Is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building robots?

Once, while a member of the Seventy was speaking to our entire mission in Charleston, West Virginia, a sister missionary raised her hand and said, "How do we become great missionaries while keeping the uniqueness of our personalities?" 

Throughout my mission, I was surprised at the number missionaries I met that were afraid that being on a mission was going to turn them into a robot. As if waking up at 6:30 AM and studying the scriptures for two hours everyday was going to somehow disintegrate their personalities. They seemed to mistakenly think that at all returned missionaries thought, behaved, and looked the same. One of my companion's told me that the biggest road block keeping him from complete obedience was this robot idea. 

President Uchtdorf said, "While the Atonement is meant to help us all become more like Christ, it is not meant to make us all the same. Sometimes we confuse differences in personality with sin. We can even make the mistake of thinking that because someone is different from us, it must mean they are not pleasing to God. This line of thinking leads some to believe that the Church wants to create every member from a single mold--that each one should look, feel, think, and behave like every other. This would contradict the genius of God, who created every man different from his brother, every son different from his father. Even identical twins are not identical in their personalities and spiritual identities.

"It also contradicts the intent and purpose of the Church of Jesus Christ, which acknowledges and protects the moral agency--with all its far-reaching consequences--of each and every one of God’s children. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are united in our testimony of the restored gospel and our commitment to keep God’s commandments. But we are diverse in our cultural, social, and political preferences.

"The Church thrives when we take advantage of this diversity and encourage each other to develop and use our talents to lift and strengthen our fellow disciples" ("Four Titles." President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. April 2013 General Conference.).

Now, going back to that sister missionary who raised her hand and was bold enough to ask, "How do we keep our personalities?" The Seventy told us that he had worked with Elder Holland personally. He said, "Elder Holland is so different than any other apostle or general authority, I've ever worked with. He is loud and bold, but gentle and loving. So, how do you keep your personality? Just be yourself!"

It's the truth. When you really think about it, all of the Apostles are so different from one another. They have different lives, different experiences, and different personalities. You do not have to go further than General Conference to see that really clearly. There is a BIG difference between sin and personality differences. We can be our best selves and be obedient to the commandments, we will NEVER loose our personalities.