Missionary preparation: Aaronic priesthood and Scouting

February — \"Scout Month\" — provided an opportune time for Aaronic Priesthood-age boys, their parents and their leaders to remember Scouting's essential role as a preparatory activity program for future missionaries.Church leaders have long spoken of the relevance Scouting continues to play in the lives of young men in the Church. The principles embraced by the youngest Cub Scout to a Venturer finishing his final year of high school also double as life-building tools that can help prepare a young man for mission field success. In his April 1986 general conference address, President Ezra Taft Benson said a young man who earns his Eagle Scout — in conjunction with the Duty to God Award and a seminary graduation certificate — is \"a young man who can perform miracles for the Lord in the mission field and throughout his life.\"