Sister Missionaries-Things I wish I had taken on my mission

So this has been the compilation of the work of several hermanas.

Things I Wish I Had Brought to the Mission:

-LOTS of music: make playlists on your ipod so you can more easily enjoy it. Seriously, put some time and effort into your music cause this is what you´ll be listening to for 18 months!

(some suggestions for playlists: fast for workout (like the good efy music), instrumental, your favorite, and also a christmas playlist with your favorite celebrity christmas appropriate songs)

-LOADS of thank you cards and other little cards for notes and messages

-lots of pictures from home printed out. It's weird, but you actually forget what people look like. and bring pictures of your friends with their names written on the back.

-stock up on pens, highlighters and invest in some good scripture marking tools

-LOTS of cute stickers: little kids love them and they are cute to put on letters

-a good, lightweight water bottle

-a comfy blanket that you love from home

-leather purses are nice because they look nicer and last longer

-a pen drive with a lot of space to put things on it (you may even want to put on mormon messages and movies in english and your mission language)

-- for spanish speakers, this blog is really cool: biblioteca.sud.blogspot.com

-a hymnal in your mission language with the cheat sheet of the english hymns to the numbers in your mission language

-buy nice inserts and then bring them with you to try on shoes to make sure that they fit with the inserts still

-a good, cute journal for people to write in when you leave areas and put pictures in. Every mission I´m pretty sure does this. WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME?

-if you are leaving your own country, stock up on your favorite face care products. You already feel ugly enough as a missionary, so why add acne to it as well?

-at LEAST 10 pairs of garments. you´ll thank me for this on weeks when the wash doesn´t quite get done on time.

also a tip: Go through the temple early and then go back every week until you leave. You feel way more prepared and adjusting to everything is easier.

Missions are great, but hard, so come prepared!