Kids and Missions

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Originally Posted by Colly Wolly

How am I a leaner if I don't want to go to meetings, don't want my hometeachers coming over and wasting my time, etc? To whom am I a burden? I have no problem paying tithing. I'll continue to bankroll the church without sapping any resources. The bishopric should be grateful.

I don't know if it's so much about whether or not you are a burden, as much as it is about whether you're lifting the burdens of others.

Originally Posted by cougarobgon

That summer after graduation he had what he calls a "life changing" experience. He began visiting with our bishop, all on his own, and began hanging around an active YM who had gone to the BYU-I summer freshman orientation.

It is remarkable what good peer influence can do for youth with budding testimonies. We have a young man in our ward preparing to go in November whose Intrade last year was hovering near zero. Watching his friends prepare to leave while he continued to do nothing but party made him start to rethink his priorities. It's been a remarkable transformation.