When Greg Whiteley was 19 he ventured from his hometown, Bellevue, Wash., to spread the word of the Mormon Church on Navajo reservations in the Southwest.
At first he would come in hot, as the kids say, eager to knock on doors and proselytize.
“Frequently the thing I’d ask was, ‘Do you have time to hear a message about Jesus Christ today?’” he recalled during a video interview earlier this month from his Southern California home.
“I was amazed at how quickly people would disclose the most vulnerable things at a doorstep within 90 seconds of meeting them,” Whiteley said.
He didn’t realize it at the time, but he was preparing himself for a successful career as a documentary filmmaker.
Persons:
Greg Whiteley, Jesus Christ, ”, “, ” Whiteley
Organizations:
Mormon
Locations:
Bellevue, Wash, Southern California