Welcome to Questions from the Closet.

And I'm then Shalati.

And I'm Charlie Bird.

Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBT Q Latter-day Saints.

We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.

Today's question is, should I go on a mission?

Charlie and I are not terribly diverse, and we share many opinions and life experiences.

For example, we both went to the Provo M to start our missions and we both studied in the

building 18M.

However, there are some pretty big differences.

For example, Ben's MTC training was eight weeks,

and mine was only six.

So Ben, I'm sure you are much more familiar

with the ins and outs of building 18m that I am.

Well, back then they made us go to MTC for eight weeks because I thought we needed longer to learn Spanish so and I probably did I was really bad at it.

Did you like the MTC? I loved it. I absolutely loved it but I was also super scared to go to Mexico so I think it was just like I'm on my mission yay and I'm not in Mexico yet which seemed really scary. I also really love the MDC it was so cool. It's weird. It's like weird culture and you're kind of in this bubble, but I really loved it.

And I met some really good friends.

Well after like two weeks, it's like there was no other life besides that.

Like your whole life has been there I got super

stir crazy though like I wanted to leave and just be out in nature but I couldn't I didn't

I was happy where I was those are my qualms yeah also so not only did I study in 18m, but the classroom we had was one of those

observation rooms with like double mirrors like where you could like see through.

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