Friday, October 4, 2013

MissionHome.com- An LDS Missionary Resource

Hey there blogger friends! This post is more specific to my LDS blogging friends or any of you out there curious about missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Deseret Book has set up a new site full of information on missions around the world. They also have articles on missionary service and helpful tips. I took a look around the site yesterday and I found some good stuff there! I have a missionary currently serving in England so I guess you could say I have a more invested interest in this website. If you have a missionary, are preparing a missionary or know someone who has a missionary, you should check out this site. If you have been a missionary and can contribute something to the site by way of information, you should contact them. I did. :) They were awesome and added my link and info to the site right away.


MissionHome.com provides new resources for missionaries and their families
 Where you serve is not as important as how you serve.

Salt Lake City, UT (September 17, 2013) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints currently operates over 400 missions with more than 75,000 missionaries serving throughout the world. When the missionary age change was announced in the October 2012 general conference, a new wave of prospective missionaries began preparing for the moment they would receive their call.

After receiving the call, missionaries and families often begin their search for specific information on that mission. Until now, there has not been a centralized site to learn about the culture and people of each mission area. On October 1st, 2013 Deseret Book Company will launch an online missionary website, MissionHome.com. MissionHome.com focuses on each phase of missionary service—prepare, serve and return. It includes helpful hints to prospective missionaries including tips for how to pack efficiently and how to prepare to leave as well as inspiring and authentic experiences from former missionaries. A complete mission directory, created by missionaries who themselves have served in that area, provides information about local customs, food, transportation, safety, and many other insights.

“We saw a way that we could provide a gathering place for missionaries and the families of missionaries to become acquainted with the area where they would be serving as well as provide other unique resources,” said Laurel Christensen Day of Deseret Book Company, “and MissionHome.com was born.”

MissionHome.com is easy to use and provides a library of information for prospective and returning missionaries as well as help to families of those currently serving (a section for senior couples will be coming soon). Familiar LDS authors as well as recently returned missionaries and past mission presidents will be regular contributors to the site.

In addition to great free content and resources, families will be able to send care packages directly to their missionaries with guaranteed delivery from Deseret Book. Service is available to most missions.

For more information on Mission Home, visit www.missionhome.com.


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