Robert Kirby: Homesickness no longer a missionary problem

From experience, I can tell you that being called to serve a Latter-day Saint mission 50 years ago was a lot like getting drafted — physicals, interviews, paperwork, orders to report for training and a mandatory dress code.Arriving at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was a lot less stressful on me than the then-Language Training Mission in Provo, Utah. Vietnam was still a factor in 1971, but worrying about getting killed was a mere vague concern, whereas wishing I was dead on my mission wasn&