I suppose I've always been a Mormon Cartoonist, but I didn't become a
Mormon Cartoonist until my mission. While I was in the MTC, I started sending letters home to my family with a little gag off to the side of their address every week. After I left the MTC and started my service in Slovenija, the gags went inside of the envelope and the practice continued for two years.
All the gags I sent home were, not surprisingly, missionary gags. Some were based on real life experiences and others, like the one below, were completely fanciful.

I submitted this particular gag to
The New Era with my very first submission to the magazine way back in 2001. The magazine opted not to purchase it for obvious reasons.