When my oldest son, Zach, started his mission, we were only able to talk with him twice a year - Christmas and Mother’s Day - and weekly communication was limited to email. When he had eight months left in his mission, the rules changed and we were able to talk every p-day! Boy were we excited!
Zach was serving in rural Mexico so a weekly phone call didn’t always happen. But when it did, we stopped everything and focused on that 25 minute call.
Being able to talk with our missionary each week has been such a blessing. It’s given us a very real look into what the mission is like and how things really are for our missionary.
Sometimes our phone calls become commonplace - meaning we’re just covering top level stuff like the weather and if he needs more socks and that I’ve got to get started making dinner. And what I really want to talk about are deeper level things - the things that really matter. And sometimes I don’t know (or don’t think about) what to ask.
Here are some of the things I learned:
Keep things mostly positive. Acknowledge the hard things, then give encouragement, perspective, and ideas to make things better.
Have some questions ready ahead of time.
Remember the names of people they are teaching and working with so you can ask about them by name.
We’ve put together a list of ideas for parents/adults to ask on these weekly calls home to help build relationships, and grow testimonies.
You can find the list in our shop:
Keep an eye out, over the next few weeks, for our younger sibling edition of "What to Ask About About on Calls Home".
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What have you found to be good to talk about on calls home? Please reach out to us through our email. We would love to hear your ideas and share them with the community!
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