6:30 a.m.Arise, pray, exercise, and prepare for the day.
7:30 a.m.Breakfast.
8:00 a.m.Personal study.
9:00 a.m.Companion study.
10:00 a.m.Begin proselyting. Missionaries learning a language study for 30 to 60 minutes.
Schedule lunch and dinner to fit best with proselyting.
9:00 p.m.Return to living quarters. Write in journal, prepare for the next day, pray.
10:30 p.m.Retire to bed.
*See Preach My Gospel, page viii.
Among the things prospective missionaries can do is to work part time or full time, learn to care for themselves, and practice talking to others.
Daily exercise, living away from home, resolving emotional concerns, sleeping from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., and learning to rely on the Lord to strengthen personal weaknesses are some ways young people can begin preparing to serve a mission.
Parents can support their missionaries by praying for them daily, communicating by letter or e-mail once a week, and only speaking to them as is outlined in the mission rules.
Photography left to right: Robert Casey, Matthew Reier, Jerry Garns
Photography left to right: Welden Andersen, Bradley Slade, Jerry Garns, Steve Bunderson, Christina Smith
Photography left to right: Frank Helmrich, John Luke, Weston Colton
L. Tom Perry, "Raising the Bar," Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2007, 48.
2.See "Raising the Bar," 48.
3.Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, (1997), 469.
4.Thomas S. Monson, "Your Eternal Voyage," Ensign, May 2000, 48.
5.Gordon B. Hinckley, "Missionary Service," First Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting, January 11, 2003, 20.
6.History of the Church, 4:540.
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