Just received a new church calling

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by UteStar

You have to assume the best. You are judging people to be guilty by saying that they will not have done their home teaching. You are also giving them the responsibility of being honest and correcting that positive assumption if they did not do it. Thus, they are 100% if they don't email you.

You're making this far, too far, difficult. You have it all wrong.

You teach your Elders correct principles and let them govern themselves. You mark them down as one hundred percenters and if they perchance fail to meet that standard, you inform them that repentance wipes the slate clean, but in case they want to make it up, visit the people they missed twice the next month and then mathematically it comes up to 100 percent. None of this email and confirmation balderdash. Trust an expert. I've been a clerk at many levels, and they enjoyed my work so much, I've asked to do it all levels except the stake. Boy, I'd really clean up the stake if they let me at it. Keep hope alive and believe in your people brother.