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The reaction to last week’s announcement that Mormon missionaries will now be able to call home once a week—instead of twice a year, as was the former policy—has been mostly positive.
Most Latter-day Saint families seem to be welcoming the change, which Church leaders say will be a “motivating force, not a distraction” in the lives of more than 65,000 missionaries serving around the world.
The applause is not universal, however. Some of the negative comments can be summed up in three words, delivered in your crankiest and most stereotyped elderly male voice: “In MY day. . . .”
These kids today, in other words.
Reading through the comments on some of the news stories about the change, certain critical words emerge as themes: today’s missionaries are soft. Immature. Clinging to their helicopter parents. Not ready to give everything to the cause. As one commenter put it:
“I do not like this one bit . . . It will lead to more problems and missionaries wanting to come home early. We are too soft on our up and coming generation.”
Is there any truth to these generational stereotypes?
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Charles DefranchiFebruary 25, 2019
The Spirit of Prophecy is what makes our Church different from all others. This explains why some new practices and policies catch us by surprise. The Lord knows what is coming before it happens and He therefore inspires our Leaders to prepare the people for that. Time will confirm that all those changes were inspired. Meanwhile, we have to show our faith and patiently wait for the blessings that will result from such.
Bob SiskFebruary 22, 2019
My personal opinion is that this goes hand-in-hand with the shift in the Aaronic prieshood ordinations to January of the year the young me reach a certain age. For instance, one of my grandsons turned 12 this past December 19th and was duly ordained a Deacon. This year he'll turn 13. He will turn 14 in December, 2020 (next year), but can officially be ordained a Teacher in January of that year, almost a full year ahead of the previous rules. Essentially he'll spend a year less time as a Deacon. But from then on the math works out so that he'll still serve two years as Teacher and then as Priest. Young men from this year on will serve two years in each priesthood office, but will leave Primary a year earlier. Just guessing, the Lord perhaps wants these young men to start official priesthood training a year earlier because of the responsibilities that will be given to them. They're a chose generation for sure.