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Froggey
Posted October 21, 2011
What a great book. I could not stop reading it. Such a fascinating real view into the life of a mormon missionary. This is no propaganda machine. It takes the uplifting, the brutal and the very real aspects of the missionary lifestyle.
If you are at all interested in the mechanism of the LDS missionary program, this is a must read.
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Posted October 25, 2011
An honest and intimate story of one missionary in Bolivia. A must read for any returned missionary, or anyone wanting to see the human being behind the name tag.
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Posted November 7, 2011
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Overview
Each year thousands of scrubbed young men and women set out to bring Mormonism to the world. Beyond the faith-promoting stories told among Mormons and the parodies of Broadway musicals, the reality of what it is to be a missionary--why they leave home and family, and what they do--is a mystery to most people.Heaven Up Here is one young American's account of leaving his family in Southern California to spend two years preaching in Bolivia, the poorest country in South America. Neither an attempt to glorify the missionary experience or tear it down, the book recounts the good and the ...