Missionary Resource Center

From meeting with the bishop to the call.

• The mission papers, from a parent's sideThe bishop first, the medical and dental exams, the interviews, and when papers go in.
• Waiting for the callHow a call is made and arrives, who to ask if it seems long, and what to do meanwhile.
• What a mission costs, and who paysThe monthly contribution, when it starts, who can help, and money in the field.
• Tips for new missionariesStudy habits, packing, money, staying in touch, homesickness and companions.To share with your missionary

From opening the call to the day they leave.

• Opening the mission callHow the call arrives, opening it together, family far away, and what comes next.
• The missionary packing listLuggage, clothes for elders and sisters, the daily bag, and a checklist to print.
• Collect email addresses with a QR flyerOur flyer and social post with a QR code, so friends and family can join their email list.
• The farewell talk and the family gatheringThe talk in sacrament meeting, what the handbook asks, and a family gathering.
• Set apart, then the home MTCThe setting apart, classes at home, a companion when they go out, and time with family.

The MTC, and their first weeks in the field.

• The MTC, from a parent's sideDrop-off day, a day at the MTC, and when they can first write home.
• Letters and packages to the MTCTheir MTC mailing address, how to send letters and packages, and what not to send.
• How your missionary writes homeEmail, letters and calls on P-day, who calls whom, and what to do in an emergency.
• When the first letters are hardHomesick letters, what to write back, and who is there for your missionary.

The months between the first weeks and the last.

• Care packages, wherever they serveWhich address to use, the mission's guidelines, customs abroad, and what to send.
• Christmas, birthdays and the halfway markCalls on special days, mailing for Christmas and birthdays, and the halfway point.
• A week in your missionary's life: P-day, companions, transfersTheir daily schedule, P-day, companions and exchanges, and what a transfer means.
• What to write them each weekAnswering their letter, news from home, your own faith, and what to leave out.
• When something is wrong: illness, emergencies and the mission presidentIllness, hard news from home, safety and disasters, and who contacts whom.

The last months, and the homecoming.

• Save your missionary's email accountGoogle Takeout steps for your missionary, before it closes about 60 days after release.
• Homecoming day: the airport, the release and the talkMeeting the flight, the stake president's release, the talk, and a family gathering.
• Homecoming gifts that lastSeven ideas, from help saving their mission email to something from where they served.
• When a missionary comes home earlyWelcoming them home without blame, words to use, and who is there to help.
• Tips for returning missionariesThe last weeks, the release, the first days home, and what comes next.To share with your missionary

After the homecoming, and keeping their letters.

• The first months home, from a parent's sideThe plan they made, church and school at home, and who can help if it is hard.
• Gathering it all: letters, photos and postsThe mission email account first, then their photos, posts and paper keepsakes.
• Turning their emails into a book: the ways to do itPrinting them yourself, a scrapbook, or a service, and what to ask before you choose.
• Emojis in their bookIn our Memory Books, the emojis in their emails and posts print in color.
• Emails in another language, in their bookIn our Memory Books, their emails print in the language and script they wrote them in.