01-10-2007, 04:43 PM | #11 |
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Wow. That's amazing.
I recall one missionary being sent home from my mission (he was stalked by a horny woman - finally succumbed) during my two-year stint. Other than that, the worst thing I ever heard of was a district of elders that liked to waste time playing Uno. Seriously. That was it. (Japan, Osaka).
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01-10-2007, 04:58 PM | #12 |
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I've spent time in Arkansas on business, and I found it to be a great place -- one of my favorites to visit.
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01-10-2007, 05:01 PM | #14 |
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I attended a baptism in Collierville, TN, where a ward member had just came home from his two-year stint in the Phillipines. His best story was about "the apostate elder who watched television." He spoke as though all the elders were amazed that someone would dare to purposefully break a rule like that.
I was amazed at how strikingly different the missions can be. I forgot to mention Elder Q, who was so proud of his "killing kittens" that he would openly talk about it, and even claimed to have done so the morning before it was his zone's turn to go to the temple. Last edited by ute4ever; 01-10-2007 at 11:03 PM. Reason: Removed the name, as requested |
01-10-2007, 05:16 PM | #15 |
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Wow, my mission was nothing like yours in Arkansas but we had a handful of Elders sent home. One for setting up his video camera in a closet to record his companion as he changed. The Elder who was being peeped on saw the camera one time and beat the crap out of his companion. The peeping tom was sent home and our MP told us all exactly what happened at a ZLC. He frequently did that with disciplinary issues. He thought it was best to tell the truth rather than the mission run rampant with rumors. There was another set of Elders who went to the bar and got plastered. One of them brought home a girl. Well the other, upset that he wasn't as lucky as his companion, called the MP in a drunken stupor complaining that his companion was getting laid and he wasn't. They both went home too. Other than that, there was the occasional idiot who got tattooed on the mission, got high, or went to the movies.
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01-10-2007, 05:43 PM | #16 |
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I am long-time friends with a former Arkansas Little Rock missionary. It was several years before you were there 4ever, but I'll have to ask him what it was like then. I wonder if it's no coincidence that he is now an apostate.
No wonder Clinton was a horny bugger. If missionaries got that much action, I can only imagine what the Governor would be getting.
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01-10-2007, 07:53 PM | #18 |
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I appreciate all the insights and helping me to understand it more. I know everyone has their reasons and that I don't neccesarily have to understand the whys and all of you you helped me to see that more. Thanks.
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01-10-2007, 08:03 PM | #19 |
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Please, God, never make me a mission president.
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