My brother's boyfriend grew up Mormon and did a mission, and it was a great experience for him. The missionary part of things he didn't much care for, and he soon afterwards left the mormons, but there's no other way a kid from Hickville KY would have gotten to spend a year in Montreal. He came back fluent in Quebecois, and with a passion for travel. But he hasn't been on a bike since....

Anyway, I find the Mormon missionaries to be a lot more polite and friendly than most of the other missionaries who go door to door in my neighborhood. And they're easier to get rid of than some of the others. I'd rather deal with them than the Southern Baptists who also come through. Also, they're among the few bike riders wearing helmets in my neighborhood, so they can't be all bad.