The whole mission, kept — one letter at a time.
Your missionary already writes home every week. Mission Journal turns that one email into a living site — the letter published, the photos in the gallery, a pin on the map — for everyone who's waiting to read it.
$5 a month · set up in about ten minutes · cancel anytime
They keep writing the same weekly email they already write. The site does the rest. You can edit or unpublish any of it in one click from your family hub. Nothing is ever lost.
They write one email
Your missionary sends their usual weekly letter to their own custom email address. Photos attached, nothing new to install or learn.
The journal writes itself
The letter is published as this week's entry, the photos are captioned and filed in the gallery, and when a transfer is mentioned, a new pin lands on the map.
Everyone follows along
Family, friends, and the ward read along and leave notes from home — which the missionary reads on P-day. Every note is checked before anyone sees it.
Your missionary's own corner of the internet
Four pages, kept current automatically, at an address you share with whoever you choose.
Journal
Every weekly letter, one entry per week, readable in English and the mission language.
Gallery
Every photo they send, captioned and sorted by the area it was taken in.
Map
The trail of areas served, drawn from the letters themselves — never a tracker.
Notes from home
A guestbook the missionary reads each Monday. Kind by default — every note is screened first.
The waiting is easier together
Grandparents, cousins, the home ward — and members in the mission field, writing in their own language. Everyone can leave a note, and every note is checked before the family or the missionary sees it, so it's a kind place by default.
“My mother is 84 and doesn't do apps. She opens the site every Monday morning like it's the newspaper.”
“The map is what got the cousins hooked. Every transfer is a family event now.”
We read your letter at Sunday dinner. Grandma cried at the part about the bikes.
Élder, a família Ferreira mandou um abraço! Estamos orando por vocês.
I get your room until you're back. Sorry. Also proud of you.
The whole mission becomes a book
Every letter as a chapter, the photos in spreads, the map inside the covers, and the notes from home as the closing chapter. The draft builds itself as the mission goes; when they come home, you review every page and order hardbound copies — one for them, one for grandma. The book is optional and separate from the $5 subscription: you pay only the printing cost, with nothing added.
One plan. Less than postage.
Mission Journal is made by families who've done the waiting, for families doing it now. There are no tiers, no photo limits, and nothing to upgrade — one flat $5 a month, for the whole mission.
And it's private by default. You choose who can see the site — family only, anyone with the link, or public. Companion contact details are never shown publicly, and there are no trackers of any kind.
Questions families ask
Does my missionary need to do anything differently?
No. They write the same weekly email they already write, to one address. Most families just have them add the site's address alongside yours on P-day.
What if he makes a mistake and sends an email he doesn't want published
Everything is clearly marked, and you can fix or unpublish any of it in one click from your family hub — the entry, a photo caption, a map pin. Nothing is ever lost.
Who can see the site?
That's your call: family only, anyone with the link, or public. Companion contact details are never shown publicly, whatever you choose, and there are no trackers.
What about the mission language?
The site itself speaks nine languages, so ward members in the field can follow along in theirs. Letters appear as written, with a one-tap translation on every entry.
What happens when the mission ends?
The site stays yours for as long as you want. You can export everything — original emails, photos at full resolution, the map, every note — and you can order the hardbound keepsake book, priced at printing cost.
Start before the first letter arrives
Set up the site while they're at the MTC, share the address with family, and let the first Monday email do the rest. $5 a month · cancel anytime.