Let’s be honest: when a missionary leaves, the whole family gets called to serve, some of us just didn’t sign the paperwork.
If you’ve ever cried into your scriptures, laughed at your missionary’s emails, or wondered if Heaven offers a “parent/sibling hotline,” this book is your new emotional support companion.

Slightly Abandoned: The Cry-Laugh Survival Pack for Missionaries and Siblings is Sister Brown’s hilariously honest, deeply comforting guide for every family member trying to survive the mission experience with faith, humor, and a stash of contraband snacks.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Cry-laugh stories that hit way too close to home
• Honest confessions about the chaos of missionary emails, photos, and long-distance parenting
• Relatable sibling drama (because being replaced by “a companion” hurts just a little)
• Faith-filled insights for the days the tears come first
• Comic relief for the days you threaten to call the mission president yourself
• Tips, scriptures, and humor to keep your heart steady and your spirit caffeinated (spiritually, of course)

Whether you’re the mom trying not to stalk the mission weather forecast, the dad pretending he’s fine, the sibling who got voluntold to write weekly letters, or the returned missionary who still twitches when someone says “zone conference,” this book is made for you.

Warm, witty, heartfelt, and just unhinged enough to feel like real life, Slightly Abandoned will help you survive the mission journey with faith that wobbles but doesn’t quit—
and humor that keeps you from losing your eternal marbles.

It’s okay to feel slightly abandoned.
This is the guidebook that makes sure you never feel alone.

Because no one warned you that sending a missionary would require faith, tissues, chocolate, prayer… and a sense of humor.

From the hilariously heartfelt voice behind Missionary Mom Hotline and Sister Brown’s 365 Daily Humor comes the devotional missionary moms didn’t know they desperately needed. Daily Cry-Laugh Combo Pack for Missionary Moms is a year-long companion for mothers who are equal parts proud, panicked, prayerful, and holding it together with dry shampoo and divine grace.

Each daily entry is short enough to read between checking your missionary’s email for the seventh time and long enough to remind you that Heaven is very aware of you, even when you’re ugly-crying in the pantry.

Inside each day, you’ll find:
- Laugh-out-loud humor only another missionary mom would dare say
- Bite-sized scripture for days when your faith feels strong… or extremely fragile
- Relatable reflections about airports, time zones, unanswered emails, and spiritual whiplash
- Faith that limps but never quits, because missionary moms don’t give up, they just cry first

Sister Brown’s signature style, fully caffeinated, deeply faithful, and refreshingly honest, reminds moms that worrying is human, trusting is holy, and laughing through tears is practically a spiritual gift.

Perfect for:
• New missionary moms
• Seasoned veterans of the email wait
• Moms who smile at church and cry in the car
• Anyone who has ever whispered, “Heavenly Father… please keep my child safe.”

This isn’t a “be calm and have more faith” book.
This is a “God sees you, He loves your missionary more than you do, and it’s okay to laugh while you cry” book.

This book is your passport to chaos, charity, and coping with humor and a whole lotta Jesus.

If you’ve ever tried to parent a missionary from 7,000 miles away with nothing but faith, prayer, and a suspiciously weak Wi-Fi signal… welcome to the club.
And Sister Brown is your president, hotline operator, emotional support chaplain, and unofficial therapist, all rolled into one highly-caffeinated woman.

MISSIONARY MOM HOTLINE: From the Chaotic Chronicles of Sister Brown is your uproariously honest, spiritually grounding, wildly relatable guide to surviving missionary motherhood with humor, grace, and at least three backup chargers.

Inside this survival manual disguised as a comedy:

• Hear actual “hotline-style” conversations from moms who are crying, laughing, panicking, praising, and occasionally threatening to call the mission president.
• Join Sister Brown as she dispenses her signature wisdom, part scripture, part sass, and part “Did I just say that out loud?”
• Discover the universal truth that no missionary is ever “fine”; they are either thriving, dying, or pretending not to need more socks.
• Laugh through the emotional whiplash of missionary life: airport goodbyes, weekly emails, spiritual breakthroughs, broken bicycles, lost name tags, and moms trying not to hover… yet hovering loudly in spirit.
• Find comfort in real talk about faith, fear, miracles, and the oddly sacred chaos of raising missionaries who belong to the Lord, but still call you when they need help unclogging a drain.

This book is for every woman who has ever:

- Prayed over a missionary you can’t hug
- Counted days, weeks, and transfer cycles
- Wanted to ask, “Are you eating?” every 12 hours
- Felt the Spirit and a panic attack at the same time
- Wondered if Heaven has a support group for missionary moms (spoiler: it’s this book)

Hilarious, heartfelt, faith-soaked, and a little unhinged in the best way, MISSIONARY MOM HOTLINE is a companion for the long nights, the long prayers, and the long-distance love that turns ordinary women into spiritual superheroes.

Call the hotline.
Laugh, cry, breathe.
You’re doing better than you think, and Sister Brown is right here with you.

From broken flip-flops on temple grounds to testimonies powered by snacks, Sister Brown’s 365 Daily Humor delivers a laugh a day, plus just enough scripture to make it spiritually legal.

With her signature sass, sacred side-eyes, and hard-earned faith, Sister Brown walks us through the chaos of callings, missionary mayhem, family home evening fails, and gospel giggles you didn’t know you needed.

Whether you’re deep in the trenches of parenting, surviving ward council, or wondering if the sacrament speaker is reading from Leviticus again—this book is your permission to laugh, breathe, and keep pressing forward (with or without knee support).

- Daily humor
- Bite-sized scripture
- Relatable reflections
- Faith that limps but never quits

One page a day. One laugh at a time. And if all else fails—turn to Sister Brown. She’s probably got snacks.ly got snacks.

From broken flip-flops on temple grounds to testimonies powered by snacks, Sister Brown’s 365 Daily Humor delivers a laugh a day, plus just enough scripture to make it spiritually legal.

With her signature sass, sacred side-eyes, and hard-earned faith, Sister Brown walks us through the chaos of callings, missionary mayhem, family home evening fails, and gospel giggles you didn’t know you needed.

Whether you’re deep in the trenches of parenting, surviving ward council, or wondering if the sacrament speaker is reading from Leviticus again—this book is your permission to laugh, breathe, and keep pressing forward (with or without knee support).

- Daily humor
- Bite-sized scripture
- Relatable reflections
- Faith that limps but never quits

One page a day. One laugh at a time. And if all else fails—turn to Sister Brown. She’s probably got snacks.

Meet the Brown Family
The only thing more adventurous than where they’re going… is who they are.

“They say it takes a village to raise a child.
I say it takes divine intervention, duct tape, and an entire family of spiritually unpredictable people to survive a mission trip to Southeast Asia.”
— Sister Brown, spiritual hype woman and frequent over-packer

Sister Brown — Missionary mom, accidental jungle prophet, and CEO of the Chaos Ministry.
Fueled by Jesus, local snacks, and sarcasm.
Speaks three languages: English, Prayer Tongue, and Mother Guilt.
Carries emergency tissues, hand sanitizer, and a laminated “Just In Case I Die Here” plan.
Can start a testimony meeting, fix a rice cooker, and rebuke a mosquito—all in the same breath.