In your email, please include the following:
~How did you hear about me? From a specific person or what social media site (in case I have someone to thank)?
~Your name, address, and phone number (for me to text or call you if needed).
~Your missionary's name.
~The mission he/she has been called to serve in.
~Date your missionary entered/will enter an MTC.
~Date or month of when you would like me to start, or let me know if this is one I'm going to catch up on because your missionary is currently out, or if this is a Post Mission Book.
~Adding on any additional services to the Basic Monthly Subscription(see pricing)? If yes, let me know which one/s.
Then follow these steps:
1. If you have the Venmo app and an account already, go to step 2 below. If you don't have the Venmo app on your smartphone or tablet, download the Venmo app. Create a Venmo Account and then link a bank account for payments. For a video of how to do these two things, click below:
(*When it talks about step 6 in the above video, may not be required anymore for set up.)
Also, here is the link to my Venmo Profile for payments: https://venmo.com/Jenn-MyMissionBook
2. Sign my Agreement Form. Click or copy & paste link in a new window. If this link doesn't work, I'll email it to you when I hear from you via email, just let me know. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H1qBixN1CanP-Za0rpB09PsyPu8rueKz3csaXXf7OTc/edit?usp=sharing
This is my agreement form is basically everything you've read on my website up to this point and lets me know that you know how all this works!.
Print the form, sign/initial only where applicable, take a picture of it and email the picture to me at mymissionbook5@gmail.com
3. Once a week you will email me your missionary's weekly email, or you'll start emailing me everything needed to catch up to:
Each email needs to include in the subject line, or in the original forwarded email heading that I can clearly see:
-Full name of missionary
-Date of email
-Title for the email/letter for that week (basically sums up the weekly email in one line).
An example for the subject line could be: "Elder Kaden Harbertson, 8/19/18, New Area, Learned More About Patience, I Love the People."
If you're missionary already includes a title in their original email, then just forward me their original emails, I can see their name, the date of the email, and their title already.
4. Photos: You may include up to 10 photos max per week (if you have less than 10 one week, that leaves you more for another week). This is to help keep their 18 months to 2 years in one book. Only if needed, you receive an invite to a shared Dropbox folder that I'll create, you'll upload photos from the week into that Dropbox shared folder. Then I'll send you some more specific instructions. *Most of my clients do not need to use Dropbox.*
To watch a video on how to upload photos to Dropbox, click below.
Don't get hung up on worrying about how many photos you send me each week. Because if they really have that many, and love all those photos that they took, who wouldn't want 2 books in the end to hold it all if needed, right?! :) This would be a good problem to have!
5. You can send me any other information that you would like included in the book, anytime before we are ready to print. For example, if you got a special email from the Mission President about your missionary and would like it in their book, send it to me (make sure you include your missionary's name and the date in subject line).
If you would like to start your book with pictures of your missionary opening of their mission call, their temple day, farewell Sunday/open house day, setting apart pictures, airport/MTC drop off/goodbye pics, etc, send me those! I can start your book at whatever time frame you'd like. Again, please include missionary's name, date, and title for the entry in the subject line.
6. If you want specific photos labeled with a description, the best way to "label" photos is to add the description of all the photos at the end of the weekly email. This makes the format of each page of the finished book look so much better instead of adding a specific caption to each photo. For example, at the bottom of the weekly letter you would put descriptions of the 4 pictures in the email:
Example:
1. The Trio
2. Random pigeon during dinner on Sunday
3. The view of our apartment
4. A monument on a hill
7. Pick your book finishing options! At the end of 18 to 24 months, or whenever their time serving comes to an end, I will have you choose a few options for your final book (See Final Book Choices), send you some proofs and layouts for approval. Then I'll have it printed, and it'll be shipped directly to you!
