missionary
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Vatican watchers say that Leo -- who spent two decades as a missionary in Peru -- is anxious to make the long journey, but will likely follow the recommendations of his doctors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Related: My grandpa retired happily at 70 with $750K after working as a missionary.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
For a couple of years, Trinidad juggled barber college, work at FedEx and missionary work through his L.A. church, Iglesia De Jesucristo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The pair studied together and shared a room at the missionary organisation Youth With A Mission in Switzerland in 2013.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
All he knew was that he had been assured by both the missionary and the Homeland Security men that they would call his wife.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Rio and cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz shot Angh on 16mm film, drawing on photographs and footage of missionaries and Naga communities from the 1950s and 60s.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
A new San Gabriel mission was being built, five years after Franciscan missionaries had founded the original mission in a flood zone, which flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
A whole-of-government operation immediately transported the missionaries to a hospital where they could quarantine and receive advanced medical care if needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
They were rich and poor, Shanghainese, Cantonese, northerners, and not just Chinese, but foreigners and missionaries of every religion.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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