Your missionary writes one email home. We send each person their own copy.
Share one subscribe link with family, ward, and friends. Your missionary emails a private address from their missionary.org account. Replies go straight back to them, and you get to read the letter without forwarding it to everybody.
$9/month service Choose your start date and term Printed mission book currently included Stops automatically after your term
This makes it so much easier for us to keep the family updated.
A little less list work
More time with the letter. Less time with the list.
Forwarding the letter has always been a way of caring for everyone at home. This is an easier way to keep them connected.
Keeping the list by hand
What P-Day can look like when you manage the list yourself:
- Copying the address list againOne new address can get left out of an old list.
- Signing in to their account to set up the emailSome parents log in to their missionary's email to paste the list or fix a send. It works, but it's one more weekly job and one more password to look after.
- The accidental reply-all chainOne well-meant reply becomes another message for the whole group.
- Tender thoughts shared too widelyA note meant for home needs a different audience from the weekly update.
- Lost photos, scattered lettersFinding the letters again can mean searching months of email.
With P-Day Emails
Set it up before they leave, or while they're serving.
- One private email address for your missionaryThey write a normal email to the one private address they choose for that letter, Everyone or Very Close. We send each subscriber their own copy.
- Nobody signs in to your missionary's accountYou manage the page and the list from your own dashboard. They keep writing from theirs.
- Replies go one-to-oneGrandma's reply goes to your missionary, not the whole list.
- A Very Close circle, when they want itA second private address sends a personal note to the smaller group you choose.
- Every letter kept, and a bookLetters are saved in your dashboard. Printed mission book currently included.
Sound familiar?
You've been the family post office. It was love. It was also a lot.
Every P-Day you read the letter, fix the list, and send it on to Grandma, the cousins, and the friend who asked after sacrament meeting. You did it so everyone would feel close to your missionary.
P-Day Emails keeps that closeness and takes over the sending, so P-Day can go back to being the day you read the letter.
- Grandma & Grandpa
- Aunt
[email protected]new email?? - Uncle & the cousins
- Primary teacherasked at church to be added
- Bishop & his wife
- Grandma, resend wk 7she never got it!
- Mission-prep friends
Try the two addresses
Send a sample letter. Watch where it goes.
Sister Jones has two private addresses. She picks one each time she writes: Everyone for the weekly letter, or Very Close for a note meant for home.
1. Who is this letter for?
2. Sister Jones writes it
Hi everyone! My new companion is teaching me to cook rice the right way. We got caught in the rain walking home and laughed the whole way. Grandma, the cookies survived the trip!
3 photos attachedEveryone list
Each person gets a separate copy. No shared CC line.
A few of the 44 shown here
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GrandmaReads it on her iPad
Waiting
- MomAlso on Very CloseWaiting
- Aunt RachelJoined from the family group textWaiting
- Brother DavisJoined from the farewell programWaiting
- MomAlso on EveryoneWaiting
- DadAlso on EveryoneWaiting
Every letter is saved for you.Not yet
In their words
From the families sending letters
“I like not having to paste in a long list of emails.”
“I like getting emails from the missionary that feel like they were written just to me. No more 150 on the carbon copy.”
“He just sends the email to his secret address and everyone gets it.”
Week by week
Every letter, kept in order.
Each letter is saved in your dashboard as it's sent, from the first nervous week to the last.
- Week 1Hello!
I made it
My companion already knows every hymn by heart. I know three.
Week 63 photosRain, rice, and a bike
The ward fed us twice on Sunday. Please send more socks.
- Week 14P-Day
A new companion
She laughs at all my jokes, even the bad ones. Especially the bad ones.
Week 30TransfersStarting again
Leaving was harder than I expected. Starting over is easier than I feared.
- Week 45Halfway
I burned my shirt
Ironing it. Some things a mission doesn't fix.
Week 60P-DayWhat I'm learning
Small, steady things add up more than I thought.
- Last weekHomecoming
See you at the airport
Thank you for every reply. I read them all twice.
Currently included with every service term
The letters come home. Keep them on your shelf.
The everyday stories, the hard transfers, the small things they learned. You'll want to read them again.
- Professionally printed and bound
- Ships after homecoming
- Letters saved in your manager dashboard along the way
How it works
Ready before farewell. Useful while they're serving.
Set it up before farewell Sunday, or any week of the mission. You do the setup. Your missionary only needs their email.
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once, at the start
Create their page
Pick the page address and choose how people join: open, password, approval, or invite only.
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before farewell, or any time
Share the subscribe link
Family and friends subscribe with their own email. The two private send addresses stay with your missionary.
After the meetingWant Sister Jones's letters each week?
Scan for pdayemails.com
Her page: sisterjones.pdayemails.com
Farewell programOpen-house signFamily group text -
every P-Day after that
They write normally
From their missionary.org account to the private address they choose. We send the copies, replies go to them, and every letter is saved in your dashboard.
No new app for your missionary. No need to sign in to your missionary’s account.
Service pricing · choose your start date
Keep the letters coming for the months you choose
One simple price for the service months you choose.
For elders, sisters, service missionaries, senior couples, and mission presidents.
One simple service
$9/month
Choose the length of your mission and your start date.
20% discount when paying all upfront.
No charges until the MTC Start date.
Questions
Answers for missionary families
Straight answers about setup, privacy, pictures, service pricing, and the book.
Still wondering?
Email us and we'll help you get set up, whether you're before farewell or mid-mission.
[email protected]Getting started
- Does my missionary need a new app or login?
No. They write a normal email from their missionary.org account and send it to one of two private addresses. There's nothing new to install or sign in to for sending.
- Do I need to log in to my missionary's account?
No. You sign in to your own P-Day Emails dashboard to set up the page and manage the list. Your missionary keeps writing from their own account.
- Who manages the list?
Usually a parent, but it can be whoever the family chooses. The manager creates the page, shares the link, and looks after subscribers and privacy, so the missionary can just write.
- Can we start after they've already left?
Yes. Create the page, share the link, and send your missionary their two private addresses. Letters they send to those addresses from then on go to the list. Earlier emails aren't imported automatically.
- What should we set up before our missionary leaves?
Complete the account and settings before departure: confirm the missionary’s email address, profile, privacy choices, subscriber list, and Very Close list. Once service setup is complete, share the signup page with friends and family and give your missionary their private sending instructions. If anything is unclear, email [email protected] and we’ll help.
- Can I import email addresses I’ve already collected?
Yes. Export your Google Sheet as a CSV, or use a CSV you already have, and email it to [email protected]. We’ll upload the addresses for you, so friends and family don’t need to subscribe individually.
Sending and replies
- What are Everyone and Very Close?
Two separate private send addresses. Everyone goes to the full subscriber list. Very Close goes only to the smaller group you choose. Your missionary picks one address for each letter.
- What happens when Grandma replies?
Her reply goes to your missionary, not to the list. No reply-all chains.
- Are photos attached to weekly emails saved for the mission book?
Attach or embed pictures just like a normal email. Photos saved with letters stay with the letter for delivery and for access after the mission; they are the starting point for your book.
- Will photos from a linked Google Photos album be included in the book?
You can save a shared Google Photos album link in Settings, and we'll add a “View the photo album” link to the letters. The linked album isn't automatically copied into the letters or the book. If your family wants those album photos in the book, you can arrange to add them after the mission.
- Should we back up photos before the missionary account closes?
Yes. Before access to the missionary's Google account ends after the mission, copy or download photos to a personal or family account. Keep that backup outside the missionary Google account, and confirm the current access deadline with the mission.
- How do you know a letter really came from them?
Letters go out only when they come from your missionary's registered email address. After each letter goes out, your missionary gets a short confirmation.
Subscribers and privacy
- How do people subscribe?
Share the page link, like sisterjones.pdayemails.com, or print it as a QR code on the farewell program. Each person enters their own email. People can also join by sending an email to the page's join address. Either way, your joining setting applies.
- Can I control who joins?
Yes. Your page can be open to anyone with the link, password protected, approval only, or invite only. You can see and manage the subscriber list in your dashboard.
- Can people join later?
Yes. Share the link any time during the mission. New subscribers get the letters sent after they join; earlier letters aren't sent to them automatically.
- Where are the letters saved?
In your manager dashboard. You also choose whether future Everyone letters have a web archive: email only, subscribers only, or public. Very Close letters always stay off the web archive.
Service pricing and the book
- How does service pricing work?
$9/month for the service months you choose. Choose an MTC start date, and service stops automatically after the selected term. Choose any term from 1 to 36 months. If the original MTC date has passed, only the remaining whole months are billed, rounded up from today.
- Can I pay for the whole mission up front?
Pay the remaining whole term when billing begins and save 20% ($7.20 per service month). A monthly option is also available.
- When does billing begin?
No setup fee. If you choose a future start date, your service charge is $0 today and begins on that date. If the original MTC date has passed, billing begins now for the remaining whole months, rounded up from today; extra days are included in the service end. There are no backcharges or proration.
- When does service stop?
Service stops automatically after the number of months you choose. Your stored mission dates describe the mission and do not silently change the billing start date or term.
- Is the printed book included?
Yes, a printed mission book is currently included with every service term for a limited time. It's professionally printed and bound, and ships after homecoming. Your letters are saved in your dashboard along the way.
- Will we review the book before it is printed?
After the mission, we’ll prepare your book and send it to your family to review before printing. You can request changes to the photos, captions, or layout. Email [email protected], and we’ll help you get it ready.
- Is there an extra charge for a larger mission book?
Larger books have an additional charge. We’re still finalizing the included page and photo limits and the extra pricing. Email [email protected] to discuss your book before printing.
- What if we need help choosing a date or term?
Email [email protected]. We can help you choose a service start date and duration before you continue to secure checkout.
Help
- How do I get help?
Email [email protected]. Setting up for someone else or already mid-mission? Say so and we'll help with that too.
- Is this an official Church service?
No. P-Day Emails is an independent service. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Set up the list once. Be there for the next letter.
Read about the new companion, the lesson that stayed with them, and the ordinary weeks you miss. We'll take care of the list.