The Field is White-ish
Home comics
Letters, calls, and packages from home. Comics about the family connection that keeps missionaries going.
4 comics
Missionaries walk and bike miles a day in every kind of weather, and wearing out a pair of shoes is a badge of honor. Parents shopping before the mission want shoes that will last two years. Some aim even higher.
Before leaving, new elders stock up on white dress shirts, and they all look exactly alike. Moms still have opinions about which one is the most missionary.
Senior couples often serve far from home for a year or more, which means leaving children and grandchildren behind. Packing light is the plan. Packing every grandchild is the reality.
P-day is laundry day, and for many new missionaries it’s the first time doing their own. White shirts are unforgiving teachers.