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Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :

My availability date is Dec. 14 (I've heard that christmas in the MTC is something to behold.) Anyway, any hatrackers want to venture forth and guess where I'm going? Here's a list of guesses so far:

Dad: Peru Araquipa Mission
Mom: Canada (french speaking) Mission
Oldest Brother: Mexico Guadalajara Mission
Sister in Law: Brazil or Australia
Oldest Sister: Las Vegas Nevada Mission
Me: Scotland Edinburgh Mission
Youngest Brother: Idaho Pocatello Mission (Heaven Forbid)
Youngest Sister: Japan Tokyo Mission
Niece (who is 2 months old): Belgium
[Party]

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

Did you put down any language proficiencies?

If so:

French-Guatemala
Spanish-Madagascar
Other-Korea

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

SM [ROFL]

Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :

Took one year of Spanish, but I also grew up in San Diego California so I'm fluent in Spanglish.

Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :

FYI, there are two missions that share Las Vegas. The Strip is basically the dividing line. The missions also split the rest of the state of Nevada.

And unless you're Canadian, you don't have much chance of being called to Vegas. For some inexplicable reason, almost all of the missionaries we've had here have been Canadian.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

If you are unusually good looking, you might get sent to Haiti or the Dominican republic. I'm not sure what it is, I sometimes think it's an agenda to let such boys experience humility. You are a guy, right?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by pooka:
If you are unusually good looking, you might get sent to Haiti or the Dominican republic.

I know nothing about this, but I'm really interested. They sort missionaries by looks and country of origin? Where do the ugly missionaries land up?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Jeff is good at this game... I'll go get him to guess...

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

Is there a mission in like Virginia (I'm sure there must be) you'll end up there.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

quote:
And unless you're Canadian, you don't have much chance of being called to Vegas. For some inexplicable reason, almost all of the missionaries we've had here have been Canadian.

I've known several young men who were called to Vegas from SoCal. All but one of them to the Spanish-speaking mission.

Posted by KetchupPrinceConsort (Member # 8047) on :

hmmmm....hard to say, always in motion revelation is...

To the Osorno Chile Mission go you will.

[ September 26, 2005, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: KetchupPrinceConsort ]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

I'm interested in how your 2 month old niece chose Belgium. Did she toss her pacifier onto a map of the world and it landed with the tip stuck to Belgium by a thin strand of saliva or something? Or is she just very precocious for a 2 month old and already saavy about missions?

Tante, nobody knows how the choice is made. It's one of the ineffable mysteries of existence.

Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :

quote:
Originally posted by UofUlawguy:

And unless you're Canadian, you don't have much chance of being called to Vegas. For some inexplicable reason, almost all of the missionaries we've had here have been Canadian.

There was an Elder from Wales in my student ward when I was in school out there. He had a cooler accent than Canadians. [Smile]

Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
Where do the ugly missionaries land up?

Fresno.

Or at least from what I've seen.

Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :

I'll guess the Bolivia Cochabamba mission.

Isn't the rule that once you guess it, you aren't going there? That's why I told everyone I wanted to go to Kentucky. [Big Grin]

Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :

Well, I've been told that if you guess it, you won't go there. If you don't want to go there, you will go there.

As for how my two month old niece guessed, we asked her very nicely and she said bulglagm. My sister-in-law interpeted that to mean Belgium.