Meet Katie Gurney Age: 27 From: Highland, UT Job: Trip Leader Director at HXP Family: 4 younger siblings; 2 sisters are pregnant with girls- so future aunt! Has a brother serving a mission and a teenage sister Hobbies: Loves playing sports, especially soccer and pickleball! Enjoys watching sports, too LDS Read more…
Meet Catherine Age: 23 From: I moved a lot growing up, but my family is currently in Virginia. Family: I’m the eldest of six kids. School: I’m working on a degree in Communication! Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Drawing, DnD, & taking on too many projects Mission: Global Services Department, Utah, 2020-2022 Read more…
Meet Rachel Shaw Age: 25 From: Layton, Utah Family: 5 younger siblings (1 sister and 4 brothers); engaged Major: Math Education from UVU Job: Junior High Seventh Grade Math Teacher Hobbies: Singing, dancing, taking dance classes including clogging; joining choirs and spending time outdoors Missions: Birmingham England 2018-2019 and Nauvoo Read more…
Meet Sowmya Mission: India Bengaluru (Bangalore), 2018-2019 Age: 28 From: Hyderabad, India Family: Married; mother and only child Favorite hobbies: Cooking, trying new recipes, drawing, and painting Sowmya’s conversion story My mom and I were Hindus before we joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For ten years Read more…
Meet Hannah Larson Hannah’s Story: Perfectionism vs. Joy Near the end of my mission, when I was 15 months out, I read a quote in Preach My Gospel that basically said, “Do everything you can to make sure you are serving the Lord at all times,” or something similar with Read more…
If Hannah could tell sister missionaries one thing, it would be this…check out the 30-second video! Meet Hannah Hi, I’m Hannah, the author of this blog. I wrote a missionary self-help book for sisters called YOMO! You Only Mission Once: A Guide for Sister Missionaries. I use personal experiences from Read more…
This blog series highlights sisters who served in different missions around the world for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each sister shares helpful advice on how to prepare for a mission and shares a story about a particular topic. You can read more about these topics in Read more…