March 31, 2015
Today is our 9 month anniversary.
We have served one fourth of our mission.
As I was thinking of that this afternoon, it dawned on me that we
received such a wonderful gift to celebrate this first nine months.
We have tried to not focus on numbers here. It seemed that it was too strong of a focus
before we got here. Therefore there were
some things that happened in order to increase numbers instead of the primary
focus of bringing people to Christ.
Bringing people to Christ includes all – you, members of the Church, and
nonmembers of the church.
There have been several times that we have heard that
missionaries don’t think we care about baptisms. We care about baptisms, but we care more
about growing the Church in Mexico. The stronger
the church is in Mexico, the better off Mexico will be. A baptism, and no further attendance at
church, does not help the church in Mexico.
Members who are no longer attending church need attention and love. Their lives can be made better.
Back to the subject:
Therefore, we have worked on obedience and help strengthen our missionaries. If missionaries are more righteous and
obedient, they will do a better job at missionary work. Up until March, our baptisms have been a
little disappointing each month. We have
looked at that sadly but felt compelled to continue down our road of focus.
Baptisms in February were 40, which was pretty close to
average. Baptisms in March were 130! What a gift for us! 130 souls brought to Jesus Christ because of
obedient, righteous missionaries! There
were also hundreds of “less active” members that came back and partook of the
spirit that can be felt at church – because of simple and thoughtful
invitations from our missionaries. What
a gift for our nine month anniversary!
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