“Do you realize how shocking this is?! A majority of these guys that are being “mekareved” may be outright goyim.”
Don’t put words in my mouth, I never said these people were previously associated with the particular Chabad House. Many unaffiliated Jews who never go to any Shul, when it comes to marriage, want a Jewish marriage, and call up their local rabbi, who they haven’t necessarily been to before. Shluchim deal with a very wide array of people, not just the 20 people who consistently show up to Shiurim and Minyanim.
I know most of you haven’t spent considerable time in Chabad Houses, but take it from me, as someone who spends considerable time at Chabad Houses on every continent.
Many of you are simply making ignorant assumptions as to the work of Shluchim, while in reality you have no idea of what Shluchim do nor what Shlichus is all about.
All it takes for one to contact a Shliach asking him to officiate his wedding is a quick Google search, for example “rabbi Mississippi” or wherever. There are also many Shluchim who don’t have local communities larger than severt dozen individuals, and are dealing with tourists, many of whom are travelling to these exotic locations to have a “destination wedding”, and ask the local Shliach to officiate.