A Sister Must Sacrifice

Miranda couldn’t wait to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was eager to convert new members and spend time thinking about her faith. But when she made it to the mission field, she discovered a strange culture of dieting, obsession with weight, and a troubling association between thinness and Godliness. And Miranda isn’t the only woman who spoke with filmmaker Delaney Plant about the ways that sister missionaries must sacrifice more than the elders who they serve alongside.