Elder Kingi Langi serves in the Tonga Nuku'alofa Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Wanting to serve the Lord, Elder Langi gave up an opportunity to play rugby at Lindonworth College in Missouri.
"Service and devotion to the Lord are what strengthen me", he says.
Elder Langi has served 18 months of his two-year mission.
He is from Provo, Utah, in the United States, and plans to return there after his mission and attend either Brigham Young University or Utah Valley University.