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Well, I'm leaving soon so thanks for the answers!

Ah well then.

Can anyone answer my question? Thanks.

I see that MissionaryMall, and CTR Clothing, and Mr Mac all advertise special combos for missionaries. Does anyone have an opinion on these three places, positive or negative? Is there a place I should avoid? Are these “packages” a good deal, or would I be better off going someplace else? Should I buy them now or wait until I get close to the MTC?

I got my Mission call a week ago Today. I leave in June to the MTC. My Mission is in Houston Texas. Being new to this, as well as my parents (dad served but it's different Today), they want me to find out what i can about the Texas Mission (and the MTC) when it comes to packing. I will have two packing lists, basically. One for the MTC and one for the Mission. Yes, I did get a booklet with information. However, I do want to know, for those who have served in Texas and for everyone who's been to the MTC, what to expect as far as clothing. I shouldn't ask this, but how accurate is the list that we all get when we receive our envelope vs what we really end up needing? Also, my dad has three different websites with Missionary clothing and other supplies. Which one do you recommend, what have you bought there, etc? Missionary Mall CTR Clothing Mr Mac I thank everyone in advance for the information you provide. This will be of great help to my first major church experience and will benefit others on this forum as well, I'm sure.

That could work. Yes, of course the idea of being naked in front of tons of guys is the last thing I want to do but just being around shower rooms alone makes me nervous enough so knowing that their are singular showers comforts me. And it just seems odd that out of any type of fear I could have, being scared of shower rooms is one of my biggest.

If there are private showers that would be great!

You may recognize me from last year when I commented on my lack of faith in the church and my worry about what to believe. Then you may remember me asking if hugging yourself when you wake up was wrong. Anyway, I'm back and this time I've sent my papers in. I'm waiting for them. I'm ready spiritually and have been with my local Missionaries. Everything is great. The only real concern I have about the MTC will surprise you. I have a fear of public shower rooms. Like the ones where you enter and choose one of those polls and on it are a ton of shower heads. Ever since I was young like 8-12 or so, I've had a fear of entering a shower room by myself and even with others at times. My fear is mostly in the fact that at any time they could turn on by themselves. I know it's just water and I shouldn't be afraid, but I am. What do you recommend I do to prepare for the shower rooms at the MTC? I'm fine with normal showers in a bathroom. But it's when it's open and there are multiple ones everywhere that I have a fear of. It isn't bathing in front of other guys or anything (although that's quite uncomfortable as well) but just the shower room in general.

Okay so it's usually after I have a dream involving my friends. Sometimes I hug them in my dream. Anyway I wake up and without even thinking will often times try to replicate the feelings I got. Usually it's nothing sexual, rather that friendship feeling, I suppose you could call it. Of course the whole guys and their hormones going off is natural. So are wet dreams. The Bishop said those were okay because it's part of the way we are built. however would trying to imitate being hugged, be bad? Think of patting yourself on the back, only holding that 'position'. Plus I'm usually lying in bed with covers on so it's usually just one arm.

Or better yet, what would you say would break the law of Chasity? Obviously having sex before married, or (subjective) making out before married are two. Masturbating is another. But what would masturbating be considered then?

Well then explain the difference between giving yourself sexual pleasure and giving yourself... emotional? pleasure...

I've had the desire sometimes to want a hug from someone, like my friends. However, they aren't always around, so I started to (this was usually when I'm sleeping and I have a dream with them so I wake up in the middle of the night) hug myself while thinking of them. There is almost no sexual thought, just the desire to hug them and physically doing so to myself while thinking of doing so to them. Is this considered "masturbating" or what? It's really not a habit... yet.

Well here's what I said: You see, every week on Tuesdays at 7 pm my church's youth group has some sort of activity at our church. Sometimes we play games, sometimes we practice for something on a Sunday. Sometimes we just goof off. Well, not THIS week Tuesday but NEXT one (I believe) we have a water balloon volley ball activity that we are doing outside. And my friends will all be there of course. Since I drive my sister and I to them every week, I would be giving you a ride to this, if you wanted to come. And I found out that you live in between my house and the church building. Which makes thing super easy and convenient. So what do you say? Want to come have some fun playing volley ball and (finally) meeting my friends? If you don't, that's fine as well. And what she said: Sounds good to me! It's kinda hard to pass up water balloon anything. In general, I'm not worried. However, my parents have noticed the increase in me inviting her to stuff and I'm just concerned that it might cause that train of thought. Really, she's just a really good friend who happens to be a girl.

Would inviting her to too many things be a bad idea?

For a while now I've had a few really good non-member friends, one of which I've been hanging around for a while now. She's 15 and has some of the same interests as me. I've invited her to my Stake's road show activity, with the excuse that she helped me with it (prepping for it) and might as well come see the results. However, I have been encouraged to invite non-members to more activities. The problem I see in this case is, she's a girl, and unfortunately I fear that someone, either her parents, or my parents, or my friends or someone will assume it's a relationship or something. Plus in general, when it comes to asking girls to join me on activities, I always need to find an excuse for myself to give. Anyway, in a few weeks for our youth activities we are going to do water balloon volleyball and I figured she might want to join. However, I am failing to come up with a good excuse to do so. I don't want to say 'I want you to join my church, so come to our activities", yet I enjoy having her tag along with stuff. What's the best way to invite a non-member friend who happens to be the opposite gender of you?