SALT LAKE CITY — To accommodate new FAA regulations that allow only ticketed
passengers to pass beyond airport security checkpoints and out of respect for
the safety and convenience of all travelers, The First Presidency of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked today that families and friends of
missionaries say their farewells when they take their missionaries to the
Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo.
Families and friends should not go to the airport when their missionaries
have completed their time at the Provo MTC and are flying to their individual
missions.
Those whose missionaries are traveling directly to a missionary training
center out of the country should also say their farewells before going to the
airport and not congregate there.
As missionaries return from their missionary service, persons other than
immediate family members should make arrangements to meet them at their homes or
a place other than the airport.
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