Josh participate in Missionary Week in seminary and they were invited and encouraged to prepare for missionary service. Elder Bednar gave an invitation several years ago: "The single most important thing you can do to prepare for a call to serve is to become a missionary long before you go on a mission." The students were ask to participate in several activities.
- Arise in morning by 6:30
- Study the scriptures at least 30 min.
- Pray morning and night
- Browse mormon.org for 10 min.
- Write in journal
- Obey mission rules regarding opposite sex
- No TV, movies, video games, texting
- No radio, earphones, or unapproved music
- Keep language and conduct clean and virtuous
- Go to bed by 10:30
- Bear your testimony of a principle of the gospel to a less-active or non-member friend
- Carry with you all day a "Pass-along Card"
- Memorize and pass off to a family member a scripture
- Provide a meaningful act of service for a family member or neighbor
- Cook a meal for your family, or write a letter to a missionary
- Start a conversation with a stranger
- Study a chapter from "Preach My Gospel"
EXTRA CREDIT - Fast for a missionary experience, go on companionship exchanges with missionaries, create a profile on mormon.org; give away a Book of Mormon; do family search indexing
Josh worked really hard on missionary week and didn't play video games, watch TV, nor text for the week. He studied his Book of Mormon, Preach my Gospel, and carried "pass along" cards. He cooked dinner for our family one night with homemade rolls. It was an amazing week and I'm so glad that the seminary encouraged the kids to be a missionary for a week.
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| Josh rolling the dough |
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| Rolls that Josh and Dylan made |
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