Planning for a Mission: A Guide for Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Parents, and Leaders
This step-by-step guide covers everything you need to know from deciding to serve a mission, to submitting a missionary recommendation, to receiving your call, and leaving on your mission. It includes reflection questions and spaces for prospective missionaries to make plans for their mission.
Serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most meaningful and life-changing experiences you can have. It is a period of dedicated service to the Lord that strengthens faith, builds character, and blesses countless lives. Effectively preparing for a mission requires spiritual, emotional, physical, and logistical preparation.
Topics included in this short 6-page guide:
- Deciding to Serve a Mission
- Talking with Your Bishop
- Submitting a Missionary Recommendation
- Receiving and Opening Your Mission Call
- Continued Preparation
- Packing and Supplies
- Vaccinations and Medical Preparation
- Visas and Travel Documents
- The Temple Endowment
- Missionary Farewell
- At-Home MTC
- Leaving for the Mission Field
- Role of Parents and Leaders
- Making the Mission a Meaningful Experience
Languages: English
6″ x 9, 32 pages
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An eight-page overview of this book is available as Planning for a Mission: An Overview for Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Parents, and Leaders.