A real-life (update: it’s fake) mirror to the story we tell every night:
In our training, our leader said that wherever you go, no matter how hard the conditions, there are always souls for conversions. He clearly hasn’t been here. Everyone is Muslim, and that’s not a euphemism – EVERYONE is Muslim. Just out of curiosity, have we ever converted anyone from Saudi Arabia?
One last question – the public beheadings. No one told us about the public beheadings. Roger said he heard that the last three missionaries have gone “missing” in far off corners of this country, never to be seen again. Rumors among the locals are that they were charged for heresy, but then the locals just start laughing at us, so I’m not sure how it all ended. Do you know how it ended?
Sincerely,
Hank Sandhoff
Missionary to Saudi Arabia
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A letter from a Mormon Missionary in Saudi Arabia to the Mission President
∞ June 30th, 2011
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