English Essay About Traditions :)

The Memorial of Christ’s Death

            Every year around March, you may see Jehovah’s Witnesses going door to door handing out pamphlets about Christ’s death. You may have received one yourself and read it, but do you wonder why Jehovah’s Witnesses do this? Every year my mom and I celebrate the Memorial of Christ’s Death with my congregation. This is a tradition of my congregation and many around the world. I would like to tell you about it, but first, I want to explain the history behind why Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in celebrating the Memorial of Christ’s Death.

            Why did Jesus give himself as a sacrifice? Mathew 20:28 says, “… and to give his soul a ransom in exchange for many.” Jesus gave his life, “in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.”(John 3:16) On Nisan 14, Jesus and his 12 apostles shared a meal that came to be called The Lords Evening Meal. Jesus shared bread with his followers saying, “This means my body, which is to be given in your behalf.” (Luke 22:19)  Then he shared with them a cup of wine and said, “This means my ‘blood of the covenant,’ which is to be poured out in behalf of many.” (Mark 14:24)  Jesus then said, “Keep doing this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19) Jesus gave himself as a sacrifice for two reasons. First, to prove Satan the Devil’s accusation saying that any man would give anything to stay alive wrong, and second, so that everyone that has faith in Jehovah could have everlasting life. You can read about Satan’s accusation in Job 1. Now that you know the history behind why I celebrate the Memorial, what do Jehovah’s Witnesses do to celebrate it now?

            Nisan 14 falls on a different day every year. This year, it was March 30. Next year, it will be April 17. It is always on a Sunday. After sun down, my congregation gathers at our Kingdom Hall and we listen to a talk that explains The Lords Meal and the hope of the resurrection. After that the anointed take part in eating unleavened bread and drinking a glass of unsulfured wine. Taking part in this symbolizes that they are part of Gods 144,000 that will go to heaven to serve as kings and priests with Jesus and Jehovah. I am not one of the anointed but I have the hope of going to a paradise on earth with all the other faithful Christians that serve Jehovah.

            Why is the bread unleavened? 1 Corinthians 5:6 says: “Your cause for boasting is not fine. Do you not know that a little leaven ferments the whole lump?” In the Bible leaven is used to symbolize sin. The unleavened bread represents Jesus being perfect and having no sin. Celebrating the Memorial strengthens my hope for the paradise and encourages me to keep serving Jehovah even though there are many hardships. I enjoy going to this special event and in the past years I have gone to a Memorial in Alabama and got to meet other Jehovah’s Witnesses! This tradition is very important to me and I appreciate the hope of the paradise very much!

            You can also come to the Memorial! The pamphlets I talked about earlier also have the date, time, and location of a Kingdom Hall near you. Every year my mom and I have a tradition of going to it, wherever we are. This tradition is very special to us and we have not missed it since becoming Jehovah’s Witnesses. We hope to see you there this year!

Bana Cream Pie with Mernque(???)

So im so sorry! I havnt been good at blogging! I hope to get better. I made a Banana Cream Pie - lets see...- friday? I think so. Let me tell you! it was amazing!! There was some trouble. I made the pudding first, vanill pudding. This got lumpy - but it didnt matter in the end. then, of course, the pie crust wasnt done, so I had to wait about an hour for that. When that was done , I layered the cream, banana slices, crea, banana slices, and cream again. THen, I made the merangue, wait, no, i made the merangue before the cream. Sorry! Anyways, makeing the merangue wasnt very hard. I made a cornstarch and sugar paste. Then I whipped the eggs with tartar and vanilla. Lastly I put in sugar and then the cornstarch paste. Yummm!! That went on top of the pie (making sure t seal the edges) and I applied it on in peaks everywhere. I then put it in the top rack in the oven... tehe, it wouldnt fit on the bottom even if I wanted it there! So that cooked for ohh.. under an hour maybe? It came out lovely! It had the perfect brown ,and it didnt fall. Normally if the pudding isnt warm when you out the merangue on(which it wasnt) it will fall. But, not for me! It help up perfectly! I am so proud. Im afraid I dont have a picture... we ate it! So that was one of my recipes fo this week. Ill blog some more later!  This recipe was from Joy Of Cooking, 2009  version I believe.

Jenna and Me on Facebook

So this is copied from my aunts blog. I attempted to make Spun sugar......

Jenna and Me on Facebook

Jenna:
Can I come over Thursday. And friday instead? I'm getting a hair cut in wedensday

Debra:
Yes

Jenna:
oh, and can we make spun sugar?

Debra:
no

Jenna:
whhhhhyyyyyy noooooottttt?

Debra:
You can make that mess at your house. :-D


Jenna:
i already did!!!!


Debra:
then why make it again?

Jenna:
because me and my neighbor tried to do it. I think we messes up the measuring. So it didnt stretch,, it fell in lumps. then we added more water and corn syrup, cooked it more. and burned it. oh-we also caught the pan on fire. That wasnt fun. We ended up burning it and pouring it in a sheet and trying to eat it, but it tasted to bad.....you see why i need someone with more experience????


Debra:
BWAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Never start the house on fire with out an adult present.

So, I made some new cupcakes. There suppost to look like Ice-Cream cones. I think they turned out pretty good. The recipe made more than it said, so they were kinda overflowing, and werent cooked enough. The frosting was a Swiss Merangue(Spelling?) and of course, we had no butter, so half of the butter in it was Crisco, but ppl still liked the frosting (umm...EEWW!) I want to make them again, but they were a lot of work...so, maybe!

School

Who's ready for school? Strangely, I am! My friend told me that he wanted to cry when he started shopping for school! I get excited to buy new school supplies!
Anyways, Isaac's new name is Quilt Boy! I'm going to go to the "Ella" play this Wednesday. My mom thinks that it will be good for me to hear the actor sing b/ I'm taking singing lessons in a week. I am excited!!! So long!

Hey everyone!!! I took this pic Sunday, March 15 I believe. We get chickedies but I don't think that this is one, I saw one up side down on the side of a tree in our backyard, I think it might be a Junkie, comment if you know what it is!!! Thanks for reading!!! Choui!!!(Spelling?)

Hi!!! People that know me might know that I make and sell Jewelry and crafts. Here's a pics of something I made. I will upload pics later!!! Thank goodness its warm!!!! Warm Warm Warm!!!!! Spring Spring Spring!!!!!! I biked outside today!!! I have taken walks with my dog too. May everyone enjoy spring!!! It is a wonderful time of year, I will blog my poem some other time!!! I will try to get more on!!!

Hi again! If you don't know this yet, I love horses! I take riding lessons at he Circle C Ranch with another student in a group lesson. I wish I had a horse like all other horse lovers do to! I'm thinking of getting the "Young Rider" magazines. I also want to go to my riding instructors "Horse Day Camp". It is in the summer and I hope my dad say's yes! My hobbies are ice skating, which I currently can't do because I sprained my ankle! I have week ankles and always walk on my toes so I twist it a lot, but this time it was really bad, I could not walk on it. Normally my ankles just hurt a little and thats it. But I did hurt it bad enough before this that I can't sit on it, like a half criss, cross, apple sauce, or else it will hurt.

I think that a lot of people don't like seed beading because it takes so long, well have no fear, the seed beader is here!! The seed beader quickly beads for you if you. You should check it out! (Itsd real name might not actually be the Seed Beader, I'm not sure what it is.)

My first Blog

Hello. This is my first blog on my blogging page. Your all probably wondering what "Le Joie de Aleatoire" means. It means "The Joy of Random" in french. I take french and my blogging will probably be kind of random so I chose this as my title. I hope you enjoy my blog page.