Rumors of 19 year old females going on missions

[pellegrino]

Sounds like a very capable young lady. Perhaps she will take Sherri Dew's job.

That's the best troll attempt you've had in a long long time.

[All-American]

It seems the law of diminishing returns applies to missionary work...


http://www.sltrib.com/news/2413326-1...ary?fullpage=1

but maybe the age change will put a dent in the high percentage of YSA's going inactive.

Increasing the number of converts really wasn't the point.

[ERCougar]

http://www.mormonsocialscience.org/2...est-explained/

It seems that LDS women mostly go to college to just get their MRS degrees given their lack of grad school.

I don't think that necessarily follows, although there are no doubt plenty of examples of that. I think it points more to the fact that grad school is expensive and hard to justify if you're not planning on a full time career.

[byu71]

It seems the law of diminishing returns applies to missionary work...


http://www.sltrib.com/news/2413326-1...ary?fullpage=1

but maybe the age change will put a dent in the high percentage of YSA's going inactive.

I have an idea that the diminishing returns is due to the fact most of the easy fruit has already been plucked.

I also think Harry Reid's dishonest image hurts the image of mormon's throughout the world.

[CardiacCoug]

Comments on this article are gonna be funny:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...hemselves.html

And obviously this missionary of course is very, very unlikely to have had Lyme Disease. I would bet she is from a part of the country that doesn't even have Lyme Disease.

[Uncle Ted]

Comments on this article are gonna be funny:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...hemselves.html

And obviously this missionary of course is very, very unlikely to have had Lyme Disease. I would bet she is from a part of the country that doesn't even have Lyme Disease.

Yes, indeed... like "illuminated" of St. George:

illuminated
St George, UT


Looking at missionaries from the outside, you see them all the same: great, clean-cut near-perfect, young people. Once I got into my mission, I learned the truth: they're really no better than anyone else. In fact, my MTC experience was one of the darkest times in my life.


My first zone roommates had all gone out lying to their bishops about their worthiness, and they were proud of it. I got more sex education and filthy jokes in the MTC then at any other time in my life. Here I was, expecting perfect little missionaries, and got the exact opposite. It was an eight week nightmare.


Almost all of them ended up going home early, but I had plenty of other companions who should never have been there. One companion confessed to me that he had been having sex with women all throughout his mission. I was completely floored by this.


Let's not lump all early-returners as heroes. Many go home for very shameful reasons, and they have lots of repenting to do.

I am guessing he didn't get out of St. George much growing up or something.

[Donuthole]

And obviously this missionary of course is very, very unlikely to have had Lyme Disease. I would bet she is from a part of the country that doesn't even have Lyme Disease.

She's from SLC and served in Kennewick, WA.

[Art Vandelay]

She's from SLC and served in Kennewick, WA.

I would like to see a picture of her. I think she may have eaten at our home before. Can you get Lyme disease from strawberry pie?

Edit: we fed the author several times. I'm blaming her lymonade on s bad taco truck, and not my smoked salmon.

Double-secret edit: apparently she has common Utah name. The sister I was thinking of was very shy and quiet. I couldn't imagine her writing an article like that

[Northwestcoug]

She's from SLC and served in Kennewick, WA.

She could have been exposed to other tick-borne illnesses in the PNW. But Lyme disease is very rare around these parts. Most cases that occur here are from people who were exposed in more endemic areas.

[Uncle Ted]

I would like to see a picture of her. I think she may have eaten at our home before. Can you get Lyme disease from strawberry pie?

Edit: we fed the author several times. I'm blaming her lymonade on s bad taco truck, and not my smoked salmon.

Her blog sez she served in South Carolina...

http://blamethetick.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-z.html

You're off the hook. Where's Wuap?!?

[Dwight Schr-ute]

I couldn't get past the Lyme Disease Challenge plug.

Yes, indeed... like "illuminated" of St. George:



I am guessing he didn't get out of St. George much growing up or something.

Something tells me that he was everyone's favorite companion.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We have a friend who is a nurse at the MTC. Last year they had a sister missionary come in from a foreign country who tested positive for leprosy. She was in quarantine in the MTC for nine months. Can you imagine?

[falafel]

We have a friend who is a nurse at the MTC. Last year they got a sister missionary come in from a foreign country who tested positive for leprosy. She was in quarantine in the MTC for nine months. Can you imagine?

Did she get credit for time served?

[myboynoah]

We have a friend who is a nurse at the MTC. Last year they got a sister missionary come in from a foreign country who tested positive for leprosy. She was in quarantine in the MTC for nine months. Can you imagine?

I'm not going to judge her.

[Moliere]

We have a friend who is a nurse at the MTC. Last year they got a sister missionary come in from a foreign country who tested positive for leprosy. She was in quarantine in the MTC for nine months. Can you imagine?

You'd think a quick PH blessing would have done the trick. Must be people with little faith at the mtc