When Ryan's teacher looked at his picture, she could not understand what he had drawn. Miss Johnson was not a member of the Church, so she did not know what the man in Ryan's picture was doing. She asked Ryan to explain his drawing to her. Ryan told his teacher that he wanted to become a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he grew up. Miss Johnson was surprised that a boy's greatest desire was to be a missionary, instead of a policeman, a doctor, or some other occupation.
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