The following is a detailed accounting of the dates and steps our daughter went through in applying to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in preparing to leave on her mission in 2022. I share this with the hope that it may help many of you to make […]
My daughter, pictured above, recently completed two weeks of what the Church calls “At-Home MTC.” I’m not sure if the Church ever did At-Home MTC prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, but ever since then, Home MTC has been a part of most full-time missionaries’ experiences. And perhaps it is here to stay. […]
This video podcast is part 3 of my interview with my daughter, Hannah Smith, a young woman who recently began her full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this episode, Hannah talks about her mission farewell sacrament meeting, her setting apart, and her two weeks of Home MTC before […]
Not long after my daughter, Hannah, received her mission call, was when I first heard of an official Pre-MTC program from the Church. Hannah said that all of her BYU roommates from the previous semester who had received a mission call had done Pre-MTC before entering the actual Missionary Training Center (MTC). Upon doing some […]
This video is part 2 of an interview with Hannah Smith, a young woman in the process of submitting her application to be a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hannah talks about submitting her mission application, receiving the call, preparing to leave, and receiving the temple endowment. The transcript […]
Preaching the Gospel of Peace By President Russell M. Nelson Today I reaffirm strongly that the Lord has asked every worthy, able young man to prepare for and serve a mission. For Latter-day Saint young men, missionary service is a priesthood responsibility. You young men have been reserved for this time when the promised gathering […]
This video is an interview with Hannah Smith, a young woman in the process of submitting her application to be a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hannah talks about what made her decide to serve a mission and gives information about the process of filling out the paper work […]
Becoming More in Christ: The Parable of the Slope By Elder Clark G. Gilbert “As a young boy, I had great aspirations. One day after school, I asked, “Mom, what should I be when I grow up: a professional basketball player or a rock star?” Unfortunately, Clark “the toothless wonder” showed no signs of future […]
God among Us By Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf “As I pondered this question, I thought about our young American missionaries who served among us during those years. They had left the safety of their homes half a world away and traveled to Germany—land of their recent enemies—to offer divine hope to our people. They came […]
Today I am going to talk about a topic that hits really close to home. My daughter is a senior in high school and is in the process of deciding between between going to college in the fall or going on a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She knows […]
I was asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting based on the October 2020 talk by Elder Ulisses Soares called “Seek Christ in Every Thought” so I thought I would share my remarks here. I think the topic is very applicable to missionaries and pre-missionaries. Elder Soares’ talk is about how we all suffer temptations […]
In this video and podcast, I am teaching Lesson 15 of the Mission Preparation class from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to my teenage kids. The lesson is called “Temple and Family History Work” and discusses how temple and family history work are an integral part of missionary work for both the […]