Dear Elder is an excellent service to get messages to your missionary quickly. You write a message at the site and send it. Dear Elder will then e-mail those messages to your missionary’s respective mission. The Elders in the office will print them out, put them in an envelope, and deliver them to missionary.
It’s pretty convenient. The only draw back that I noticed on my mission is that because the Elders in the mission office are the ones who stuff the envelopes, there isn’t much privacy. So, don’t plan on writing a Dear John to your missionary using Dear Elder, unless you want the entire mission to know.
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This is actually an incorrect description of how Dear Elder letters work. All the letters are printed, stuffed, and sealed in envelopes before they leave Dear Elder’s office. No one reads the letters. No letters are ever actually e-mailed to missionaries. In that case, why wouldn’t people just e-mail the missionaries themselves?
My missionary only had so much time he could spend at the computer. I’d rather have had him spend that time typing up emails home, than sitting and reading my email to him. By sending him something in print, he could read it any time he wanted and over again if he wanted. Besides, it’s more fun to get a printed letter in the mail than an email. Sure, I could print it and mail it myself, but this was so easy, why wouldn’t I do it?
Dear elder is great its a way to connect with family and friends while the are on the mission
HELLO ELDER PAKISONASI AFU,
HOW ARE U, OKU OU TUI PE OKU KE MAU PE HA MOUI LELEI, OHANGE KOIA OKU MAU MAU I HENI, ELDER AFU ALWAYS DO UR BEST, STUDY UR SCRIPTURE AN LEARN UR LANGUAGE SO ITS MORE EASIER FOR U TO TEACH UR INVESTIGATOR, READ JAMES 1;5 AN DO IT , PRAY PRAY ALWAYS IF U NEED HELP, HE WILL GIVE IT TO U, REMEMBER TAUHI LAO OE MISSIONARY THATS UR GUIDE THROUGH OUT UR MISSION, ALWAYS LOTOMAULALO TO UR COMPANION AN LOVE HIM AN ALSO UR LEADER, IF U ANGRY OF SOMETHING PRAY PRAY PRAY HE IS LISTENING, SON HOW IS UR LITTLE BROTHER ELDER TONGA AFU, WE A HAPPY FOR U LOOKING AFTER HIM, U KNOW THAT HOW WE TEACH GUYS TO LOVE EACH OTHER AN ALWAYS SHARE WITH UR BROTHER AN SISTER, SISTER AFU AN UR YOUNG SISTER CECILIA SENT THERE LOVE TO U BOTH, WE LOVE U AN WE WANT U GUYS TO COME HOME WITH HONOUR, WE KNOW U CAN DO IT , WE LOVE U SON.
LOVE MOM AN DAD tohi mai hoo email pe naake mau eku tohi pleased
Trying to find an elder who taught my family. I’m pretty sure he isn’t on his mission anymore i only know his last name the church he was surviving his mission on and where he’s from. Thanks
I’d recommend trying to look him up on Facebook, or perhaps trying to contact the bishop or other leader in his home ward.
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