ITT(In This Thread) You are a mormon about to open his mission call

[Tippster]

Good Luck. Be kind. Bring shorts... that place is HOT.

[The AD]

So when will you be leaving for Brazil?

If you are stoked about this and feel you are doing the right thing, that's all that really matters. It's your life. Live it as you choose.

[Duker]

Congrats Hopped! Brazil seems to be where a lot of us are headed.... That sounds sweet. Im so excited to be in your shoes, (although maybe I shouldnt post that here) Congrats again! and remember this is your last season for a while so ski as much as you possibly can.

[Out_to_lunch]

Rock on Hopped. That's a huge oportunity, and I know I would jump on it anytime (yes a colder climate would be nicer, but...) Anyone who gives his life (or two years of it) for others deserves much respect.

To everyone who is complaining: Give it a break. That is all.

[Mcwop]

He chose to put it out there, and shouldn't assume that everyone is going ot endorse it. Proselytizing is perverse, and has a pretty grim history attached to it--Mormon proselytizing is unusually bizarre (and offensive to some) in that Mormons claim to have converted ancestors of those they have converted.
Not cool.

pros·e·ly·tize Audio pronunciation of "proselytizing" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prs-l-tz)
v. pros·e·ly·tized, pros·e·ly·tiz·ing, pros·e·ly·tiz·es
v. intr.

1. To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith.
2. To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.

I am sure you have never done #2 above.

[hopped]

Good Luck. Be kind. Bring shorts... that place is HOT.

not allowed

edit: I report to Sao Paolo on April 6th to begin my tenure.

[Trackhead]

6 weeks of language school at MTC?

[Meconium]

not allowed

Knickers, like old school and below the knee?

[Red Baron]

Here's your first phrase to learn.

Onde posso eu comprar esquis?

[PacRimRider1]

Pants only? How about Onde posso eu comprar Gold Bond?

[hopped]

6 weeks of language school at MTC?

nope they send you straight to the CTM in Sao Paolo for "approximately 62 days" or until they feel you're ready and then dump you out into the field.

A donde puedo comprar esquis? Yo sé alguno Espanol y espero que podra aprender Portugués rapidamente cuando esté en Brasil.

[GT40]

Congrats on your calling. 2 years will go by faster than you'll think possible.

The snow will still be here when you get back. Though it may not seem quite as important.

[G]

[shorts]not allowed

Okay, that's just fucking retarded.

What the hell is the reasoning there?

[ill-advised strategy]

*edited a bunch of my own vitriolic raving about missionaries in my neighborhood...ect out of respect for hopped's stoke.*

I'll just keep it short and say this for my part:

I hope you, as a skier, go safely and you have the opportunity to see some things that put your cult-like upbringing into perspective and allow you to find freedom and begin to think for yourself.

[backpack]

Okay, that's just fucking retarded.

What the hell is the reasoning there?

The suit thing is pretty standard.

Hopped, have fun and read The Poisonwood Bible before you go. Yea, it's technically about baptists, but an interesting perspective on missionary work nonetheless.

Also, take advantage of the opportunity to see Brazil, during and after your mission. Some of my friends who have just returned talk about being in two different cities and not straying more than a few miles from either. Some of them regret it and others were happy to get back to Utah and never want to leave the state again. One wants to go back and open a Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo, but in the meantime he's collecting a herem at BYU.

I hope you come home safely, have a great experience, meet lots of cool people, and don't convert anyone.

[shamrockpow]

Good Luck. Be kind. Bring shorts... that place is HOT.

Good Luck. Be kind. Bring condoms... the girls are HOT

[CantDog]

What about capris? They are european.

[bad_roo]

Nice mission, hopped. You could have got Fallujah.

[watersnowdirt]

You sound stoked, and that's great. I have a dear friend from Brazil and I've always wanted to go. Portuguese is an incredible language - what a cool thing it would be to speak it!

And you don't leave till April - you'll get the best of the winter here!

[Woodsy]

Hopped good luck & Godspeed. Now is a good time to learn a very important lesson in life: Listen more, talk less.
it will do you good on your call and beyond.
Now please stop reading as I dont wanna suly your thread.


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[long building rant]
DEx, now on ignore Rutecki:
You sir, are a jack ass. why ?
As to your political views & tirades, I dont know if you ever took philosophy 101, but look up "Strawman"
You provide such a closed minded slanted view from the left that it realy makes the rest of our arguments look bad. The arguemants are so ridiculous and easily attacked & subverted, they are worse than no arguments at all.

Wake up & go skiing & think about walking in someone elses shoes for a change you arrogant self important windbag. [/lbr]
now back to our monthly discussion of the pros and cons of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.....

[SLCFreshies]

Nice mission, hopped. You could have got Fallujah.

Or some ghetto in the U.S. Most of the Mormons I've met have just stayed in the U.S. for their mission, which sounds utterly boring. (Since I know nothing about Mormon hierarchy, I'm not sure if this was random or if those I've talked to chose to stay in the U.S.) If you're going to dedicate 2 years of your life, you might as well get sent somewhere interesting and fun.

Good luck on your mission. Take lots of pictures and get good at Portuguese. I've heard that y'all have to stay an "arms-length" away from the opposite sex. That might be tough in Brazil...

[bad_roo]

I've heard that y'all have to stay an "arms-length" away from the opposite sex. That might be tough in Brazil...

Bring it on.

[two_planks]

Yes that's exactly what this is. heh, I myself am an Atheist, but whatever floats your boat JONG.



I've known a very large number of missionairies in my life. I've even had 2 sisters serve missions. Most of my friends left on missions right after highschool. Some of them went because their parents made them. Some of them went because they didn't know what else to do. Some went to try and straighten up there behavior, but by and large most of them went to serve. They went do help their fellow humans by giving them the opportunity to hear what they believe to be true and give them a decent recipe for a good life. Maybe you believe in the organizations you listed above more than this particular religion, but then again maybe hopped believes more in his cause than yours. Live and let live. I've got a tremendous amount of respect for someone who would dedicate 2 years of their life to service. If you'd like to continue this conversation out of this thread you're more than welcome to PM me. I'd prefer to not mess up hopped's thread any more than it is.

Again congrats hopped.

Werd man, I too am an ex mormon turned atheist. I have a sister and a brother who are back from missions and two brothers who are currently on missions (Provo, which would suck and Romania, which sounds pretty weird from the emails I get but cool none the less). I have a lot of friends who have gone on missions, for right and wrong reasons, but every one of them has come back a better person and not one of them regrets going.

To those that want to trash on the decision that hopped has made (Dex that means you). I'd like to see you give up two years of your life for something you believe in, two years at the prime of your youth none the less. I don't care if you believe the same things as he does but to rip on a 19 year old guy who is willing to make that kind of sacrifice to follow his beliefs is pathetic. I never made the decision to go but hopped, I commend you for taking such a big and important step in your life. I know quite a few people who went to Brazil and they all loved it. Oh yeah and the tell me the women are hot too....

[ak_powder_monkey]

Most of the mormons up here get free trips to utah for their missions. Almost makes me want to go to church.

On a side note, why does a church based in Utah need to send missionaries to utah?

[Dexter Rutecki]

pros·e·ly·tize Audio pronunciation of "proselytizing" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prs-l-tz)
v. pros·e·ly·tized, pros·e·ly·tiz·ing, pros·e·ly·tiz·es
v. intr.

1. To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith.
2. To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.

I am sure you have never done #2 above.

Thought you could have understood we were talking about religious proselytizing.

Convert the unwashed heathens! Enlighten the world to the one true way! (Hope they don't have it right while you're actually wrong...)

Woodsy, sorry you don't get it. No strawman here, but maybe a logic refresher would be in order for you. I guess you're in the right place.
Don't know what brought your little tirade on, but you should probably look up the word before using it.