missionary
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Merrill described his brother as a true missionary and “a saint” and wrote that Alan’s life was not measured in years, “but in love, sacrifice, and purpose.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
The first missionary arrived on Easter Island in 1864: By 1868 all the islanders had been baptized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Weston Port, the former San Juan Hills High standout linebacker, is finishing up his second year as a Mormon missionary on assignment in Spain.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
“And I will give the missionary my energies—it is all he wants—but not myself: that would be only adding the husk and shell to the kernel. For them he has no use: I retain them.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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