Convert Baptisms up 81% in Spain

Don't go celebrating that headline yet.  It's not referring to Evangelical Christian baptisms, but the Mormon Church saw an increase of 81% in their baptisms from 2008 to 2009 in the Barcelona area.  It boasts that 2009 was it's most successful year in 20 years.  There were more than 402 baptisms that year.  In addition to the Barcelona area, their other focuses in Madrid and Malaga have celebrated great success.  (information taken from a LDS blog)

Are we ready as believers to wake up and get busy reaching the world?  Or are we too comfortable in our own homes and belief that someone else is doing it.  Well, guess what - someone else is doing it and it isn't Christians.  We are at a crossroad - we either need to get serious about sharing Jesus or admit that we don't care that false religions are winning the world for hell.

Now before you think I am preaching to you, here's the truth - I am preaching to me too.  Yeah, we've surrendered to missions and we are trying to sell our house and prepare to leave for Spain.  I've been in casual mode - no urgency to get there, no need to do things outside my comfort zone - just kind of sit back and let life proceed at its own pace and we'll eventually get there.  But as I pondered that blog I realized everyday that I sit here waiting on progress someone is being convinced that a lie is truth. 

It's time that I get busy - so be prepared. I promise no Amway style tactics, but we need partners and the only way that happens is for people to either volunteer or be asked.  We made less than 5% progress towards our financial partnership in the last 6 weeks.  At this rate, we should reach Spain around 2015.  There is a greater urgency than that.

How about you?  Are you ready to reach the world with the truth or continue to let the Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, and other lies get there first? 

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Romans 10:14-15