Posted by:
sharapata
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Date: May 28, 2013 02:03AM
The posts about the insane fanfare regarding the openings of the missionary calls neglect to mention one important thing - Mission calls can and do CHANGE - more often than people realize. Whether it be due to visa delays, illness in a foreign country or something as simple as a mission realignment.
This seemed to happen A LOT during the early 90s, and it happened to myself and a few others during my 2-month MTC stay and it was a total and complete surprise to me. Six weeks into my MCT stay, I was called into our Branch President's office. I had left home thinking I was going to the Florida Fort Lauderdale-Spanish speaking mission. I researched the area, I got the mission plaque and everything. Little did I know that it was going to change. My MTC Branch President told me I was now going to the Illinois Chicago-Spanish speaking mission. That was it! End of discussion, no explanation. About a week later, I got a one-paragraph letter supposedly from Ezra Taft Benson himself confirming my mission call change.
So all you mission call openers-heed my alert. Don't get too attached to your mission destination because the Prophet can pull the rug out from you and change his mind seemingly anytime he wants!