Posted by:
eddie
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Date: February 17, 2013 03:48PM
I've been out of the church about 13 years, but wy wife and two kids have stayed. My son was lucky to get into BYU. He's had a good experience there even though I knew being at BYU guaranteed a mission.
It's really important to me that he have a foreign experience on his mission. My wife, too, wants that for him. I told him to tell his Bish and SP that his apostate father insists that he go foreign. He told them he'd go wherever he was needed...obey, obey, obey.
He just got his mission call to Minnesota.
I am not happy. Even my wife is unhappy. Son seems fine with it. Seems like all his friends are going to Europe or Africa.
I want to write a letter to the missionary department telling them I'm the father, I view this assignment to Minnesota as not being in son's best interest, and suggesting that the Morg can pay for his mission if that's where they want to send him. I will make clear that my son does not know I am writing this letter and, if he did, he would be mortified. On the other hand, if they have need for a young man of his talents in a foreign country, I would pay for the mission.
What do you think would happen?
Should I intervene in this way?
Is there anything else I can do besides put on a happy face?
Eddie