Monday, August 9, 2010

A Good Gift for an 18 Year Old Future Missionary

Get them a passport even though you don't know if they will need it for their mission. If your missionary already has a passport when they receive their call and they need it for their mission, then that's one less thing you have to worry about acquiring before the day they report to the MTC.

You never know when world events are going to impact the application process or worldwide travel. In 2010, travel to the World Cup in South Africa was a major factor in getting passports and visas in a timely manner. The US State Department has a great website with step by step instructions. Also the US Postal Service's website has applications on-line.  The passport book is going to cost about $135. You are going to need a copy of their birth certificate so pull that out of the file. 

Oh and passport pictures were less at CVS than at FedEx Office. Wish I'd known...

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