I am inspired by another thread. So having a shout out.

Netherlands 1978 - 1991.
Branches I was in: Vlissingen, Lelystad and Apeldoorn. It was my mom, my sister and me. We were baptised in Vlissingen.

Anyone here on a mission there in those days?



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Czech Prague 1996-98

I love Prague - it's one of my favorite cities in Europe. Besides the missionary work, did you enjoy living there?

New England 1970 - 1972, under Paul Dunn, absolutely the worst two years of my life.

Belgoum and France, 1979-1981 ..... an awful two years.

GC Wrote:
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> Belgoum and France, 1979-1981 ..... an awful two
> years.


We must have crossed paths, I was in the Paris mission 79-81

danboyle Wrote:
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> We must have crossed paths, I was in the Paris
> mission 79-81

dan, I'm *sure* we crossed paths. I was in the Paris mission '79-'81...

I was in Boulogne-Billancourt, Caen, Poitiers, Versailles.

Did you have Fairbanks as a comp by any chance?
I think you may have been in Rennes when I was in Caen...:)



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ificouldhietokolob Wrote:
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> danboyle Wrote:
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> -----
> > We must have crossed paths, I was in the Paris
> > mission 79-81
>
> dan, I'm *sure* we crossed paths. I was in the
> Paris mission '79-'81...
>
> I was in Boulogne-Billancourt, Caen, Poitiers,
> Versailles.
>
> Did you have Fairbanks as a comp by any chance?
> I think you may have been in Rennes when I was in
> Caen...:)

I was comp's w Fairbanks in La Rochelle..I started in Rennes, Paris (Frennes??), La Rochelle, Boulogne Billancourt

danboyle Wrote:
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> I was comp's w Fairbanks in La Rochelle..I started
> in Rennes, Paris (Frennes??), La Rochelle,
> Boulogne Billancourt

I thought so. Yeah, we met in France. Salut, mon frere :)
No time in the same city/apartment together, sadly. I started in Boulogne/Billancourt, though -- metro instead of bikes, lunches in the park in front of la tour Eiffel, not bad, right?

I was the Californian with a common French surname, if that rings any bells for you...

Nice to see you here among the apostates! :)

ificouldhietokolob Wrote:
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> danboyle Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I was comp's w Fairbanks in La Rochelle..I
> started
> > in Rennes, Paris (Frennes??), La Rochelle,
> > Boulogne Billancourt
>
> I thought so. Yeah, we met in France. Salut, mon
> frere :)
> No time in the same city/apartment together,
> sadly. I started in Boulogne/Billancourt, though
> -- metro instead of bikes, lunches in the park in
> front of la tour Eiffel, not bad, right?
>
> I was the Californian with a common French
> surname, if that rings any bells for you...
>
> Nice to see you here among the apostates! :)

The apostates are much more fun....remember Gates, the AP ? He is still running full speed ahead and is now the SP here where I no longer attend...our kids were friends in high school, so I crossed paths with him once in a while.

danboyle Wrote:
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> The apostates are much more fun....remember Gates,
> the AP ? He is still running full speed ahead and
> is now the SP here where I no longer attend...our
> kids were friends in high school, so I crossed
> paths with him once in a while.

I do! He was roommates with my brother at BYU before he went on his mission.

I ran into Pres. Robinson in SLC about 10 years after I got home, I was there visiting family. He was pretty disappointed to learn I was out. I wasn't :)

Australia Brisbane. 1986-1988

Mexican mission 1965 - 1967

Where are all you hosers, eh?

Still trying to live the dream?

Can we please get at least 50 people to log in and state where they devoted two years of their life to shilling for a cult?

It had hundreds of drop pins with user names of their missions.

Does it stil exist?

It does, but only for members of a certain sub, and it only maps the location of the exmo, not the mission location.

exmomap.com

South Texas 91-93

I met my wife and still together 20+

Phoenix 14-16 Absolutely the worst two years

Switzerland 1986-88 (French speaking)

This included parts of France. In the MTC we were lumped together with almost all the other French speaking missionaries. Suisse/France was great, especially the Riviera! But then I was not the most devoted spreader of the gospel. Southern France had too many distractions. On the bad side, I think I damaged my shoulders carrying too many blasted BofM's in my backpack!!!

Switzerland/France '81-'83. Didn't enjoy the things I had to do, but loved the shit out of where I was. I had never been out of Utah. It was the very slow, unformed beginning of the end of my belief in Mormonism.

"How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Pareeeee.

Paris, France 68-69

Hawaii 1962-64. Best vacation ever

Central States/Kansas Missouri 1970-72.

Philippines Manila 86-88

I learned a lot about a different culture and language. That is something I can say I am positive about after spending 2 years of my life for nothing.

Guatemala-El Salvador 1967 - 1969

Illinois Chicago 1978-80

Dang wrong place posts!



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Jackson Mississippi 1986-1988

Baptized 33

@Complacent
33? Is that still the record?

South Africa Johannesburg/Cape Town after the split. 1983-84

Rome 76-77

Well, DH to be exact, not me. But he doesn't really use the internet at all. Be glad to tell you his name in a private exchange.

However, if you are the "piano player" (:-) we've already had this exchange...although it's been years.

Brazil North 64-67.

I have happy memories of Brazilians, but not from trying to convert them from to Mormonism.

post moved to correct place



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Becca Wrote:
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> I am inspired by another thread. So having a shout
> out.
>
> Netherlands 1978 - 1991.
> Branches I was in: Vlissingen, Lelystad and
> Apeldoorn. It was my mom, my sister and me. We
> were baptised in Vlissingen.
>
> Anyone here on a mission there in those days?


My best friend from HS was there at that time...Elder Stephens...know him?

No that doesn't ring a bell. Sorry.
I remember a few names that's not one of them.

Virginia Roanoke Mission, 1977 - 1979

The biggest waste of time in my life.

Spiritually, I was fatally wounded by the time I came home.

Colombia Cali 1992-1994.

Learned Spanish. Learned a lot about people from walks of life far different from my own. That was a very valuable lesson. It's the only thing that made my mission worthwhile.



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86-88 Cali Colombia

You there during the Mickelson years?

California, Los Angeles mission 92-93. A 10+ baptisms.

French East Mission 1962-64. A two-and-a-half year vacation in France, marred only by occasional missionary work.

even in the 60s it was awful? i still operate under the delusion that somehow it was "different back then," like maybe missions were not the structured drudgery i knew in the 90s

My experience would support your thesis.

I've long expounded on a dividing line between a time when missionaries were treated as volunteers and the current atmosphere in which they are treated as slaves.

And I propose that the change from D-day to P-day effectively marks the transition date.

Florida Fort Lauderdale french mission
1984-1985

WORST 18 fucking months of my life.

Prison was easier!

Australia Sydney, 90-92

Australia East 1974-76 - Spanish speaking.

Earl C. Tingey was the MP. Good man.

I had always wanted to go on a "Lamanite" mission. Shocked I did so down under!

My 2 years broadened my world view. I don't regret them.

How were you taught to say, 'Put another shrimp on the barbie, mate!', in Spanish?

Effectively.

Rome 94 to 96

Zurich Switzerland mission, 1983 - 1984.

I LOVED living in Switzerland but hated the daily drudgery of knocking on endless doors. What a colossal waste of my young life.

Houston tx, Spanish 81-82

England south 72-73 I learned how to eat cheap shitty food when we had it.

New Zealand, Wellington 1979-81

Norge 77-78

Columbus, OH 1990-1992

Hong Kong, 87-89. Elder “Yiu” from Minnesota

Nagoya Japan 76-78

Ja, saraba.

New England - 68-70. There is really a huge difference between missions in the 50’ and 60’s and those today. If we had a mission rule book to follow, I don’t remember it.