Sister Saints And Home Visits

[LeSellers]

I heard that mormon females aren't allowed to enter another persons home if a female living in that home also isn't in the home while they visit. Is that true?

I've never heard this.

I believe you're confusing missionary rules with counsel for other Saints.

One is left wondering where you heard this, and why you're concerned.

Lehi

[Calm]

Sounds like it to me too.

Missionary companionships are also asked not to visit with members of the opposite sex unless at least one person of the missionaries' same sex is present to chaperone.^[20] Alternatively, those contacts may be referred to a companionship of the same gender as the contact or to married couple missionaries, when available.

http://en.wikipedia....ary_(LDS_Church)#Missionary_conduct

Visiting teachers (usually two women from the ward assigned to visit another woman from the ward in her home) are there to teach only the adult women in a home as opposed to Home Teachers (two males) who will teach a family so if they came to visit and the woman was not there, they would likely not come in but try again another time.

Edited June 20, 2011 by calmoriah

[blueadept]

Is there any guidelines for two Female LDS missionaries in regards to visits? Just curious. My wife has a picture of the family with 2 female LDS missionaries but I've never had the privilege of talking to any except when I've visited the SLC/LA Temples.

Edited June 20, 2011 by blueadept

[LeSellers]

Dampwaffles has not graced us with his presence since his one and only message. I guess it wasn't too important.

Lehi

[changed]

I've always thought that it would be good practice to not have PPI's - often PPI's involve someone who is unstable/distraught, put someone like this alone in a room with someone of the opposite sex who is loving and caring? sorry, but you need someone else in there too, unstable people tend to lie/create bad situations around themselves... I think it would be in everyone's best interest is all...

[Dampwaffles]

Yes, the reason I asked is because I was at a friends house whose faither was considering converting to Mormonism. He would get weekly visits from two female Mormons who would try to get him to go to Church and whatnot.

When they were invited in the home they said they weren't allowed in unless there was a female who lived there in the house as well. I was just wondering if that was true or not. Apparently it is.

Thanks for the info.

[bluebell]

Yes, the reason I asked is because I was at a friends house whose faither was considering converting to Mormonism. He would get weekly visits from two female Mormons who would try to get him to go to Church and whatnot.

When they were invited in the home they said they weren't allowed in unless there was a female who lived there in the house as well. I was just wondering if that was true or not. Apparently it is.

Thanks for the info.

It's true for sister missionaries (and also true for the male missionaries, called 'elders' in the reverse situation where a female was home alone).

The only exceptions might be for those people determined to be old enough not to be an issue-in my mission we called it the 'grandfather' or 'grandmother' clause. We, as sister missionaries, were allowed into a male's home even if he was home alone as long as he appeared to be over the age of 70.

Missionaries have different rules they have to follow than regular members of the church though.

Edited June 23, 2011 by bluebell

[Garden Girl]

This is a way of being prudent in preventing the possibility of questions being raised as to behavior, etc. It even applies to a married male and/or female not riding together for instance to our stake center 50 miles away.

GG

Edited June 23, 2011 by Garden Girl