Shelise Ann Sola

Yeah, they're sending out missionaries even recently.

Yes.

I was just going to say, I know of someone personally whose son was sent to a really dangerous part in Africa.

And I wish I wish the name popped up into my head and I don't want to say the wrong thing.

But it was just on the news of how dangerous it was.

They're decapitating people in the street and they're sending these 19 year old boys to go preach the word.

And I just think that that's really stupid.

I think personally that missions, and they've said this, so it's not even an opinion.

They've said it over the pulpit that missions are to convert the missionary more than to actually get converts outside.

Because it's like a boot camp.

They have a very, very strict schedule.

They have to wake up, I think it's at 6 a.m., maybe 7, and do Bible study.

And their day is completely scheduled until they go to sleep.

They have one free day.

called a P-Day, which usually just means this is the day we do laundry and get groceries and everything that we couldn't do throughout the day.

It's like a really intense boot camp situation for two years of their life.

And so by the time they get back, it's a sunk cost fallacy of, well, if I don't believe it, all of that was for nothing.

So then they tend to double down in their faith.

Some missions are great experiences for people and they come back with a new language and new experiences.

Others are extremely scary.