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

Apr 12, 2019
10:49:43am

Plato Walk-on

siblings opon the death of his father without pressure, explicit or implied, to stay away? He is told he shoudln't go home for any reason. Its not about him making up his mind in a vacum.

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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

Windward_Coug

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

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