tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22797374.post452696489691284493..comments2024-01-30T20:46:06.748-05:00Comments on Motor City Liberal: Contradicting Romney’s Account, Fellow Missionaries Say Candidate Lived In A ‘Palace’ On MissionMotor City Liberal Returnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316739270707220559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22797374.post-88369431984065188012012-01-01T18:47:15.151-05:002012-01-01T18:47:15.151-05:00To clarify, Christ's Church today is led by Hi...To clarify, Christ's Church today is led by Him, and He has called apostles, these apostles call a couple to lead missionaries. Sometimes the Mission leaders have children, but either way, the "Mission Home" is almost always a larger place, where those investigating Christ's Church meet to discuss the gospel. I think the "Home" in Australia, where I served, also had stained glass. Some countries require that Mormon missionaries hire maids and they will not give Visas to Missionaries if they don't do this (it helps the economy). In my mission, in Australia, a man who had lost his job was hired to take care of the lawn at the "mission Home, and to do other duties (perhaps this would be called a "servant" by those spreading these rumors about Mitt.) Many missionaries are "called" to go live in the home temporarily, most do secretarial work two of these are called the 'assistants to the President" or AP's. I have never heard of anyone spending all of their mission in the "Home." They spend most of their missions living in places that often have no running water. (even in rich countries like France, and in Australia, in the eighties, I spent a good deal of time in a cold house with cardboard covering holes to outside, we had a kerosene heater and so one. Either way, the missionaries temporarily living in the home typically sleep in bunks and cook their own food and so on (even if the so called "servant" cooks for the couple leading the mission).Joenoreply@blogger.com