My parents picked me up. We went briefly to a few of my areas, but did most

Apr 30, 2016
12:17:31am

gwalker All-American

of our touring outside my mission and in another country on the way home. It was one of the highlights of my life. My dad died 18 months later and I'm so glad I had that experience.

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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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