My son is in Ireland and I just sent a
large Christmas box to him. We sent spiritual music (CD's). Tapes for his small tape
player. Lots of comfort food, turkey jerky, oatmeal packets, cookie packets, granola bars,
etc. The best was a bunch of ties. My dad went through his old ties and we sent him about
15. My son uses his ties to trade with the other missionaries. He's now down to one tie.
He's traded the rest. Hope he can wait until Christmas. Bek in CA
I have two missionary sons serving in Honduras and Sri Lanka. My son's Mission President
(in Sri Lanka) requested we don't send food items, including candy. There are so many
things the missionaries can use: socks, ties (one son gave his away to newly baptized
members!), Articles of Faith cards or CTR rings from Deseret Book (to give to local
members/investigators/children), toiletries, Christmas decorations like Advent Calendars,
stationary/envelopes, pens, mag-light flashlights. The food items are great, but not all
missions allow packages with food items in them, and foreign mail requires the listing of
all contents in the box. Just something to consider! Sue in San Diego
One year we sent breakfast boxes to the missionaries. We had little individual boxes of
cold cereal, hot chocolate, pancake mix, syrup, tang, individual packets of hot cereal,
etc. We sent enough for the missionaries to "treat" their companion to
breakfast. Lana in Oregon
This following list came to me at my request from a group of missionary moms; perhaps this
will give you some ideas of things the missionaries could use....I have edited it slightly
to remove non-applicable comments Lana
in Alabama
Food items--in the local area, anything- Ramen Noodles (chicken flavor--other flavors are
readily available, but in Asian countries they don't have chicken flavor), Cup-of-Noodles
flavor packets such as spaghetti sauce mixes, chili or taco seasoning, Lipton dry soups,
Kool-Aid, Tang, Gatorade, Hot chocolate packets, Jell-O, pudding pkg's Beef jerky, granola
bars, cold cereal, sugarless chewing gum, candy, Peanut butter, Root Beer and Maple
extract. Some missionaries are lousy cooks, so they may like pre-made mixes such as
pancakes mixes, Kraft mac & cheese. HINT: Most foreign missionaries do not like
American mac & cheese.
Non-Food items--100% dark cotton socks (no man-made fibers because they cause rashes), if
you are sending to a tropical area such as Ecuador, etc., we get cotton socks for
missionaries at Wal-mart or K-mart. If you want to send a high quality sock to those
serving in colder areas, Penney's carry the Gold Toe brand and they are excellent. But,
they are expensive, too. Sister missionaries use a lot of knee hi's. If you can find
trouser socks (Sears, Avon, Target) they wear longer. They look like knee-hi's, but are
stronger.
Ties (conservative), T-shirt (for P-day, or work days--remember, they are missionaries, so
watch what is printed on the T-shirt!), Gym shorts that go to the knee (to cover
garments), pillow case, flat sheet (not fitted). Gloves if they are serving in a cold
area.
Anti-Perspirants (hard to find in other countries), toothpaste (also hard to get in some
foreign countries and are poor quality), toothbrush, shampoo, shaving cream, liquid soap
(some missionaries get skin rashes from bar soaps), disposable razors, anti-biotic
ointment, chap stick, comb or brush. Band-Aids and other First Aid items, anti-fungal foot
spray and powder.
Small sewing kit, pens and mechanical pencils, mini flashlight, mini screwdriver,
pocket-size notepads or notebooks, stationery, blank envelopes and postcards, disposable
camera (some are so poor they don't own cameras), small paperback books that focus on
missionary work, (one suggestion is "Key to Conversion" by Glenn L.
Pearson--inexpensive and very valuable to missionaries), Also, Deseret Book as pocket size
paperbacks that are excellent for missionaries.
Religious stickers (some available at Deseret Book) of Jesus, religious cards (such as
Articles of Faith, and other religious quotes), small religious pictures, small pictures
of Temples. scripture marking pencils, pens, markers, etc. Missionaries make small things
to give to their investigators by using 3x5 cards and put stickers of Jesus on them, along
with quotes, etc.
Primary CTR rings to give to the children they are teaching.Holiday Index |
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