Preparation Precedes Power

How do you prepare to be a successful full-time missionary? BYU religion professor Randy L. Bott lays out a practical, spiritually-grounded roadmap covering repentance, the interviews and call, the temple endowment, the MTC, teaching by the Spirit, overcoming homesickness, companionship unity, and returning home with honor. Grounded in scripture and the words of latter-day prophets, this warm, motivating handbook helps teens and young adults make the attitude and behavior changes needed to serve with power. Preparation, Bott insists, always precedes power.

• Written by beloved BYU professor Randy L. Bott, who taught missionary prep to thousands of students
• Covers the entire missionary arc—from repentance and the call to returning home with honor—in one practical volume
• Packed with prophetic quotations and scriptural insight that motivate teens to change now
• The perfect gift when a young person receives a mission call or turns mission age

Perfect for a 16-to-19-year-old Latter-day Saint (or their parent) preparing to serve a full-time mission who wants practical, doctrine-based guidance on getting ready.