Check this quote I got from gems:
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"I am now advised that there are 6,066 Church-owned satellite receiving sites in 83 countries. How grateful I am that with our growth in numbers there is also an increased ability to reach out and communicate with the Latter-day Saints throughout the world. "Now, we could wish for more baptisms in the United States and Canada, but that could be said of everywhere throughout the world. Nevertheless, the harvest is great, with members in some 160 nations. Where not long ago there were very few Latter-day Saints, today there are strong wards and stakes, with faithful and capable men and women in leadership. . . . "Circumstances change, but our message does not change. We bear testimony to the world that the heavens have been opened, that God, our Eternal Father, and His Son, the risen Lord, have appeared and spoken. We offer our solemn witness that the priesthood has been restored with the keys and authority of eternal blessings." (Gordon B. Hinckley, "We Bear Testimony to the World," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 4) |
I just got back from My Mission... It was awesome... I thought about giving Missionaries a GPS... It will be so useful... The T.S.A.M. (Texas San Antonio Mission) has Cellphones. It was really nice, make things faster... Of course there are disobedient people, but the advantage is more than the problem itself.
I think most missions now have cell phones. We got them here in Alaska awhile ago. It is nice to make calls to make sure someone is home instead of driving 15-20 miles and finding no one is there to teach!
I feel it is such a blessing, and you are right, there will always be people that will be disobedient and make wrong choices with good tools.