For missionary families

Keep your number while you serve.

Your missionary leaves for 18 to 24 months. Their phone number does not have to leave with them. One payment before departure, and the same number is waiting the day they land.

(801) 555-0142

Held for 18 months

The real math

Four ways to handle the number. One of them makes sense.

Every family preparing for a mission picks one of these, usually without knowing there was a fourth.

What families do
Cost
What happens
Keep paying the carrier
Cost
$600 to $800

Every family preparing for a mission picks one of these, usually without knowing there was a fourth.

Suspend the line
Cost
Varies by carrier

Suspension windows usually run out before a mission does, and the policies change.

Cancel the service
Cost
$0, then it is gone
The most common choice. Carriers can reassign a disconnected number within weeks. It cannot be undone.
Return With Your Number
Cost
$51, once

We move the number out, hold it for the whole mission, and transfer it back when they come home.

The only option that keeps the number costs less than one month of the plan you were about to cancel.
Why it matters

Their number is not just a number.

They have had it since high school. By now, most of their adult life runs through it.

Lose the number and all of it has to be rebuilt in the first few weeks home, at exactly the moment they are trying to settle back in.

How it works

There are Four easy steps.

Step 01
Send us the details

 Provide your phone number, carrier, account information, and your preferred transfer date. We’ll automatically move your number on the day you choose. (Most families schedule the transfer for after their missionary arrives at the MTC.)

Step 02
We move the number
We transfer it out of the carrier and into safe keeping. No calls to make, no store visits, no hold music.
Step 03
We hold it the whole mission
18 or 24 months. It cannot be reassigned, cancelled, or lost while it is with us. You never think about it again.
Step 04
It goes back to them

When your missionary returns home, we transfer the number to the carrier of your choice. They keep the same phone number they’ve always had.

Plans

Pay once. That is the whole thing.

Every plan includes the transfer out, safe holding for the full mission, and the full return when they are home. No subscriptions. No monthly bills.

18-Month Plan
$51
One-time
Most families pick this
18-Month + Forwarding
$62
One-time
24-Month Plan
$67
One-time
24-Month + Forwarding
$79
One-time
Most families pick this
Already left?

It is not too late to save their number.

Most families find us the week before departure. Plenty find us months after. If your missionary is already out, do not assume the number is gone. Depending on the carrier and how long they have been serving, we can often still get it out and hold it for whatever is left.

Tell us the situation and we will look at it properly.

24-Month Plan
$3.30 per month remaining
Every late situation is different, so there is no fixed price. Send us the details, we review it, and if we can help we send a payment link for the exact number of months left.
You only pay if we can actually save it.
From families who did this

The part that matters happens at the airport.

“When our daughter got her call, we realised how much was tied to her number. She came home and picked up right where she left off. Nothing to change, nothing lost.”
Kevin N.
Parent of a returned missionary
“Our son served two years and we never had to worry about his number once. The transition back was so much easier than it would have been.”
Tiffany M.
Parent of a returned missionary
“After 18 months away, the last thing I wanted was to change my number everywhere. I got home and my banking, my contacts, all of it just worked.”
Ashlee W.
Returned missionary
Questions

Before you decide.

If something here is not covered, call us. A person answers.

1-866-551-2789

Yes. That is the entire service. The number they leave with is the number that gets transferred back to them when they are home.

All major domestic carriers and some international ones. During signup we verify compatibility with your specific carrier before anything else happens.

$51 for 18 months, $67 for 24 months, or $62 and $79 with text forwarding. Paid once, before departure. No monthly charges and no fees on the way out.

Incoming texts to the preserved number get forwarded to a trusted contact at home, usually a parent. Banks, schools, and apps will keep texting that number for the whole mission, and forwarding means someone can act on those messages. If nothing important is tied to the number, you can skip it.

About ten minutes on your end. The transfer itself varies by carrier, which is why we recommend starting a few weeks before departure rather than the night before.

Yes, and most do. Parents complete the setup before departure in the majority of cases.

The phone number, the carrier, and some account details so we can authorise the transfer. We will tell you exactly what to pull together.

Often not. It depends on the carrier and how long they have been gone. Send us the details and we will tell you straight. If we cannot help, you pay nothing.

The real math

Leave with confidence. Come home to the same number.

Ten minutes now, and it is handled for the next two years.
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