Peggy Fletcher Stack highlights missionary work rigor and language capacity.
Peggy Fletcher Stack, "Inside the Mormons' elite training center," Washington Post (Religion News Service), July 23, 2013, accessed April 12, 2021
It's where they start to learn the languages (55 in all) they will need to preach the Mormon message and where they begin to bolster the faith they will rely on to sustain the rigors of missionary life— from 6:30 A.M. wake-ups to 10:30 p.m. lights out— every day for 24 months (18 months for women).