Will you serve a Senior Mission for the LDS Church?

[Uncle Ted]

Under the guidance of Richard Smoot Nixon they were, as were car inspections. I believe Elder Cheney and myself are the only back to back winners of the worst car award. My acceptance speech wasnt appreciated, but I did thank Taco Bell for their help in accomplishing the feat.

LOL.

[bluegoose]

My wife has always said that she wants to serve a mission when we retire.

My parents are currently on a temple mission in Manila. Aside from the 8 hours a day they have to work in the temple it sounds like a great gig. Their temple is closed twice a year for several weeks at a time. They go on excursions around the country all the time, visiting beautiful tropical islands. And apparently they have plenty of spare time for family newsletters, Facebook, Instagram, and staying abreast of the latest ground level Utah-based MLMs.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Wait a minute. You aren't making this up? Apartment inspections are a real thing?

Under the guidance of Richard Smoot Nixon they were, as were car inspections. I believe Elder Cheney and myself are the only back to back winners of the worst car award. My acceptance speech wasnt appreciated, but I did thank Taco Bell for their help in accomplishing the feat.

[Commando]

My sister and her husband are in Cambodia on a genealogy mission. What started as a fun thing to do when you turn 60, has turned into a test of endurance they never anticipated. They can't wait to come home, and put the nightmare behind them.

That actually sounds great. What is nightmarish about it (if you don't mind the nosy question)?

[Uncle Ted]

My sister and her husband are in Cambodia on a genealogy mission. What started as a fun thing to do when you turn 60, has turned into a test of endurance they never anticipated. They can't wait to come home, and put the nightmare behind them.

I know some folks that served in that part of the world. They were robbed three times. The last time they took their laptop and digital camera including all the memory cards. They said that was most likely a good thing given the pictures they lost would most likely bring up bad memories.

[Sullyute]

Ha ha. Apartment inspections! That's rich. Never had an apartment inspection my whole mission. And no we didn't have maids, but I did have rats in one apartment.

I do remember one crazy native sister missionary who arrived at the sister's apartment late at night as part of a transfer, and then spent the whole night cleaning the apartment. Those sister's didn't get along very well.

[Mormon Red Death]

In my first mission the apartment inspections were serious stuff. You had to leave the apartment for at least 45 minutes to allow for inspection, then you would return to an apartment filled with passive aggressive sticky notes placed all over your apartment. "Is the floor an appropriate place for the garment of the priesthood?" "Would Jesus leave dishes in the sink?" were a couple of good ones I remember but my all time favorite was "Thr Lord loves a clean toilet!". I really wish I'd have kept some of these.

I kind of wish we would have had aparment inspections so I could leave my own notes

Yes you are seeing it right this apartment does not have a fridge

The stench is not the devil farting... its everybody burning their garbage and used toilet paper in their yards.

the garbage can in the shower is for when the water turns back on so we can save some for showers and flushing the toilet

[Green Monstah]

I cant remember a time that my mission did apartment inspections. Lucky me.

We didn't get the sticky notes, but had three levels: Gold, Silver, and Poor (no, not bronze). I got a silver once because the APs gave me the heads up that we were getting inspected, but otherwise, I got "poor." It had a pre-printed message that said, "This apartment needs immediate attention. The Spirit of the Lord cannot dwell here." It always made me sad.

Wait a minute. You aren't making this up? Apartment inspections are a real thing?

No. They called a local couple on an apartment-inspecting mission. They spent three days a week travelling the mission to inspect apartments.

[imanihonjin]

In my first mission the apartment inspections were serious stuff. You had to leave the apartment for at least 45 minutes to allow for inspection, then you would return to an apartment filled with passive aggressive sticky notes placed all over your apartment. "Is the floor an appropriate place for the garment of the priesthood?" "Would Jesus leave dishes in the sink?" were a couple of good ones I remember but my all time favorite was "Thr Lord loves a clean toilet!". I really wish I'd have kept some of these.

Me too! Me and the Lord are basically just like each other.

[Jeff Lebowski]

In my first mission the apartment inspections were serious stuff. You had to leave the apartment for at least 45 minutes to allow for inspection, then you would return to an apartment filled with passive aggressive sticky notes placed all over your apartment. "Is the floor an appropriate place for the garment of the priesthood?" "Would Jesus leave dishes in the sink?" were a couple of good ones I remember but my all time favorite was "Thr Lord loves a clean toilet!". I really wish I'd have kept some of these.

Wait a minute. You aren't making this up? Apartment inspections are a real thing?

[Northwestcoug]

In my first mission the apartment inspections were serious stuff. You had to leave the apartment for at least 45 minutes to allow for inspection, then you would return to an apartment filled with passive aggressive sticky notes placed all over your apartment. "Is the floor an appropriate place for the garment of the priesthood?" "Would Jesus leave dishes in the sink?" were a couple of good ones I remember but my all time favorite was "Thr Lord loves a clean toilet!". I really wish I'd have kept some of these.

Makes me glad it was MP's wife who found my Jean Michel Jarre cassette tape. She just gave me a look of pity.

[Y84it]

In my first mission the apartment inspections were serious stuff. You had to leave the apartment for at least 45 minutes to allow for inspection, then you would return to an apartment filled with passive aggressive sticky notes placed all over your apartment. "Is the floor an appropriate place for the garment of the priesthood?" "Would Jesus leave dishes in the sink?" were a couple of good ones I remember but my all time favorite was "Thr Lord loves a clean toilet!". I really wish I'd have kept some of these.

I cant remember a time that my mission did apartment inspections. Lucky me.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

My wife wants to go, so in 20 years we will probably go. I could see doing what my parents are currently doing; living in France in a beautiful area and visiting about 1 family a day. They also do apartment inspections, so they drive all over the Loire valley and Brittany and stay in B&Bs and visit chateaus.

In my first mission the apartment inspections were serious stuff. You had to leave the apartment for at least 45 minutes to allow for inspection, then you would return to an apartment filled with passive aggressive sticky notes placed all over your apartment. "Is the floor an appropriate place for the garment of the priesthood?" "Would Jesus leave dishes in the sink?" were a couple of good ones I remember but my all time favorite was "Thr Lord loves a clean toilet!". I really wish I'd have kept some of these.

[BigPiney]

My wife wants to go, so in 20 years we will probably go. I could see doing what my parents are currently doing; living in France in a beautiful area and visiting about 1 family a day. They also do apartment inspections, so they drive all over the Loire valley and Brittany and stay in B&Bs and visit chateaus.

[USUC]

I voted yes because my wife wants to. If it's like anything else, I'm sure she'll bug me until I say yes. I'd rather say yes to a mission than to getting a dog.

This literally made me lol. I have been playing heavy defense with my wife regarding a dog. At this point I'd rather go on a mission than get a dog as well. Although I didn't do a mission the first time so maybe I don't know what I'm in for.