CRAZY MORMON MISSION STORIES

Girlscamp

Hayley Rawle

Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Tommy Johnson is on the pod today to react to your wild (and troubling) tales from your Mormon missions. We cover rebel missionary groups, militaristic mission presidents, a Joseph Smith shrine and companions who bite… literally. Let’s heal from our mission trauma together!

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0:00.0	G-I-R-L-S-C-A-N-P
0:08.0	it's Girls Camp.
0:12.2	Hello everyone and welcome back to Girls Camp. I'm Haley Rawl your host and I am very
0:17.2	excited to be joined today by the one and only Tommy Johnson aka the Tomsters.
0:24.1	Hi, hello.
0:25.2	Welcome.
0:26.2	So excited to have you.
0:27.9	Tommy went viral in 2021 for some really funny
0:35.0	Tik-Toc videos about what Mormons think Heaven is like, right?
0:39.9	Yes, yeah, that's kind of where it all started for you.
0:43.2	And since then has become a bit of an internet sensation.
0:47.3	That's a term that you can use.
0:50.2	It seems a little big, but.
0:51.7	I think it's, I think it's well deserved.
0:54.4	Tommy shares a lot of humor and hot takes
0:57.3	about Mormon culture, and I also really appreciate your Instagram, your Tik-Tok because I feel like you do also a lot of advocacy
1:06.2	and awareness and education about things going on in the Mormon Church and you do it with a little
1:12.3	flare with a little humor which is really nice.
1:14.8	Yeah, I try. I came up with a kind of a little life mantra that life's too short to take too seriously
1:22.2	but long enough to make it meaningful.
1:24.0	Love it. So just try to have fun, but at the same time, you know, spend time educating myself and learning and do what I can to share that as well.
1:34.6	I love that. I think when you're talking about church stuff, it can get really heavy and I think that we need to create space for acknowledging the challenges, the
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