Hamani Stevens

[hines]

you can take a mission at any time in your life. haloti didn't go on his because of it. i'm gonna safely assume he will take his mission after his career is done

[USUaggieDuck]

you can take a mission at any time in your life. haloti didn't go on his because of it. i'm gonna safely assume he will take his mission after his career is done

no you can't.

[biggsstar21]

Why would god or the church care when you took your mission. Im pretty sure it's up to the person taking it and not anyone else. So yeah he could go on his mission at any point in his life couldn't he. I wouldn't think anyone else besides him had a say so in the matter.

[USUaggieDuck]

Why would god or the church care when you took your mission. Im pretty sure it's up to the person taking it and not anyone else. So yeah he could go on his mission at any point in his life couldn't he. I wouldn't think anyone else besides him had a say so in the matter.

I'm mormon. I know, 100% no doubt, for a fact, bet my life on it, that you cannot go whenever.

[Gageac]

I don't doubt you but I have to wonder about some Morman friends of mine now. One is very active and he says that you can go at any age and often talks of older folks we know who are on one. The other friend of mine seems to be gone on at least one per year --- and he is well into his seventies. I guess you could count his wife as another one who is repeatedly going on missions (naturally together). Seems to keep them young and active. Terrific folks.

[USUaggieDuck]

I don't doubt you but I have to wonder about some Morman friends of mine now. One is very active and he says that you can go at any age and often talks of older folks we know who are on one. The other friend of mine seems to be gone on at least one per year --- and he is well into his seventies. I guess you could count his wife as another one who is repeatedly going on missions (naturally together). Seems to keep them young and active. Terrific folks.

yeah, like i said, you can go when you are 19-25 (i think girls can go 21-???) AND/OR when you are old and married and your kids have moved out. But older people do administrative stuff, not the walking around n such.

If he goes on a mish at all, it will be now. But a lot of players stick around and play because football is a future for them. Brandon Bair decided to go, but i don't think he played at all before, and he obviously made the right decision because he became a man in the middle of that line.

[Gageac]

Thanks for the reply. I need to point out that many older folks on a mission might be doing administrative work, including my friend, but I need to point out that one of his latest missions involved the physical work of establishing a farm. He is a marvel a man and can outwork most twenty year olds. When he was younger he had a scholarship to play line for BYU. Got injured and then played on their tennis team. Outstanding musician too.

[USUaggieDuck]

Thanks for the reply. I need to point out that many older folks on a mission might be doing administrative work, including my friend, but I need to point out that one of his latest missions involved the physical work of establishing a farm. He is a marvel a man and can outwork most twenty year olds. When he was younger he had a scholarship to play line for BYU. Got injured and then played on their tennis team. Outstanding musician too.

yeah, that's kind of what i'm referring to, i guess. humanitarian stuff goes along in there. I just meant they don't go door to door like most people think of when they think of missionaries. i didn't go on a mission, but i think i'll do something like that when i'm old

[greenyellow]

I don't doubt you but I have to wonder about some Morman friends of mine now. One is very active and he says that you can go at any age and often talks of older folks we know who are on one. The other friend of mine seems to be gone on at least one per year --- and he is well into his seventies. I guess you could count his wife as another one who is repeatedly going on missions (naturally together). Seems to keep them young and active. Terrific folks.

yeah, like i said, you can go when you are 19-25 (i think girls can go 21-???) AND/OR when you are old and married and your kids have moved out. But older people do administrative stuff, not the walking around n such.

If he goes on a mish at all, it will be now. But a lot of players stick around and play because football is a future for them. Brandon Bair decided to go, but i don't think he played at all before, and he obviously made the right decision because he became a man in the middle of that line.

Yeah, Bair left before he showed up at Oregon and then redshirted once he got back so he could get adjusted to football again.

[Phalanx]

you can take a mission at any time in your life. haloti didn't go on his because of it. i'm gonna safely assume he will take his mission after his career is done

Bwahaha! Can you imagine Haloti Ngata riding his bike up your driveway with the suit and the 'Elder Ngata' nameplate, etc? Sorry - I'm sure that's not what you meant, but it just created a very humorous mental image.

[goducks]

Okay, so I was walking in downtown Lyon, France this afternoon and I heard some American English being spoken by two very clean cut, nicely dressed young men and I decided to talk with them. Of course, they are both Mormon and are here on their mission. In our small talk we talked about where we are from and a little about our interests. They seemed to be surprised when I mentioned how much I love the Ducks football team. And then one of them, who is from Hemet, California, asked me if I had heard of Hamani Stevens (who is also from Hemet, if you recall). He then went on to say that Hamani is his best friend and even told me a wild story about Hamani's 6'1" mother coming after him one day with a wooden spoon...! Anyways, he insisted that Hamani fully plans to fulfill his committment to the UO and return in a year or so and that right now he is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Funny, you never know who you will meet in this world!

[Tray Dub]

Okay, so I was walking in downtown Lyon, France this afternoon and I heard some American English being spoken by two very clean cut, nicely dressed young men and I decided to talk with them. Of course, they are both Mormon and are here on their mission. In our small talk we talked about where we are from and a little about our interests. They seemed to be surprised when I mentioned how much I love the Ducks football team. And then one of them, who is from Hemet, California, asked me if I had heard of Hamani Stevens (who is also from Hemet, if you recall). He then went on to say that Hamani is his best friend and even told me a wild story about Hamani's 6'1" mother coming after him one day with a wooden spoon...! Anyways, he insisted that Hamani fully plans to fulfill his committment to the UO and return in a year or so and that right now he is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Funny, you never know who you will meet in this world!

That's ridiculous. Thanks for the info.

[Duck07]

Okay, so I was walking in downtown Lyon, France this afternoon and I heard some American English being spoken by two very clean cut, nicely dressed young men and I decided to talk with them. Of course, they are both Mormon and are here on their mission. In our small talk we talked about where we are from and a little about our interests. They seemed to be surprised when I mentioned how much I love the Ducks football team. And then one of them, who is from Hemet, California, asked me if I had heard of Hamani Stevens (who is also from Hemet, if you recall). He then went on to say that Hamani is his best friend and even told me a wild story about Hamani's 6'1" mother coming after him one day with a wooden spoon...! Anyways, he insisted that Hamani fully plans to fulfill his committment to the UO and return in a year or so and that right now he is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Funny, you never know who you will meet in this world!

That's ridiculous. Thanks for the info.

Awesome

[greenyellow]

Okay, so I was walking in downtown Lyon, France this afternoon and I heard some American English being spoken by two very clean cut, nicely dressed young men and I decided to talk with them. Of course, they are both Mormon and are here on their mission. In our small talk we talked about where we are from and a little about our interests. They seemed to be surprised when I mentioned how much I love the Ducks football team. And then one of them, who is from Hemet, California, asked me if I had heard of Hamani Stevens (who is also from Hemet, if you recall). He then went on to say that Hamani is his best friend and even told me a wild story about Hamani's 6'1" mother coming after him one day with a wooden spoon...! Anyways, he insisted that Hamani fully plans to fulfill his committment to the UO and return in a year or so and that right now he is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Funny, you never know who you will meet in this world!

Nice to see another source saying Hamani will be back.

[Greenblood]

And perhaps some of you saw on Moseley's blog (http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index ... sive-line/) this comment in his OL discussion recently:

"The X factor may be Hamani Stevens, who redshirted with the Ducks in 2008 before taking a church mission. He's now a recruitable athlete, so coaches can't comment on him, but there's some speculation he may end up back at Oregon at some point this year."