the Californians were meeting them at L.A., while Jake’s roommates were flying out of San Francisco. The L.A. missionaries

distance the world looked so fragile and its inhabitants had dwindled into invisibility. Jake had a comforting realization that the An intriguing struggle and journey of young Mormon named Jake. Brought up in a strict Mormon family and community Jake embarks out on a journey to spread the word of Joseph Smith and the teachings he propagated. A trip to Japan for Jake was meant to be the 'icing on the cake' in the transition of a young Mormon to a so called qualified and graduated Mormon ready to move on in his way of life as a Mormon. Soon enough Jake discovers the programmed regime and way of life he has to live by, under the auspice of an emigrated Mormon in Japan.underestimated her feelings about his departure. He was so familiar with the idea of sacrificing everything for the church that he Nothing annoyed his father more than getting home with something he’d bought from a store only to find the label ‘Made in

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