Dear Family and Friends,
It sounds like Nauvoo is really fun. Our humidity isn't 98%, because it hasn't rained for 4-5 months now, but the 95+ degrees is pretty rough. I want to see photos from Nauvoo.
This week the zone did okay, we didn't baptize as much as we could have, but we're doing well. Next Monday will be P-day, so you'll get my email sooner. Elder Richardson will probably be returning to Brasilia to finish his mission. So it will be interesting to see what happens.
I don't feel like there is much to share this week. A lot of our investigators have leveled out where they are comfortable doing some commitments, but not others (like going to church or being baptized), so we are going to find lots of new people this week. This transfer it feels like we've done nothing but solve other people's problems so now that we have all the time to just be normal missionaries, we almost don't know what to do.
One thing that I was thinking about today while reading the Book of Mormon is that if we aren't actively participating we are passively resisting. When I say passively resisting I am thinking of the effect of friction. We won't stop something at once, but we will, with time, bring things to a halt. Even the greatest boulder that is rolling will be stopped by enough time and friction. It was interesting to see how when the Nephites weren't out trying to convert others, they usually ended up with problems really quick. That happens a lot in the church. We all stop doing what we need to and then we wonder why our branch/ward isn't growing, why we aren't receiving a temple in our area, etc. In my opinion, that is the greatest danger to the growth of the church. Not the threat of active resistance, the apostates and their allies, but the inward lack of action and work.
I hope no one gets hurt at the log saw.
With love,
Elder Barton
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