Episode 189: What About Sister Missionaries?

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 189, ALSSI team member and returned missionary Katie joins Cynthia and Susan for a dive into listener voicemails about women’s experiences as sister missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the pressures around the decision to serve to the daily realities of mission life, there’s plenty to unpack. The rigors of mission service can pay big dividends and/or cause ongoing pain for years post-mission. Every missionary’s experience is individual—a complicated mix of hardship and reward—but is there additional complexity for women who serve?

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0:00.0	If I could go back to my 21 year old self and redo my mission, it would be very different.
0:12.0	As I'm sure most of us would be with our past right we
0:13.6	learn we grow but but I would I would sit with the people and listen because I did I
0:18.9	loved them but like Susan said I had an agenda. I was a incredibly hard-working missionary and I had an agenda
0:27.0	But I would want to sit with them. I would want to hear their stories. I would want to know what makes them who they are and what they believe and why.
0:35.5	I would love to be able to do that instead of prioritizing and making sure that delivery
0:39.8	of my message happens above anything else. Hi, I'm Susan Hinckley.
0:48.1	And I am Cynthia Wynward.
0:49.8	And this is at last she said it.
0:51.6	We are women of faith discussing complicated things and the title of this week's episode is
0:56.5	What about sister missionaries?
1:01.0	Cynthia, I don't know a thing about being a sister missionary.
1:04.0	Me neither.
1:05.0	Not one single thing.
1:06.0	So that is why we have invited a guest to help moderate this conversation.
1:11.0	And I say moderate because it's all of the listeners who called in to share all of their stories today.
1:17.0	So our guest today is Katie.
1:19.0	Hi Katie.
1:20.0	Hi Katie.
1:21.0	Katie's one of our amazing people who helps us behind the scenes.
1:25.2	If you've sent us an email, most likely Katie has read it
1:28.3	and then passes them on to us.
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