Mission Leadership

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

If you want to be ZL or AP, you have to write letters to the president.

If every week you write "everything fine" and that's all you write, you are not likely to be AP.

I think I got yanked into the office because the President got tired of writing me letters and calling me on the phone.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Then I see they locked you up in the assylum. Darryl Strawberry missionary.

I'm laughing about this as I post this. Nice.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by OrangeUte

i was an AP, and i miss the opportunity to screw around with people that i don't like by transferring them to shitty areas.

I'm with you.

MP: "Any inspiration as to where we should send Anziano so-and-so?"

me: "Let's send him to be a junior companion to Anziano doom-and-gloom."

[Donuthole]

I'm not going to respond to the poll question because I don't feel comfortable divulging what leadership position I held in the mission.

On that note, when I was in my mission I had the opportunity to work very closely with my Mission President for several months, and something I learned from him was . . .

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Donuthole

I'm not going to respond to the poll question because I don't feel comfortable divulging what leadership position I held in the mission.

On that note, when I was in my mission I had the opportunity to work very closely with my Mission President for several months, and something I learned from him was . . .

Aha! You were the mission financial secretary, weren't you?

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Donuthole

I'm not going to respond to the poll question because I don't feel comfortable divulging what leadership position I held in the mission.

On that note, when I was in my mission I had the opportunity to work very closely with my Mission President for several months, and something I learned from him was . . .

Aha! You were the mission financial secretary, weren't you?

[Donuthole]

That was so good it deserved multiple postings!

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Donuthole

That was so good it deserved multiple postings!

Yep. My first double post. I don't know how I did it, but I'm proud of myself.

[BYU71]

Being a ZL back in my day was a prestigious thing to the folks back home.

I remember getting in a car accident and calling home. The first question from my mom wasn't was I hurt. The first question was "will you still be a Zone Leader." She denies it now, but I remember it well.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

How about this:

How many of you served both an english seeking mission and a foreign speaking mission?

It's not that uncommon. About nine months out in my mission, I was transferred to foreign-speaking, after being English speaking.

So in some ways, I feel like I had two missions.

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