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The missionary journey

During Mission

When the tag is on and the emails are short, families often feel both proud and helpless. The missionary is in the work. You are at home, carrying a different kind of load.

Who this is for: Parents and families of missionaries currently serving—and anyone supporting them from home.

How we help

  • Learn what anxiousness at home usually means—and how to respond without taking over.
  • Find language for letters and calls that supports rather than adds pressure.
  • Stay connected to a community that already understands the unique joy and strain of a missionary in the field.

Walking beside them from home

You cannot serve the mission for them. You can stay steady, pray specifically, and offer support that does not add weight to an already full day.

  • Support a missionary in the field without taking on their whole load.
  • Care for your own wellness so the household is not running on empty until they return.
  • Use courses and conversations designed for the unique pressure of waiting through transfers.

Wellness for the family is part of serving well. We will walk beside you while they serve.

Featured courses

For parents & family

Support Your Missionary

Wish you could better help your missionary? Feeling helpless while they are in the field? Getting ready to send part of your heart on a mission? This is the class for you!

View Support Your Missionary

More support

Blog

Articles on missionary wellness, mental health, and family support.

Read articles

Podcasts

Conversations for future, current, and returned missionaries and their families.

Listen to Ever Onward

Events

Workshops and gatherings in Logan, Utah and online.

See upcoming events

Other stages of the journey

Pre-Mission

Prepare emotionally and spiritually for the mission experience with courses designed for missionaries and their parents.

Start Preparing

Post-Mission

Support for returning missionaries and families as they adjust to life after service.

Coming Home