Hi! I served a mission in the Sweden Stockholm mission several years ago and am now married to a returned missionary and starting a family.

Please share this blog with others so we can help as many future missionaries as possible. Feel free to add your own advice. I hope this can help many young people preparing to go on a mission, but most specifically, sisters.

Have fun and let me know if you have any questions or any post ideas!
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A day at the MTC

I copied this out of my planner one day while I was at the MTC and sent it home to my family. I had been there for about 2 weeks. I hesitated posting it since so much has changed at the MTC since I was there. But, I have decided to post it to give you a basic idea of what the MTC will be like. Just don't forget that it will probably be different.

6:00 am - Wake up and get ready
7:00 am - Personal Study (All study time is in the classroom with our district - all 9 of us going to Sweden)
7:30 am - Breakfast at the cafeteria
8:00 am - Class time with our teacher
             - Today we talked about exactly what makes a successful missionary (PMG p. 10-11)
             - We went to a SYL (Speak Your Language) workshop and learned some hints about learning a language
             - We reviewed Lesson 1 in Swedish and started Lesson 2 in Swedish
11:40 am - Personal Study
12:10 pm - Lunch at the cafeteria
12:55 pm - Companionship Study
1:55 pm - MDT (Missionary Directed Time - We get to decide what to do out of certain choices. Our teacher is not there with us)
            - Today we practiced asking and answering questions in Swedish
            - We reviewed Lesson 3 in English and then practiced teaching Lesson 3 to each other
            - We talked about the Referral Center and gave each other advice
            - Went to the Referral Center (You call or answer calls and talk to people who are interested in receiving Church materials such as The Book of Mormon, The Bible, Church DVDs, etc. You also invite them to listen to the missionaries.)
5:10 pm - Dinner at the cafeteria
5:55 pm - Class time with our teacher
             - Today we worked on Lesson 3 in English
             - We learned how to tell time and other fun stuff in Swedish
             - We learned about contacting and how to give a brief message on the street
7:30 pm - Daily Planning (planned and set goals for tomorrow)
8:00 pm - Prepare for gym
8:10 pm - Gym time!
9:00 pm - Post gym/get ready for bed/write in journal
10:30pm - Lights out

* Every day varies, some days we don't have any MDT, sometimes it's at a different time, gym is always at a different time, and of course what we learn changes day to day. We have service time once a week where we clean some part of the MTC.




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