Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission

Pack super super light because it gets so hot and with how humid it is you sweat bucketloads. I had a companion come home once and he took off his shirt and he wrung it out. It was so sweaty and it just drops fall into the floor. It was actually really gross. But anyways, it's so hot there. What I did was I brought eight short-sleeved shirts and just two long-sleeved really breathable material because I think that's still the rule now But you only have to wear suits to church and any other time you can just wear a short sleeve or a long suit Whatever you want. In the winter, it does get kind of chilly. So just bring a jacket. But other than that super light Oh and bring waterproof shoes. It is so rainy sometimes especially during the summer So so bring shoes that can get wet and still be fine

So halfway through my mission, they, around the Zika outbreak, they updated the mission dressing standards, and so sisters wear pants. It should say that in your packet at this point, they should have that updated, but that's a real thing. You will wear proselyting pants, slacks, make sure they're not skin tight. You'll be wearing those every day unless you're in a chapel pretty much. So make sure you bring at least a few pairs of slacks if you're a sister. And also, don't forget to pack a jacket. It's going to get cold sometimes. Make sure you have warm clothes for the cold days. I think it gets down to maybe 50 degrees sometimes, but with the heavy humidity, that gets really cold. Make sure you have sandals. P-Day clothes are pretty chill. You can bring skinny jeans or jeans or whatever. I did have a different mission president than there is now, so some things might have changed, but those are some tips I can give you.

You're going to be packing all the time. And my biggest thing that helped me so much, especially when it's like coming home and going, were like vacuum sealed bags. So, and just like mini ones, don't get too many because it does get heavy the more you pack. So remember to keep it like under the weight limit. But those were so helpful when packing everywhere because you're always stressed or excited to go to an area, you're saying bye to members and all these recent converts that you've been teaching and packing the least of your worries. And so I would say those helped so much. So then it made like transfers a lot easier and slicker and then unpacking was so much easier.

The best packing advice that I could give someone is pack light. Fort Lauderdale, your whole mission is going to be hot, you're going to be sweaty. Guys, make sure you're wearing really breathable shirts. I'm sure the same goes for the sisters. Breathable material, breathable clothing. Bring short sleeve shirts. When I was served there, you didn't have to wear a suit cross-legged. You only had to wear a suit on Sunday. So make sure that you dress for the warm. With that being said, in the wintertime, depending on your area, the more north you are, you can expect it to be cold. It's a different kind of cold. It's not a dry cold, it's very much so a wet cold. So it's going to hurt when it's cold up there. So pack for both extremes. It's going to be hot most of the year, so expect to need to wear short sleeves or comfortable clothing that breathes. And in the winter, just expect that it's going to drop. It's going to be dramatic. You're going to be used to the hot, and when the cold hits, it's going to feel real cold.