Invite the family or individual into their home to be taught by the missionaries. Parents can also help share the gospel by preparing themselves and their children to serve full-time missions. To prepare children, especially sons, for missions, parents should teach the gospel in the home, have personal and family scripture study, teach children to pray, and talk often about the responsibilities and blessings of sharing the gospel. They can teach their children to save money for their missions, work hard, be self-reliant, and love and serve other people. Couples should prepare themselves financially to serve missions when their children are grown.
Couples can prepare in much the same way as younger missionaries.
They can strengthen their knowledge and testimony of the gospel, save money for a mission, study other languages, and maintain good physical health. In the temples of God, worthy Church members can receive sacred ordinances and enter into covenants for themselves and their deceased ancestors. These ordinances and covenants are necessary in order for God's children to be exalted in the celestial kingdom. When Church members attend the temple for themselves, they receive the endowment, an ordinance that teaches about the purpose of life and the mission of the Savior. They enter into covenants with the Lord.