Comments on: Why My Mission Isn’t the Best Two Years https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Mon, 21 Sep 2015 03:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: rhonda https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-56977 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:47:55 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-56977 My mission was very regimented and my MP was the military type. I wished that he could have observed the 100 missionaries that were in his area from the perspective that we were there to serve and to learn to love the Lord and all that we could see the Lord within, including our areas and the people we served. He was hard on the young men and women. He didn’t appreciate people who could have been causing harm or have simply decided to live with apathy instead of serving with the intention of building a better world. No one ever pat us on the back…and I was fine with that b/c I was doing this for the Lord. Now, 12 years later I look back and I realize that it was all about control for that man. I think about missionaries that I served with and around, and although I didn’t like all of them, I admire them for being there and sharing space with me.

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20885 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:12:37 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20885 In my experience most people spend the more time worrying about the ‘churchy’ things and not worldly things.

I would think that with such a focus on personal worthiness, that insecurity would manifest itself several fold while on a mission.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20744 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:30:16 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20744 Maybe he means he was freer because he never had to worry about wordly things.

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20711 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:13:05 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20711 “Never have I felt freer…”

I find this hard to believe.

In one of the most regimented environments a person came place themselves, you felt ‘freer’?

I’m sorry, but from my perspective I don’t know how that’s possible.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20380 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:07:46 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20380 Thanks, John. I am looking forward to serving with my wife as well. I got a taste of it when we served as stake missionaries together a few years ago. It will be a good experience.

]]> By: John Scherer https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20378 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:31:16 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20378 Thanks for this. I was already married with two kids when I was baptised with my wife. I sometimes feel regret that I didn’t have the opportunity to serve in my youth. However, joining the church as a family has been such a sacred experience that I don’t think I would change anything if I could. I don’t think any mission experience could have more effect on me than seeing my children in the sealing room. I do hope to serve with my wife someday, however.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20350 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:23:43 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20350 Read through the comments here.

]]> By: Dan https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20346 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:05:44 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20346 As a period of two years, my mission was overall the best experience of my life. Never have I felt freer and stress-free. Never have I felt better about myself for that long of a sustained period than during those two years.

But was the mission the best experience in my life? No. Marrying my wife and seeing my daughter take her first breath easily outdistance the experiences on my mission.

]]> By: Sally https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20343 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:26:44 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/01/21/why-my-mission-isnt-the-best-two-years/#comment-20343 So tell us about your faith shaking experiences?

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