Aurea23, that's awesome, I had a guy in my mission from Australia, he was way cool.
And Congerking, money doesn't have that kind of power in the church. When somebody chooses not to go, that's their choice. It doesn't matter if they are rich or poor--if they choose not to go, that choice has to be respected, and that person should be treated with love and respect, not shunned as some sinner. It's not smiled upon if the person is otherwise capable of serving, true, and every worthy young man should go--but it depends on the person's worthiness to serve. People who try to use money to affect religious affairs clearly haven't an idea of how a religion ought to be directed.