by Dan Hiland (Author) Unlike the majority of those fare-welling and snapping photos this chilly pre-Christmas morning at the Salt Lake Mission Home, Dan Hiland is not a lifelong Mormon. Raised a Methodist, his recent decision to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has both blessed his life and perplexed his immediate family. And though he believes he's doing the right thing by serving a mission, that's about all he knows. That, and the fact that he's being sent to South America. An uncomfortable mix of hope, loneliness and uncertainty, Dan wonders how he'll adapt to the rigors of missionary life. What if he doesn't like being a missionary?