Fresh off the Plane

When you first get home from your mission, you’re fresh off the plane, and a little clueless. Below you will find some good advice about making a smooth transition from missionary to returned missionary.

Post-Mission Mission

You’ve been released from your mission. But I would argue during the next six months you will have more (and even better) opportunities to share the gospel than at any other time of your life. It doesn’t hurt that you’re finely tuned to the spirit and have missionary work on the brain. However, there’s more [...]

The Site You’ve Been Looking For

Fresh off the Plane

A new site has launched called Yet TBD. It’s a men’s gear, style, and entertainment site. It’s safe for RMs (but maybe not their wallets). So for a change, we’re asking for your help — check out my new site: Yet TBD and help spread the word. Thanks.

Talks for Returned Missionaries

Fresh off the Plane

Occasionally one of the general authorities will give a talk directed to the returned missionaries. Here’s our running list of those talks. To Returned Missionaries – Elder L. Tom Perry gave this talk in the October 2001 General Conference. Memorable line: “What we need is a royal army of returned missionaries reenlisted into service.” The [...]

Favorite RM Cartoons from 2011

Fresh off the Plane

Cartoons are funny. Returned missionaries are funny. It’s the perfect match.

Returned Missionary Appreciation Day

Fresh off the Plane

The last Sunday of every April is hereby deemed Returned Missionary Appreciation Day (RMAD for short). Why not? There’s a day for just about everyone else — Horticulturalist’s Day, really?

Rewiring Your Brain

Fresh off the Plane

There’s an old television commercial in which the camera focuses on a hot frying pan as a narrator says, “This is drugs.” Then an egg drops into the pan and begins to fry as the narrator says, “This is your brain on drugs, any questions?” Does the same thing happen to your brain if you [...]

Taking Down the Mission Plaque

Fresh off the Plane

Tradition dictates that every returned missionary be presented in front of his or her ward so the bishop can confer upon them their mission plaque. You know, the plaque with the glamour shot, the inscribed scripture, and eighteen to twenty-four month’s worth of dust on top of it — that plaque. What a great moment [...]

Words of Wisdom

Fresh off the Plane

Your peers have spoken. Over on our Facebook page, we gave this prompt: In one or two sentences, please share your best piece of advice for a newly returned missionary. So far the crowd has shared some great ideas for new RMs. So be sure to check out all the insights, or add your two [...]

Are You the Newest Returned Missionary?

Fresh off the Plane

There comes a point during every baptismal service in which the Bishop stands up and says, “Just think Jacob, right now you’re probably the newest member of the church anywhere in the whole world.” It’s time returned missionaries have a similar moment. We want to find out who the newest returned missionary is. Leave a [...]

Since You’re Out of a Job Anyway

Fresh off the Plane

You’ve been laid off from your full time missionary efforts. So, with all your extra time why don’t you shift your efforts from the living to the dead. Besides, indexing has become all the rage since you were gone — all the cool kids are doing it. Indexing is a simple task, but one that [...]