The printed record

Their mission, in their own words, on your shelf.

Their letters, calls, photos and journal become a hardbound biography, written Part by Part as each story closes. You approve every chapter. Codes on the page play their voice.

The book

Today a mission comes home in an inbox the Church deletes within months, and in calls no one wrote down. The stories get told once, at the pulpit, and then they begin to fade.

See the book Begin their archive
  • The story chapters are composed only from their own letters, their answers and human-confirmed facts, then fact-checked sentence by sentence; unsupported claims and quotes are cut, never added. The country and cities chapters are written from public sources and print labeled as context.
  • Each Part unlocks only when its story has closed: the pre-mission Part and the reference Parts on the country, its cities and the president once the mission has begun; an area's Part when they transfer out; the Part that gathers everyone they met at release.
  • The press-ready file cannot be produced while any drafted chapter is unapproved; the family's copy is always a PROOF-watermarked proof.
  • A volume runs up to 400 pages, hardbound in colour on 80# coated paper; volumes close at chapter boundaries and every volume costs the same flat price, from $99, with the volume count computed server-side at checkout and no shipping line.
  • A printed code is a permanent signed link that opens the recording where the story is told — at the matched second, or from the start when the words cannot be placed on the transcript with confidence. The media a printed code points at is never sealed, whatever the family's storage tier, and nothing a code points at can be deleted.

How it works

1

Each Part waits for its story to close

The pre-mission Part unlocks the day they are set apart, and so do the Parts on the country, its cities and the mission president. An area's Part unlocks when they transfer out, so it can hold every companion and the last week. The Part that gathers everyone they met unlocks at homecoming.

2

The biographer writes; you decide

It composes their story only from their own letters, their answers and the facts you confirmed, then checks the draft sentence by sentence and cuts anything unsupported; the notes on the country and its cities come from public sources and print labeled as context. You read it, direct changes, edit it, or accept it. Nothing prints unaccepted.

3

Choose what rides along, then order

Toggle letters from home, call summaries, photos and the journal. The planner shows the page count and how many volumes that makes, closing a volume at 400 pages and splitting at chapter boundaries. Order any edition; every volume is the same price, shipping included.

On the printed page

What ends up in the book

  • A title page with their portrait, Elder or Sister and their name, the mission, its flag and the years served; then the themes of their mission and a full-page Journey plate of every day they were gone.
  • Small codes beside a call story, captioned to hear them tell it and the minute and second it begins wherever we could place the words exactly; a code beside a journal entry recorded in their voice; and a code beside a chosen video, because a video cannot print but the page can hold the door to it.
  • Photographs on their own pages, the first at full width and the rest two-up with captions, opening each area with a full-bleed lead photo.
  • The People at the end: companions, other missionaries, those baptized, those taught, friends, members and hosts, local leaders — each with their photograph, role, baptism date and address, wherever you recorded them; then the letters from home, and the closing line: In their own words. Never invented.

Questions

Is the book really in their words, or did an AI make it up?
For their story the biographer may use only their letters, their answers and the facts you confirmed. Quotation marks may wrap only words they actually wrote. A separate fact-check reads every sentence against that source and cuts what it cannot support. The place and culture notes on the country and its cities are the one exception: they come from public sources, and the book says so on its closing page. Then you read it, direct changes or edit it yourself, and nothing prints until you accept it.
How long will it be, and what does it cost?
A volume runs up to 400 pages, hardbound, in colour. The planner shows your page count and how many volumes that makes as you choose what rides along. Every volume is the same price within an edition: Standard $99, Photo $199, Heirloom $299, shipping included to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.
Will the codes still work years from now?
The printed link is permanent, and media a printed code points at stays live whatever the family's storage tier. The wider archive follows the retention terms: letters, chats, transcripts and the book stay readable free; photos, audio and video stay live through the mission plus six months, then the vault keeps them live or they seal, never destroyed.
Can I read it before I buy?
Yes. The on-screen book is included, and you can download a PROOF-watermarked PDF of any volume at any time to read or share. The clean press-ready file is produced only for a paid order, and only after every drafted chapter has been accepted.

Their mission, in their own words, on your shelf.

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