Me (right) as a missionary in Germany on my last day. |
Likely/unlikely to persuade:
Because missionaries try to be so serving to others, they would react very positively if they were offered opportunities to help people. They would also be attracted to things that are related to the LDS church. It would be ineffective to convince Missionaries to try to have them do things that would distract from their mission.
Test case- attending a play:
A Missionary would normally avoid attending a play as that would be something typically considered as something that does not pertain to the mission. However, if it contained elements of gospel doctrine, or it was used as a way to help people or teach them about the gospel. I actually did a fireside like that on my own mission. And it was effective!
I'm glad you profiled missionaries...I thought of it myself but wasn't brave enough to do it. I remember a play-format presentation the instructors did in the MTC to teach us how to work with local leaders, and I remembered the principles taught throughout my mission!
ReplyDeleteI was considering addressing the LDS missionaries as well. Your insight was good. I agree with what you had to say. They would be likely to attend if they felt it were something that would result in more opportunities to share their message or to connect with people as well. Plays can be effective just like Mindee said! I have never thought of the practices that missionaries do as "plays" but missionaries do see mini plays often.
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