{"id":284,"date":"2005-10-12T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-12T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=284"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"returned-missionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/10\/12\/returned-missionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Returned Missionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The other day we ran into an old friend who was talking about her daughter. The daughter had stopped going to church at one point. The friend explained to us how she came around, started coming back to church and was married in the temple. At the apex of her excitement at her daughter&#8217;s renewed faith, she mentioned that not only did she marry in the temple, but she married a returned missionary.<\/p>\n<p>Have returned missionaries been reduced to nothing more than prizes for young women who stay faithful? 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