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...effects of Russia’s communist history on its people. Because of their experiences, after the Soviet Union fell, a lot of people wouldn’t listen to the missionaries because “they thought you were just trying to brainwash them,” Langford said...
Leverett blockmates Luke A. Langford ’06-’08, Spencer R. Paulson ’06-’08, Matthew E. Vandenberg ’06-’08, Samuel W. Strike ’06-’08, Darren R. Baker ’06-’08, and David R. Porter ’06-’08—son of Dunster House Masters Roger B. Porter and Anne R. Porter—spent the past two years scattered across the globe, working to bring the uninitiated into...
That means that Langford, fluent in Spanish from an early age, was sent to Russia, while Vandenberg, who had only taken Spanish A, “Beginning Spanish,” went to Chile. And though Mormonism doesn’t require anyone to complete a mission, it can be “a bit of an expectation” for men, says Strike. Two years is a lot to ask of anyone, but these five blockmates say they were happy to give it in service to their church...
...there are a “million other little differences” that they have to adjust to, says Langford, a chemistry concentrator from Oregon. The roommates were amused to discover the popularity of thefacebook.com, the explosion of iPods, and the relative ubiquity of wireless networking...