But what if it does kill you, or at least puts you in grave danger? Before we discuss the dangers posed to missionaries, watch this utterly chilling movie trailer featuring Hugh Grant as a potential investigator:. In case you were wondering the two actors playing the sister missionaries both have ties to the church, making their performance even more believable.
If someone wants to harm the missionaries, companion or not, they will have plenty of opportunity. Especially in our modern social media era, people are not vigilant about their neighbors in ways they used to be. But even before social media I served from , there were always people on the fringes of society, and while you do sometimes teach people who are more mainstream, the weirdos are almost always willing to talk to you.
And given the focus on numbers discussions taught, Books of Mormon given out, new investigators, baptisms , the mindset of a missionary is always optimistic, trying to see the potential in even the most unlikely person.
Prostitutes, drunks, the homeless, the mentally ill, children, even the mentally challenged—all are fair game if you look at them just right and catch them on a good day.
Watching it, I have totally been where those sister missionaries are. In my mission memoir, there were many times I was in unsafe situations. The elders were often in even worse situations as we were being deliberately and sexistly protected by placing us in safer housing options.
