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Posted by: madalice ( )
Date: August 26, 2014 09:57PM
MSN...salvation in the hands of 19 year olds

I apologize if this has already been posted.
This is in the MSN news today. I thought it was interesting

http://news.msn.com/in-depth/putting-eternal-salvation-in-the-hands-of-19-year-old-missionaries-1

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Posted by: Been There ( )
Date: August 26, 2014 10:08PM
Re: MSN...salvation in the hands of 19 year olds

Nice article:

Ballard was seeing a mission-appointed counselor for anxiety. “My counselor said, ‘Elder Ballard, you can choose to be yourself and do what you believe in, or you can live a hollow life.’ I don’t think he realized what he was saying. A week later, I called my mission president and told him I was going home.”

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Posted by: finallygetsit ( )
Date: August 26, 2014 11:31PM
Re: MSN...salvation in the hands of 19 year olds

What an excellent article.
Sure wish I'd been open to reading things like this before I sent my son on a mission.

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Posted by: Strength in the Loins ( )
Date: August 27, 2014 01:25AM
Re: MSN...salvation in the hands of 19 year olds

I found it interesting that they quoted a figure of 2% of all missionaries that eventually apostatize. In my experience, as well as the experiences of many that post here, the actual number of return missionaries that have apostatized is far higher than 2%.

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Posted by: madalice ( )
Date: August 27, 2014 01:32AM
Re: MSN...salvation in the hands of 19 year olds

That MAY be somewhat accurate. They say that 40% become inactive, but only 2% get ex'd or resign. I think a lot of them can't officially leave because of family pressures.

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