Are you planning, at least in the back of your mind, to serve a couples mission? - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 09-04-2007, 04:32 PM

poll.

Indy Coug · 09-04-2007, 04:35 PM

I'm open to the idea. I wouldn't mind going to Nigeria/Ghana.

MikeWaters · 09-04-2007, 04:37 PM

It seems like very few couples go, at least out here in the mission field. I don't know if it's different in Utah.

So much so, that Bishops are prayerfully and formallly approaching couples and asking them to serve, like a calling (at higher-ups request).

Detroitdad · 09-04-2007, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

I'm open to the idea. I wouldn't mind going to Nigeria/Ghana.

Why?

Indy Coug · 09-04-2007, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detroitdad

Why?

Because I came to love the Ghanaian/Nigerian people on my mission to England. There's a lot of work to be done there and the field is 'white, already to harvest' there.

MikeWaters · 09-04-2007, 06:54 PM

Based on the results of the poll so far, I would say that members of cougarguard are much more likely to say they are going to serve a couples mission than current healthy retired LDS are actually likely to go.

RC Vikings · 09-04-2007, 07:46 PM

My wife told me I would be going alone and I've already done that.

Detroitdad · 09-04-2007, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Based on the results of the poll so far, I would say that members of cougarguard are much more likely to say they are going to serve a couples mission than current healthy retired LDS are actually likely to go.

Saying you will on a message board and actually pulling the trigger are very different things.

BigFatMeanie · 09-04-2007, 08:34 PM

Mrs. Meanie and I will definitely go but we'll likely do something in a non-proselytizing capacity - either as a volunteer or as a non-compensated Church employee. That way we won't have to be under missionary rules and under the thumb of a mission president.

There are many many volunteer positions for couples available that aren't specifically missionary work. Working with the PEF or with LDS Philantropies or different things. My parents just got done doing a volunteer stint at BYU Hawaii. I will probably go and help set up computer infrastructure in Africa or Mongolia or something like that.

ute4ever · 09-04-2007, 08:36 PM

Neither my mission nor my marriage were experiences to cherish. The very thought of doing either again makes me nauseous.

View Poll Results: Are you planning to serve a couples mission in the future?
yes, definitely	12	38.71%
I would seriously consider it, but don't feel any strong pull or desire	9	29.03%
Doubtful that I would	6	19.35%
Almost certainly, would not	2	6.45%
Would go only if formally called	0	0%
Would not go, even if formally called	2	6.45%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

09-04-2007, 04:32 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Are you planning, at least in the back of your mind, to serve a couples mission? poll.

09-04-2007, 08:34 PM	#9
BigFatMeanie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Jordan Posts: 1,725	Mrs. Meanie and I will definitely go but we'll likely do something in a non-proselytizing capacity - either as a volunteer or as a non-compensated Church employee. That way we won't have to be under missionary rules and under the thumb of a mission president. There are many many volunteer positions for couples available that aren't specifically missionary work. Working with the PEF or with LDS Philantropies or different things. My parents just got done doing a volunteer stint at BYU Hawaii. I will probably go and help set up computer infrastructure in Africa or Mongolia or something like that. Last edited by BigFatMeanie; 09-04-2007 at 08:47 PM. Reason: I can't spell proselytizing

09-04-2007, 04:35 PM	#2
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	I'm open to the idea. I wouldn't mind going to Nigeria/Ghana.

09-04-2007, 04:37 PM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	It seems like very few couples go, at least out here in the mission field. I don't know if it's different in Utah. So much so, that Bishops are prayerfully and formallly approaching couples and asking them to serve, like a calling (at higher-ups request).

09-04-2007, 06:54 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Based on the results of the poll so far, I would say that members of cougarguard are much more likely to say they are going to serve a couples mission than current healthy retired LDS are actually likely to go.

09-04-2007, 07:46 PM	#7
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	My wife told me I would be going alone and I've already done that.

09-04-2007, 08:36 PM	#10
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	Neither my mission nor my marriage were experiences to cherish. The very thought of doing either again makes me nauseous.