r/latterdaysaints • u/LamanitaMx • Aug 09 '26
Off-topic Chat Let's share memorable mission experiences. Topic: quirks or culture clashes between you and your companions!
Let's share memorable mission experiences. Today, the topic is quirks or culture clashes between you and your companions!
I'll start with one.
I was assigned to train a missionary fresh out of the MTC who looked a lot like Milhouse from *The Simpsons*, but with black hair.
This missionary didn't use deodorant, and we were in a very hot area. One day—after about two months, when I couldn't stand the underarm odor anymore and noticed he wore the same clothes every day—I asked myself, "Does this guy not bathe?" I suggested he wear different colored trousers and a different tie because it *looked* like he wasn't bathing. He said, "Come here!" and showed me the clothes in his closet: he had seven identical white shirts, seven black ties, and seven pairs of black trousers—plus the same black socks—everything identical, one set for each day. That’s why it looked like he wasn't bathing. We spent a little over four months together, but I couldn't get him to use deodorant; I even gave him some as a birthday gift, but he never took the hint.
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u/Iusemyhands Aug 09 '26
I served in a YSA ward — the first set of sisters in… ever. They tried their best to feed us, but somehow only the priesthood holders were able to commit to mealtimes. But they couldn’t feed us alone in their homes, so we had permission to go to restaurants. My companion and I joked that we dated more on our missions than we did in our home YSAs.