Missionary

[wolfjingles]

OK it is better to serve a mission or not to serve in general

I mean from a guy or girl perspective should girls serve as well as guys or not

and how do you know if you are supposed to serve

and can you serve despite comiting sins or is there a sin so bad that it stops you from serving a mission

and if you cant serve would people look down on you

just some questions for you all

thanks

[Guest ApostleKnight]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 08:32 PM

OK it is better to serve a mission or not to serve in general

I mean from a guy or girl perspective should girls serve as well as guys or not

and how do you know if you are supposed to serve

and can you serve despite comiting sins or is there a sin so bad that it stops you from serving a mission

and if you cant serve would people look down on you

just some questions for you all

thanks

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Hey wolf. I returned home after 6 months in the Kentucky Louisville Mission, with an honorable medical release. Though it wasn't for transgression, I went through a period of many months feeling awkward around friends and even family because of the stigma of someone not going on a mission. No one can tell you whether you're worthy enough to go but your bishop. As for the rest, I think it's a personal decision, and one which I don't expect other people to understand. The most important thing is for people who go to go for the right reason, not from social or cultural pressure! :)

[Guest Member_Deleted]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 07:32 PM

OK it is better to serve a mission or not to serve in general

I mean from a guy or girl perspective should girls serve as well as guys or not

and how do you know if you are supposed to serve

and can you serve despite comiting sins or is there a sin so bad that it stops you from serving a mission

and if you cant serve would people look down on you

just some questions for you all

thanks

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I went on a full time mission... after serving a stake mission while waiting for my younger brother and sister to come home first... however... my father thought I should go when 21... and did...

I knew I would be a missionary all of my childhood... It was a strong drive in me... maybe because both my parents served missions...

Yet... when I went up before the high councel ... a full roomful of them... they told me that I was too pretty to go on a mission and shouldn't I be getting married instead... how uncool was that?

Now my daughter was denied a mission because she had been put on a drug for her seizures whilein elementary school which was also used for bi-polar disorders...

She has now been denied a temple recommend twice because she wasn't getting married or going on a mission and she is 25...

It doesn't seem right somehow...

[wolfjingles]

So it is more personal preference on this then any thing. It is a hard decision to make and i am afraid if i make the wrong one i will later regret it and i try to live so that there are little regrets cause well i already have regrets for the way i live my life and i dont want to make the wrong decission on this and end up regreting it. Part of me wants to serve and to teach others and bring other to the knowledge of the gospel and to share with them my testemony and yet.... Part of me feels like i blew the mission thig out when i decided to turn from the chruch years ago

but i have since returned to the church and now would love to go tell the world about it

i just dont know if i can

[Guest Member_Deleted]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 07:46 PM

So it is more personal preference on this then any thing. It is a hard decision to make and i am afraid if i make the wrong one i will later regret it and i try to live so that there are little regrets cause well i already have regrets for the way i live my life and i dont want to make the wrong decission on this and end up regreting it. Part of me wants to serve and to teach others and bring other to the knowledge of the gospel and to share with them my testemony and yet.... Part of me feels like i blew the mission thig out when i decided to turn from the chruch years ago

but i have since returned to the church and now would love to go tell the world about it

i just dont know if i can

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It sounds like you want to go... and you should.

[wolfjingles]

what is it like being on a mission

is it really as hard as what some people say

what if you get out there and freak out then what happens

and it there any thing besideds health that can make you come home early

i know i am asking a lot of questions but these are the things i am worried about and i want to know as much as i can before i make up my mind

[pushka]

Originally posted by Please+Sep 23 2005, 06:44 PM-->

<!--QuoteBegin-wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 07:32 PM

OK it is better to serve a mission or not to serve in general

I mean from a guy or girl perspective should girls serve as well as guys or not

and how do you know if you are supposed to serve

and can you serve despite comiting sins or is there a sin so bad that it stops you from serving a mission

and if you cant serve would people look down on you

just some questions for you all

thanks

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I went on a full time mission... after serving a stake mission while waiting for my younger brother and sister to come home first... however... my father thought I should go when 21... and did...

I knew I would be a missionary all of my childhood... It was a strong drive in me... maybe because both my parents served missions...

Yet... when I went up before the high councel ... a full roomful of them... they told me that I was too pretty to go on a mission and shouldn't I be getting married instead... how uncool was that?

Now my daughter was denied a mission because she had been put on a drug for her seizures whilein elementary school which was also used for bi-polar disorders...

She has now been denied a temple recommend twice because she wasn't getting married or going on a mission and she is 25...

It doesn't seem right somehow...

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Please, I think that it's terrible the kind of discrimination that your daughter appears to be getting...has anybody questioned the validity of the refusals for her temple recommends or her missionary status...surely her medication issues should have been fully investigated before she was refused a mission on those grounds! I would be most upset if that was to happen to my daughter in similar circumstances...

[Jason]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 08:05 PM

what is it like being on a mission

is it really as hard as what some people say

There are pro's and con's. On the pro side, it will definitely make a man out of you. I had people threaten me, spit on me, and generally be very unpleasant around me.

Then there are the con's...you get stuck with all kinds of wacko's for companions...missionaries who forgot to tell their bishops about having sex, or guys who have girlfriends...or general mental cases who think that stepping on the ground is sexually arousing others.

But hey, at least I got to learn Spanish.

what if you get out there and freak out then what happens

You'll get dragged around by your senior companion until you "cowboy-up". Or they'll send you into the Mission Headquarters and give you some wussy desk job until you're ready to face the world again.

and it there any thing besideds health that can make you come home early

Sex always seems to end the mission pretty quickly.

i know i am asking a lot of questions but these are the things i am worried about and i want to know as much as i can before i make up my mind

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If you consider youself a spiritual person, and you want to help others...I'd say go for it. If you'd rather be doing anything else...don't go.

[Guest Kal]

Gordon B. Hinckley once said that every worthy man should serve a mission that is physicall able to. So i think you should, i can't wait till i'm able to go on a mission, it would be a great experience for you. As for whether your worthy or not, ask a stake pres or bishop, you need to be worthy of a temple recommend also.

[beanblossom]

I know that someday I will serve on a mission....after the kiddos are grown.....It's an overwhelming feeling.....hard to define it's like ya just KNOW..........unless God's plan for me changes..I feel like I have lots to do spiritually speaking.......

[Guest Member_Deleted]

Originally posted by pushka+Sep 23 2005, 08:20 PM-->

Originally posted by Please@Sep 23 2005, 06:44 PM

<!--QuoteBegin-wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 07:32 PM

OK it is better to serve a mission or not to serve in general

I mean from a guy or girl perspective should girls serve as well as guys or not

and how do you know if you are supposed to serve

and can you serve despite comiting sins or is there a sin so bad that it stops you from serving a mission

and if you cant serve would people look down on you

just some questions for you all

thanks

←

I went on a full time mission... after serving a stake mission while waiting for my younger brother and sister to come home first... however... my father thought I should go when 21... and did...

I knew I would be a missionary all of my childhood... It was a strong drive in me... maybe because both my parents served missions...

Yet... when I went up before the high councel ... a full roomful of them... they told me that I was too pretty to go on a mission and shouldn't I be getting married instead... how uncool was that?

Now my daughter was denied a mission because she had been put on a drug for her seizures whilein elementary school which was also used for bi-polar disorders...

She has now been denied a temple recommend twice because she wasn't getting married or going on a mission and she is 25...

It doesn't seem right somehow...

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Please, I think that it's terrible the kind of discrimination that your daughter appears to be getting...has anybody questioned the validity of the refusals for her temple recommends or her missionary status...surely her medication issues should have been fully investigated before she was refused a mission on those grounds! I would be most upset if that was to happen to my daughter in similar circumstances...

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I get mad every once in a while... but what good does it do? I figure the Lord will make it up to her eventually...

Right now she is going to go down to St George and live with her brother and his wife for a time... a change is a good thing...

[Guest Member_Deleted]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 23 2005, 08:05 PM

what is it like being on a mission

is it really as hard as what some people say

what if you get out there and freak out then what happens

and it there any thing besideds health that can make you come home early

i know i am asking a lot of questions but these are the things i am worried about and i want to know as much as i can before i make up my mind

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It is as hard as you make it.... relax and go with the flow..

If you get out their... it isn't like flying to the moon... there

are always ways to work out any problems...

The thing that you need to know most... really isn't a thing... but a who... GOD.

[Heather]

Originally posted by Jason@Sep 23 2005, 08:44 PM

Then there are the con's...you get stuck with all kinds of wacko's for companions...missionaries who forgot to tell their bishops about having sex, or guys who have girlfriends...or general mental cases who think that stepping on the ground is sexually arousing others. 

That's why I'm glad they've done the "Raise the Bar." Maybe it will help cut some of that out.

[Jason]

Originally posted by Heather+Sep 24 2005, 12:11 PM-->

<!--QuoteBegin-Jason@Sep 23 2005, 08:44 PM

Then there are the con's...you get stuck with all kinds of wacko's for companions...missionaries who forgot to tell their bishops about having sex, or guys who have girlfriends...or general mental cases who think that stepping on the ground is sexually arousing others. 

That's why I'm glad they've done the "Raise the Bar." Maybe it will help cut some of that out.

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Good point heather. I wish they would have raised the bar back in '94!

[wolfjingles]

what do you mean by raised the bar

i really would not want to get stuck with a bunch off wakos

but what if i am one of the wakoes at times

i mean is being on a mission do you have to be serious all the time

what if your companion hates you or is the total oposite from you

[Guest Member_Deleted]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 24 2005, 03:51 PM

what do you mean by raised the bar

i really would not want to get stuck with a bunch off wakos

but what if i am one of the wakoes at times

i mean is being on a mission do you have to be serious all the time

what if your companion hates you or is the total oposite from you

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I would say if you are making up problems before they happen... that you are

already in trouble... for the rest of your life... not just your mission.

[wolfjingles]

sorry if you feel i am making up problems i am not trying to it is just that

i know i have done a lot of things that i should not have and i guess i am just wondeing were i stand with all this at this point

I dont want to be someone that goes out there to serve a mission and then gives up and comes back home i have seen that happen so many times so i guess i am worried that is all

[Guest Member_Deleted]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 24 2005, 08:14 PM

sorry if you feel i am making up problems i am not trying to it is just that

i know i have done a lot of things that i should not have and i guess i am just wondeing were i stand with all this at this point

I dont want to be someone that goes out there to serve a mission and then gives up and comes back home i have seen that happen so many times so i guess i am worried that is all

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What you sound like is that you are a victim.... stop being a victim and start taking some control of your life...

Think positive.... not so negatively....

State: I will succeed..... I will succeed... I will over come.... I will face all adversity and win with Christ..... try it...

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. I can do all things through Christ ....

[Maureen]

Originally posted by wolfjingles@Sep 24 2005, 02:51 PM

what do you mean by raised the bar

i really would not want to get stuck with a bunch off wakos

but what if i am one of the wakoes at times

i mean is being on a mission do you have to be serious all the time

what if your companion hates you or is the total oposite from you

Hi wolf - I've met some young missionaries here in Canada and from what I can tell they still have their personalities intact and they have not turned into robots. Your mission will be what you make it. The fellas I have met, are still young men who like and talk about music, their own interests, their sometimes crazy dreams after their mission is over. You will still be the same person while on your mission and you will live a Mormon missionary life for the most part - but that doesn't mean you won't have fun. You'll meet some companions that you'll like and some not so much. Many of these other missionaries you'll meet will be just like you, you will have similar interests and you may even make some friends. You'll still laugh and be crazy when times call for it. You may have moments when its time to be somber (like attending a funeral). You'll meet non-members that will let you park your bike in their backyard while you do your missionary duties. You'll still live a somewhat normal life because you'll be around people, its just your schedule and goals will have a different flavour than they do now.

One missionary I met just before he was going home, mentioned to me that one thing he was looking forward to, was to be by himself. When you're on your mission you're never alone. Someone is always with you. You'll have to accept that community atmosphere for 2 years. Depending on where you go, you'll have to adapt to the food. My nephew went to Hong Kong and lost weight. When his parents came to pick him up they were shocked by how much he lost. Expect the unexpected but be yourself, adapt to your environment the best you can, be interested in the people you meet and learn from your experiences. And above all try to laugh and have fun.

Good luck in your decision.

M.