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Note 1: Advice on Coats Note 2: Reasonably Priced Clothing at Walmart.com | Note 3: Shoes Pants Note 4: Suits | |
| Make sure that he takes a good heavy raincoat and waterproof boots with
him. Mike got his at a military surplus store. My older boys did not have
them on their missions and both wished they had. Rob, who was in Mexico
city said that it seemed The all- weather overcoats with the zip-out
linings are are not enough for a tropical area, which your son could end
up in. I am not saying to not take the all-weather type coat. He needs the vinyl one IN ADDITION. They come folded flat and compactly and can be bought in Kmart, Walmart etc. Some are see through and some are not. Also, send a plastic single-bed mattress cover with him, the kind that zips or snaps and covers the whole mattress.. This is to guard against bed bugs and fleas, etc.
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| Our daughter (Pearsons) found several good blouses for her mission.
She still has some (she got home in October, 2004).
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| We had bought a cheaper brand of shoes before knowing that he would most
likely be on a walking mission. He hasn't left yet, so we went out yesterday
and purchased a pair of Rockports with a thick sole. I know that most votes
favored the Doc Martins, but Rockports are so much lighter. As for pants, we found wrinkle free wash and wear dress pants (Chaps Ralph Lauren) at Costco for $22.00. The tags say $49.00. Late last summer I got Arrow oxford wrinke-free dress shirts at Costco for $12.99.
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| My son is going to the Philippines, a one suit mission. He bought a black
suit and several pairs of black pants that match the suit coat. In one of his
letters home he commented that many of the other one suit Elders didn't have
pants that matched their suit coat, and they hadn't realized that they were
required to wear their suit coat in the MTC, so they had been wearing the
same clothes the whole week. Buying several pairs of pants to match the suit
coat was a very good idea. Janet, Mom of elder going to Manila, Philippines
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