Comments on: Missionaries living with Members?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:57:09 +0000

Our mission (Tex. San Antonio) announced this as a new pilot program in San Antonio in late 2007. I saw threw it though...we did this on my mission in SO-Cal 98-2000 hardly a pilot program. The pilot program is a line they throw at members and missionaries so they think its something special. By the way: No rent, only $75 to partially offset utilities. Its not a new program, mission presidents must be talking and collaborating on how to save money. Personally, I have a STRONG testimony that this program is HORRIBLE. I saw too many elders ex-communicated or sent home, members disciplined, elders coming back and marrying 18 year old daughters, and laziness occuring on my mission because of this program or something VERY similar. I am just judging the tree by its fruits. Nothing against all the positive experiences--I am sure there many, but its not worth the risk.

By: rick

rick — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:58:19 +0000

How much WILL you be paid for this privilege?

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:04:53 +0000

Wow, s Autry, you must have a lot of missionaries if all of you WILL house the missionaries in your homes.

By: s Autry

s Autry — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:26:33 +0000

Announced in our branch yesterday. We were told we WILL house the missionaries in our homes.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:24:33 +0000

"Is that a good place for missionaries to be living?"

Considering that most missions in South America fit this description, I guess you'd shut down the missionary program there? I recall JC hung out with plenty of low-lifes, do you expect less of the mishies?

By: Joyce Lohr

Joyce Lohr — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:11:29 +0000

This program is going to roll out in the mission that I currenly live in. As a returned sister myself, I lived in member accomodated housing situations in Nevada from 87-89. Some were great and some were not. Luckily, we always had a separate entrance and our own kitchen but we sometimes heard the member families fighting, sometimes abusively. You learn a lot from the living conditions you find yourself in. I also once lived in a regular apartment situation where drug deals and a dead body was found. Is that a good place for missionaries to be living? We have offered our basement living space to the sisters and hope that we are selected to house them for a time. We hope that knowing they are around will make us clean up our act a bit, not just the clutter but the bickering that goes on our family. I know that sharing some common areas like laundry and kitchen cupboards will be a bit awkward but missions are not honeymoons, they are meant to be a challenge and let's hope that raising the bar means that the missionaries are keeping better ethics as well.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:15:32 +0000

There's space downstairs. There could even be a separate toilet if we dig a hole.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:07:45 +0000

Well all I can say is, missionaries can't live in our house unless they want to kip in the garage. Just no space.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:30:49 +0000

I live in Utah County and this "news" was on the radio last week. No details, though, but it sounds like it's moving broader.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:38:42 +0000

This has been normal practice here in SoCal for at least 5 or 6 years-- except that there's not a requirement for a separate kitchen, and certainly not a separate laundry. One family in the next ward over has had the missionaries living there for a couple of years, so I guess it's going well. I always thought that the family received some money for it but could be wrong. The requirements here are that there can't be teenage girls in the house, and the missionaries have to have their own bathroom.