The Ward

Ha! So since I don't know anyone in the ward yet, they don't know my blog and I can say anything I want. Don't worry, it won't be THAT bad :) Really, it won't be bad at all.

Tyler and I have always been in a family ward, meaning, we go to church with a congregation made primarily up of married, widowed, or single people above 30. If you are 18-30 and not married most people go to the young single adult ward, or congregation. Rochester has a pretty diverse group of people of all incomes, education levels, interests, ages, etc... although racially it's not that diverse at all. Rochester is so happy to have new people in its boundaries (because what congregation you go to is determined where you live), instantly you get a calling, are invited over for dinner, and quizzed on your interests. Well, that's the way it seems.

In Ann Arbor, we go to a family ward too. There is also another married student ward for families living on campus. So generally a lot of LDS members in the Ann Arbor area. Now for the weird part. In our ward there are people not in school, but I would say that's only maybe 100 people? So around 30 percent. On Sunday they read in the records of probably 15 families, all new, most going to school. The ward is pretty racially diverse, but the one odd area it is not diverse in is level of education. It seems around 90 percent of people have at least a Masters degree. This is SO weird. Everyone is smart and seems to dress nice. All the moms I see are super skinny (even while pregnant) and pretty. So if you are one of these moms, congrats!

Oh, and all these moms have at least 2 kids, going on 3. Playgroup today had at least 5 pregnant moms.