Lesson 21

Lesson Title: "Sustaining Missionaries Through Letters" (page 78)

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 2 at lds.org.

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will learn ways to encourage and support young men and young women in the mission field.

PREPARATION:

1. Optional: Write each of the seven questions in the second section of the lesson on a piece of paper. Put these papers in seven separate envelopes. Then, put these envelopes in a mailbag. The mailbag might be an oversized envelope or a canvas bag with “Mailbag” written on the outside.
2. Assign young women to present any scriptures, stories, or quotations you wish. Note to the teacher This lesson discusses supporting friends and family members from your area who are serving full-time missions elsewhere. The activities and suggestions in the lesson would not be appropriate for those serving full-time missions in your area.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Explain that letters are an essential part of missionaries’ lives. Positive letters can help them find joy in their work. Remind the young women to put themselves in the missionaries’ place when they write letters and to write about the things that will help them. They can share the new concepts they are learning as they study and develop their testimonies. They can tell the missionaries that others are praying for them. The Lord will bless them as they encourage missionaries through letters.

HANDOUT:

Bring some stationary to write the missionaries in your ward a note. Write the name of the elder or sister on the stationary and then pass each one around and have the young women write a note to each of them. Have a list of all of the missionaries and their addresses who are serving from your ward and give to each of the young women.

MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA: