Colin asked some questions this week and Daniel responded.
What is your convert retention like? Do all of the
people you have baptized continue to remain active? Do you spend a lot of
time working with them as new members? Are there enough strong, well
established members to provide fellowship to all of the people you are
baptizing?
The retention of converts is insanely high because of the
family baptism focus. When a full family is baptized, it is an automatic
support group around each and every member of the family which is a really good
part of the vision of the mission. My personal philosophy is to visit each
recent convert once a week and teach the lessons again. The first time through
we just teach the basics but the second time through is really nice because we
dive in a little deeper, using tons of scriptures and really just strengthen
the testimonies of our recent converts. There are good established members but
they still have there problems seeming that there really aren't any second
generation members of the church. Also, we organize big family nights where
everyone gets together and gets to know each other, making friends and whatnot
so that everyone feels included and loved. The current ward that I am in also
does a really good job of giving callings to recent converts very soon after
baptism which is really nice.
In your last baptism picture, there were 11 people
dressed in white (not counting you and your comp). In the Maningue News
scoreboard, it lists you having 8 baptisms for the month of May. Why the
discrepancy?
In the last picture that I sent, 1 man was actually
baptizing his son that is eight, he is the first counselor in the bishopric.
Another man in the picture is named ossumane and he baptized his brother (one
of our investigators). Both of those men are insanely strong, really awesome
members.
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