Utah Missionary Photographer/ Missionary Event

One of my goals for this year is to give back to others.  I’ve been thinking of ways I could give back to people with photography and I thought of missionaries. In the LDS church boys at 18 and girls age 19 can choose to serve a mission somewhere in the world. Boys go for 2 years and girls 18 months.  They do not get to pick where they are going or what language they will speak. They only get to talk to their families twice a year- on Mothers Day and Christmas. They can email only once a week so they stay focused on what they are doing. Besides teaching people about the church they spend much of their time helping and serving those in their mission. It’s a huge sacrifice for them. Not only that they (and their families) pay for their whole mission. It’s a huge expense! They really believe in what they are doing and honestly come back better people for it.

 I thought I could do a small service to them by taking their pictures before they go. I put out the word online for a couple weeks and had a great response! The night of the event it was so cold! It started to hail on my way there and I was worried no one would show up! I was so grateful they braved the cold with me and came because it was absolutely a pleasure to get to know them. Some had their calls already (from Alaska, South Africa to Australia) and others were waiting any day for theirs. The rest were in the process of working on their mission papers. One sweet girl got her call that day, opened it up and came to get her picture taken! Seriously how cool is she? Both girls who came are going to serve in Oregon in different missions.  I mentioned to one sweet girl about all the crazy rain we have had. She said she loves the rain! I asked her where she got called and she said Portland Oregon. Seriously the perfect rainy mission for her!

Good luck to all of you on your missions! I’m so happy to have met you and  I know you will be amazing missionaries!

Utah Missionary Photographer/ Missionary Event

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