Jared Phelps has completed two years of full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His mission president has promised that he will be blessed for his service, and he thinks he has it all worked out. His girlfriend has waited. His boss promised his old job, and he has already sent his application to BYU. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. His girlfriend dumps him. His loses his job, and he isn't accepted to BYU. Then, it gets even worse, and he has to decide if choosing the right is worth all the trouble.
Kurt Hale
Director
Erica Hansen
Airport Singer
Jenny Ord
Airport Singer
Jed T. Robinson
Elder Sniffler
Tracy Ann Evans
Emma Phelps
Kirby Heyborne
The R.M.
Merrill Dodge
Brigham Phelps
Erin Robert
Molly Spraggen
Will Swenson
Kori Swenson
Don Ainge
President Homer
Michael Birkeland
Sister Porterhouse / Duey
Britani Bateman
Kelly Powers
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