missionary

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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

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

Leo is expected to make several foreign trips this year, including to Africa, Peru, where he worked for two decades as a missionary, and possibly also Spain.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Norwegian priest and missionary Hans Egede set out to reconnect with Greenland and convert whoever was there to Protestantism and found an Inuit community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Tim Havens, who graduated from Brown in 2004, is the kind of missionary the Christian Union hopes to enlist.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times