Missionaries

I had the opportunity to follow the sister missionaries around for their morning routine for a Saturday. They called it a social media day to show people what missionaries actually do. 

They start their day off by having a prayer together to get inspiration of what to do

With their day. 

Girls can serve a Mission for the church of Jesus Christ of day saints (lds) when they turn 19 and they serve for 18 months. Guys can Serve a mission when they turn 18 and they serve for 2 years. The purpose of serving a mission is to share the gospel with others, provide service to others and to be representatives for the church and of Jesus Christ. 

They then have companionship scripture study. They had a gospel discussions and quizzed each other on memorized scriptures so they know the scriptures inside and out.  

They put their name tags on each

Morning that say their name and who they are representing, Jesus Christ. 

The Book of Mormon is a book of scripture that we believe in, as well as the Bible. The Book of Mormon is not a broadway musical, rather it is a book

Of scripture of events and people in the ancient Americas. It is an awesome book, but like the bible, it takes a lot of reads to really understand it. If you would like to know more about what we believe, go to www.mormon.org because that is an awesome place to find out more.  

My sister is going to serve a mission to Russia this fall, and following these sisters around made me feel like I really understand what the life of a missionary is. I'm so excited for her.