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Ok! Ok! I have a dirty mind so this wasn’t what I thought of when they said “Taking a missionary position.”

Dendo: One Year and One Half in Tokyo by Brittany Long Olsen

February 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

No, this book, Dendo: One Year and One Half in Tokyo by Brittany Long Olsen, will not convert you. Yes, Olsen does talk about her church and its beliefs. If you take this as a book that covers almost two years of her life, as a book that just lets you see into a person’s life and take it as that and not as a long LDS pamphlet, then it is fine. If you are a former missionary, if you are a member, if you […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: #LDS, Brittany Long Olsen, Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day-Saints, missionary work, Mormon

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:77 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: #LDS, Brittany Long Olsen, Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day-Saints, missionary work, Mormon ·
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