Comments about ‘LDS missionaries released in Guyana’

Very impressed with the Missionaries.
Very impressed with their singing
appropriate songs during their ordeal.
I feel impressed that those involved,
will be free to continue their Christian
efforts, wheresoever they are sent.

Their detained for a few hours and it's called an "ordeal"?

I kind of wish they had sung "We Shall Overcome." Sounds all cheeky and defiant. I'm sorry that seems not to have been true.
And it's not too much of a stretch to call being "detained for a few hours" in some banana republic an "ordeal" when it could well have lead to who knows what kind of consequences. How long does something like that have to go on to be considered an ordeal?

Anonymus,
Have you been outside the country? I'm sure it isn't too comfortable to be detained by foreign officials...

Hang in there missionaries. We are praying for you.

No, the real ordeal is having to continually read stuff like "Their detained..." instead of "They are (or were) detained..."

Ordeal? All of us go thru this ordeal every time we go to DMV

This is the exact reason why the mission President shouldn't collect and lock up any missionary passport other than their own. What if they are detained first? In most countries you are required to carry it with you at all times.

Well, we shall overcome whether we sing it or not.

I went to this mission and there are 15 Countries in the Mission, YOu have you passport with you at all times. Alot of times you, and your companion, are the only two elders in the entire country. No Senior couples or anything like that, but you are required to have your passport with you.

I think we as church members need to set an example and start obeying immigration laws. When I served my mission in England, my passport was taken from me the first hour upon arrival and wasn't given back to me until it was time to go home. I was breaking the law for 2 years, I should have had it in my possession at all times. Even more shocking, why are we aiding and abetting illegal aliens who want to serve missions. (Driving rather than flying so they stay under the radar, keeping them here in the USA, etc.) I am disturbed by all of this and it makes the temple recommend questions asked of me seem like a joke. Am I honest, are you kidding? Why ask that??? Does it matter???

We have to pray, never lose our faith and wait until everything is right. I am sure that people from Church is working hard on it so, we can not speculate about how things are.

I had a 12-hour layover in a 3rd world airport recently. Is that an ordeal?

It say alot that these Mormon American(?)missionaries don't know We Shall Overcome! Way to go, Utah.

So the fact that these missionaries don't know "We Shall Overcome" in some way minimizes the gravity of their situation or the fact that they deserve our concern and prayers? Sounds a little intolerant if you ask me...I don't know the words to that song either. Perhaps you could share the words with all of us and explain why the song is important to you....thanks.

Having spent much time in Guyana as a missionary, I can confirm that these missionaries did go through an "ordeal". The government and law enforsement officials do not function as in the US and many times what they SAY is law, is law, written or not. Also, there is no air conditioning available in the buildings there and Guyana is a very hot tropical, jungle third world country! No matter what the circumstances, fear of the unknown creates a genuine "ordeal".

Do you know the words to the song? I'm old enough to know the song and I only know the chorus.

It's not real important to know that song anyway.

To Valerie: What are you trying to say? If someone does not know the words to that particular song they are un-american? Excuse me, but I did not know that it was our national anthem or a song that we memorize just in case we need to satisfy people like you. Oh wait a minute, I guess we may just need to use it with this current administration we have running this country.

No "ordeal," and I'm glad that the missionaries aren't trying to make more of it than it was. Compared to our detention of people in the country illegally (as the missionaries were), this is pretty mild.

Perhaps they didn't know the words to "We Shall Overcome", because they have better things to do than learn a protest song. From what I have heard, the protesters who sing that song don't know the words either, they just fake it. Oh, and by the way, what makes you think this has anything to do with just Utah? Missionaries come from all states, scores of countries and so many different backgrounds.

How's your thumb?