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Needed To Share…Mission Rules!
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, May 03 2012 08:26 AM
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 08:26 AM
My son is very good about obeying the mission rules. My wife gets a call a couple of days ago. It was someone from Caleb’s mission asking for Sister Lee. She says to my wife…”you don’t know me but I am in the Ward your son is serving in here in California”. My wife says “OoooKaay”; she replies… “he needs to buy something and he wanted to make sure it was alright”. My wife says, “well what does he need”…”She says wait and I ask him again”. My son is standing there, but did not want to break the rules…I laughed until I cried. My wife is telling her, “pay no attention to that man in the background, it’s just his Father”. Real life is too funny sometimes.
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 08:51 AM
Technology vs. mission rules can produce some interesting situations. I got a text the other day with an embedded picture of my duaghter at a dinner appointment eating BBQ'd (?) crawfish. The texter said "whats your email, I have a video for you". So the next day, here is a one minute video of my daughter picking up, with much trepedation, a live crawfish, shortly before it's tasty demise. Delightful, and while she is not allowed to contact me, I guess members she meets in the field, well how can they be stopped?
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 09:04 AM
Buzzard, on 03 May 2012 - 08:51 AM, said:
Technology vs. mission rules can produce some interesting situations. I got a text the other day with an embedded picture of my duaghter at a dinner appointment eating BBQ'd (?) crawfish. The texter said "whats your email, I have a video for you". So the next day, here is a one minute video of my daughter picking up, with much trepedation, a live crawfish, shortly before it's tasty demise. Delightful, and while she is not allowed to contact me, I guess members she meets in the field, well how can they be stopped?
"So now it's just another show, leave them laughing when you go. And if you care don't let them know. Don't give yourself away" Joni Mitchell
There is no such thing as "Christian Tolerance"! Theo 1689 (CARMite)
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 11:09 AM
We used to have sister missionaries in our ward and my dear non-LDS husband used to feel quite protective of them (he provided them with a cell phone, including monthly costs, to carry in their car because there are many rural stretches of highway in this area, particularly on their way to mission confs, etc).
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 12:36 PM
Boy,do I feel ancient.On my mission,I got letters only,no calls at all. And the letters were often 3 months late. Of course that made Christmas in March.
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 05:27 PM
Garden Girl, on 03 May 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:
We used to have sister missionaries in our ward and my dear non-LDS husband used to feel quite protective of them (he provided them with a cell phone, including monthly costs, to carry in their car because there are many rural stretches of highway in this area, particularly on their way to mission confs, etc).
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 05:29 PM
Pa Pa, on 03 May 2012 - 08:26 AM, said:
My son is very good about obeying the mission rules. My wife gets a call a couple of days ago. It was someone from Caleb’s mission asking for Sister Lee. She says to my wife…”you don’t know me but I am in the Ward your son is serving in here in California”. My wife says “OoooKaay”; she replies… “he needs to buy something and he wanted to make sure it was alright”. My wife says, “well what does he need”…”She says wait and I ask him again”. My son is standing there, but did not want to break the rules…I laughed until I cried. My wife is telling her, “pay no attention to that man in the background, it’s just his Father”. Real life is too funny sometimes.
Papa, that is so funny. Wish someone was had a vid of you at the time.
"Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final."
--Thomas S. Monson,
The Stars of Carm can only exist in a reason-proof petri dish of fawning ignorance united by frightening medieval bigotry. - SilverKnight
"There is, in fact, a numbing sameness to unrighteousness,"- Hamba Tuhan
--Thomas S. Monson,
The Stars of Carm can only exist in a reason-proof petri dish of fawning ignorance united by frightening medieval bigotry. - SilverKnight
"There is, in fact, a numbing sameness to unrighteousness,"- Hamba Tuhan
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:35 AM
Somebodyz, on 03 May 2012 - 05:29 PM, said:
Papa, that is so funny. Wish someone was had a vid of you at the time.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 07:03 PM
I never got to do stuff like that. Being allowed to email was a new thing when I was on my mission (started while I was in the MTC in fact) and viable video chat hadn't been invented yet.
You guys sure know how to make me feel old, and I'm still YSA!
You guys sure know how to make me feel old, and I'm still YSA!
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 07:42 PM
silvermoon383, on 04 May 2012 - 07:03 PM, said:
I never got to do stuff like that. Being allowed to email was a new thing when I was on my mission (started while I was in the MTC in fact) and viable video chat hadn't been invented yet.
You guys sure know how to make me feel old, and I'm still YSA!
You guys sure know how to make me feel old, and I'm still YSA!
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:59 PM
Garden Girl, on 03 May 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:
We used to have sister missionaries in our ward and my dear non-LDS husband used to feel quite protective of them (he provided them with a cell phone, including monthly costs, to carry in their car because there are many rural stretches of highway in this area, particularly on their way to mission confs, etc).
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 11:48 AM
We always end up with a picture or two when the missionaries come over for dinner, and we email them to their parents immediately. I can't imagine there being anything wrong with that
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 02:19 PM
I have been so grateful to members who have taken the time to email me, send pictures and call. They make it so much more bearable.
It's all good.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 04:59 PM
Garden Girl, on 03 May 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:
We used to have sister missionaries in our ward and my dear non-LDS husband used to feel quite protective of them (he provided them with a cell phone, including monthly costs, to carry in their car because there are many rural stretches of highway in this area, particularly on their way to mission confs, etc).
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
We used to have them over for dinner, do special things on P-Days or holidays. One of the first things he'd do when a new sister mish came in was to produce a video for her to send home to her parents... he had filmed Lincoln City and some of our activities like the kite festival and sandcastle building contest, and the road through town leading to their apartment, and the inside of their apartment. It lasted about 10 minutes and was beautiful and fun. This would go on each video first with us introducing it and telling a little about LC and area. Then he'd set up the camera so the sister could sit and "talk" to her folks... they'd always say What should I talk about?, and we'd say Just tell about your days/activities. Then we'd leave the room... about an hour later when dinner was ready I'd go downstairs and there she'd be, just talking away, bearing her testimony, telling her folks how she loved them and her mission, etc etc. I'd say Okay, it's time and she would close.
The next day we'd mail the video to the sister's folks... I cherish some of the letters we received from parents. One mother told me that whenever she got to missing her daughter too much, she'd get out the video and watch it and feel comforted.
For quite a few years after sisters would leave our area we'd receive cards/letters/wedding invitations. The sisters loved my husband and his kindness and consideration of them. I loved him for being so supportive not only to me but to them... I'm sealed to him now and I know he awaits me...
from the beach... with Bobby-cat on my lap... GG
To whom it may concern: If you feel inclined to do anything for or in behalf of me after I die -- or even while I'm living, for that matter -- that is comparable in intent to Mormon vicarious baptisms or other ordinances for the dead, feel free. I would even regard it as a magnanimous gesture. I would appreciate the thought in any case.
Nobody gives you all the facts all at once, leastwise anti-Mormons and hostile critics. If selective focus or emphasis amounts to deceit, they are the worst of offenders.
If I detest anything as virulently as anti-Mormons obviously detest Mormonism, feel free to label me as "anti-" the thing I detest. I won't mind in the least.
An author who undertakes to criticize publicly another's religious faith and practice has the obligation, in the first instance, to understand it.
... and the anti-Mormon saith unto them: I am no anti-Mormon, for there is none — and thus he whispereth in their ears.
Nobody gives you all the facts all at once, leastwise anti-Mormons and hostile critics. If selective focus or emphasis amounts to deceit, they are the worst of offenders.
If I detest anything as virulently as anti-Mormons obviously detest Mormonism, feel free to label me as "anti-" the thing I detest. I won't mind in the least.
An author who undertakes to criticize publicly another's religious faith and practice has the obligation, in the first instance, to understand it.
... and the anti-Mormon saith unto them: I am no anti-Mormon, for there is none — and thus he whispereth in their ears.
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