Just 2 months ago, President Thomas S. Monson announced that LDS women are now eligible to serve full-time missions beginning at age 19.

Already, it appears that faithful younger women are responding to the prophet’s invitation in record-breaking numbers.

Here are a few reports:

  • One stake president in Mapleton said he interviewed 18 young women in one week in October.
  • A sister on Facebook reported, “In our tiny branch of less than 100 people, we have 5 sisters who have been called since Pres. Monson’s announcement, and one more who is expecting her call this week! None of them were old enough to go before Oct.”
  • A sister missionary in the Florida Tampa Mission wrote to her parents that over the next 3 months 80 new sister missionaries will be arriving.
  • A sister in the California San Diego Mission reported that 120 new sister missionaries are scheduled to arrive during the months of December and January.
  • A new Facebook group Many Are Called… But Few Are Sisters was created for “those sisters about to submit papers or those who have already received calls, so we can share our experiences and help each other prepare.” Within 4 days, over 1,900 future sister missionaries joined the group from all over the world. There are now over 2,250 members.

On December 8, 2012, hundreds of future sister missionaries gathered at various temples across the West. Below is a video of the sisters who met at the Salt Lake City Temple to take a picture to show the First Presidency how excited they are about the age change and the opportunity to serve a mission.

For more background on this story, read “Newly Called Sister Missionaries Unite and Create EPIC Video” by Kathryn Skaggs.

Below is a photo of sisters who gathered at other temples around the world.

 

Advice for Young Women as they prepare for missionary service.


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