When coworkers ask about my background and notice the two-year gap, I call it

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Oct 15, 2021
9:12:36pm

HoustonBYUCoug Redshirt Freshman

The mission hiatus. Is that better?

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HoustonBYUCoug

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Cool publicity, but there’s gotta be a better term than mission trip.

Grammar Police

10/15/21 6:48pm

Hope he’s let loose tomorrow

Dr MoBYU

10/15/21 6:48pm

And runs for over 100 yards.

Dark Forest Green

10/15/21 6:53pm

Make it 200 yards

byuguns55

10/15/21 7:02pm

OK, fine.

Dark Forest Green

10/15/21 7:03pm

Thank you sir

byuguns55

10/15/21 7:07pm

My mission trip was in Bulgaria

4slyce

10/15/21 6:54pm

I took my mission trip to the distant land of California.

NOCAL_YFAN

10/15/21 7:00pm

Wrong term. It's borrowed from sects who send kids to a two-month "mission trip"

spoxjox

10/15/21 7:01pm

It has always rubbed me wrong, when I hear the term, "mission trip"

Kilgruman

10/15/21 7:06pm

Since missionaries can chat and email, and FaceTime with family anytime

Accipiter

10/15/21 7:20pm

Except 2 years is still not a “trip”. As well as not being able to see family/fr

byu1

10/15/21 7:25pm

Two-year mission training and weightlifting program.

IrishBlue

10/15/21 7:21pm

Yep.Trip is so misleading. As if you are a tourist but squeeze in some religious

Forzaitalia

10/15/21 8:07pm

But there's nothing wrong with it.

Belboz

10/15/21 8:26pm

When coworkers ask about my background and notice the two-year gap, I call it

HoustonBYUCoug

10/15/21 9:12pm

We should change the name to "Ministering Journey". That will fix it.

Accipiter

10/15/21 9:33pm

2 year mission service

ImuaKahuku

10/15/21 9:48pm

Mission Trip is a common term in the South.

runningfoo

10/16/21 12:17am

The mission trip a protestant creation.

Forzaitalia

10/16/21 10:12am

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