Who would want to be Bishop, Mp or Ga?

[grapevine]

In those all about me journals that ask you questions when you are kids one of them was what you want to do when you grow up and I put be a General Authority. Would get called Apostle shortly after missions. Hme seven years before vacancy though. Being GA is great if y don,t mind living away from family for years at a time. Foreign born ones away a good chunk of calling.

Good if you don,t mind being away from home most weekends and a few weeks as well. People hoping for foreign born apostle what that means is the rest of your life you will be away from home. The in the Seventy can hope to be home after five or six years or when they turn 70. Dieter will have to live in Salt Lake the rest of his life now. Being GA takes is a lot of sacrifice of personal and family time and you have people looking at you all the time for slightest imperfection. Not a strongly desired calling if you see there grueling schedule. Do have sMe time for recreation but it is very limited.

Mission President if you don,t mind going three years without sleeping babysitting between 150 and 200 late teen early 20 year olds some not pleasant situations. Some missionaries will glory y and respect you. But the behind the scenes takes a toll. Before I arrived mp had heart attack and died so with three weeks notice Tom called man off his Texas ranch to preside for two and a half years.

Most members liked our mission President. He went home about same time as I did and lady that liked to call and visit missionaries after they left, attached to them was glad to see him go. Must of been reprimanded. He didn,t choose to be mp and liked to get things done. That. Was before caller I'd was wide spread so she could easily find missionaries. Didn,t do anything bad but heard you are not to intentionally stay in touch with missionaries when they leave area. Of course impossible not to run into them from time to time.

Heard we do not belong to the church of latter day status. Not where y serve but how you serve.

Than Bishop. That is time demanding calling. No one asks and everyone hopes someone else gets that call. Members call yu all hours of day and night for blessings and things that should be delegated. Spend a lot of time visiting people in addition to meetings. Have to sacrifice family time in cases of untimely deaths and other things. Have unpleasant task of denying temple recommends sometimes.

Occasionally hear of hw a Bishop screwed someone so family is now inactive, or this family does not go to church because of a Bishop. How many Bishops intentionally try to damage there congregation? Those people are just looking for excuse to leave anyway I am sure and easier to pin blame on those called to preside over them than accept responsibility for there own sins. Elderly woman on my mission could not wait tell Bishop was released pretended she did not exist. Attention starved and converted to previous Bishop. No one asks for any assignment.

There are spiritual but time committing callings. Who in there right mind if they knew what it would entail would want to be Bishop, mp, or ga? Positions y don,t seek, doctrine you don,t creat and sometimes disobedient people mad at you for job you don't get paid for.

[clackamascoug]

Latter-Day Status... I'll have to remember than one. As to callings, I'm fine with my position of Interweb Mission U.S. - District Leader.

[LSUInstituteGraduate]

You make a few incorrect assumptions. When a non-US resident is called as a general authority, their immediate family moves to Utah with them, so they see their family most days. And with broadcasts, weekend trips have become less frequent.

I don't know many people who aspire to the callings you listed, but I know many faithful Saints who would consider it a privilege to help advance the work in one of those callings. I haven't wanted any of the leadership callings I have had until the call was extended, but I have loved seeing growth in myself and serving God in those callings.

[Sullyute]

You make a few incorrect assumptions. When a non-US resident is called as a general authority, their immediate family moves to Utah with them, so they see their family most days. And with broadcasts, weekend trips have become less frequent.

I don't know many people who aspire to the callings you listed, but I know many faithful Saints who would consider it a privilege to help advance the work in one of those callings. I haven't wanted any of the leadership callings I have had until the call was extended, but I have loved seeing growth in myself and serving God in those callings.

Great humble brag. I hope you stick around. We need more faithful, God-fearing posters like you. Welcome aboard!

[Bo Diddley]

Latter-Day Status... I'll have to remember than one. As to callings, I'm fine with my position of Interweb Mission U.S. - District Leader.

That reminds me. I need to phone in my numbers to you. I can't say I had any productive discussions, but I worked really hard this week and put many hours in on the interwebs.

[Copelius]

As to callings, I'm fine with my position of Interweb Mission U.S. - District Leader.

Agreed. I don't even want to be a section leader.

[grapevine]

You make a few incorrect assumptions. When a non-US resident is called as a general authority, their immediate family moves to Utah with them, so they see their family most days. And with broadcasts, weekend trips have become less frequent.

I don't know many people who aspire to the callings you listed, but I know many faithful Saints who would consider it a privilege to help advance the work in one of those callings. I haven't wanted any of the leadership callings I have had until the call was extended, but I have loved seeing growth in myself and serving God in those callings.

Very few ga,s are called under 50 so there children have pretty much left by the time of there call. Only two under 50 have been called in the 2000's none under 40 since the 1970,s so the kids have left the nest. They probably are hone more weekends now, however this year in addition to the broadcast conference we had a regular stake conference with a visitor. Though Area Seventies go to some. They spend weekends at sp Bishop training too. A few stakes have several steK conferences extra with Apostle in I town for training. And a few special stake conferences when asp needs released for non tenure reasons. Death, moving transgression.

So between first week of August and last week of June they are gone majority of weekends though they always keep some in Salt Lake and do go to a few farewells and baby blessings.

First year of Stake Broadcasts Russell had free Saturday so doing domestic chores than took a break in front of tv and wife passed away. Russell skied frequently don,t know if he still does but tv for recreation besides a few Jazz and New Years football games didn,t occupy much of his time. They work well into the night at home though stroll around neighborhood or in hard maybe for hour or so at night. Go to a few places of recreation.

For Bishop in addition to jobs and family have that calling and are often first called in cases of death. A few playground accidents don,t need called for, death though they are first. Sacrifice there. Lady that married out of church on my mission talked of when didn,t know ht had to call Bishop at two in morning after Dallins talk on Bishop help. Time not to call them. Sacrifice there.

Mo,s great calling if y cN go three years without sleep. May not work as long as missionaries and can watch tv get calls from relatives and visits, however put in a lot of time too. Some run businesses from there mission others don,t lots of sacrifice and little personal time there. Those callings take a lot of hours and a lot of responsibility, and SWK railed on those that criticize people that give church service while they don,t in mod.

[LiveCoug]

I believe Jeff lebowski is aspiring to these high positions

[pellegrino]

I believe Jeff lebowski is aspiring to these high positions

aren't we all?

[jay santos]

tent city guy grapevine

[Jeff Lebowski]

I believe Jeff lebowski is aspiring to these high positions

I am gunning for apostle. That is where the real money is.

[hostile]

I am gunning for apostle. That is where the real money is.

Haven't you heard? It is a significant pay cut - 90% less than what most were making before the call.

[Bo Diddley]

Haven't you heard? It is a significant pay cut - 90% less than what most were making before the call.

Think of the hits CS would get.

[byu71]

I believe Jeff lebowski is aspiring to these high positions

He would be a positive element for change. Gay Temple marriage, women holding the priesthood and the church going solar on every building.

[Jeff Lebowski]

He would be a positive element for change. Gay Temple marriage, women holding the priesthood and the church going solar on every building.