Braden Drop Off

Just given this information about family members and friends at the drop-off site:

 Congratulations on your mission call. Please be aware that as of June, 2009, new missionary day family orientation has been discontinued. New missionaries are now dropped off at the MTC to begin their formal missionary training program.

On your scheduled arrival date several hundred new missionaries will be arriving at the MTC within a very short period of time. Because of the large numbers, only one vehicle per missionary family will be able to enter the MTC grounds to drop you off. This vehicle should contain yourself, your luggage and a few members of your immediate family. Other family members and friends will not be able to drive in, nor walk on to the MTC campus.

As such, it would be most helpful to this intake process if you would have your farewell activities with family and friends prior to your arrival at the MTC. Because the drop off time is very short, you will only have a few brief moments for a quick farewell and there will be no opportunity for picture taking. Thank you for your cooperation in this process.

We are very excited about your future arrival at the Provo Missionary Training Center. We hope that this information will be helpful as you make your final arrival preparations.

From: Shawn Trauntvein

I should have remembered to tell you. My friend John Alius still works there. I went and visited him once during the summer and he said they were working on changes to how missionaries would be dropped off, and that they were planning on discontinuing the farewell meeting. I forgot about those changes, but shouldn’t have.

From: Melanie Bolton

I knew they had discontinued the farewell meeting. I didn't know they didn't allow you to take pictures in the drive-thru area. We'll work it all out.