Well, this will be my umpteenth time starting a new blog, but I hope this one will stick. I just barely graduated from training for the Army, and am a Combat Engineer in the National Guard. Training was pretty tough, and I don't think I'd ever go through something like that again, but it changed me a bit. I'm home now and suddenly life seems a lot more vivid. I just barely purchased the new Coldplay album, and the opening track describes it perfectly: "Life in Technicolor"
So yeah, now that I'm living in technicolor, I might as well try to keep a better record of my thoughts and experiences. I've got plenty of experiences from training that I can share, and I'll probably get around to that sometime, but for now I'll just end with this:
Appreciate everything that you have, everything that you're going through, and everything that you've been through. No matter how empty or crazy your life might feel, everything happens for a reason, and every trial you go through is meant to teach you something- if you let it.
Changing to the Japan Fukuoka Mission
In February of 2010, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints published this statement to let its members know of changes happening in the Mission Field. Paul's mission, the Japan Hiroshima Mission, was one of the missions affected by this change. This is another article about the change to his mission. As of the first of July 2010, he is a part of the Japan Fukuoka Mission.
*As a side note, I stumbled upon Paul's new Mission President's blog where they have pictures of their missionaries. I don't know if there are any pictures of Paul, but I thought it was neat to see his mission from a different perspective!
*As a side note, I stumbled upon Paul's new Mission President's blog where they have pictures of their missionaries. I don't know if there are any pictures of Paul, but I thought it was neat to see his mission from a different perspective!
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"Lord of the Rings" Relates to Missionary Work
J.R.R. Tolkien, in The Fellowship of the Rings, wrote this:"The road must be trod, but it will be very
hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will
carry us far upon it. This quest may be
attempted by the weak with as much hope as
the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds
that move the wheels of the world: Small hands
do them because they must, while the eyes of
the great are elsewhere."
Alma 37:6 -- "Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness
in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple
things are great things brought to pass; and small means
in many instances doth confound the wise."
By small and simple efforts, the young missionaries of the
church really can "confound the wise" and help the kingdom
roll forth!
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