Missionary Training as Disciples of Christ in the Digital Age - Berlin (APRIL 2015)
"We have to be like
the people of Ammon and bury our swords a.k.a. whatever practices so that we
can help raise our own children to be as the stripling warriors of old. Also
another great point is that just because a missionary has had a two year break
from technology and hasn't really had the opportunity to continue those bad
habits in the past. Does not mean that he will be completely cured of them when
he gets back. If a missionary cannot control himself while on the Mission with
these opportunities, he is frankly doomed when he's back home where the
opportunities and temptations will only increase. So to me it makes a lot of
sense and there should not be a reason to be afraid of technology or to
constantly be the voice of warning. I can already see how technology can help
missionary work in so many ways and I am truly grateful for this opportunity to
learn how to safeguard myself and to be apart of something that could only help
and be of benefit to future generations and my own children someday." ~Elder Seth Foster, April 27, 2015, Weimar, Germany.