Rumors of 19 year old females going on missions

[Moliere]

So make the first six to eight months of the mission post-MTC service oriented. Think of it as Ammon watching the sheep and feeding the horses before ever mentioning anything about God. No stigma, because everyone does it.

An increase in the number of service hours per week would be the best answer. Then you can proselyte when it's most effective and spend a lot more time at the food bank or just walking around doing random acts of service. I probably taught more discussions through service than I ever did knocking doors and I spent a lot more time knocking doors than anything else.

[All-American]

An increase in the number of service hours per week would be the best answer. Then you can proselyte when it's most effective and spend a lot more time at the food bank or just walking around doing random acts of service. I probably taught more discussions through service than I ever did knocking doors and I spent a lot more time knocking doors than anything else.

Perhaps. For my part, though, I knew as a missionary that service hours were just something we did to pass a few hours a week in lieu of proselyting-- a token gesture, really. If all you do is increase the number of hours, it might appear as little more than a way to kill time during a not-so-busy week. If missionaries spend a few months devoted solely to service (especially the first few months, when the language skills are at their worst), it may place greater emphasis on the importance of service.

[jay santos]

Perhaps. For my part, though, I knew as a missionary that service hours were just something we did to pass a few hours a week in lieu of proselyting-- a token gesture, really. If all you do is increase the number of hours, it might appear as little more than a way to kill time during a not-so-busy week. If missionaries spend a few months devoted solely to service (especially the first few months, when the language skills are at their worst), it may place greater emphasis on the importance of service.

Nah. Just have them do service in off peak hours like weekday mornings or early afternoon. Blue collar work like shoveling shit at a dairy farm is not bad. But I would also look for opportunities where we a missionary could provide more than hard labor, such as tutoring at schools or English classes.

[Topper]

Perhaps. For my part, though, I knew as a missionary that service hours were just something we did to pass a few hours a week in lieu of proselyting-- a token gesture, really. If all you do is increase the number of hours, it might appear as little more than a way to kill time during a not-so-busy week. If missionaries spend a few months devoted solely to service (especially the first few months, when the language skills are at their worst), it may place greater emphasis on the importance of service.

Exclusive service is a better answer as you point out. I agree that just adding on will be done in a neglectful spirit.

[Topper]

Ha. Some of you non-Utah mormons need to get over yourselves.

Utah Mormons are what ails the Church.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Utah Mormons are what ails the Church.

Get over yourself.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Nah. Just have them do service in off peak hours like weekday mornings or early afternoon. Blue collar work like shoveling shit at a dairy farm is not bad. But I would also look for opportunities where we a missionary could provide more than hard labor, such as tutoring at schools or English classes.

I wouldn't look forward to it, but among the biggest areas of need in the world is improved sanitation and clean water. As I recall, nearly half the world still lacks any form of plumbing or sanitary waste disposal, and close to a billion people lack a clean water source. These issues are the biggest cause of the death in the world (diarrhea, etc.). Unleash many thousands of supervisors, engineering students and laborers on the problem and you'll save millions of lives.

[beefytee]

Impose the equivalent of universal conscription on all young adults at 18. But give them a choice of proselyting, humanitarian service or military service. Establish the Church equivalent of the Peace Corps for the humanitarian element.

Time for a new Mormon militia!

[Topper]

I wouldn't look forward to it, but among the biggest areas of need in the world is improved sanitation and clean water. As I recall, nearly half the world still lacks any form of plumbing or sanitary waste disposal, and close to a billion people lack a clean water source. These issues are the biggest cause of the death in the world (diarrhea, etc.). Unleash many thousands of supervisors, engineering students and laborers on the problem and you'll save millions of lives.

Unleash the Ammon Project in the name of PAC!

[wuapinmon]

My city, for example, could use a group of volunteers to go around and do deferred maintenance on public buildings, cutting the grass of blighted properties, demolishing condemned structures, working with the Boys and Girls Club, and a host of other projects. Imagine if we marshaled all our youth for being in the service of their fellow man. Good Christian selfless service would be a powerful proselyting tool, especially when there were natural disasters

[Pheidippides]

There you go. We could call it "the Ammon Project".

Lol! Do you know of what you speak, or was that after your time in Japan?

The mere mention of the phrase "Ammon Project" brings chills to my spine, and not in a good way.

[Pheidippides]

Time for a new Mormon militia!

We can call it the Danites. Or maybe the Nauvoo Legion.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lol! Do you know of what you speak, or was that after your time in Japan?

The mere mention of the phrase "Ammon Project" brings chills to my spine, and not in a good way.

No idea what you are talking about. I must have missed it.

[Topper]

Lol! Do you know of what you speak, or was that after your time in Japan?

The mere mention of the phrase "Ammon Project" brings chills to my spine, and not in a good way.

Please explain.

[imanihonjin]

No idea what you are talking about. I must have missed it.

I believe it was the Fukuoka mission that tried this and the results were atrocious. It is hard to know what stories that came about as a result of the Ammon project were made up or hyperbole, but in the end it was not a good thing.