Hey hey hey!!!

Jolie Huisken
Nov 9, 2015
4 min read

Well its sorta weird cuz I just emailed Wednesday! Ha-ha but here I am emailing again!!

So this week went well... a little weird but foi legal! We had a few great lessons this week we met a bunch of new people to start teaching! It was super awesome!! so we had a bunch of people marked to be baptized Sunday... but we were talking to them and they all told us that they don’t want to continue meeting with us or be baptized... so that was a bit of a bummer.. then Sunday we went out to help all our investigators get to church... and all of them had silly excuses or just hid inside of their houses because they didn’t want to go... ha-ha soooo that was a little tough to take... there were a few others who told us that they didn’t want to continue meeting with us... so yeah... this week was a little weird.. But that’s not an excuse to be sad or disanimada! There’s a talk a love A LOT from elder Ballard! he talks about success in the missionary field comes from the attitude of the missionary.... but it’s not just like if our excited and happy that week you will baptize... its if you stay happy and excited and keep your faith in the moments that are hard... then you will see the miracles start to happen!! So that’s what sister Santos and I are doing! We are staying pumped up and excited despite the difficulties that we are having with our teaching group! We know that the lord has many people prepared for us to teach and help! We’ve just got to do our best to help them!!

Here is that talk.... I couldn’t find it in English... so I just google translated it... so if it’s weird... sorry! :) (the translation was rough, so we found it online)

Our time in the mission field is short but eternally important. As we examine the mission field, we see that some missionaries succeed to a great degree and others seem to stumble along, trying to stay enthusiastic, but somehow not obtaining the results which they desire. What makes the difference between a highly successful missionary that baptises regularly and a missionary that seldom baptises? Through examining the trends in the missions, we find that it is not the area, it is not the people, and it is not the time of year. Instead it is the attitude of the missionaries and their ability to utilize and apply the talents that they possess. We know that a missionary with a good attitude produces good results; fair attitude, fair results; poor attitude, poor results. The missionary with a good attitude works with the people and not through them.

Ability means nothing to a missionary if it is not used. The greatest men came to the top because the strength that grew out of meeting resistance. Self-deceptions are responsible for more then three-fourths of all the so-called “unexplained failures” in the mission field. Many missionaries in the race for success explain their shortcomings as they do in the game of bowling. If they fail to win, something was wrong with the ally, the pins, their arms, their members, their companions, their areas, etc. etc. The trouble is never themselves. Of all the distinguished failures, those who deserve the least sympathy are the ones who gather in foolish little cliques, praise each other, deceive each other, criticize others, and fool themselves. They say, “I am not appreciated.” “I have had bad luck all my mission. Others have had a better chance.” “I whish I could have the fortune of Elder ‘success.’” A fireball missionary starts when an investigator says “no!” This is a plain and simple concept but very true.

Do not be a missionary who complains about his companion his leaders, and his burdens. Instead be a missionary who can be placed in any area and in any set of circumstances and be relied on to set things right. Become a creator of circumstances instead of a creature of circumstances.

Success does not depend on the message, but on the messenger. We each learn that failure and excuses go together, so we must learn to get away from excuses. Dull or slow months are for dull missionaries, so remember that sharp missionaries don’t have any.

This is why success is not luck. It can be predicted and followed each day into a successful week, year, and mission. Live one day at a time as though it where a building block. Do each day what should be done that day, and do not underwork, because that brings on the “bad luck” and slumps.

By being able to control what we put in this mind of ours, we determine our own lives. “as we sow, so shall we reap.” We can see how important it is to sow the right beginning thoughts. Another interesting fact about our minds is that we can only entertain one thought at a time. Therefore, your destiny may be determined by one single thought, and it is up to you whether you make it positive or negative. Think baptism and you will BAPTIZE. Your ACTIONS, ATTITUDE, MISSION and LIFE will be directed by your thoughts.

"As a man thinks, so is he." Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. If you can’t see yourself baptizing, then you probably never will. A desire does not come from practical knowledge, but it comes from compulsions and obsessions. Desire leads to a goal, and it is the starting point of all achievement. The power of definite desire is beyond all practical goals that use no emotion. We need to get involved emotionally in our goal to baptize. Who will baptize next? The mission field is successful only to successful missionaries. – M. Russel Ballard

Shout outs!!

Shout out to every lunch here that the members give us fish!!!!

Shout out to the member that makes desserts to sell and she gives them to us for free! :)

Shout out to bis on sale for R$2!!!

Shout out to eating capivara!!! (obrigada irmão Marcio)