That was my situation. I didn't know for sure, but we both realized that it could happen.

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Apr 12, 2019
12:03:48pm

lightmann All-American

That was my situation. I didn't know for sure, but we both realized that it could happen.

It would no doubt be more difficult for a missionary with a parent dying, coming as a total surprise.

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lightmann

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I've been asked to video stream a funeral of a man whose son is on a mission

zonacougar

4/11/19 7:28pm

Any reason you have to stream it? Why not record it and then upload it to YouTube?

HuskerFan2

4/11/19 7:32pm

I am guessing son wants to watch live

cougarfann888

4/11/19 7:40pm

Does your stake stream stake conference? If so, I believe you can use that

Dread Pirate Westley

4/11/19 7:42pm

We aren't in a stake center for this so no equipment in the building. Otherwise

zonacougar

4/11/19 7:52pm

The equipment from the stake center should be easily transportable, with the

Dread Pirate Westley

4/11/19 7:55pm

Sad. They should let the kid visit home for a week.

Plato

4/11/19 7:44pm

They would if he chose to.

Uncle Bluto

4/11/19 7:44pm

Maybe the kid prefers to stay in his mission.

Dread Pirate Westley

4/11/19 7:44pm

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Buffalo

4/11/19 7:48pm

Refusal to recognize or honor agency is always the best course of action.

spoxjox

4/12/19 10:43am

You really think that a missionary would choose to stay away from his mother and

Plato

4/12/19 10:49am

We do that all the time in missions. What if a missionary doesn’t

cougarfann888

4/12/19 10:53am

nope, it's important that it be the missionary's choice

lightmann

4/12/19 12:06pm

He could but wants to stay. He knew his father would most likely pass away

zonacougar

4/11/19 7:53pm

Hope he’s not doing that because he feels like others might

kotacoug

4/11/19 8:16pm

That was my situation. I didn't know for sure, but we both realized that it could happen.

lightmann

4/12/19 12:03pm

You will need permission to stream that.

PhilPete

4/11/19 7:47pm

From above the stake president?

zonacougar

4/11/19 7:52pm

Notify SP. He will then ask above.

PhilPete

4/11/19 7:55pm

He asked me to do it...so I'll ask him to double-check.

zonacougar

4/11/19 8:00pm

He may already have.

PhilPete

4/11/19 8:07pm

See board mail

PhilPete

4/11/19 8:00pm

Church should require missionaries to attend funerals of immediate family

HEE-HAWS

4/11/19 8:00pm

Disagree.

lightmann

4/12/19 12:36am

That's all good. But what's the agrument/benefit to avoiding supporting family

Plato

4/12/19 10:41am

RE: That's all good. But what's the agrument/benefit to avoiding supporting family

lightmann

4/12/19 12:01pm

There was an elder in my mission who had an older brother also serving at the

4/11/19 8:34pm

That’s one of the saddest things I’ve heard. How awful

pegushin

4/11/19 11:42pm

President Monson actually talked about it in general conference

4/12/19 7:30am

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