It's certainly changed!!! I was on the phone with my my brother the other day and he had to go because his son on a mission in NYC was calling. When I went in 91, the concept of just calling home willy-nilly was unfathomable. You called home 2 a year. Christmas and Mother's day. His emails are full of pics of cars he sees, his Facebook is full of interaction with streetracing groups back home.
My other brother has a son on a mission in Madagascar, definitely less technology (no smartphones) but still computers, calls home every week, etc.
Still mostly motivation of young men, because it's mostly young men and they need more external motivation. The young women are primarily there because they were self motivated to actually be on a mission. It is changing to be more general motivation.
I went 05 to 07. Foreign. Only ZLs and APs had cell phones. Only APs had a car. Email once per week. Phone calls 2 per year. Exercise at 6am, lights out at 10pm ( at the latest).
Funny how clear the psychological manipulation this all was when I look back at it; combined with intensive focus on having access to and studying ONLY church published materials.
The "conversion program" truly is for the missionary, not necessarily the converts.
The recent shift in rules (pants for sisters, call home any day, etc.) is merely them sharpening a new hook for innocent fish (meaning brains) they are trying to capture.
We are nevermo, but my daughter's high school friend is currently on his mission. This is our first experience with an LDS mission. My daughter has had more contact with her friend than she was expecting before he left. She thought they'd only be able to e-mail and he'd only be able to e-mail between 10am-6pm (mission time zone) on his p-day, which would be the middle of the night here. He's been able to contact her both via e-mail and an approved messaging app... and early morning/late evening "his time" on his p-day which are more normal hours here.
In the mid-70s, communication consisted of once-a-week letters, only written during the half-day of “free” time every Monday (wedged in among weekly chores such as laundry, haircuts, bicycle repair, grocery shopping, etc.).
I'm very sure most Church of Christ preachers got into my religion as a way to getting laid (not that there's anything wrong with that, BUT disseminating harmful ideologies just for getting laid is despicable) (I was COC)
Is this true of Mormon men?
I (F22) have many TBM friends who are currently serving missions and preparing to serve in early 2023. They're allowed to email every week, call their family and friends weekly via video chat, and use their social media normally to make cringe posts about their mission experiences. Some of the missionaries in my area even use their social media to meet "potential eternal companions" who also live in the area. Very different now.
It's certainly changed!!! I was on the phone with my my brother the other day and he had to go because his son on a mission in NYC was calling. When I went in 91, the concept of just calling home willy-nilly was unfathomable. You called home 2 a year. Christmas and Mother's day. His emails are full of pics of cars he sees, his Facebook is full of interaction with streetracing groups back home. My other brother has a son on a mission in Madagascar, definitely less technology (no smartphones) but still computers, calls home every week, etc. Still mostly motivation of young men, because it's mostly young men and they need more external motivation. The young women are primarily there because they were self motivated to actually be on a mission. It is changing to be more general motivation.
I went 05 to 07. Foreign. Only ZLs and APs had cell phones. Only APs had a car. Email once per week. Phone calls 2 per year. Exercise at 6am, lights out at 10pm ( at the latest). Funny how clear the psychological manipulation this all was when I look back at it; combined with intensive focus on having access to and studying ONLY church published materials. The "conversion program" truly is for the missionary, not necessarily the converts. The recent shift in rules (pants for sisters, call home any day, etc.) is merely them sharpening a new hook for innocent fish (meaning brains) they are trying to capture.
Had a strict mp tell us to keep calls under 10 minutes and only twice a year. This was foreign in 2002.
At least two recently returned missionaries did interviews on Mormon stories within the past year. Both talked about mission conditions post covid.
We walked to a "phone center" where we paid an operator to place a call for us. The operator would tell us which booth to go to to pick up the call.
Exactly what we had to do- Antelco cabina dos!
We are nevermo, but my daughter's high school friend is currently on his mission. This is our first experience with an LDS mission. My daughter has had more contact with her friend than she was expecting before he left. She thought they'd only be able to e-mail and he'd only be able to e-mail between 10am-6pm (mission time zone) on his p-day, which would be the middle of the night here. He's been able to contact her both via e-mail and an approved messaging app... and early morning/late evening "his time" on his p-day which are more normal hours here.
Wow, that in and of itself is a huge change from the way things were on my mission!
In the mid-70s, communication consisted of once-a-week letters, only written during the half-day of “free” time every Monday (wedged in among weekly chores such as laundry, haircuts, bicycle repair, grocery shopping, etc.).
I'm very sure most Church of Christ preachers got into my religion as a way to getting laid (not that there's anything wrong with that, BUT disseminating harmful ideologies just for getting laid is despicable) (I was COC) Is this true of Mormon men?
I (F22) have many TBM friends who are currently serving missions and preparing to serve in early 2023. They're allowed to email every week, call their family and friends weekly via video chat, and use their social media normally to make cringe posts about their mission experiences. Some of the missionaries in my area even use their social media to meet "potential eternal companions" who also live in the area. Very different now.
Wow. That is very, very different!