Eighteen of the most exciting and challenging months of my life were spent on an LDS mission in California. In some form or another, I think about those months almost every day. Just this morning I was showing my baby boy a picture of the day I entered the MTC, and I thought about how…
Missionary Mail: Conversation Hearts
Did you know that those cute conversation heart candies have been around for more than a century?! They got their start around the time of the Civil War, but are now updated every year. The most popular new sayings are “Tweet Me”, “Text Me”, and “You Rock.” We made our own version of Missionary Conversation…
10 Tips for Missionaries & Missionary Moms
So glad they called him on a mission, He’s leaving in a week or two, I hope by then we will be ready, With shoes, shirts, suits, socks, ties, scriptures in a bag or two… Here are 10 of our best tips to get your missionary ready and you feelin’ steady!
Missionary Mail: Christmas Poem
Seven Christmases ago, I was missing a bubbly, blonde sister missionary in California. Her mission president’s wife asked each family to write a Christmas letter to their missionary. Thus, the Christmas Missionary Poem was born. This year I am missing a handsome, big-hearted Elder in Hungary. He too will receive a Christmas missionary letter with…
Missionary Mail: Christmas Tree
‘Twas the month of December when all through the mission, Elders and Sisters were baptism-wishin…. Yes, it’s almost December and time to trim the missionary tree. I knew my son wouldn’t go for baubles and bows, so I sent him a tiny simple tree with titles of Christ to hang from the branches. I found…
Missionary Mail: Thanksgiving in a Bag
My son LOVES food. His teenage life pretty much revolved around it. So, since he is serving a mission for our church in a place that doesn’t celebrate this scrumptious holiday, I had to send him some Thanksgiving food love – Turkey Dinner in a Bag! 2 Idahoan Mashed Potato packets (4 oz. each) 1…