Missionary account visible

How long does it take for a missionary to show in the drop down for the ward missionary fund after the missionary has been called?

I'm not sure it's consistent but my son showed up within a week and a half of his call (this was within the last month so it's a recent example).

eblood66 wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:58 pm I'm not sure it's consistent but my son showed up within a week and a half of his call (this was within the last month so it's a recent example).

Does your son start his mission soon? I would expect the account to show up based on his mission start date, not based on when he received his call. (That said, I don't have personal experience with the system.)

He doesn't start until mid July. i don't think that is unusually soon after his call. I wasn't expecting his account would be created so soon but when I was reviewing the stake financial statement at the beginning of this month I saw that it was already there.

I'd have thought it would be closer to the first payment date. Like maybe June.

I guess it good that it's there early, but it does encourage paying far ahead - which can be an issue if the service is cut short for any reason.

I took a look at other recent missionaries from our ward. The accounts for 2 were created 6 months before they left and another was 4 months. I don't remember exactly when they got their calls but I'm pretty sure the accounts were created pretty soon after the calls.

And we did have an instance where there were several payments were made before the missionary left. But it wasn't too extreme. But it's always wise to discourage large advance payments whether it's before the mission starts or after.

I have found that the name shows up when the call is issued in the system by church headquarters. So usually, their call will show up within a week.