: do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it :

RM Guide - Chapter 2 (Guilt – Worthy but Feeling Guilty)

Some missionaries feel a sense of guilt when they return home. The causes of these guilty feelings vary. Some feel regret over not having done enough on their missions. Some feel guilty that they have so much abundance in their lives after having served in parts of the world that suffer much want and poverty. Still others feel that they should still be doing missionary work 24/7. Even though in their minds they understand that they have been released from full-time missionary work, some find it hard to suddenly change their focus and be OK with engage in non-missionary related activities. They carry a feeling of guilt for not doing missionary work. Such feelings can be very hard to shake. For two years feeling guilt for engaging in non-mission related activities would’ve been wholly appropriate. One’s mind often can’t make the change quickly.
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October 30, 2005 | Filed Under Religion 

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RM Guide - Chapter 1 (Depression, Sadness and Loss)

For an explanation of what this is, click here. Some of you readers participated in the research portions of the book (surveys, interviews, etc.) Please pass these along to recently returned missionaries you know.
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1. Depression, Sadness and Loss

Returning home from a mission is a transplant. It is a change, but it is also more than that. In one sense, it is a loss. In another sense, it is a death. What some people do not understand is that you are not “getting back what you left behind” when you return from a mission. Rather, you are often “leaving that which you cherish most.” When you leave your home to serve a mission, you lose all that is familiar and that you love; when you leave your mission to return “home”, you are also leaving what is familiar and you love/cherish.
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October 20, 2005 | Filed Under Religion 

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RM Guide - Introduction

For an explanation of what this is, click here. Some of you readers participated in the research portions of the book (surveys, interviews, etc.) Please pass these along to recently returned missionaries you know.
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Introduction

“One day I was a missionary with an identity, a routine, a steady monthly allowance, responsibility, authority, and respect. The next day I was an awkward, broke, 21-year-old who didn’t know where he was, who he was, or what he was doing. I knew who I was spiritually. I had a testimony. I just felt so out of place in the world I returned to. I didn’t know how to function.”
- A Returned Missionary

If you feel like a fish out of water, it’s because you are a fish out of water. Read more

October 20, 2005 | Filed Under Religion 

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The Returned Missionary Guide

The Returned Missionary Guide is a draft-stage book that my brother McKane and I have been working on for four years. Its purpose it to help Returned Missionaries adjust to post-mission life. As I finish the first drafts of certain chapters, I’ll post them on the blog (so that people can comment on them if they’d like), and link to them here at this page.

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Depression, Sadness and Loss

Chapter 2 - Guilt

Chapter 3 - Dating

Chapter 4 - Courtship and Marriage

Chapter 5 - Social and Family Transitions

All works Copyright Drex Davis 2001-2006

October 20, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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About Drex Davis / Contact Information

I’m always working on several things, but please don’t call me a dilettante . . . or my kids might beat you up.

Currently, I’m the President of Scrapbook.com, the leading and largest online community and commerce website serving scrapbooking consumers. I’ve recently worked as an analyst for the investment bank Goldman Sachs in New York City, founded a record label called Abish Music (featuring Lisa Fraser), managed the Law Firm Davis Miles, managed the rock band Before Braille, performed and recorded with the professional singing group Two Five Nine, and taken a stab at writing screenplays and novels (ongoing). I received an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from BYU and did post-graduate work at NYU in the music business program. I currently live in super-hot Mesa, AZ with my wife and three daughters. First and foremost, I consider my most important work to be the labor I perform as a husband and father.

I hardly ever spell check anythign.

I served a mission in Argentina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1994-1996. I’m a card-carrying Mormon.

As a performer and songwriter, some of my completed music projects are:

Uncle Grumple
Uncle Grumple (1994)

Solo Project
Life Only Spins Faster (1997)

Two Five Nine
Maximum Capacity (2000)
Witness (2000)
Christmas (2002)

Roger Over and Out
Forthcoming LP “In Caves, Tornados” (2006)

Thanks for visiting the site. If you’d like to make a donation to the cause, buy a CD or some scrapbooking stuff!

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October 15, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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