Planning for a Mission: A Guide for Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Parents, and Leaders

by Larry Richman

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

 

 

Planning Mission book Cover front
Languages: English
6″ x 9, 32 pages

An eight-page overview of this book is available as Planning for a Mission: An Overview for Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Parents, and Leaders