We finally finished interviews with the missionaries. Presidente interviewed 152 missionaries over the course of two weeks. He took from 20 minutes to a full hour with each one. They have amazing stories. So full of faith. I'll share a couple that I remember (because they were most recent.) We need to take a poll, but our guess is that at least 70% of our missionaries are converts and at least as many come from homes where only one or neither parents is member. They have amazing faith and love the gospel like it's literally the tree of life.
Two sisters from the Dominican Republic, East mission. Both speak like Dominicans and I had to ask them to slow down considerably so I could understand them. But when they slow down, they speak fine. One joined the church at age 9 and for a year she went to church by herself until her parents joined at age 10. The other joined the church at age 12 and went to church by herself for 7 years before she went on a mission. Her parents are now taking the discussions and plan to be baptized when she returns.
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