Most mission presidents are very well off

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Oct 3, 2023
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Maybe it's already been shared here, but I heard from someone that has a son in the Fort Worth mission

jvr7 Playmaker

10/3/23 2:27pm

Maybe this is the backdoor way to have church fund byu football. Buy utah

cougarfann888

10/3/23 2:28pm

Also those nose bleed left over tickets are like $50,000 each

cougarfann888

10/3/23 2:29pm

Who bought the tickets for the missionaries?

thewaterboy

10/3/23 2:30pm

I am pretty sure it was the mission president.

Tokolosh

10/3/23 2:31pm

That's a lot of money for 1 guy. Good for him.

thewaterboy

10/3/23 2:34pm

If hes anything like my mission president, that wouldn't even be a scratch

AltTabbins

10/3/23 2:36pm

Most mission presidents are very well off

arizonacougarfan

10/3/23 7:38pm

Using his "MP living expenses" account ;). Nothing out of his personal account.

JupiterJones

10/3/23 3:38pm

Neat if true. We were in mtc+ served in Spain together. Great friend+great guy.

happyhiker

10/4/23 12:16am

I understood that it was a donation through BYU somehow.

JJCoug

10/3/23 2:43pm

I don't know. I got the sense it came out of BYU's ticket allotment

Rivers Cuomo

10/3/23 3:25pm

The BYU athletic department, Brian Santiago specifically.

Rise Against

10/3/23 4:05pm

This is true. President Jon got tickets for the entire mission. There is also a pregame tailgate focused on donations

Tokolosh

10/3/23 2:30pm

That's fantastic

jdub

10/3/23 2:32pm

Video on Community Link

Tokolosh

10/3/23 2:32pm

Tokolosh you seem too reasonable and too good to be a yewt fan. Come to our side

Fly'n Cougar

10/3/23 3:18pm

Or perhaps most Ute fans and most BYU fans are the same people but wear different colors.

Tokolosh

10/3/23 3:24pm

RE: Or perhaps most Ute fans and most BYU fans are the same people but wear

Buster Scruggs

10/3/23 4:53pm

I have a hard time with Ute fans

cougforever

10/3/23 8:13pm

RE: Or perhaps most Ute fans and most BYU fans are the same people but wear

Jeremy

10/3/23 10:04pm

I agree with everything but the word "most"

teancum

10/4/23 7:45am

An Elder from our home ward serving there has told his parents the whole

neboutefan

10/3/23 2:31pm

That’s probably a great missionary opportunity. Good on them!

stenso

10/3/23 2:35pm

Well, who will they be rooting for?

hamaca

10/3/23 5:33pm

Which team are they rooting for!

devcougar

10/3/23 7:44pm

Went to the Cotton Bowl game in 96…all the missionaries were there as well. 😁

Blue Panda

10/3/23 2:38pm

On my mission all the missionaries were allowed to go to the College Baseball

robin

10/3/23 2:38pm

When I served in Chicago, you could get permission to go to Cubs games

Hobo

10/3/23 2:43pm

The way coeds dress for football games in Texas, elders gonna need strength

GlutealGuy

10/3/23 2:43pm

We had to quit going to Scheel's on P-Day for this reason

Knee Brace

10/3/23 2:48pm

I was at WVU@TCU this last weekend and I can confirm

22jrob22

10/3/23 3:08pm

RE: The way coeds dress for football games in Texas, elders gonna need strength

cruiserhead

10/3/23 3:18pm

that's nothing compared to serving on the French Riviera.

qwerew

10/3/23 6:17pm

My nephew is there. Can confirm.

snowbird

10/3/23 2:49pm

In Hawaii it seemed all the Oahu missionaries came to the game. Good times! Also

ImuaKahuku

10/3/23 2:51pm

Edwards loved that extra game and giving players and families a fun experience

NYC and Japan

10/3/23 8:13pm

Yep. And we loved having it there. friends would dress half green half blue and

ImuaKahuku

10/3/23 9:38pm

Daughter is there. Yes they are attending

Rivers Cuomo

10/3/23 3:01pm

I hope that's not true.

acadian8

10/3/23 3:06pm

Why?

Fly'n Cougar

10/3/23 3:24pm

Gonna be “cold” here by then… finally. I got my tickets. Excited to go

Jfly1975

10/3/23 3:55pm

I got to go to a Dodger game once on my mission. It was cool.

dixieutahbyuzag

10/3/23 4:11pm

On my mission we got to use machetes to cut trails through the Guatemalan jungle

UMWolverine

10/3/23 4:43pm

It is true. At least that is what missionaries have said. ( I live in the

Arlingtoncougar

10/3/23 4:51pm

I thought TCU was not going to sell single game tickets for the BYU game to

WillsPitStop

10/3/23 4:58pm

Nobody on earth cares who bought tickets except LDS Utes.

fan32

10/3/23 5:23pm

Dumb question—why? Do they anticipate there presence will lead to converts?

The_ATL

10/3/23 5:47pm

No. It’s a show of force.

MormonThug

10/3/23 6:09pm

We did some fun things on my mission. It happens.

Mark

10/3/23 7:19pm

Lots of TCU (and Big12 fans) in the area. They’ll have something to talk about.

Shawarma

10/3/23 7:40pm

People will wonder why SDSU’s student section is attending a TCU game

All-American

10/3/23 6:03pm

Which kid will wear his Utah hat to the game 😀

WJCougar

10/3/23 6:37pm

"LTM" in 1969 went to BYU football game. Weren't very good then.

BRATS

10/3/23 7:10pm

My son’s in the Austin mission, he’s going

Future_Tacos

10/3/23 7:12pm

Are they going to sit there in their white shIrts and ties with bike helmets on?

BlueMark

10/3/23 7:27pm

They gave out free tickets to local middle schoolers. Family can join for $20 ea

Shawarma

10/3/23 7:52pm

This is awesome! This can do so much for BYU and does so for the church

Your Royal Blueness

10/3/23 8:06pm

All we got was the entire mission went to see Episode I in 1999.

reagan21

10/3/23 10:02pm

Saw Robocop in Guate. Ratings were different there. APs went to Fatal Attraction

ImuaKahuku

10/4/23 8:01am

Boy, I hope so!

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