Last year in June 2008 newly called mission president Stephen Lowell McConkie of the South Carolina Columbia Mission was greeted by a minor missionary catastrophe. A few elders were having a bit of fun burning stuff. Missionaries as you know are piromaniacs, one threw a Pringles' can in to a fiery trash can and he received a jet propelled surprise as the hot dense air in the heat-filled can literally shot out the metal lid in to the his arm. He experienced a burning as well as a bloody reward. Needless to say the metal part of the can left a noticeable imprint in the mish's arm. He is lucky he didn't catch the lid in his face.
The mission president set a very hard rule that from that point on missionaries couldn't burn any objects for any reason whatsoever not even a matchbook.
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Looks like the "Destroyer" left some souveniers....and fruit of His mission....when destroying the things that helped portray an Elder as a representative of the Lord, ie., modest business clothing, etc., you are casting aside in a degrading way those things which should be respected.
Worn out and tired of missionary items need to be honored, NOT destroyed. I am so so glad the mission Pres. recognized this folly and placed emphasis on the most important things.....feeling in the heart of missionary accomplishments, NOT...acts of violence..which produced physical harm.
The Adversary has many titles...and one of the main ones is "THE DESTROYER".
Nuff said.
How should we act, EVERY minute of our lives? Why, like the SAVIOR of course..with dignity and respect for all good things, even when they are past usage.
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