The Rulebreaker: Elder Shell’s Obedience Training

I’ve been working with Elder Shell for a short time now, and I didn’t know what to expect. He seems like a bit of a rulebreaker and someone who may need some extra disciplinary action. Being a president of the organization for some time, you learn a thing or two and get a sense of what certain Elders are like. Well, my gut feeling told me Elder Shell was the kind of missionary who would be tempted all the time and would give into his impure thoughts. Every Elder must learn how to control those feelings, and the best way to do so is to keep those thoughts within the mission. Above all else, they must learn to be entirely submissive and obedient to their leaders. As a president who commands respect from his subordinates, I knew it was up to me to show Elder Shell how to deal with his impure thoughts and teach him how an older, authoritarian man deals with his rule-breaking missionaries.