LDS missions - Page 2

jonathanncrm · #11 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 03:41 PM

Thanks! I appreciate your thoughts and feelings. I hope you feel welcome here.
Jonathan Johnson

#12 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jonathanncrm

Thanks! I appreciate your thoughts and feelings. I hope you feel welcome here.
Jonathan Johnson

Thank you jonathanncrm

I do indeed feel welcome here

except for this guy named bytor, what a " bleep "

God bless,
Carl

BenRaines · #13 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 04:10 PM

Ceeboo, where is the j/k? We wouldn't want Jonathan to think that Bytor is a bad guy. Jonathan is a member of the More Good Foundation staff.

Ben Raines

jonathanncrm · #14 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 04:13 PM

Thanks Ben for the clarification. i was blocking his IP when I read your Post. LOL! J/K

bytor2112 · #15 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ceeboo

Thank you jonathanncrm

I do indeed feel welcome here

except for this guy named bytor, what a " bleep "

God bless,
Carl

Ceeboo....your still my friend...even though you are....... a Catholic agitator

Maureen · #16 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 11:49 PM

I also have questions to add to ceeboo's questions.

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Are they paid for by the Church ??

Doesn't the LDS church pay for the plane fares to and from?

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Who picks your destination ?? ( do you have any say in where you might like to go )

When you fill out the papers to apply for a mission, can the potential missionary suggest places he would like to go to? (My nephew desperately wanted to go to Scotland and he got his wish)

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Where does your " money to live on " come from??

How does the missionary get his/her monthly allowance, when he/she is in the mission field? (that he has saved up prior to going on a mission)

Thanks also!

M.

pam · #17 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jonathanncrm

Thanks Ben for the clarification. i was blocking his IP when I read your Post. LOL! J/K

Jonathan how in the heck are you my friend? Haven't talked to you or have I seen you online in some time. Hope you are well.

Palerider · #18 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by pam

Jonathan how in the heck are you my friend? Haven't talked to you or have I seen you online in some time. Hope you are well.

brown noser......

#19 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 09:48 AM

Thanks again to ALL who have shared this info with me on LDS missions

A few more questions, if I may.

What percentage of LDS have served a mission ( half, most, few ?? )

Do missions overlap ( as we speak, are some just starting, some almost done, some in the middle )??

Can it be dangerous ( depending on what Country your sent ) to go on a mission?? say, China for example??

For those who have served a mission, have you found that you were welcomed by the majority, or not so much??

I am sure this depends on several things but for those who have served, did you find the experience humbling, hard, exciting, lonely,etc???

Would you encourage your kids to also serve a mission??

Thanks again and God bless,
Ceeboo

Truegrits · #20 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 10:12 AM

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Would you encourage your kids to also serve a mission??

My son is 15; since his baptism (at 8), he has a large "piggy bank" that change/money goes into, as savings for his Mission. He is anxious to go; he, (of course

) wants to go to a foreign land. He wants to learn another language. Two in our family have gone out of the U.S.; one to Mexico and one to Brazil (I think that is where he went)!
We have always, as a matter of course, said 'when' you go on your Mission, never 'if' you go. But, even though we do want/expect him to go, if for some reason he decides not to go, he will not be forced to go. That will be HIS choice.