krose wrote:I had a companion who had to have surgery twice, for separate ailments. Fortunately, we were in a civilized country with national health care, so he was covered as a resident.
A relative of mine dealt with a pain in his hip for the last several months of his mission. He powered through the pain -- suffering for the Lard -- and was diagnosed with cancer after returning home.
So the Lord blessed him with cancer as thanks for dedicating two years of his life to missionary work....nice touch God...nice touch...
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
bcspace wrote:But yes, I do believe the Church should do much more insurance-wise. I've seen the insurance it offers (or used to offer) for the loss of limbs or eyes etc. and I think it's wholly inadequate. I believe it has a moral obligation to do so because they are in the unpaid service of the Church.
Good luck with that Bc. I bet Yahoobot, Selek and McConkie would fight dilligently in court to preserve the Church's right not to adequately insure these volunteer missionaries.
Good luck with that Bc. I bet Yahoobot, Selek and McConkie would fight dilligently in court to preserve the Church's right not to adequately insure these volunteer missionaries.
Well, my own son is slated to go out soon. We have had to make sure our current insurance (a health sharing plan) covers him. It supposedly does (knock on wood).
Good luck with that Bc. I bet Yahoobot, Selek and McConkie would fight dilligently in court to preserve the Church's right not to adequately insure these volunteer missionaries.
Well, my own son is slated to go out soon. We have had to make sure our current insurance (a health sharing plan) covers him. It supposedly does (knock on wood).
The wooden object is not enough. You must do it with Your left middle finger, and upwards from down.
I am not superstitious, but this is the only way the knocking can take effect correctly. All experts agree.
................................... Where is Your son appointed to?
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
kairos wrote:i thk a caring church would have had him get a cat scan to rule out tumor or brain damage- it did not happen.
just sayin k
What a tragic story. I wonder if it depends on the mission president as to whether you're cared for or not. In our mission, we were on our own. I know someone who came home with a serious illness from being bitten by a bug on her mission in South America. She ended up spending almost a month in the hospital, and she had to quit school to pay off her medical bills.
"It doesn't seem fair, does it Norm--that I should have so much knowledge when there are people in the world that have to go to bed stupid every night." -- Clifford C. Clavin, USPS
"¡No contaban con mi astucia!" -- El Chapulin Colorado
I sent 4 sons on missions. My health insurance covered them all, since my insurance considered missions to be part of their college education (complete with foreign travel to New Jersey!). The church provided the primary insurance though.
One of my sons had a bulging disk in his back that he got while playing ultimate frisbee in the MTC. After 6 months of agony, his mission president's wife convinced the MP to send him to a doctor, who immediately sent him home for surgery. We didn't pay for any of his treatments nor his flight home.
A neighbor was in the hospital with appendicitis while in Japan at the same time as my son. The church paid for his hospital bills.
Both of these incidents were 20 years ago, so maybe things have changed.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
