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After some long hard thought – I have come to the following conclusion SOme people have said people knocking on doors is not the way to go, and to some extent I do agree with this, although this is not the sole issue.
We come to a problem when we have 19 year olds knocking on the door of a family man who is 40, telling him how to live.
Standard set lessons, in a standard set order, to what is esentailly a script
“Do you want to live with your family for all eternity …. Great Im Elder “X” from the Church of Jesus Christ……”
I know we cant send 25 – 30 year olds on the whole, because they are starting to get careers off the ground, and settle down to married life (for the most part)
ALthough I DO beleive that perhaps this should be more relaxed when it comes to those that convert late in life.
If I had gone on a mission after I had joined…..my life would probably be a LOT different now. (And shortly after joining I could have afforded to thatnks to a large redundancy payout – which is now gone)
I just wonder – what else can the church do. Service is done a lot with “helping hands days”
Maybe just maybe the members across the world could do more to build the foundations, I dunno…..
The key thing is to not leave new converts high and dry as soon as they get married. Which is what I feel happened to me.
The YSA Programme is to be frank awesome – especially for converts.
It openes up a new social life that can get people away from pubs and clubs and other things that go against Words of Wisdom , and gives dating oppertunities that may be more difficult to find otherwise
Theres a lot of room for improvement – but will it ever be right – will it suit everyone. I think not.
BUt that as they say is “life”
ok that might be right – a LOT of what they teach does feel right, but there are some things that are kinda central to “Mormonism” (temple and JS etc) I do think Im in the right place here though – support seems REALLY good here
thanks again guys
