tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post8025859316713190603..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: What I Like Best About LDS MissionsJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-60111206987181954722010-11-03T09:51:33.862-05:002010-11-03T09:51:33.862-05:00Jeff, QUICK! Buy some "Simplified Script&quo...Jeff, QUICK! Buy some "Simplified Script" Chinese copies of the Book of Mormon, and treat your son to dinner in every Chinese restaurant in Appleton.Bookslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-74096854663049232162010-11-02T21:21:11.298-05:002010-11-02T21:21:11.298-05:00Thank you so much for this blog. I remember my ow...Thank you so much for this blog. I remember my own mission well. I grew and changed and became a better person. I had a loving mission president. That being said, I didn't make the most out of my mission and I could have grown so much closer to Christ if I had been truly prepared and dedicated from the start. I hope and pray that my sons will maintain their worthiness. That they will enter their missions prepared to receive the blessings and peace that serving the Lord brings.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09065449766358938640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-67299471881810062602010-11-02T19:53:34.981-05:002010-11-02T19:53:34.981-05:00Curious to know if you son bumped into my brother ...Curious to know if you son bumped into my brother Karl Wheatley and his wife in Tawian? They have been surving there since April of last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-62008587913385670652010-11-02T14:58:34.615-05:002010-11-02T14:58:34.615-05:00I really liked the part where you talked about how...I really liked the part where you talked about how your mission softened the worst parts about you. That's how I felt after my mission as well, especially when all of my group of friends got together post-missions. Pre-mission, we'd hear stories about how "my mission changed me forever" and "I'm such a different person because of my mission" and I think we all had these big ideas about what that must mean.<br />In reality, we all came home the same people, with the same weaknesses and proclivities that we left with. But the weaknesses weren't as debilitating, and overlaid on top of our old personalities was a much deeper understanding of the importance of the gospel in our lives.<br />Immediately after the mission, it felt like such a subtle change to us. But over the years I can see ways in which that slight reorientation has continued to draw me closer to the correct path. It's like the analogy with the gate, where a small correction on the side with the hinge turns into large changes down the line. And to be honest, I'm not sure how drastically I could have expected to change over the course of a mission, seeing that it is such a low-temptation environment compared to real life.Jared Crookstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601117159402801136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-36231151638458157282010-11-02T01:05:15.176-05:002010-11-02T01:05:15.176-05:00Your comments really resonated with me, about the ...Your comments really resonated with me, about the new perspectives gained by the mission experience.<br /><br />A big miracle of God's work in our lives is that He can make these experiences benefit so many people at once. Sure, missionaries grow tremendously as a result, but other lives are blessed in the process -- often in spite of the missionary's effortsJeremyhttp://jkslade.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-26706854420221656282010-11-02T00:47:45.920-05:002010-11-02T00:47:45.920-05:00We had 3 sons and 1 daughter serve missions and I ...We had 3 sons and 1 daughter serve missions and I agree with your assessment of the changes that happen as they serve their fellowmen as they do.<br />I love the way you express your feelings; it helps me to realize how I really feel as well. The ability to write is a gift. Please keep giving.Billownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-60221385216693982472010-11-01T14:09:53.482-05:002010-11-01T14:09:53.482-05:00Glad to see your son had a great experience and ca...Glad to see your son had a great experience and came back a better man. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I fit under the "bad experience" mission as mentioned in your Note and am still taking a beating from it fifteen years later. I'm glad to see that the Church recognized the need to have Elders who practice what they preached and thus raised the bar; I doubt I and many others would have had the same ugly experience if we had served after that announcement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-26063434920712633602010-11-01T09:42:13.779-05:002010-11-01T09:42:13.779-05:00Jeff, congratulations to you and your son. As I m...Jeff, congratulations to you and your son. As I mentioned to you once before, I had the great pleasure of meeting your son in Taipei as one of his contacts was baptized into our English ward. He was an outstanding missionary.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-8391341201311772662010-11-01T08:50:31.711-05:002010-11-01T08:50:31.711-05:00Totally agree. Well spoken. Congrats on another su...Totally agree. Well spoken. Congrats on another successful mission served. You must be planning tom serve a couples mission now. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com