Question about the missionary program "raising the bar"

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by Archaea

In Germany, there were almost no baptisms regardless of salesmanship. One month, the entire mission baptized less than ten, I believe it was six. That was 150 elders and sisters in total. At the same time, I got a letter from my friend in Tokyo South, where he personally baptized 50 persons. Needless to say, I didn't exactly write him to say we hadn't baptized in seven months.

Whether it was linked to righteousness or not is for somebody else to judge, but our baptisms weren't about salesmanship. They were mana from heaven that nobody created or delivered. Suddenly, you find a rare German soul that was interested and nothing we did, could screw it up.

And I thought it went slow in Holland. Not quite that bad, but pretty close.