“Be disappointed, my brother, but don’t be discouraged. There is a difference, you know. To be discouraged means you are losing courage, and that isn’t the case with you. To be disappointed means your goals are not being met, and that’s what you are experiencing.” — George Durrant
George Durrant
George Durrant, former president of the Kentucky Louisville Mission
I’m a full-time missionary who is really getting discouraged because baptisms aren’t coming. What is “success” when I’m not bringing people into the Church? · Ensign, July 1976
Especially for missionaries and parents and families