Your Missionary's Story
A mission journal has about forty entries and enormous gaps. What actually changed them is almost never the part that got written down.
20 Questions to Ask a Returned Missionary, and How to Ask Them
Ask how the mission was and you get the version he has already told nine times. These twenty reach the part he is still carrying around loose.
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What to Write in a Mission Journal, and What Everyone Leaves Out
The entries are not the problem. The gaps are, and they are never random. They land on exactly the weeks worth remembering.
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Missionary Homecoming Gift Ideas That Are Not Another Frame
Almost every homecoming gift commemorates the mission from the outside. Very few of them ask him anything.
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How to Write a Mission History Without Starting From a Blank Page
The blank page is what kills this. Here is the structure, the order to work in, and what to gather before you write a word.
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Questions to Ask a Missionary Before They Leave
Everyone records the goodbye. Almost nobody records who they actually were the week before it, which is the half that makes the return meaningful.
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