Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of the Church, once asked this of future missionaries: “Will you be a valiant and effective one or merely a set-apart missionary? This will depend on your preparation.” (Advice to a Young Man: Now Is the Time to Prepare) A missionary preparation class is a great way for young men [...]
A couple of weeks ago, my wife invited me to come do a Sharing Time presentation on Preparing for a Mission in our ward’s Primary. The concept was simple, the lesson was easy to put together, and the Sharing Time presentation went great. Here’s the activity description from the Church Primary manual: “Tell the children [...]
This is the second of a series of posts about mission bikes by Shaun Gogarty, founder of Pedal With A Purpose. When the Rubber Meets the Road Recently I saw someone on a bike, in a white shirt and tie, cruising down the street all alone. It took me a while to realize he was [...]
Shaun Gogarty is one of the founders of Pedal With A Purpose, a site dedicated to providing Mormon missionaries with better bikes so they can focus on the real purpose of missionary work. Pedal With A Purpose does this through education on the Pedal With A Purpose Blog, and by outfitting missionaries with the right [...]
I asked my panel of returned sister missionaries: How would you counsel a young woman who is not sure if she should go on a mission? Here are their responses: “I would say to really ponder and pray about it; if it’s something that crosses your mind often, then I think that it’s something worth [...]