weekly email

Recently for Ichinomiya I’ve only written a lot of finding miracles as we continue to seek the elect of God. Last week, too, there were some pretty cool finding stories, but I’m tiring of only writing about those so today I’ll focus on the how, instead. 

On the mission, it’s a constant struggle to hone your skills and faith in order for the Spirit to take over the work. As a young missionary, you often rely mostly upon Faith and your companion's skills to accomplish this; on the other hand, like a teeter-totter the longer you are out, the more skills you develop and the easier it is to lose a firm grip on “Faith reliance.” 

Recently, as we’ve practiced thousands of times approaches and methods to help people listen more to the Gospel, I’ve noticed our companionship lacking the vitality and energy that comes from “Faith reliance.” 

That is where is becomes essential to try new things. New areas, new ideas, new approaches push us to rely more on faith as we develop our skills in different ways. If you don’t change anything in your life, it becomes monotonous, routine, and boring; you cannot expect anything different to come from doing as you have always done. 

So, recently, we’ve tried jumping straight into a lesson on the doorstep instead of asking to step inside or set a next appointment. It’s been tremendously successful, and we’ve given away many more Book of Mormons, set more solid Potential Investigators, and felt more joy in proclaiming the gospel than before. Truly, spoken word (aka testimony) is the enzyme to joy. 

Life is an upward climb, but the higher you climb the broader your view becomes.

愛しています！

カードん長老より

Elder Cardon