Two weeks before each of the children received an official-looking mission call in the mail. Emily was going to the Russia Vladivostok Mission and Josh was going to the Argentina Salta Mission. They were told to report to the MTC where they would catch the FUTURE MISSIONARY AIRLINES, FLIGHTS 2910 AND 722.
When they arrived they each had their picture taken and received a name tag. In the MTC they had to dress up like missionaries and make a peanut butter sandwich in a relay race.
Our chapel has a small upstairs with two classrooms. The kids were then told to go upstairs to board an airplane. They all croweded into a small room where they received snacks and watched a film of an airplane taking off, missionaries, and then the plane landing.
Afterward they all got off the plane and headed for their missions. There were four missions: Brazil, Argentina, Russia, and Oregon, and the kids were divided into four groups and spent 15 minutes in each mission. Graydon had a blast telling the kids all about the Oregon mission. Our friend Aaron told about his experiences in Brazil and then two sisters shared their experiences in Russia and Argentina. It was really neat. They then got a "Welcome Home" and almost listened to the actual missionaries in our stake, before devouring all the cookies and going home.
Russia
Oregon
Argentina
Brazil (He didn't have props, but his laptop presentation was great.)
These are the four groups as they reported to the Oregon Mission.
3 comments:
What a great idea! I remember our ward doing that when I was in Young Women's as a kid. I bet the kids loved it.
That is such a cool idea!!
Yeah!! Go Portland, Oregon mission! Our Primary did that recently too.
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