No more Russian mission calls ....

[_Rollo Tomasi]

... to North Americans (see link below):

http://nn.BYU.edu/story.cfm/68997

I remember when young men first were called to serve inn Russia. It was a huge deal, a 'sign of the times.' First, Russia, and hopefully, China next. But it appears the Russian bureaucracy is just making this impossible. Perhaps this is more a sign of what's to come.

[_Chap]

"We would fly to Moscow or St. Petersburg and then take a train to Tallinn, Estonia," Wade said. "We would spend about four hours there and then go back."

The trip, which took two or three days, was required once a year for all the non-native missionaries in order to renew their visas. The cost of the trip was more than just monetary, as groups of missionaries were routinely pulled out of their areas.

"I had an obedient group," Wade said. "When we'd go, we would talk about missionary work and come back excited about it. But for rebellious missionaries, it was a time to goof off and break rules. They would get really off-track."

There are rebellious missionaries? What is going on?

These are the End Times.

[_Rollo Tomasi]

"We would fly to Moscow or St. Petersburg and then take a train to Tallinn, Estonia," Wade said. "We would spend about four hours there and then go back."

The trip, which took two or three days, was required once a year for all the non-native missionaries in order to renew their visas. The cost of the trip was more than just monetary, as groups of missionaries were routinely pulled out of their areas.

"I had an obedient group," Wade said. "When we'd go, we would talk about missionary work and come back excited about it. But for rebellious missionaries, it was a time to goof off and break rules. They would get really off-track."

There are rebellious missionaries? What is going on?

These are the End Times.

So much for "raising the bar," eh?

[_The Nehor]

"We would fly to Moscow or St. Petersburg and then take a train to Tallinn, Estonia," Wade said. "We would spend about four hours there and then go back."

The trip, which took two or three days, was required once a year for all the non-native missionaries in order to renew their visas. The cost of the trip was more than just monetary, as groups of missionaries were routinely pulled out of their areas.

"I had an obedient group," Wade said. "When we'd go, we would talk about missionary work and come back excited about it. But for rebellious missionaries, it was a time to goof off and break rules. They would get really off-track."

There are rebellious missionaries? What is going on?

These are the End Times.

So much for "raising the bar," eh?

We didn't raise it to heaven. If all our missionaries got translated before they got into the field not a lot of work would get done.

[_Chap]

I am still speculating about how rebellious is rebellious.

Did they go round people's houses saying "Hi. We're from the CoJCoLDS, but we hate it for wasting two years of our lives and we urge you not to join", but in Russian?

Or did they just sometimes loosen their ties a little when riding their bikes?

[_The Nehor]

I am still speculating about how rebellious is rebellious.

Did they go round people's houses saying "Hi. We're from the CoJCoLDS, but we hate it for wasting two years of our lives and we urge you not to join", but in Russian?

Or did they just sometimes loosen their ties a little when riding their bikes?

Probably did what most missionaries (including me) have done. Broken a few minor mission rules in seeking to have a good time. They weren't discrediting the Church or holding Black Masses on hills out on the moors.