When your missionary gets their call, they get a beautiful letter signed by the prophet and a booklet assembled, just for them, under the direction of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In the booklet is the biography of the mission president and his wife, a map of the mission, a general instruction checklist, medical information regarding health care and immunizations, the dress and grooming guidelines for his mission including the "what to wear" specifics and the missionary travel instructions for getting to the MTC.
With in a few weeks, our missionary also received a letter from his future mission president that included instructions specific to his mission, information on obtaining a bicycle, recommendations regarding his personal preparation and answers to FAQ.
He also received a letter from the MTC that included information on how to prepare for his arrival, how to obtain his missionary email address and his MTC mailing address, and directions for drop-off on the day of his arrival. Two weeks before his arrival at the MTC, he received an email at his missionary address from the MTC presidency with specific guidelines regarding his stay at the MTC.
All this information was, of course, invaluable in planning and preparing him to serve. I recommend, however, that your missioanry read it all and you read it all and that you have someone else read it. Somehow I got confused and purchased 8 long-sleeved shirts and 2 short sleeved shirts instead of the other way around. My friend Sheli said that both she and her mother missed the instructions to bring sheets so when she arrived in her mission she had none. Wish I'd Known...that including someone else in the preparation might have helped us not to miss things in the details.
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