Elder Meza: LDS Online Missionary

My name is Elliott Meza and currently I am serving as a full time online missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was called to serve in the Honduras San Pedro Sula Mission but due to an injury I was reassigned to serve here as an online missionary. I love to play the guitar, write music and I sometimes try to sing. Very rarely I will sound good, other times I just sit and play without my voice. I spent the first 8 to 9 years of my like growing up in a very poor area in Tijuana Mexico, then my family moved to Las Vegas where I lived before my mission. I had an injury that was way out of the ordinary. My injury was said to have been worse than that of a car wreck by my orthopedic surgeon.
It caused all sorts of problems from my knee to my ankle. I was minutes away from having my leg amputated so I am very blessed to still have it. Also very blessed to live in a time when doctors can fix even some of the worst injuries.

A Blessing to Serve - Elder Seth Spencer: LDS Online Missionary

I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia about four and one half years ago in February of 2006; it has been one of the greatest blessings in my life.  My name is Elder Seth Spencer.  I currently serve as a full time missionary for my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I love it!  I am originally from Fort Collins Colorado, and I started my mission in September of 2009.  With the leukemia I had, I went through nearly a year’s worth of chemo therapy.  I had a relapse, and a bone marrow transplant.  I have had damage, and have had surgery to reconstruct both my knees and hips, eventually I will need to get them all replaced.  While this has certainly not been easy or enjoyable, I do feel it has been a blessing for me.  Through this I have learned with every trial and struggle we have there really is only one person we can rely on, that is Jesus Christ.  I know He has helped me with the trials and struggles I have had.  I know He has been there with the sufferings and trials I have had.  I know God is our loving Father in Heaven.  I have felt His love in my life.  I am blessed and I feel privileged to have the opportunity to be here as a missionary to help others find the same peace and comfort that I have found in Jesus Christ and following His commandments.

From at the Door to On the Screen: Elder Victor Moxley LDS Online Missionary

After breaking my foot while serving in Slovenia, a small country in Eastern Europe, I was no longer able to go door to door, as most Mormon missionaries do.  Complications arose and it became clear that it would be months to years before I'd be able to spend a great deal of time on my feet.  Heartbroken, I packed my bags and prepared for my return home.

Amid my disappointment about leaving Slovenia, which I had expected to stay in for more than a year, I turned to my Heavenly Father, and increased in prayer.  I also studied in the Doctrine and Covenants more vigorously, and some verses stuck out to me.

 Behold, ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth.

  Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the world, and you are of them that my Father hath given me; [D&C 50:40-41]

Elder LeeMaster: LDS Online Missionary

I'm Elder LeeMaster, one of the full-time online missionaries. I serve in what is called the Referral Center mission which means I do all my teaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ online via chat, or over the phone. There are 52,000 missionaries around the world, and I'm one of only a handful who works this way. It's a really great experience for me to be able to do missionary work this way!

I've been out on my mission for just 18 months now and the miracles that I have been able to see as I have talked to people about their Savior and have seen them make changes in their lives have been incredible! Often times it is difficult for people to understand how we do our work in such and environment where we can't see peoples' faces or look into their eyes. But it is amazing to know that the Holy Ghost is there to testify to people that the things we share with them actually are true.

Second Wave of Approved Blogging LDS Missions: A Call to Help

Earlier I wrote about the New York Rochester Mission being the first to pilot LDS missionaries officially blogging. This week a second wave of missionaries from five other mission the California Santa Rosa Mission, Connecticut Hartford Mission, Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission, Michigan Lansing Mission, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission, and a special branch of the   Referral Center Mission (RC) Provo MTC  joined the approved blogging network.

Seven mission groups in total have come on board under the new blogging czar Michael Hemmingway.The RC missionaries are not an official mission yet so there are six missions participating and one branch of the MTC. There are about a dozen missionaries anticipated from each mission blogging or soon to be blogging and Facebooking.   The missions are in various stages from just beginning to having blogs and Facebook.  They are used a variety of methods from general Facebook pages to Facebook notes to single person blogs to group blogs. The blogs are mostly Blogspot but there are a few Word Press blogs. One mission the California Santa Rosa hasn't had time to put up any blogs. The California Santa Rosa Mission only has the mission president on Facebook so far.

The RC Missionaries: Special MTC Chatting Missionaries

During the last two months I have been in contact with Gideon Burton, a professor of rhetoric and a consultant to the Referral Center Missionaries at the MTC.  I had not heard about the RC missionaries but my daughter who served a couple of years ago was aware of them having run in to them at the MTC in Provo, Utah. I knew that there were links around the Internet that said "Chat with a Mormon Missionary" but I didn't know who was actually chatting with people.