A new booklet from the Church can help missionaries deal with stress. The booklet Adjusting to Missionary Life is available online, in the Gospel Library mobile app, or in print from store.lds.org.
Challenges in adjusting to missionary life are real—especially in the first few weeks and months of a mission. This resource booklet provides insight and ideas to help missionaries deal with the stress that they or their companions may feel as missionaries.
For example, the booklet suggests that missionaries take things one step at a time, not set too many personal goals all at once, and not expect perfection.
It also has a self-assessment that guides the missionary to ideas specific to his or her situation.
Sorry. I do not subscribe to social media. Is there some other way you could email this booklet!
John, the booklet is available online at http://www.lds.org/manual/resource-booklet-adjusting-to-missionary-life?lang=eng
or you can order a printed copy of it by calling 1-800-537-5971.
The booklet is copyrighted 2013 and my boyfriend basically has the contents memorized (he’s been back from his mission for 2 years now)… so it’s not really “new.” However, it is a helpful tool for adjusting to mission life so I’m glad it’s around!