Don’t be afraid. If you chat with the missionaries online you’re still in control.
David March 22nd, 2008
It is amazing what good a language like Java can do in the hands of the right people. I am acquainted with the Java developers who created the mormon.org site, but even the best software is a hollow shell without a great design and content.
When I lived in Oregon a few years ago, I had friends who when they found out that I was a Mormon, treated me differently… as if I had contracted some bizarre disease that was contagious if they got too close to me. These are the kind of people that wouldn’t answer the door if the missionaries rang their doorbell. But if they are curious enough about what makes us tick, they will want to find out more. That is where the information found at mormon.org is so powerful. From the safety of their own internet connection, they can hear the pure testimony of others like them who have found some glorious truths in the Mormon faith. Did you know that they can even chat online with missionaries? It isn’t available 24 hours a day since it is staffed with missionaries from the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center, but they can chat from 7am to 10:30pm Mountain Standard Time.
Wow…I had no idea live chat was available with MTC missionaires…Hopefully there aren’t any members out there pranking the missionaries like I’ve seen done with 800#’s on the pass-a-long cards…