A Light-Minded irreverent, off-beat tale of a Mormon missionary who did everything right, but everything went wrong. Elder Robert Wood expects his Mormon mission to be a glorious affair. As the great, great grandson of Epaphroditus Wood, a legendary missionary in church history, Elder Wood believes that he too will work mighty miracles and convert many to the Truth. But everything goes wrong. Harassed by a motorcycle thug, Elder Wood encounters persecution and rejection. He is prompted to perform miracles, but they backfire with comical consequences. His mission President, John Lofton, obsessed with impossible baptism goals and ridiculous proselytizing programs, works Elder Wood to exhaustion. And to top it all off, his Zone Leader is out to steal his girl.
Just when things cannot get any worse, Elder Wood is paired with Elder Diaz, a mischief-maker whose antics get them into laughable situations, and whose probing mind makes Elder Wood question things he once held as truth. Even visitations from beyond the grave by Epaphroditus, intended to give Wood insight and guidance, reveal a dark truth about his ancestor that Elder Wood would rather deny.
Through all his trials and tribulations, Elder Wood eventually becomes the kind of person that his great, great grandfather, Epaphroditus, would be proud of.
MESSENGERS OF TRUTH humorously depicts some of the hardships, temptations and paradoxes endured by Mormon missionaries.