ClarkGoble wrote: You can't put a story about praying about going on a mission and getting an answer not to go as something worthy of emulation and then say, "it just applies to women."
Oh Yes they can and that's exactly what they did. Stop fooling yourself, Clark.
New Era wrote:Sister to Sister
A mission can be a wonderful opportunity for a young woman, but remember it’s your own personal decision whether to serve. Pressure from others should not play a role. These two young women share how they decided whether or not to serve a mission.
Deciding to Serve a Full-Time Mission
Deciding Not to Serve a Full-Time Mission
Each May Receive a Different Response
“Once you know the Lord’s will, you can then move forward in faith to fulfill your individual purpose. … Is it possible for two similarly faithful women to receive such different responses to the same basic questions? Absolutely! What’s right for one woman may not be right for another. That’s why it is so important that we should not question each other’s choices or the inspiration behind them.”
Easy
Ugo - Goes
Non Ugo - Doesn't Go
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Revelation 2:17 . . give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Thank Google GOD for her son eBay, you can now have life eternal with laser engraving. . oh, and a seer stone and save 10% of your life's earning as a bonus. See you in Mormon man god Heaven Bitches!!. Bring on the Virgins
Do girls experience any pressure at all to go? Do ward members these days constantly ask them about it during their teenage years (if not earlier) like they have always done with boys?
I realize it’s been over 35 years since I was involved in the church, and 43 since starting my own “best two years” (wow - time really speeds past). So all I have to go on is watching the people I know, such as nieces and nephews and their kids. I don’t get the impression there is any external pressure on the young ladies to serve.
Perhaps there is some from their friends who are doing missions, and the church wants them to get the message that the traditional path of early motherhood is still encouraged.
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krose wrote:Do girls experience any pressure at all to go? Do ward members these days constantly ask them about it during their teenage years (if not earlier) like they have always done with boys?
There had started to be more pressure an expectation, at least in our area. I've no idea if that was what this article was designed to deal with though. And again one has to be cautious not to extrapolate anecdotes to the whole church. Especially when I live in Provo which is a bit of an odd area.
Sorry I didn’t notice that a thread on this subject had been started. Anecdotal, but of the 12 active LDS Wasatch front boys in my grandsons group of friends, all of which had fathers serve missions, only 3 are planning missions. My grandson has already expressed no interest in going on a mission.
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