So I've been joking with my companion about how so many people say the key to success is this or that or the next thing. You'd think if there really was a single key to success that everyone would say the same thing. But that's not how it is. One of our zone leaders says the key to success is crazy, stupid confidence. My companion heard from different guy that it's all about critical thinking. I personally think balance is the key to success. But they can't all be the key... Right?...
What
I've decided on is that the key to success is finding your own key to
success. Or actually more like keys to success. We talked at Zone
Conference about how each of us have our unique skills, traits, and
perspectives that we are being encouraged to tap into as missionaries.
We're being encouraged to think outside the box. So my companion had an
idea this week.
We went tracing in shorts and a
t-shirt. Why? Because we wanted to find someone we could help in their
garden or painting or anything really. It was a Saturday morning. The
sun was shining and we set off. I'm sad to say, we got shut down... No
one would let us help them... :( but! That's okay, because I heard
somewhere that the key to success is never giving up. So even though
tracting in shorts didn't work out, we'll keep on thinking outside the
box and learn from our failure. In fact I heard last week that the key
to success is learning from your failures.
Our
ward saw a baptism yesterday! One of our families here was able to see
their dad be baptized after years of investigating the church. A family
from my first area came down to see it and the branch president from my
first area performed the confirmation in both of their first languages
of French. I didn't understand anything but it sounded pretty! He was
baptized by his son who was baptized himself about a year ago. Such a
special experience to get to see.
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love,
Äldste Denton
Nice flowers and a baptism. Pretty much nothing to complain about.
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