One year older and wiser too!
So my one year mark is this Thursday! Wooo! It hasn't felt like a year. It's felt like 6 months. I feel like I know a bunch of stuff but still I'm learning new things everyday. I told Presidente that I've learned more about the doctrine and about Christ than about how to baptize (meaning how to find and prepare people for baptism).
I've been thinking about what I've given to the Lord this last year. In our mission there's a lot of emphasis on baptism = success. I do believe that the Presidente has the right to revelation and he told us that a companionship doing all that they can will baptize weekly in our mission. I've witnessed 9 people baptized in the 43 weeks I've been in the mission field. Yes I know it isn't about numbers, it's about how hard I worked and how I have grown, and blessing others lives. I know there are missionaries in other parts of the world who don't experience a baptism during their entire mission, but I trust that our President as well as any other has the right to set the bar for us as missionaries in his respective mission. So, I feel like I haven't reached the bar just yet. I've worked really hard, I can honestly say that without a doubt, but I haven't reached this bar. So this next year I'm going to try really hard to reach this bar, meaning I will continue to work hard but in a different way, more effectively.
Sorry for the super short and lame email, our Líderes de Zona [zone leaders] just called saying that we have a meeting tomorrow in Bragança, meaning we have to take the bus in an hour.
Have an awesome week! Next week's email will be gooder!
Elder Bradford
