although steeped in his family s history with the church, as a teenager, mitt romney is far from a devoted mormon. so he then went on his mission to france as he left, you know, he has since said he had only a thin tissue unquote of connection to his faith of mormonism. but missions serve two purposes, helping convert others while also deepening the faith of the young missionaries themselves. important roles would be what missionary work does for the young men and young women who serve missions. that is, it s maybe one of the most effective tools for building leadership in the church and helping to broaden the scope of young people. in france, a young mitt romney has little success converting the french. but his mission leaves him with a lasting impression. one day as he s driving the mission s president and wife, their car is hit head-on by a reckless driver. the police officer that arrived at the scene found us in a very serious accident and i was unconscious and he wrote
michigan that george romney s son had been killed in an automobile accident. so my dad called sergeant schreiber, the u.s. ambassador to france, asked the ambassador if he could look into it and they sent a representative to this little hospital i was in and sure enough, i was alive. but one of the passengers in the car, the wife of the leader of the mormon mission in france, she was killed. so this had a big impact on mitt romney. when he returns home, romney is a changed person. now deeply committed to his family s religion. he attends the mormon church s brigham young university along with ann davies. mitt and ann marry and viewly move to boston already romney gets a difficult combined mba and law degree from harvard. the romneys settle in massachusetts and mitt bes in higher and higher official positions in the mormon church, first as a bishop, then as head of the boston stake which is similar to a dioceses. mitt romney might be one of the
my passport he is dead. than made it to the papers in michigan that george romney s son had been killed in an automobile accident. so my dad called sergeant schreiber, the u.s. ambassador to france, asked the ambassador if he could look into it and they sent a representative to this little hospital i was in and sure enough, i was alive. but one of the passengers in the car, the wife of the leader of the mormon mission in france, she was killed. so this had a big impact on mitt romney. when he returns home, romney is a changed person. now deeply committed to his family s religion. he attends the mormon church s brigham young university along with ann davies. mitt and ann marry and eventually move to boston where romney gets a difficult combined mba and law degree from harvard. the romneys settle in massachusetts and mitt serves in higher and higher official positions in the mormon church, first as a bishop, then as head of the boston stake which is
mormon. so he then went on his mission to france as he left, you know, he has since said he had only a thin tissue unquote of connection to his faith of mormonism. but missions serve two purposes helping convert others while also deepening the faith of the young missionaries themselves. important roles would be what missionary work does for the young men and young women who serve missions. that is, it s maybe one of the most effective tools for building leadership in the church and helping to broaden the scope of young people. in france, a young mitt romney has little success converting the french. but his mission leaves him with a lasting impression. one day as he s driving the mission s president and wife, their car is hit head-on by a reckless driver. the police officer that arrived at the scene found us in a very serious accident and i was unconscious and he wrote on my passport he is dead. than made it to the papers in
your mom, lenore. she had three kids, and the doctors came to her and said no more, physically, it s not going to happen ever again. then along comes you. not exactly a normal kid but you know she had to take what she got. his mother absolutely adored mitt. it was the baby she never thought she would have. bill: i ve heard about the relationship but the point is he wasn t even supposed to be here. that s right, yeah. what can i say? i think my mother found it hard when i fell completely in hro with ann as a secret in high school and i had no interest in talking to my hotz and only interest in talking to ann. bill: that could be a challenge. you handled it as best you could. i think a lot of mothers go through that. bill: you ve said that you ve never had a serious argument in 43 years of argument. there are places we disagree, of course there are places where we disagree. we don t yell and slam doors. on the surface do you expect me to believe that?