Goal-focused living

Hey everyone!

Today's email is to be focused on focus. I'm not sure if I mentioned this in my voice memo last week, but I've been pondering on this a lot recently, as with all the craziness of getting transferred twice in the space of a week and the adjustments to a new mission culture (and the fact that I'm now in an apartment of five), I've not been doing great at having written, specific goals for how I want to progress each day and week. As a result, I've really been able to see, starkly contrasted, the difference between living according to goals and not, and I want to testify that progress occurs much more consistently if we progress intentionally. The mission is, of course, extremely goal-focused, and I know that that's inspired, because this work is being directed by the Lord. I had a good personal goal-setting session this morning though; I'd love to hear what goals have helped you in your life and/or mission!

Miracles are happening here in Peru!! We've only been allowed to baptize for a few months down here, so this ought to be taken with a 7-month-backlog-sized grain of salt, but baptisms have been way higher in my mission during the past few months than they were before the pandemic. Instead of us knocking doors, people are knocking down the proverbial Facebook ones to get our message. In neither of my areas so far have we done any contacting whatsoever; there's often not enough time to teach all the people that are contacting us.

We could use some prayers for Wendy, Mary, and Moisés. Thank you for all of your prayers. They are extremely felt.

This is the Lord's work! I know it's true. Truth is truth, we can know it, and the Spirit testifies of it.

Love you all!

Elder Child