s1600/photo+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8DSd-2kfF6e7FqdCnD5HjpnU8vBsIbc1_jHIFz2lEXOJgGAZ97kQMjBB6iVKF4XLDHpJ-YrLepOPyyLOfYWGpN6iELsYn3XG86DWQK3EtGopyqV1NLU-R8H9PFOKIKJ978Oj_nxlUKc/s200/photo+%25281%2529.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sista Laurel, Jabari Parker,<br />Sista Beehive & Christian Parker</td></tr></tbody></table>If you were keepin' your Sabbath holy with the Sistas then you heard us on Sistas in Zion Radio with Christian and Jabari Parker. It was amazing spending time with such exemplary young men of faith. The pair showed what brotherhood is really all about. If you missed the interview you can catch it <a href="http://www.sistasinzion.com/2012/04/listen-live-to-sistas-in-zion-radio.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And true to their word Christian and Jabari stopped by one of our callers, 4 year old Tyson's home, to meet him today. We'll post pics and Tyson's response soon!<br /><br />It was a jammed packed weekend, but we had a lot of fun and most importantly felt the Spirit. Thankfully Conference happens twice a year,  we can't wait until October! (See more pics from our weekend on <a href="http://facebook.com/sistasinzion" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.)<br /><br />God is Good,<br />Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel<br /><br />

Sistas April Conference Weekend 2012

Sista Laurel, Jabari Parker & Sista Beehive This past weekend was General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint...

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Lions and Tigers and Bedlamites, Oh My!

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7vi0J0Ln0pIiI-eG66R0MMELboVbrmfbuHjTaWp0IAl9v_v80Bmk1jzyFSXlBFT7B3bRtpLTigdoN0N6IM0Xg05yDnEklWFzExDawU9TitT6fZ9URbMhu7z6DLFIrhImLlufZaU8o_4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7vi0J0Ln0pIiI-eG66R0MMELboVbrmfbuHjTaWp0IAl9v_v80Bmk1jzyFSXlBFT7B3bRtpLTigdoN0N6IM0Xg05yDnEklWFzExDawU9TitT6fZ9URbMhu7z6DLFIrhImLlufZaU8o_4/s1600/1.jpg" /></a>First things first, we can’t say enough about how wonderful April 2011 <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference?lang=eng">General Conference</a> was this past weekend, we felt saved, sanctified and Holy Ghost filled! Now let’s get to <a href="http://lds.org/church/leader/jeffrey-r-holland?lang=eng&query=elder+holland">Elder Jeffrey R. Holland</a>! When Elder Holland made that hilarous remark about trying to hold <a href="http://lds.org/hf/fhe/welcome/0,16785,4210-1,00.html">Family Home Evening</a> inspite of the bedlam in a house reigned by little "bedlamlites," he had us rolling (urban translation, rolling: laughing extremely hard). The word Bedlamites is definitely getting added to the Mormon dictionary, right next to Nephites and Lamanites. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Bedlamites will now be the beloved word used to reference rambunctious children; it will be the loving way Primary teachers refer to their unruly pupils. Sunbeams and Bedlamites will probably now be interchangeable. We can see the t-shirts that Desert Book will start selling; “My Bedlamite is cuter than your Bedlamite,” “Lions and Tigers and Bedlamites, Oh My!” “Todays’ Bedlamite’s are tomorrow’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_thousand_stripling_warriors">Stripling Warriors</a>.” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, when we looked up bedlamite on Dictionary.com, (we were checking to see if the Church had copyrighted it yet, LDS folk get things done quick, fast and in a hurry) it said, and we quote “Bedlamite: an insane person; lunatic.” Yup, Elder Holland just politely called ya kids crazy!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Is there anyone out there who knows the art of politely telling it like it is better than the <a href="http://www.mormon.org/">Mormons</a> do? If you aren’t <a href="http://www.lds.org/">LDS</a> and a young man was to tell you that you’re daughter has a sweet spirit, you would probably be so flattered. Well don’t be, cause that means that boy thinks her personality is nice and all, but he’s not really feelin' her in the looks department. I know you can’t believe it, but that is what that sugar-coated comment actually means.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ESPN writer, <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/869/rick-reilly-mailbag">Rick Reilly</a> recently wrote an <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/869/rick-reilly-mailbag">article</a> about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmer_Fredette">Jimmer Fredette</a> that some Mormons were upset about, this is what Rick had to say about the hate mail: “The best hate mail in America comes from <a href="http://www.byu.edu/">BYU</a> fans. Even when they're spitting 20-penny nails, they're still incurably nice. Alabama fans will write hoping you die a slow, painful death, staked to an anthill while your mom watches, but the worst a BYU fan will say to you is that you're not going to heaven.”</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That’s how we roll. We LDS like to L-D-S (Let’em Down Sensitively). Rick Reilly, take a lesson from the Mormons next time you’re talking about Jimmer’s fans say something like, "I can’t believe all the Bedlam those BYU Bedlamites are causing", it may go over a little better. On the real, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's talk was excellent, you can catch it <a href="http://lds.org/general-conference/watch/2011/04?lang=eng&vid=883477018001&cid=10">here</a>. And just in case some of you still don’t believe us about the phrase “sweet spirit,” here’s the lyrics to the song “Sweet Spirit” by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Provo">Sons of Provo</a>.</div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gJp9e0bFHQU?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />God Bless,<br />Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel

Lions and Tigers and Bedlamites, Oh My!

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The Tie Game

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><u><span style="color: #b9b9b9;"></span></u>Today began the <a href="http://lds.org/conference/languages/0,6353,310-1,00.html">179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>. It also kicked off discussions all across the world of parents telling teenagers that the Saturday sessions are just as important as the Sunday sessions. When I was younger I didn't even know there were Saturday Conference sessions. All I knew was that twice a year my parents left on Saturday morning and didn't come back until the evening. They were using the Saturday sessions of conference to run away from us, and those were usually the days when the house was burned down or one of my siblings was locked in the closet for hours. <br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_S-EQ9Zcv4qoMq_sTJMV35SGg45gLUTAIdJGqN0suUhS43UKkgh5QQYVu9dGauBUIwjc9qz4lr7uPXnbItpDWo8Wyn8QjJ-C09HHs-VZM_YOp0t4fGR8qhoj-pNqSvfBgZaLXQZeUskn/s1600-h/179th_semiannual_general_conference.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a>There was this rumor I used to hear about when I was younger, about this far off distant land, where people got to stay home and watch General Conference in their pajamas. When I finally had the chance to get voted onto the island, boy was it not what I thought it would be. First of all, when you watch Conference at church it's dark (they turn out the lights so you can see the screen, like in a movie theater), your parents can't tell if you have your eyes open or not, or if you are having a thumb war in the pew with your sister, but from home, oh no, they can see it all. My siblings and I had to come up with things like the "tie game." The tie game is when you wait for the knot of the tie of the person at the pulpit to be completely covered by the microphone.There are no winners or losers in this game. You don't even get points. You just sit, watching and waiting. With some speakers it gets so close and you are sure that it will cover the knot, but it never does, so you continue to watch and wait and then finally... there it is, no more knot.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><img /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">President Thomas S. Monson<br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">President of <a href="http://www.lds.org/">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and perfect example of the "tie game"<br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">To this day my parents are still fooled by the tie game. My parents would glance over at their reverent children starring intently at the speaker on screen, and a smile would cross their faces....little did they know. Now I know what some of you are thinking, poor broke kids, playing the tie game, so sad. It is sad! Why didn't somebody tell my Mama about General Conference bingo (I just barely found out about this!).<br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxxAPTomhS65E5iOEN2kaGjXKHJc2zbL127fg5o7nX8DK5ZbWQduEtKPDHRDSSdF4fKirPfpLOvu6UJ2qvWV8T0KuWv7JXhgZD52VyquupHqIjjE66IjYi2OjPpKnYeUwP8ovBj94Xkzx/s1600-h/GCBINGO.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a>Now this game looks like fun! When you hear a speaker say one of the words on your card, you get to put an M&M on it and the first one to get five in a row whispers bingo. See that would have helped us pay attention, even though our bingo cards would have been pencil drawn on recycled notebook paper (and by recycled I mean the backside of an already used sheet of paper), and we would have been using rocks from the yard as bingo chips (cause my Mother doesn't let us play with food). It's ok though, because now I am all grown up and I don't need gimicks to keep me interested in Conference. I am focused, I am like the Rocky of General Conference, watching, my eye is on the tiger (I don't know if that's even right... I was heavily medicated when I saw that movie). Go ahead quiz me on anything! (side note: its an open book quiz, so you can't quiz me until the November issue of the Ensign is out).<br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Sista Laurel<br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.myfreecopyright.com/registered_mcn/BT8QW_3GY41_YKT8E" title="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected"><img alt="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected" border="0" height="38" src="http://storage.myfreecopyright.com/mfc_protected.png" title="MyFreeCopyright.com Registered & Protected" width="145" /></a><br /></div>

The Tie Game

Today began the 179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It also kicked off discussions all ...

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