Episode 103: What About Missions? A Conversation with Apple Lanman

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

There's a lot of pressure around missions in the Church. From the time they are very young, our children hear the clear expectation that they will serve. But the decision to serve, the realities of mission life, the possibility of returning home early, and the pressure to make big life decisions soon after a mission ends, can all weigh heavily on young Latter-day Saints and their families. "The reality of mission life both pre- and post-mission is hard!" says therapist Apple Lanman, who joins Cynthia and Susan for a discussion of some of the complexities—personal, family, cultural, and institutional—surrounding this celebrated rite of passage.

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0:00.0	I fear that sometimes we have romanticized it in you know the going on a mission
0:08.4	it's a child's dream to fulfill and not only that it's the family's dream that the child needs to fulfill.
0:16.0	Mm-hmm.
0:18.0	Hi, I am Cynthia Wynnward.
0:21.0	And I'm Susan Hinckly.
0:22.0	And this is at last she said it. We are Women of Faith discussing complicated
0:27.2	things. Today's title of our episode is What About Missions? Mission's.
0:33.0	Ooh.
0:34.0	Dun, da, da.
0:36.0	Exactly.
0:37.0	I feel like we need big music for What About Mission.
0:38.0	For this title we do.
0:40.0	Yes, missions are such a kind of formative and foundational piece of so many members church
0:47.8	experience. Yeah. It's a big deal. We could have called it the other ultimate big deal, Cynthia.
0:54.6	Yes! Because I feel like missions sort of are. Our ultimate big deal. And so it was way too big a topic for you and for me to take on by
1:05.5	ourselves so we have a guest today and our guest is Apple Landman. Welcome Apple. Hello. We are delighted.
1:17.0	Delighted to have you. I have to say that Apple is actually in my ward.
1:21.6	And in a minute you're going to find out how lucky I am but that's the case.
1:26.0	I'm going to tell you one story. One quick apple story.
1:30.0	Oh good. It's just like such a good window to why Apple is indispensable in my ward life.
1:37.0	And once Apple you taught a Relief Society lesson,
1:41.0	and you played Bird Song in the background while you were teaching.
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