Can a divorced girl go on a mission?

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Yup, one needs to get a permission from the First Presidency. I think she did not tell you anything about it because she was asked to not discuss it. Just like my friend was asked to not talk about it.

[anim82r]

Hi...I don't know if anyone has had a similar situation to this...but I thought maybe someone would know.

Okay...I've been divorced now for a couple of months. My husband just woke up one day and decided to leave me and the church. Imagine my surprise....

But anyway....I really feel like I want to go on a mission. I understand there is some sort of waiting period that one has to wait after being divorced before you can go on a mission...but I was wondering if anyone knew how long that was, or even why that was?

Well anyway I wasn't planning on going for another year and a half...but I really want to go...sometime. I plan on talking to the bishop and asking him about it....but I was just wondering if any of you had anything that would be helpful for me...has anyone gone through this before?

Also...I know that it costs like 7000 dollars to go on a mission...or something like that...does the church help with that at all...or do you have to find all the money somehow yourself. I was planning on saving as much as I could...but I can't seem to get a job with this economy. So I'm not sure how much I can save.

But I really have a desire to serve. I don't know if it will work out for me though...I suppose I will settle for going on splits with the sister missionaries or something if I have to.

But anyway, any advice, anyone could give me that would be great. Especially if someone went through what I've gone through before....perhaps you could tell me how long it took before you were allowed to go on a mission. I don't know...let me know. .

Several months after my baptism 12 years ago I met a Filipina Full time missionary who happened to have been married in the Temple. Her husband died when she was pregnant. After 5 years she left her child with her parents and went on mission. I can't recall all the things she did to be sent on a full time mission, I think her leaders wrote to the area seventy. And maybe they forwarded the message to the prophet. Whatever the process maybe she was able to go on a mission leaving her 4-year-old child with her parents.:)

[carlimac]

Just heard about a divorced 25 yr old gal who has filled out her papers and is waiting for her call right now. I know she was married because I went to her reception. She was single again about 2 yrs later. I don't know any more than that.