The One Day Mission Companion

Recently my daughter received an emergency transfer on her mission with only three weeks to go.  It was a bit surprising since she was only transferred three weeks ago.  On Sunday in my local South Carolina ward a member related in his talk about an unusual practice being conducted in the South Carolina Columbia Mission by Stephen Lowell McConkie, the son of Elder Bruce R. McConkie where he doesn't inform missionaries who their companions will be prior to the transfer. The rationale behind the practice is that people have a tendency to make judgmental opinions about others based on what people tell them.