Monday, February 16th, was Companion Appreciation Day in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission! 🎉

This is a special day set aside to strengthen unity by inviting every missionary to do something intentional to express gratitude for their companion. It’s always a fun, uplifting day filled with creativity, laughter, and meaningful acts of appreciation.

Missionaries came up with all kinds of thoughtful and unique ways to show their gratitude—and then shared pictures with their companions to show what they did.

Here are their photos! 

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As missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we invite them to share what they’ve learned that will help them be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ.

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As missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we invite them to share what they’ve learned that will help them be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ.

#DiscipleOfChrist

As missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we invite them to share what they’ve learned that will help them be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ.

#DiscipleOfChrist

As missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we invite them to share what they’ve learned that will help them be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ.

#DiscipleOfChrist

As missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we invite them to share what they’ve learned that will help them be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ.

#DiscipleOfChrist

As missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we invite them to share what they’ve learned that will help them be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ.

#DiscipleOfChrist

On December 17th, we had 3 wonderful missionaries finish their service in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission. This is the smallest departing group we’ve had in our time serving as mission leaders. We love these three missionaries – Sister Brown, Elder Kaumavae, and Elder Woodward – and feel so grateful for they way they’ve changed the mission while they’ve served.

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It made for a different TKM Olympics as each missionary competed solo instead of being put in teams. We had planned to compete in three events but learned that when a missionary has to create a welcome poster on their own, it takes twice as long! So we ended up having just two events: corn hole and our welcome poster contest.

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The corn hole was very competitive, and the posters all turned out terrific. Ultimately, there could only be one winner!

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We are very proud of these three missionaries and can’t wait to see the great things that come next in their lives!

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At zone conference this week we invited all missionaries in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission to memorize The Living Christ. The Living Christ is a short, powerful declaration written by modern apostles that testifies of Jesus Christ as the living Son of God and Savior of the world. It summarizes who He is, what He has done for all mankind, and affirms that He lives today and continues to guide His Church through living prophets.

We memorized The Living Christ with the missionaries in 2024 and 2025. We look forward to doing it again in 2026.

The Living Christ – 2024 Version

The Living Christ – 2025 Version

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When each missionary arrives in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, we give them a flip book that will help them memorize this powerful statement about the Savior.

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Speaking of “The Living Christ”, President Russell M. Nelson said:

The more we know about the Savior’s ministry and mission—the more we understand His doctrine and what He did for us—the more we know that He can provide the power that we need for our lives…

As you seek to learn more about Jesus Christ, I urge you to study “The Living Christ.” As we invest time in learning about the Savior and His atoning sacrifice, we are drawn to participate in another key element to accessing His power: we choose to have faith in Him and follow Him.”President Russell M. Nelson, “Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives“, April 2017 General Conference

We hope families will join with their missionaries memorizing The Living Christ. Here are the images we use so you can print up your own flip book:

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