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A JOURNAL, KEPT SECRET ""No breakfast per usual . . . got a cold, covered in chigger bites, sun burned . . . lost six pounds . . . found a used car lot and got in the back seat of a big car. Slept sound . . . I know the Lord blesses me in my efforts . . ."" When Maggie Rayner's mother gives her the journal her father wrote before she was born, she discovers a man she never knew. Borrowed Trousers: Diary of a Mormon Missionary draws the reader into the thoughts and feelings of a cowboy from Alberta serving a mission in Texas and Louisiana, from 1937 to 1939. Rich in the culture of place and era, his journal tells the story of living in poverty amid bedbugs and cockroaches, when he can afford lodgings at all. Woven within are his interactions with various missionary companions, all struggling to subsist on one main meal a day. Sometimes together, sometimes alone, they walk and hitchhike throughout both states, tasked with collecting tithing from existing members for the multi-billion-dollar corporations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and with finding new members. Sick and suffering, they are pitted against each other by their leaders to baptize the most members. Halfway into his mission he falls in love while the woman he had planned to marry waits at home.

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"Following on from her startling and beautifully written memoir about growing up in the Mormon church, and the hypocrisy she witnessed first hand about the church being 'family focused', Maggie Rayner gifts us again. This time with a journal that serves as historical record, written by her Mormon missionary father. In Borrowed Trousers: Diary of a Mormon Missionary, Rayner gives readers an opportunity to bear witness to the account of her father, who finds himself very badly used when he is required to 'spread the gospel' for a multi-billion dollar church that treats its flock like indentured slaves. That this record exists is extraordinary, and it is the perfect companion to Rayner's memoir, In Polygamy's Shadow. Borrowed Trousers paints a vivid, and deeply disturbing, picture of life on the bottom rung of a church's authoritarian hierarchy. Alexandra Amor, Author, Cult, A Love Story Borrowed Trousers presents a stunning and authentic picture of the trials required of . . .a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This historical account allows the reader to enter the world of adversity, hardship, and difficulty endured by . . .Mormon missionaries. Rayner's moving introduction sets the stage for this startling piece of Mormon history that belongs in the hands of every person interested in understanding the missionary sacrifices required by ""the only true Church."" An inspiring account of perseverance, faith, and obedience required of Mormon missionaries, this book gives an intimate insight into the faith of Rayner's father in her breakout book: In Polygamy's Shadow: From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice. Lorelei Kay, Author, From Mormon to Mermaid: One Woman's Journey from Oppression to Freedom."

Following on from her startling and beautifully written memoir about growing up in the Mormon church, and the hypocrisy she witnessed first hand about the church being 'family focused', Maggie Rayner gifts us again. This time with a journal that serves as historical record, written by her Mormon missionary father. In Borrowed Trousers: Diary of a Mormon Missionary, Rayner gives readers an opportunity to bear witness to the account of her father, who finds himself very badly used when he is required to 'spread the gospel' for a multi-billion dollar church that treats its flock like indentured slaves. That this record exists is extraordinary, and it is the perfect companion to Rayner's memoir, In Polygamy's Shadow. Borrowed Trousers paints a vivid, and deeply disturbing, picture of life on the bottom rung of a church's authoritarian hierarchy. Alexandra Amor, Author, Cult, A Love Story Borrowed Trousers presents a stunning and authentic picture of the trials required of . . .a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This historical account allows the reader to enter the world of adversity, hardship, and difficulty endured by . . .Mormon missionaries. Rayner's moving introduction sets the stage for this startling piece of Mormon history that belongs in the hands of every person interested in understanding the missionary sacrifices required by the only true Church. An inspiring account of perseverance, faith, and obedience required of Mormon missionaries, this book gives an intimate insight into the faith of Rayner's father in her breakout book: In Polygamy's Shadow: From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice.Lorelei Kay, Author, From Mormon to Mermaid: One Woman's Journey from Oppression to Freedom.

Following on from her startling and beautifully written memoir about growing up in the Mormon church, and the hypocrisy she witnessed first hand about the church being 'family focused', Maggie Rayner gifts us again. This time with a journal that serves as historical record, written by her Mormon missionary father. In Borrowed Trousers: Diary of a Mormon Missionary, Rayner gives readers an opportunity to bear witness to the account of her father, who finds himself very badly used when he is required to 'spread the gospel' for a multi-billion dollar church that treats its flock like indentured slaves. That this record exists is extraordinary, and it is the perfect companion to Rayner's memoir, In Polygamy's Shadow. Borrowed Trousers paints a vivid, and deeply disturbing, picture of life on the bottom rung of a church's authoritarian hierarchy. Alexandra Amor, Author, Cult, A Love Story Borrowed Trousers presents a stunning and authentic picture of the trials required of . . .a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This historical account allows the reader to enter the world of adversity, hardship, and difficulty endured by . . .Mormon missionaries. Rayner's moving introduction sets the stage for this startling piece of Mormon history that belongs in the hands of every person interested in understanding the missionary sacrifices required by the only true Church. An inspiring account of perseverance, faith, and obedience required of Mormon missionaries, this book gives an intimate insight into the faith of Rayner's father in her breakout book: In Polygamy's Shadow: From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice. Lorelei Kay, Author, From Mormon to Mermaid: One Woman's Journey from Oppression to Freedom.

Following on from her startling and beautifully written memoir about growing up in the Mormon church, and the hypocrisy she witnessed first hand about the church being 'family focused', Maggie Rayner gifts us again. This time with a journal that serves as historical record, written by her Mormon missionary father. In Borrowed Trousers: Diary of a Mormon Missionary, Rayner gives readers an opportunity to bear witness to the account of her father, who finds himself very badly used when he is required to 'spread the gospel' for a multi-billion dollar church that treats its flock like indentured slaves. That this record exists is extraordinary, and it is the perfect companion to Rayner's memoir, In Polygamy's Shadow. Borrowed Trousers paints a vivid, and deeply disturbing, picture of life on the bottom rung of a church's authoritarian hierarchy. Alexandra Amor, Author, Cult, A Love Story Borrowed Trousers presents a stunning and authentic picture of the trials required of . . .a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This historical account allows the reader to enter the world of adversity, hardship, and difficulty endured by . . .Mormon missionaries. Rayner's moving introduction sets the stage for this startling piece of Mormon history that belongs in the hands of every person interested in understanding the missionary sacrifices required by ""the only true Church."" An inspiring account of perseverance, faith, and obedience required of Mormon missionaries, this book gives an intimate insight into the faith of Rayner's father in her breakout book: In Polygamy's Shadow: From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice. Lorelei Kay, Author, From Mormon to Mermaid: One Woman's Journey from Oppression to Freedom.

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