Mission Decision

[wally]

Keeping with the Rugby theme, would you advise your son to make this decision?:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...-the-call.html

The kid left $1.5 M on the table.

[RC Vikings]

Most likely the money will still be there when he gets back. A mission won't hurt him.

[Jacob]

Most likely the money will still be there when he gets back. A mission won't hurt him.

He will certainly never get those 2 years of earnings back. Leaving for 2 years could jeopardize his future earnings as well. You are dead wrong. A mission will certainly hut him in that regard. That is, unless the Lord blesses him for his service by making him an even better athlete or inspiring some team to pay him even more-which I don't believe.

[Maximus]

Keeping with the Rugby theme, would you advise your son to make this decision?:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...-the-call.html

The kid left $1.5 M on the table.

Depends on which is more important. I would absolutely advise him to serve. Isnt a mission a call to leave the world behind, etc.? What did Christ say in the NT to his apostles? leave all.

[myboynoah]

When I saw that this did not involve BYU sports, the decision was easy.

[TripletDaddy]

take the dough. do some youth firesides.

[Mormon Red Death]

Depends on which is more important. I would absolutely advise him to serve. Isnt a mission a call to leave the world behind, etc.? What did Christ say in the NT to his apostles? leave all.

Was he called to be an apostle?

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[creekster]

Was he called to be an apostle?

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It's an apostolic calling (isn't that in the little white book?)

[SportUTE]

Good for him. I know for certain I would not have gone if I had a $1.5M contract.

Mission decisions are framed in an "all or nothing" way. I understand that needs to be the official view from the Brethren, though.

I wish a few of my companions didn't go on a mission. They wasted my time and theirs.

[TripletDaddy]

I would simply heed the sage advice of the classic Primary tune...."Follow the Prophet...Follow the prophet....Follow the Prophet, he knows the way!"

[Portland Ute]

Keeping with the Rugby theme, would you advise your son to make this decision?:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...-the-call.html

The kid left $1.5 M on the table.

I went on a mission and love the land I spent time in. I am grateful for my experience living in a foreign country and learning a valuable language.

However, I think it's plenty evident in today's church that serving a mission is not mandatory. The Church actively weeds out a good portion of kids from serving a mission. The Church also stays perfectly quiet as athletes and other students at it's flagship and other schools pass on missions. If it were a big deal, the Church wouldn't let them stay at BYU unless they served a mission.

It's pretty clear that a mission is completely optional.

The kid made a mistake. If my kid had a chance to make that kind of money to start his career, I'd fully support him not going on a mission.

[old_gregg]

Jeez, all it took for me to stay home was a copy of call of duty and a 12 pack of diet coke.

[creekster]

I went on a mission and love the land I spent time in. I am grateful for my experience living in a foreign country and learning a valuable language.

However, I think it's plenty evident in today's church that serving a mission is not mandatory. The Church actively weeds out a good portion of kids from serving a mission. The Church also stays perfectly quiet as athletes and other students at it's flagship and other schools pass on missions. If it were a big deal, the Church wouldn't let them stay at BYU unless they served a mission.

It's pretty clear that a mission is completely optional.

The kid made a mistake. If my kid had a chance to make that kind of money to start his career, I'd fully support him not going on a mission.

You can't say he made a mistake. You can only say what you would have done. You may have noticed that not every one sees every thing like you do.

[LA Ute]

Harrumph. At my (comparatively) advanced age, to me 2 years seems like a short blip on the calendar. At age 19 it seemed like a long time. The older I get the more glad I am I served. As I've said now in many a YM lesson, I don't know what would have happened to me if I had not served a full-time mission when I did. I do know, however, what happened to me because I did serve. It was glorious, and it has been the spiritual foundation for my life ever since. There is nothing that I could have done during those two years that could have replaced that. So I don't know this young man's situation, but that's what would say to him if he asked me.

[pellegrino]

aren't we all a bunch of greedy bastards.