When I first went out was told not to stress over the rules. Good advice as people like that care more about policies than people and are hard to work with sometimes. I do know of missionaries with nervous breakdowns stressing over everything in the mission field. Those that are upset over waiting too long for tradeoffs to show up, staying 61 minutes at dinner, losing sight for a few seconds, going berserk.
One ap came to a zone development meeting and said we will write in our white weekly every time we get done with an activity we will not murmur and you will do this you will do that. I was determined not to do anything to show him. Quoted the 121st section of the Doctrine and Covenants though he did not live it. Said we lost trust when baptisms went down. Heard he told people that didn't do weeklies basically writing everything they did every second they didn't have strong testimonies.
APs that went out of there way to keep rules heard were told by GA not to aspire to positions.
There are reasons for rules. But I would not pass up desert to keep the hour rule unless I had somewere to go. Those without people skills hurt the work more I think. Once when an ap said you are only there for an hour I reminded him a former comp of times he was there longer. Said wasn't rude like possibly aspiring ap. Another miss said that was right.
I mean Keep rules but no reason to stress over them or freak out over them. Some were as bad as they could be without being sent home. Some thought rules were stupid don't follow such as dressing up for pday to go shopping. I know missionaries that ran into mps wife dressed like that left in a hurry. And a few unfortuntly to get sent home for rules breaches if they are on probation. Has to be repeated or pretty bad to be sent home. But are there those that stressed so much lost purpose. I wanted to keep most rules but didn't freak out over it. Would not refuse to go in home alone of opposite sex though I tried to avoid it in advance. Tell someone to shut off tv. Did shop during week at times. Some how bad can they be and be good others don't freak out others disobedient.
How straighlaced were you with mission rules.
One ap came to a zone development meeting and said we will write in our white weekly every time we get done with an activity we will not murmur and you will do this you will do that. I was determined not to do anything to show him. Quoted the 121st section of the Doctrine and Covenants though he did not live it. Said we lost trust when baptisms went down. Heard he told people that didn't do weeklies basically writing everything they did every second they didn't have strong testimonies.
APs that went out of there way to keep rules heard were told by GA not to aspire to positions.
There are reasons for rules. But I would not pass up desert to keep the hour rule unless I had somewere to go. Those without people skills hurt the work more I think. Once when an ap said you are only there for an hour I reminded him a former comp of times he was there longer. Said wasn't rude like possibly aspiring ap. Another miss said that was right.
I mean Keep rules but no reason to stress over them or freak out over them. Some were as bad as they could be without being sent home. Some thought rules were stupid don't follow such as dressing up for pday to go shopping. I know missionaries that ran into mps wife dressed like that left in a hurry. And a few unfortuntly to get sent home for rules breaches if they are on probation. Has to be repeated or pretty bad to be sent home. But are there those that stressed so much lost purpose. I wanted to keep most rules but didn't freak out over it. Would not refuse to go in home alone of opposite sex though I tried to avoid it in advance. Tell someone to shut off tv. Did shop during week at times. Some how bad can they be and be good others don't freak out others disobedient.
How straighlaced were you with mission rules.
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