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Multiply and Replenish–Part II
November 6, 2011
We took a picture of the aftermath, Elder C2 and me toasting the camera with our goblets; his face, one of a man just snatched from the claws of hell.
Multiply and Replenish–Part I
October 30, 2011
Don’t worry, your greenie will soon sleep through the night and grow out of bursting into tears every hour whether she is hungry or not.
The Last Dinner Appointment
October 16, 2011
He let us in, sat us down, and asked a question that still haunts me: “Where *were* you guys?”
Which Came First: The Event or the Story?
October 2, 2011
The Philip K. Dick inside me has hypothesized that in the not too distant future, insurance companies will require all missionaries to wear a GPS and a video camera 24/7.
I hope they call me on a myth-ion
September 25, 2011
We believed with every fiber of our being that to end one’s mission without having this experience would be to admit that you had not truly been a Toronto missionary.
The Rest of the Story
September 11, 2011
Often, the most interesting aspect of a story is where it ends.
The Plan of Cessation
September 4, 2011
With fist-pumpin’, you-can-do-it, super zone leader zest, it laid out a gospel so simple, Nephi would have dropped his plates in awe.
What Would D&C 89 Do?
August 28, 2011
I traversed mountains of fat, swam seas of high fructose corn syrup, scaled cliffs of salt, waded through bogs of eternal ketchup, and frolicked in cities of processed food.
Laser Tag!
August 14, 2011
So after the demo was finished, I went up to the woman who had been presenting and said, “Hey, could you laser my … um … name tag?”
The Weird People Business
July 31, 2011
He wasn’t just plain nuts. He was earnest, compelling, dedicated nuts–the kind of nuts I think could have passed for prophetic a few hundred years ago.
The Calling
July 24, 2011
No, it wasn’t Pamela Anderson in a wet shirt; it was a missionary in a wet shirt.
Insert Appropriate John Denver Song Title Here
July 17, 2011
The folks in the Church Office Building are inspired, this I know, because I had to leave for Toronto at 12:30 a.m.
My First Nude Photo
July 10, 2011
The MTC is the chapel where the natural man and spiritual man are joined in a stormy matrimony.
What Lies Beneath
July 3, 2011
I believe this tie still lurks somewhere in my closet, brooding in the darkness and waiting for its next wearer to stumble upon it.
Suiting Up
June 26, 2011
I’m not sure why they call these suits double-breasted. I’ve never found twice as many pockets or twice as many lapels on them, though I have found twice as many buttons. I’m still confused, though. Why would they call buttons breasts?
The Calling Ritual and How I Screwed It Up
June 19, 2011
My littlest sister is on a mission in Spain. When she first arrived, she wrote to me saying that she didn’t remember anything about my own mission. This surprised me because I was an inveterate–even diarrheal–writer of letters, and my mom distributed them as far and wide as one could during those pre-email years. But [...]