Parent forbidden from calling his missionary son in Houston

[_Maureen]

How about a blanket email to all missionaries telling them they can call their families and let them know they are all right?

Makes me wonder if missionaries had also been instructed not to directly contact or call their families.

Two on-line media articles I read said that Mission Presidents were to let the missionaries contact their families via email during the whole weekend to let their families know how they were doing. The questions are: Is this true and if so why did this MP not tell this parent as much?

ETA: Mission presidents for the three Houston-based missions asked missionaries to email their families and provided updates to families throughout the weekend.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... -safe.html

M.

[_Dr. Shades]

My wife asked a very effective question. Why on earth would the parents even worry or bother about what the Mission President wanted?

I have a question provided a prescient response: The parent neither worried nor bothered about what the mission president wanted. He asked for a phone number.

Who cares about getting permission.

Again as I have a question responded, this parent didn't care about getting permission. He cared about getting a phone number.

No parent needs anyone else's permission to talk to their children.

The father in question agrees with your wife.

Why would they have even thought of asking permission?!

As I have a question replied, the father didn't ask for permission. He asked for a phone number.

I gotta admit, she hit that one out of the ball park.

True, but she also missed the point.

[_Yahoo Bot]

Weird.

I have an employee with a son in that mission. They text and call, and include the mission president's wife on some of the texts, multiple times a day.

[_Gadianton]

Weird.

I have an employee with a son in that mission. They text and call, and include the mission president's wife on some of the texts, multiple times a day.

Probably reasonably affluent and part of the in-crowd, whereas this other missionary may be poor or his family without connections. The laws of the Church change depending on who you are and who you know.

[_Dr Exiled]

Weird.

I have an employee with a son in that mission. They text and call, and include the mission president's wife on some of the texts, multiple times a day.

Probably reasonably affluent and part of the in-crowd, whereas this other missionary may be poor or his family without connections. The laws of the Church change depending on who you are and who you know.

Exactly. I could have gone wherever I wanted for my mission due to my father's g.a. connections. My friends who were sons or grandsons of g.a.'s went wherever they wanted. Connections do matter in slc.

[_I have a question]

Weird.

I have an employee with a son in that mission. They text and call, and include the mission president's wife on some of the texts, multiple times a day.

The mission presidents wife is involved in breaking mission rules with a missionary and their parent? Have you reported this serious breach?

[_I have a question]

The father should worry. This mission president is beyond arrogant, and really doesn't seem to have a handle on safety issues.

from 10 pm blog entry Monday night:

We spent considerable time today researching the releases and forecasted breaches and where missionaries' apartments were located in relationship to water flows in order to ensure any missionaries in potential flood zones were evacuated I am pleased to say that tonight all missionaries are safe and dry in apartments..

but Tuesday morning:

There is still considerable flooding in the mission boundaries, especially in areas close to creeks and bayous. The two major creeks that run through the mission are Spring Creek and Cypress Creek. Spring Creek crested this morning at 2 am. Two sister missionaries were told by police to evacuate at 1:00 am. They called me and we were able to get them safely to a shelter and from there members only one block from the shelter picked them up and have them safe in their home. I have emailed the parents of those missionaries so no need to worry if you did not get an email from me.

So he researched all day long, on the whole TWO creeks near his missionaries, but missed the warning that one of them would crest that night, so 4 hours after his blog post two sister missionaries had to be evacuated by police to a shelter.

This is more than a little disturbing.

E Mailed the parents? He didn’t call them? He didn’t have the sister missionaries themselves call home?

[_moksha]

The mission president was simply obeying the 'Rules of Iron and Blood which are eternally the same', whether it was from the Mission President's Manual, or the even more authoritative Unwritten Rules.

When the parents relinquish their child into the care of The Church, normal familial relationships are severed for the remaining time of the mission. So it is spoken, so it must be obeyed.

Wonder if the son was near the Arkema Corp of Crosby Texas?

[_Philo Sofee]

I have a question provided a prescient response: The parent neither worried nor bothered about what the mission president wanted. He asked for a phone number.

Which begs the question WHY don't parents have their kids phone numbers?!

[_candygal]

Not being able to make contact to me is just so not right...parents understand the rules..they don't really want to hassle...but if there is ANY emergency..it is their right to contact.