Missionary Mondays, with emails waiting in my inbox when I wake up, is such a joy! You might think I am crazy, but it's kind of like Christmas morning - the excitement and anticipation. I'm going to miss Eliza's weekly emails so much. My emails are not as concise, or witty, or have reference to much pop-culture, but I know she likes getting weekly emails and updates from home too.
The emails will become a history, a record of her mission. Don't delete them!
I discovered mymission.com with my first missionary child, Abbey, and used it with Andrew, and now Eliza. The system is a wonderful place to track the locations the missionary serves, who their companions are, it stores the emails they send and even emails from home, pictures can be uploaded, and more. I really like that there are options to print a book with their emails and pictures. Something else that is helpful is the Called to Serve app that syncs with the website. Anyone who downloads the app and has the code for the missionary, can follow along on the missionary's journey. Great for grandparents. Honestly, great for the parents - this mom loves it!!
A missionary will not have their @missionary.org email address forever. They will be given some time once they return to download and save their emails and pictures. With My Mission, emails can automatically be uploaded and saved when a missionary sends an email. So slick!
Maybe writing emails, or letters home are not the missionary's jam. Besides keeping a journal, some other ways to keep a record might be blogging, vlogging, or Facebook posting. What other ways would you suggest?
Whatever way, please keep a record.
If you are following along with the "Come Follow Me" for this week, you might have read: "Behold, there shall be a record kept among you;" from Doctrine and Covenants 21:1.
Records and histories are important to the Lord. After all, The Book of Mormon, that missionaries are using to teach people about Jesus Christ and His restored Church on the earth today, is a record of people who lived in ancient America. The book is a record of groups of people and their interaction with and seeing the resurrected Savior. There are records of many different people and time periods who share their experiences and dealings with God - good and bad. Reading their experiences blesses us.
Likewise, missionaries come to know their Savior better and more intimately during their mission. As they record their experiences, testimony, and own conversion; as well as witnessing God’s hand helping them, it blesses their lives and ours too.
Yes, keep a record!
And another tip that will help to do so is sending your missionary off with a Bluetooth keyboard.
The following are screenshots from the Called to Serve app:
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