Missionary Life

Whitewash

  1. When both missionaries are new to an area at the same time, so neither knows the people or the work there.

A whitewash (or "whitewashing") happens when a whole companionship transfers out at once. The incoming pair has to rediscover the area's teaching pool from the area book, essentially starting fresh.

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