Since this is MDB's unofficial poll-a-pulooza day, I felt the peer pressure to start this one.
Vote up to three, but just 1 of the first 4 options.
The Mission Poll
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_just me
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Dang, no option for me. My mission was to create earthly tabernacles for God's spirit children.
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_sock puppet
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just me wrote:Dang, no option for me. My mission was to create earthly tabernacles for God's spirit children.
And it was a lucky man who got to help you out in that regard. I bet you made some good friends.
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_Lucretia MacEvil
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sock puppet wrote:Since this is MDB's unofficial poll-a-pulooza day, I felt the peer pressure to start this one.
Vote up to three, but just 1 of the first 4 options.
My mission put events into motion that led up to leaving the church so I have to be glad I went. I strongly suspect I'd still be a Mormon without it. And I saw another part of the world ... the third world, but I wouldn't call it a hell hole.
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_Brackite
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Too bad Simon Belmont is not able to vote in this Poll.
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_Morley
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My mission was to a small SE Asian country. With a rifle in a Ranger company. So, I can't vote either.
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I would like to get another chance. If I could do it again, I would with the intent to:
1. Learn the language and culture of the people I worked with
2. Skip all religious study in the mornings and replace it with outdoor activity and excercise
3. Not worry about any mission rules unless they coincide with my personal goals and desires to learn about other people.
4. Go on some dates to ensure that I don't lose my cool with women after 2 years of bridled passions (i.e. Go to simple dates once per month.
5. Get a job to pay for my expenses to keep a sense of responsibility
6. Avoid all preaching of religion but ask the people about their beliefs
I was only able to accomplish #1.
1. Learn the language and culture of the people I worked with
2. Skip all religious study in the mornings and replace it with outdoor activity and excercise
3. Not worry about any mission rules unless they coincide with my personal goals and desires to learn about other people.
4. Go on some dates to ensure that I don't lose my cool with women after 2 years of bridled passions (i.e. Go to simple dates once per month.
5. Get a job to pay for my expenses to keep a sense of responsibility
6. Avoid all preaching of religion but ask the people about their beliefs
I was only able to accomplish #1.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
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_Ten Bear
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I am who I am cause I did what I've done. I can't say that I have regrets and there were good aspects from it all. BUT, if wishes were fishes and I could do it all again, I wouldn't.
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_Doctor CamNC4Me
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Hello,
My mission:
Lima, Cuzco, the Amazon, Ica, and a small copper mining town.
Not bad. Like Mr. Zeezrom I'd do it differently if I had to do it again, but overall I'm glad I did it. It wasn't easy, that's for sure.
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Dr. Cam
My mission:
Lima, Cuzco, the Amazon, Ica, and a small copper mining town.
Not bad. Like Mr. Zeezrom I'd do it differently if I had to do it again, but overall I'm glad I did it. It wasn't easy, that's for sure.
V/R
Dr. Cam
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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_Runtu
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Lima, Cuzco, the Amazon, Ica, and a small copper mining town.
Not bad. Like Mr. Zeezrom I'd do it differently if I had to do it again, but overall I'm glad I did it. It wasn't easy, that's for sure.
V/R
Dr. Cam
Who would have thought Peru would look like Bolivia? :-) My mission is part of me. There's no point in regretting. I learned some valuable lessons about myself and about life on my mission, and I'm grateful for them.
Here's me on my mission:
