1674: Struggling to Complete a Mormon Mission: Chris Lee and Mitch Hadfield Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
Going through a faith crisis can be a lonely and isolating experience, especially in a believing family, so imagine the relief to find someone else is going through the same thing! Join John & Margi as they interview Chris Lee and Mitch Hadfield about their Mormon Story, their struggles with the faith, their relief to find understanding, support & solidarity with each other, and where their lives are now.
In Part 1 of 2, Chris and Mitch tell their respective stories growing up in Mormon families and share their individual struggles serving missions for the Church. Chris struggles deeply with depression and anxiety resulting in going home early though at the cost of guilt that will last for years. Mitch experiences shame over “unrepented sins,” difficulties of the mission, and deals with suicidal ideation, though his does finish the full two-year term.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm your host, John DeLin. |
| 0:05.1 | It's October 4th, 2022. |
| 0:08.0 | And we have a really important Mormon Stories interview to do today. |
| 0:14.0 | Today we are interviewing two brothers in law. |
| 0:17.4 | We're interviewing Chris Lee and Mitch Hadfield. |
| 0:20.8 | Hey, Chris and Mitch, how you guys doing? |
| 0:22.5 | Doing great. |
| 0:23.5 | Excellent. |
| 0:24.5 | Thanks for having us. |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.5 | And to do who are newer to Mormon Stories podcast, we have a long, long history of interviewing |
| 0:32.5 | family members, multiple family members within a single interview. |
| 0:37.9 | And it's personally one of the most fun and enjoyable types of interviews that we do. |
| 0:42.4 | It's also one of the most important or impactful types of interviews we do, whether it's, you |
| 0:47.2 | know, Donna show Walter with her son, Michael, whether it's Leah, Cody and Brindley Young, |
| 0:52.0 | whether it's Paul and Lisa hacking with their son, whether it's Julian Jerry Johnson and |
| 0:57.4 | David Laurie check it's the Mike cells, the Whitbex, the Whitbex or, you know, Matt Elgren |
| 1:04.2 | and Clay Christensen who were brothers in law, like these are, these are really important |
| 1:09.7 | episodes. |
| 1:10.7 | And one of the most important things about these episodes is that it helps people model. |
| 1:17.4 | Number one, how to navigate a faith crisis yourself when you have family and extended family |
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