Are Mormons Christians?
Reading this book makes it hard to question the real Christianity of Mormons.

Here is the introduction to Two Years in God's Mormon Army:

All experience creates distinctive learning opportunities, and each one of us travels our own unique path through life based on those experiences and how we respond to them. When tough times come, consciously or unconsciously, we fall back on the lessons we have learned from our past to give us guidance in responding to difficulties and challenges.Experience, then, helps to shape who we are.

For two years I served as a Mormon missionary in the Thailand Bangkok Mission. It was filled with a wealth of experiences that have stayed with me ever since. A couple of years ago I was reflecting upon just who I was and in what direction I wanted to steer my life. As a part of that examination, I began to read my missionary journal. It immediately became clear to me that being a Mormon missionary has significantly impacted how I have responded to various bumps in the road as I have traveled through life.

Originally, I began this project envisioning only my family as the reading audience. After all, they knew me and so of course would be interested. In the alternative, if they were not interested, I could exercise some unrighteous dominion as their father and just order them to read it-and like it. That all changed when a good (nosey) Catholic friend was visiting our home and spied the first draft of this book on our dining room table. She insisted on reading it and then ingratiated herself to me forever by saying that she loved it. She went on to say that it needed to be published so that other people could know more about Mormonism without actually admitting any interest. She found the transcript entertaining, and at the same time she learned a great deal about Mormon belief systems. (It is noteworthy that she is still a very happy Catholic.)

While the specific events of my mission are unique to me, the overall course of events cannot conceivably be much different from that of the thousands and thousands of other missionaries who have served throughout the world. I do not pretend to speak for all missionaries, nor do I speak for the Mormon Church. Rather, my account is meant to convey the flavor of a Mormon mission and my reactions to the many events and circumstances I came across. While other missionaries can well tell their own stories, this book is meant to give some insight into what all Mormon missionaries really do.

This account then is written for the thousands of people who have questions about Mormon missions: people who have neighbors whose children go on missions, relatives who have joined the Mormon Church and then sent their children on missions, or those whose bosses or co-workers have served missions themselves or have sent their children on missions.

As I have shared preliminary copies of this book with friends, I have found, somewhat to my surprise, that two other groups find this work especially appealing: those who are now being called to serve and those who have returned from their own missions. For those on their way, this is a glimpse of what is in store. Those who once served often find that their own unique missionary experiences come flooding back to them. Ultimately, my goal in writing this book-in addition to attempting to better understand myself-is to share the missionary experience with all those who have wondered just what goes on in "God's Mormon Army."

READ A FREE CHAPTER:

Here are three free chapters from Two Years in God's Mormon Army

• Revolution
• Father and Son
• Surgery

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• "A quick read a great adventure!"
• "The spiritual events and emotions of my own mission came back in waves even though I served in a different part of
  the world."
• "This is the most enjoyable and easy to understand explanation of Mormon thought and culture that I have ever read."
• "It is the most honest portrayal of a Mormon mission that I could possibly imagine."
• "It is still hard to believe that so many Mormons so willingly give up two years to go on this missionary quest."
• "Many Mormon beliefs were put in a context that made them easy to understand. I thoroughly enjoyed the read.