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Apr 30, 2016
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BamaCoug
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Pharisees ... IMO.
I mean they can do what they want, but for a Stake/Ward leader to say that THE CHURCH expressly prohibits this is absolutely false.
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Picking up missionaries from their mission
Canusa
4/29/16 9:13pm
Not extremely prohibited. That's wrong info.
johnnycarson
4/29/16 9:15pm
it is very discouraged.
molodyets
4/29/16 9:20pm
Very discouraged by who? Some MPs don't care.
shimmy
4/29/16 9:23pm
No its not. That's wrong. Any
johnnycarson
4/29/16 9:25pm
No kidding. Ridiculous that anyone can view that as a bad thing
cougfanz
4/29/16 9:37pm
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cvd6262
4/29/16 9:39pm
it is in the handbook for mission presidents to discourage it.
molodyets
4/29/16 11:23pm
Nope. My mission president enjoyed having parents pick up their missionary.
DrKennethNoisewater
4/29/16 9:34pm
Picked up all siblings and was picked up myself.
immacougar
4/29/16 10:19pm
My sons MP sent a letter
TheHop
4/29/16 11:38pm
I visited my son the last 3 or 4 days of his mission in Mexico City
Florwood
5/2/16 7:41am
My belief is that the Church discourages it because
Archaea
5/2/16 7:22am
My MP had no such rule. The office Elders helped with a lot of the logistics of
BYUHawk
4/29/16 9:26pm
The Church generally discourages it but does not prevent the parents from
fstachitus
4/29/16 9:31pm
From the handbook
Bumpus Hound
4/29/16 9:43pm
I find it interesting
TheHop
4/30/16 9:51am
I'm not bent out of shape. I am also aware the Brethren could easily have said
gwalker
5/1/16 2:39pm
The handbook also discourages against a husband getting fixed..
phillYeagles
5/2/16 11:55am
My parents picked me up in my foreign mission and it was an amazing experience
Windward_Coug
4/29/16 9:49pm
Same. My parents talk about it all the time - so glad they came and got to see
Harrison0Yfan
4/29/16 10:59pm
Amen!!
BYUHgrad
4/30/16 4:42am
My mission president encouraged it
dallinski
4/29/16 9:56pm
I love my mission president
SurfCoug
4/29/16 10:57pm
Didn't read all entries, but best result was go home and come back in 6+ months
Roadrunner70
4/30/16 9:31am
I told my parents I would prefer to go back after my mission. We went back about
ataylor
4/29/16 10:16pm
Our last SP picked up his kids from their mission
Hank Rearden
4/29/16 10:26pm
Does this really need to be a policy, or is it Mormon-by-the-book-culture?
Q-grr
4/29/16 10:28pm
We received a letter from the mission saying they did not recommend it.
BW84
4/29/16 10:31pm
Church travel does reimburse the parents for the cost of their missionary's
fstachitus
4/29/16 10:37pm
Here is the info from Handbook 1..discouraged, not prohibited
Nat Gas Man
4/29/16 10:35pm
My little brother went to the west indies and surprisingly my parents went to pick him up
Rusby
4/30/16 6:28am
We picked up our daughter in the Philippines last year and will go to Korea
tander123
4/29/16 10:41pm
My parents came to the Philippines
Mabuhay Coug
4/29/16 11:48pm
My ward in the Philippines currently has a mission president and 3 GA's
Cougar Jazz Fan
4/30/16 1:28am
I can tell you that it is up to the MP. The church discourages it because their missions aren't over
Crowgar
4/29/16 10:43pm
I don't think your analogy is correct. And the missionary is a man at that point
shimmy
4/29/16 10:46pm
I shouldn't have said they enforce the rules. I meant that they will make sure he or she will be allowed to
Crowgar
4/29/16 10:49pm
As long as they aren't rubbing uglies with the locals, how bad can it get?
Q-grr
4/29/16 10:51pm
Strictly obeying the rules is why we had about a dozen amazing experiences the ten days after my mission
Crowgar
4/29/16 11:10pm
That is awesome. I hadn't thought of it from that perspective.
Q-grr
4/30/16 1:49am
My parents picked me and all of my siblings up from our missions
therock
4/29/16 10:44pm
I feel like it's allowed the majority of the time
Harrison0Yfan
4/29/16 10:55pm
Most of the time its not a problem at all because most people have common sense.
vegasnative
4/29/16 11:22pm
Never heard of such a thing. We picked up my youngest brother.
Tuskaloosa Cougar
4/29/16 11:39pm
My parents picked me up. We went briefly to a few of my areas, but did most
gwalker
4/30/16 12:17am
Many mission presidents discourage it and there is some
Sandstone Cougar
4/30/16 12:58am
Pharisees ... IMO.
BamaCoug
4/30/16 7:21am
RE: Picking up missionaries from their mission
Skidmark
4/30/16 7:49am
Sinner!
blueaussie
4/30/16 8:36am
Depends--my anecdote is it's usually not prohibited.
BringYourUltimate
4/30/16 9:02am
Your mission is over what power does the MP have? Yours tell you who to marry?
Y4LYFE
4/30/16 11:52am
I'm not sure I care if it is discouraged...
diluigifan
4/30/16 1:37pm
Discouraged probably because it has been abused before
CougarThug
4/30/16 2:35pm
Who freaking cares...
Pride
4/30/16 3:38pm
Totally agree. They're hard in others too - we need to chill out a bit.
Harrison0Yfan
4/30/16 3:45pm
I've had four kids serve missions. We picked up every one of them.
SLCougar
4/30/16 5:41pm
We have done it twice but in two different ways
warp
5/2/16 7:27am
My wife says we will be picking up our son!
CariocaCoug
5/2/16 9:02am
What about open houses? Also "strongly discouraged" but everyone still has them
BlueBlood94
5/2/16 9:06am
They're only discouraged during the 3-hour block though, right?
Ulysses14
5/2/16 10:09am
No, discouraged as violating the Sabbath as a day of rest & family time.
BlueBlood94
5/2/16 12:19pm
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cvd6262
5/2/16 2:55pm
Some do them Saturday evening, but a lot in Utah do the big Sabbath open house.
BlueBlood94
5/2/16 4:14pm
It seems to be mostly a Utah thing. I haven't seen them other places.
vegasnative
5/2/16 8:28pm
My parents picked me up and also just picked my sister up a couple months ago.
RUNBYU1
5/2/16 10:40am
My president was fine with it
SonsOfAlvin
5/2/16 11:29am
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