Online Proselyting - Message from the Mission President

"Many of you have inquired about Online Proselyting, and when our mission will have devices and tools to do that work. There are currently a few missions in the US who are testing the devices. Over the next 6 months, several more missions will utilize the devices. Final decisions will be made in the spring, and if all goes well, everyone in the US will participate in Online Proselyting. Best guess, any time between May-Dec 2014. It will include two mini iPads and one iPhone per companionship. There will be a Dashboard with Apps, Area Books, Planners, Teaching Records, Progress Records and much more that will be utilized on the devices. Stake Presidents, Bishops, WML, and Ward Councils, will have access to everything that you are doing in your area. Everything is real time access. I will be able to access your planner at any given time and know your goals and appointments for the day. There is more accountability, but more important is the ability to provide you with the resources you need to reach those goals. Missionaries and Members totally aligned! Facebook will be a key component to sharing the work as well. One of the miracles of social media, is the ability to teach your family or friends the gospel on Skype or Face Time. One example of this is a missionary in New York, who is currently teaching his non member mom in "his" home in Nevada, with local missionaries present at the lessons. This is currently happening in every mission with devices. In those missions, lessons are being taught throughout the country, and around the world. There are currently 1.6 Billion people in the world who utilize a device every day. In four years that number reaches 2.7 Billion. And you thought the IPhone was just for gaming and texting your friends, think again!"