pressure to serve

[EAG]

I didn't go at 19 like most men i waited a year because i didn't feel ready to go, and i remember the pressure. i don't think everyone does it intentionally but i definitely felt like a second class citizen that year. i understand everyone is human and i don't regret going but it probably would have been more beneficial if i had waited another year. it seems that too many young men go because someone else wants them to go, parents, friends, girls, bishops, whoever. they should go because they want to serve the lord and not because some one else wants them to serve.   

[Admin]

I will agree not everyone goes for the right reason, but hopefully there will be someone to help encourage them rather than pressure them.

Off topic: I did not see you reply to other mission related threads being that you served. Let's see what you have to say.