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October 2009

Newest Future Missionary

by Jimmy on October 29, 2009 · 1 comment posted in Primary Mission Prep

It has been a while since I last blogged, and the reason is the birth of our son, one of the newest future missionaries in the world, Truman. He came in at 6 lbs. 15 oz, and 20 inches long. I’m sure I’ll get back into my regular blogging routine soon.  Until then, please enjoy [...]

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I Love Loud Boys

by Jimmy on October 10, 2009 · 0 comments posted in Prophetic Word

Here is a video excerpt from another good talk from October 2009 General Conference on the subject missionary preparation.  This one is from Elder Yoon Hwan Choi of the Seventy and his talk is called I Love Loud Boys.  Elder Choi has a thick accent and can be difficult to understand at times, but his [...]

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Teaching Helps Save Lives

by Jimmy on October 9, 2009 · 0 comments posted in Prophetic Word

Here is some good mission prep counsel from Russell T. Osguthorpe, Sunday School General President.  This is an excerpt from his October 2009 General Conference talk, Teaching Helps Save Lives. “When I was in my teens, a recently returned missionary named Brother Peterson taught our Sunday School class. Every week he would draw a large [...]

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I hope all you future missionaries took time to listen to our living prophets speak to us last weekend during General Conference.  Six months ago, I blogged about all the talks on Mission Prep from April 2009 General Conference.  I plan to do that again for this conference, but for now, I thought it would [...]

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Additional Mission Expenses

by Jimmy on October 3, 2009 · 0 comments posted in Mission Life

Readers, I need your help.  Many people have asked me about additional mission expenses for items not covered by the normal monthly allowance. I have written previously about the LDS Mission Cost and Saving for a Mission, yet there are uncovered expenses that are not intended to used with the monthly allowance such as photography, [...]

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