Before the Doorbell Rings: Inside Mormon Missionary Training

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Before the Doorbell Rings: Inside Mormon Missionary Training
Amy Toensing
Mormon missionaries, Elder Swander (left) and Elder Mathews (right), make their way through Faleloa Village to say goodbye to villagers at the end of a six-week stay April 11, 2007, in Ha'apai, Tonga. The two men were on a their two-year mission in Tonga, spending six weeks in a village and moving on to the next to spread the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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