Mo Langi hasn't played a game of American football, yet the BYU recruit has already become a focus of Sports Illustrated because of his giant size and potential. A chat with the writer reveals the unique experience of following him as a missionary.
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Sports Illustrated writer Joan Niesen might as well have been asked to visit Mars and report on the impact of spores on red sand when she took on the task of dissecting LDS missionary Motekiai Langi, a giant 425-pound BYU-bound Tongan serving in Phoenix.
That’s where Niesen began the task of learning how Mormon missionary work works.