Advice for Missionaries — Page 29
29 described. Therefore, try and find your own answers to the questions you face. Once you have resolved an issue, discuss it with other people. In this way you will develop greater competence. If a person depends only on their own knowledge and understanding, their mind slows. Exchanging ideas sharpens the intellect. One person will consider things one way, while other people will approach them differently. When taken together, these varying points of view will form a collection of ideas. Whenever two missionaries meet, they should discuss such topics instead of indulging in futile conversation. Build a strong relationship with God Almighty, pray to Him and have complete trust in Him. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT QADIAN Encourage members of the community to regularly visit Qadian and develop within them a strong attachment to the town. A branch only remains verdant as long as it is connected to its root. When it is cut off, it dries out. In the present disorder [i. e. the split], 90 per cent of the people who fomented this discord did so because of this very reason—they did not maintain a connection with Qadian. There are many people who even believe that nothing substantial is done in Qadian anymore,