Church leaders have also adjusted a policy: Prospective missionaries can submit their missionary recommendations up to 150 days prior to their availability date instead of 120 days.
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It might seem early, but now is the time to start gathering things for your missionary’s Christmas package to ensure that their gifts are mailed out in time and arrive before December 25.
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Experiencing worldly fame helped Brandon Pak realize how much sweeter the joy of the gospel is.
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A power outage at the MTC becomes a miraculous moment.
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Several Latter-day Saint leaders were asked about their hopes and dreams for the next generation of missionaries.
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While missionaries’ challenges are many, our support from home can make a big difference! Here are a few practical ways parents and friends can help.
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I’ve become a firm believer in a gentle power that carried me through anxiety as a missionary in ways I’d never dreamed possible: family history.
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For Dan, finding his old Mustang is ‘truly a blessing.’
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Changes to the missionary handbook address commonly asked questions clarify existing standards for missionaries, prospective missionaries, mission leaders, and families.
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Elders Tanner, Brandon, and Cole Ashworth all landed within twenty minutes of each other, flying home from the Arizona Tucson Mission, the Michigan Detroit Mission, and the Oregon Portland Mission.
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The Church’s new Serve a Mission landing page can help answer questions for prospective young, service, and senior missionaries.
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The number of missionaries representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has increased over the past year. Here are the inspiring numbers behind the shift.
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President Nelson recently announced a second edition of Preach My Gospel, saying, “It contains some of the best instruction I have ever seen to help people accept the Lord’s invitation to come unto Him.”
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A tragic traffic accident in Brazil has claimed the life of a young missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Elder Isaac Heninger of Searsville, New Brunswick, Canada, suffered a traumatic head injury and passed away on May 8, 2023.
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How do people react to meeting missionaries on their doorstep? Watch this hilarious TikTok video to see one couple’s reaction.
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I have conducted well over a thousand interviews with new missionaries. One that I always ask is: “Why did you choose to serve?”
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Sister Chavez was from Cuilapa, Guatemala, and began her missionary service in August 2022.
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Can you imagine being missionary companions with your sibling? Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon doesn’t have to imagine it—she lived it!
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Wounded Vietnam vet JR Johansen knew his health was failing, yet he answered a call to paint missionaries who died while serving. Now, scores of portraits later, he’s brought healing to grieving families all over the world—and to himself.
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Elder Jean Lendo Phuati has been serving in the Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo Mission since August 2021.
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When I reflect on how I found the gospel, I realize that my family’s experiences informed two important pieces of my testimony.
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Elder Maxwell Fish, who is originally from San Antonio, Texas, was attacked on Friday morning, February 24.
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These gifts might not be on your missionary’s packing list, but they sure will come in handy in the mission field!
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After supporting her husband through his career as a Major League Baseball player, Jenny Guthrie was called to serve with her husband as mission leaders of the Houston Texas South Mission.
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Walker Lyons is one of the country’s top tight ends and has been heavily recruited by 35 different college football programs. But his immediate future does not include football.
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Think of this as a job board for senior missionaries, and a lot of the opportunities listed are of “critical” need.
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In 1951, Martha Ann and her husband, Abner, were called to serve an extraordinary mission, one that was never again duplicated.
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Elder Kaleoaloha Niko’s presence in the California Arcadia Mission is an incredible inspiration to anyone who meets him.
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For new missionaries training at the Brazil, England, Mexico, Peru, and Provo MTCs, the schedule for online, at-home training will be adjusted.
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“While this move may not make sense financially or professionally, it is perfectly aligned with our family’s values,” Smith wrote.
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All of the newly called leadership couples will begin their three-year service in July. Read about the couples who have been recently called and assigned:
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We saw plenty of changes in 2022! A new “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet, new Primary and Relief Society General Presidencies, and an entire African nation dedicated for missionary work to name a few!
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After Batchimeg told Soyolmaa that they could serve a mission, they decided to put in their mission papers together around March or April 1995.
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“It’s not unusual for missionaries to have a time on their mission when they second-guess why they came out and if they should stay.”
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Elder Daniel Amako is the first full-time missionary called from his country. He has been called to serve in the Congo Brazzaville Mission.
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Since the unprecedented age change requirement for missionaries in October 2012, what other significant changes have taken place? The full list might surprise you.
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Picture two young sister missionaries propping their phone up against a fountain that sits in the center of a busy traffic roundabout.
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Can you name the locations of all 10 of the Church’s Missionary Training Centers?
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The Church will close the Colombia Missionary Training Center in Bogota, effective January 2023.
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Every generation has a “where-were-you-when question.” For the Greatest Generation, it was the Pearl Harbor attack. For baby boomers, it was the assassination of John F. Kennedy. And for millennials? It is 9/11. I have always felt my answer to the question, “Where were you on 9/11?” is a little unique.
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Martins’ eyes fill with tears when he thinks about the influence of one man's willingness to share the gospel has had on generations of the Martins family.
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The options available to missionaries today are truly extensive, and service missionaries often benefit from these unique opportunities.
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Take a look and see if any of these names or terms surprise you.
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When over 90 missionaries were reassigned to the Smiths’ mission, Sister Smith interviewed them about the role of a mission president’s wife.
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What I thought would be a terrible burden turned into a beautiful blessing and an even greater lesson.
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“I had vivid daydreams of seeing my converts sealed as a family, serve as a bishop or Relief Society president, and overall just live a gospel happily ever after. But that wasn’t always the case.”
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Here are several ways you can offer support to your missionary that don’t involve packing tape or long lines at the post office.
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For the month of July, the LDS Living Book Club will be reading “The Sister Preachers” by Gale Sears.
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Elder Lamadrid was a member of the Mérida Mexico Itzimna Stake and has been serving in the Mexico Mexico City East Mission since March 2021.
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Here are a few inspiring thoughts from Church leaders on the power and importance of missionary work.
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