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(Left) Sister Moody, from Elk Ridge, Utah, and Sister Ray, from Atlanta pray before knocking on doors to spread their mission in a Kansas City, Mo., neighborhood on Sept. 10, 2013. The sisters are carrying out their mission at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Independence Visitors’ Center in Independence, Mo. RNS photo by Sally Morrow

(Left) Sister Moody, from Elk Ridge, Utah, and Sister Ray, from Atlanta pray before knocking on doors to spread their mission in a Kansas City, Mo. neighborhood. The sisters are carrying out their mission at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Independence Visitors’ Center in Independence, Mo., on Sept. 10, 2013. RNS photo by Sally Morrow