The following article originally appeared on LDS Living in 2015.
Since a picture is worth a thousands words, missionary memes do an incredible job of encapsulating the awesomeness that is missionary service.
7 Ways to Come "Pre-Trained" for Your Mission! No one wants to get to the mission and not know how to be a missionary. Here is a 7 step Mission Prep Guide!
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We have some very good friends whose son just received his mission call this week to the Dominican Republic Santiago Mission. He leaves July 18th and goes directly to the Spanish speaking MTC in the DR. You'd think this would be an announcement that we would all be used to, wouldn't you? Missionaries get called every day, right? So why I spent the entire day crying about this particular boy's mission call probably wouldn't have made any sense. Except... ...everything lately makes me spend the entire day crying. :) ...this boy was the first one we met when we walked into the ward in August 2010. He was the first introduction we had to the young men in this ward, and he was a great one! I distinctly remember him holding doors open, saying hello to my daughters, knowing their names, and moving out of the way to let them get a drink at the drinking fountain first. He was polite and kind and courteous when we all needed exactly that. He definitely made a great impression on all of us, and he was part of the reason we instantly loved this ward. ...this boy is the first 18 year old to leave from our stake since the announcement in last October's General Conference from President Monson regarding the age change for missionaries. ...this boy is the first of the youth in our ward that we have come to know and love who will be finishing Eagle projects and Personal Progress, graduating from high school, and leaving for their own missions. I'm sure there have been other boys in our ward who have left on missions, but I haven't known them as well as I know this one. I'm feeling an urgency lately to use my time wisely with these kids in my home and in our ward. I love all of them so much, and they are all becoming adults so quickly. I know that this announcement today and the upcoming farewell for this future missionary signifies the official beginning of the wave of future missionaries that will follow...from the Scout Master's little flock of boys, to the Young Women who are looking at so many new options for their lives, to the future missionaries in my own home. It is exciting and alarming all at the same time. I'm so grateful that we have a boy like this one to look up to in our ward. I'm grateful for his amazing family and for the friendship we have with them that allows us to see and hear the details of this adventure firsthand. I'm grateful that the youth in our ward can look forward with anxious anticipation to the experiences he will write about and share with all of us. I love this missionary program and I love the youth who aspire to it.
Since a picture is worth a thousands words, missionary memes do an incredible job of encapsulating the awesomeness that is missionary service.
Lesson by Brother Walt Durgeloh Text: Exodus 26:15-30; 36:20-34 The Tabernacle proper (structure within the courtyard) was 45 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 15 feet high. It was divided […]
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(Elder and Sister Owens - Guyana) Let me start by sharing a comment from this blog that delighted me: "Today as we were watching the slideshow my 10 year old son said “I want to go on a couples mission to the West Indies.” I don't know what that 10 year old saw or felt - but he got it right! Couple missions are special. One of the key 'secrets' to success in the West Indies Mission has been the senior couple missionaries. When I say success I refer to all aspects of missionary work: Finding - they do it all the time as they go about their daily activities. Over and over again I have watched couples strike up conversations with someone in line, or next to them in a restaurant and invite them to hear more about the gospel. (Elder Bullock - Guyana) Teaching - the elders call them 'gray power' as they come to lessons and testify from years of experience about the blessing of living the gospel. (Elder and Sister Naegle - Trinidad) (Elder and Sister McGhie - Trinidad) Baptizing - we had a weekend in the West Indies where almost every senior brother baptized. Investigators grow to love 'their' senior couples who friendship and teach them during the conversion process. (Elder Wood - Grenada) (Elder Sherwood - St Lucia) (Elder White - Guyana) (Elder Colling - Guadeloupe) (Elder Hymas - St Lucia) (Elder Larsen - Guyana) (Elder Leishmann - Trinidad) (Elder Hatton - St Vincent) Retaining - a key responsibility (and joy) of senior couples is to find the 'lost sheep' and then love them back into activity. They also watch over new members and make sure they find friends in their new branches. (Sister Lockhart - Guyana) (Elder and Sister Collins - Trinidad) Establishing the Church - in a mission made up of mostly districts mentoring, shadow leadership and training is desperately needed. Senior couples are able to drawn on their years of experience to strengthen branches. Senior sisters do a great work in helping their local sisters strengthen Relief Society, Primary and Young Women programs. They have learned that the auxiliary programs of the Utah Church cannot and do not need to be exactly replicated in the little branches so they work creatively to help organize the essentials and leave each branch stronger then they found it. (Elder and Sister Langford - Guyana) (Elder and Sister Platt - Guyana) (Sister Stauffer - St Vincent) (Sister Leavitt - Trinidad) (Sister Hymas - St Lucia) (Sister Bullock - Guyana) Conducting the affairs of the mission - maybe not the most fun part of the work, but so essential in the success of the West Indies Mission. Senior couples are able to free up the elders to do what they do best - teach and baptize - by handling many finance, legal and health issues. They act as an extension of the mission office - particularly essential in a mission as spread out as the West Indies. (Elder Collin - mission office in Trinidad) (Elder Dunn - Guyana) (Elder Palmer - training clerks in Trinidad) (Elder Hymas - St Lucia) Blessing the lives of elders - almost every missionary in the West Indies takes home a few extra sets of 'grandparents' who have watched over and counseled them during their service. The couples refer to these missionaries as 'our elders' and will stay connected to them all their lives. During the mission they keep an eye on health, apartment cleanliness, emotions (counseling many a homesick elder) and their progress in learning to be great missionaries. (Elder Malmrose - Guadeloupe) (Elder and Sister Leavitt - Trinidad) (Elder Hymas - St Lucia) (Leishmanns and Barnes - Trinidad) (Elder and Sister Bullock - Guyana) They also have a lot of fun and adventure! (Elder and Sister Platt hunting alligators with Guyana elders in the middle of the night - really!) (Sister Bullock - being pulled out of a Guyana trench where alligators live - really!) (Elder and Sister Green competing in sports day - Trinidad) (Elder and Sister Owens at District Meeting in Guyana) (President Robison and Elder Wood - working hard in Grenada) (Elder and Sister Platt - St Martin) As we gathered with returned elders and couples during the past week I was able to see vividly the bonds of love that had developed during missionary service. There is something indescribably special about working side by side to bring souls to Christ. Age differences disappear and those connections become eternally embedded. Here's a little peek:
I have been going to Zambia, Africa for the past 5 years. I take part in Family Legacy Missions International's annual summer camp called "Camp LIFE." During camp, each American is given a group of 10-12 Zambian children from compounds who are orphaned or vulnerable to be orphaned. This is such a PO...
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Long have gone are the Old ways and Traditions we must move on using the past as reference to better the decisions of the Future. ...
A review of various dictionaries in Hokkien created by missionaries for the propagation of the Gospel.
Theodore Leighton Pennell founded a missionary hospital and a mission boarding school in what is today Pakistan. Wikipedia provides a helpful summary of his life and work. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of this book. This title is in the Public Domain. A(rthur) L(ancaster), Pennell of Bannu. London: Church Missionary Society,
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer who exercised a formative influence on Western attitudes toward Africa.
A new resource for tracking Native residential schools affiliated with the Catholic Church marks a major advance toward healing the wounds of systemic abuse, said one project organizer. “While there are more steps for the Catholic Church to take to move toward truth, healing and reconciliation, this list is a powerful step forward,” said Maka […]
As we’ve spent the week in Kenya, I’ve had the privilege of getting a close up look at the work of Compassion.
We've enjoyed the sharing the seasons of life with you. As we enter a new season, after blogging for over 16 years, we're journeying on in a quieter way. Although our content is no longer online, we want to say thank you for reading over the years. Blessings, The Goodwins For current missions info, click here.
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