As many of you know, we will be having a new missionary in our family. Our daughter Emily will soon be entering missionary service. She will be leaving the country, and serving in another part of the world. I thought it would be neat to share how, and what we are doing to prepare our missionary.

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Probably the number one thing we have done to prepare our missionary started at Emily’s birth. She has been loved and taught that she is an amazing girl with many gifts.  We have raised her with a love of service and a testimony of the gospel. Both my husband and I have served as missionaries. We love doing missionary work, and hope to be able to serve missions in the future. We have taught our children it is a blessing to work, and to look for opportunities to bless others. Emily is a great example of this, she loves to help and love other people. So the first thing is to prepare them while their young and then pray that the desire to serve a mission enters their heart.

Below is Emily at 3 months old. Squishy.