I remember a friend telling me that it cost her thousands of dollars just to get her son to the MTC. I thought she was exaggerating but I'm rapidly finding out it can be very expensive. Here are some ways I've found to cut that cost by hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

The latest article from the LDS Families site at BellaOnline.com.

Financially Preparing A Missionary
We all know about the spiritual preparations but what about the physical and financial ones? If you will be sending out a missionary at some point, you may want to check out this article.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art12450.asp

Next week we will be discussing some things to help prepare missionaries physically to better serve others and care for themselves while on a mission.

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