Preparing Our Missionary, Part 2!

Once one of our children has decided to serve a mission, they meet with our Bishop.

They go to lds.org and start filling out their application for missionary service.

Make an appointment with the dentist and the doctor to make sure they are healthy and ready to serve. Emily had to have her wisdom teeth extracted, so they wouldn’t be a problem while she is gone.

Make sure all immunizations are current.

This can take some time.

Meanwhile, start letting everyone know the happy news. We are going to have a missionary in the family.

What a blessing.

Sunday Best!

This weekend was LDS General Conference. I enjoy it so much. Here is a quote from Jeffrey R. Holland:

“What was once a tiny seed of belief for me has grown into the tree of life, so if your faith is a little tested in this or any season, I invite you to lean on mine, I know this work is God’s very truth and I know that only at our peril would we allow doubt or devils to sway us from its path. Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your concerns but first fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.”

Hope your Sunday was the Best! Love, Joy

Preparing Our Missionary! Part 1

As many of you know, we will be having a new missionary in our family. Our daughter Emily will soon be entering missionary service. She will be leaving the country, and serving in another part of the world. I thought it would be neat to share how, and what we are doing to prepare our missionary.

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Probably the number one thing we have done to prepare our missionary started at Emily’s birth. She has been loved and taught that she is an amazing girl with many gifts.  We have raised her with a love of service and a testimony of the gospel. Both my husband and I have served as missionaries. We love doing missionary work, and hope to be able to serve missions in the future. We have taught our children it is a blessing to work, and to look for opportunities to bless others. Emily is a great example of this, she loves to help and love other people. So the first thing is to prepare them while their young and then pray that the desire to serve a mission enters their heart.

Below is Emily at 3 months old. Squishy.