Dear Parents,

First, Sister Phillips and I want you to know that it is an honor and privilege to serve with your sons and daughters. There is not a finer group of missionaries anywhere and we truly love them all.

We wanted to send this message because of the recent change in communication policies that were described by the leaders of the Church. We are grateful and happy for the opportunity that you will have to more frequently communicate with your missionary children. We wanted to make you aware of the ways that you might communicate with missionaries. There are four tools, all free, that we have found will facilitate this communication:

· - Skype, a tool that is used for free online calls and messaging. It can be used on computers and mobile devices like our missionaries use. This will require an email address.

· - WhatsApp, a free app to get secure and simple messaging and calling for free. This will require a mobile telephone number.

· - Facebook Messenger, an app that allows calling and texting for free. This will require a Facebook account.

· - Google Hangouts, an application that allows messaging and video or voice calls. This will require a Gmail account.

Your missionaries have access to all these methods to communicate with you and will likely share with you their preferred method.

Please follow their lead and know that this communication method has two important rules: missionaries must initiate the communication and the communication should occur on preparation day with the exception of special occasions such as Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, parents' birthdays and other culturally significant holidays. Should you need to communicate with your missionary on a day other than preparation day, please contact us first.

Thank you for your support and prayers on behalf of the missionaries. We hope that this additional communication with your sons and daughters will add to the joy of missionary work for the entire family.

Warm regards,

President and Sister Phillips

China Hong Kong Mission

18 Dorset Crescent

Kowloon Tong

Hong Kong

Phone: 852 6030 7640