Keep the Mission

A mission collects more than photographs. These pages keep a week at a time: the people who were there, and the scripture that belonged to that day, drawn in colored pencil.

Colored pencil drawing of a missionary in a blue suit standing over the words Called to Serve, with a scripture from 3 Nephi written above him. — Called to Serve

The drawings

Eight pages from the notebook. Select one to read it larger.

Colored pencil drawing dated March 27, 1996, of a smiling missionary in a gray suit and blue tie, holding a green suitcase beside a sign for the MTC and BYU. — March 27, 1996

Colored pencil drawing of three missionaries in front of a mission mail wall. One holds a stack of letters, one holds a single envelope, and the caption reads No Mail for Elder Jones. — No Mail for Elder Jones

Colored pencil drawing titled Tracting, dated January 8 to 14, 2024, of two missionaries standing before a man with crossed arms in front of a brick apartment building. — Tracting · January 8–14, 2024

Colored pencil drawing titled Gathering Sheep, dated July 29 to August 4, 2024, of two missionaries holding several small sheep. — Gathering Sheep · July 29–August 4, 2024

Colored pencil drawing titled Called as District Leader and Trainer, dated August 19 to 25, 2024, of two missionaries, one with a green cloak, holding lightsabers beside a suitcase. — District Leader and Trainer · August 19–25, 2024

Colored pencil drawing titled Coming Home, of a missionary with a red bag at an airport window, reaching toward a woman, with the words Hi Mom. — Coming Home

Colored pencil drawing titled Blessing Elder Jensen, of one missionary standing with his hands on the head of another missionary who is seated. — Blessing Elder Jensen

About

The drawings are the record. Each one was made by hand, in colored pencil, on a notebook page, then photographed with the pencil left as it was. A page holds a scene and the scripture that went with it.

Some are dated to a single week. One goes back to March 27, 1996. They move from arriving, to mail and tracting, to teaching, and on to coming home.

If a page here belongs to your family, or if you want to know how a week gets kept this way, leave a note on the interest form. A name and an email are enough.

Interest

Leave a way to reach you, and a little about the week or the person you want kept.

The drawings

About

Interest

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