There’s a lot of talk about Mormon missionaries these days. With two former missionaries running for the White House and a Tony Award-winning broadway musical bearing the name of the Latter-day Saint’s Holy Scripture, many have asked, Is this the Year of the Mormon?
Mormon missionaries hold a special place in the popular imagination, but On Faith wanted to know about what life is really like for the young Latter-day Saints who evangelize in our neighborhood. Post videographer Ben de la Cruz spent some time with Gregg Karren and David Liew, two fresh-faced missionaries, called ‘elders’ in their church, who are working in the greater D.C. area to spread the good news of Mormonism.