{"id":11708,"date":"2022-06-17T09:17:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?p=11708"},"modified":"2022-06-17T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:17:39","slug":"senior-mission-what-its-really-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/17\/senior-mission-what-its-really-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Mission: What it’s Really Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to believe, but we arrived at our \u201chump day\u201d last week. That\u2019s missionary talk for halfway point when serving a mission. We have nine more months to go. Serving a senior mission is one of the best kept secrets in our church, for some reason. And I\u2019m not sure we share this secret enough with members of the church. So, listen very carefully, because I\u2019m going to share this very special secret with you right now.<\/span><\/p>\n

My husband and I are serving a Member Leader Support (MLS) mission. We volunteered for this type of mission because we wanted to work closely with ward leadership as well as less active, and more active people in the area. Our focus is on helping the bishop and stake president in any way they need. We are here to support them.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the last nine months we have been:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Visiting hundreds of people (this is not an exaggeration). We visit everyone listed in Tools and find out who they are, how interested they are in the church, if they still live there, and what their needs may be. We create a spreadsheet, that gives all the information we learn, and share it with the ward council. We are on our third ward doing this.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. We teach a Book of Mormon class. We teach a Come Follow Me group. We teach Institute for YSAs. And we teach in people\u2019s homes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Going to meetings. Sunday Meetings, Ward Council, Mission Coordination, District Council, Zone Conference, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Working with missionaries. We help them teach friends (investigators). We give them sage advice. We feed them. We celebrate baptisms with them. We love them.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Making lasting friendships. How can this not happen? There are great people everywhere and many have become our dear friends.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a>We are busy all day, every day, yet we set our own schedule. We give ourselves time to prepare lessons. Sometimes we forget to give ourselves time for meals. We pick up fast food a lot or get invited to dinner. We semi-obey all of the missionary rules. We don\u2019t wake up so early and we don\u2019t go to bed as early as we should. We brought our own TV, and after a long week, we sometimes sit back and watch a good movie. And so far, for every General Conference weekend, we have an apartment full of missionaries watching and eating the day away.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Our experience is serving in the United States. This gives us a few extra luxuries. All senior missionaries take their own car to the mission. We live in relatively nice apartments, all furnished by the mission. We are allowed to bring anything that will fit in our car, except for family members and pets. But family can come out to visit and we were lucky to experience this.<\/span><\/p>\n

    We\u2019ve had some great experiences. And we\u2019ve met some wonderful people. We\"\"<\/a> learned early on that it was better to knock on doors rather than make appointments. So, we did a lot of door-knocking as we tracked down people. Some weren\u2019t very receptive, but some were, and we had great visits with them. It felt great to make connections with them and we were hopeful it would lead them to possibly coming out to church again. We sat down with one couple that hadn\u2019t been to church since before COVID, and by now they\u2019d gotten out of the habit of going to church. They told us their conversion stories and we laughed at other stories shared and had a wonderful time with them. At another time, we visited an active woman who said she was ready to die, but she refused to go until all of her children became active again. We had a lovely visit with her, and we even learned that she and my husband are related. We’ve run into many others, all with interesting stories to share.<\/span><\/p>\n

    There have been a few doors slammed in our faces, and several have asked that their names be removed from church membership. But when we run into a positive encounter, it makes it all worthwhile.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Because temples are going up in so many places, it\u2019s exciting to be a part of an Open House. We had the privilege of taking several friends through the temple. We even got to volunteer as ushers and that was an experience never to be forgotten. So many people had questions and it was wonderful to be able to share our testimonies with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Getting to know the younger missionaries has been great fun as well. We invite them over as often as we can. They love getting together. And when they get together, guess what they talk about? Missionary work and who they\u2019re teaching! These young people are so diligent and focused. It\u2019s wonderful to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>So far, we have loved serving on our mission. Do we miss our family? Yes. Do things happen at home we wish we were home for? Yes. But somehow, we are compensated, and we receive blessings, more than we can ever count. The Lord needs our help, and we feel very useful working in His kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It\u2019s hard to believe, but we arrived at our \u201chump day\u201d last week. That\u2019s missionary talk for halfway point when serving a mission. We have nine more months to go. Serving a senior mission is one of the best kept secrets in our church, for some reason. And I\u2019m not sure we share this secret […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[964],"tags":[385,273,406,501],"class_list":["post-11708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senior-mission","tag-love","tag-missionaries","tag-missionary-work","tag-teaching"],"yoast_head":"\nSenior Mission: What it's Really Like – Relief Society Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Serving a senior mission is a wonderful experience. 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