Well, I hope you guys set some good goals for this new year. I know I sure did. It was funny to remember back to my family getting together making goals for the following year, and reading the old ones and laughing on how terribly we failed (haha). But, this last year I actually set some attainable goals and even accomplished a lot of them. It was really a confidence booster. I'm excited to see if I can achieve my goals for this next year, too.
I read a few things this last week on setting goals that I really liked, and I wanted to share a few quickly: "I wonder if our organizational and personal goals are sometimes the modern equivalent of a Potemkin village. Do they look impressive from a distance but fail to address the real needs of our beloved fellowmen? My dear friends and fellow priesthood holders, if Jesus Christ were to sit down with us and ask for an accounting of our stewardship, I am not sure He would focus much on programs and statistics. What the Savior would want to know is the condition of our heart. He would want to know how we love and minister to those in our care, how we show our love to our spouse and family, and how we lighten their daily load. And the Savior would want to know how you and I grow closer to Him and to our Heavenly Father." - President Uchtdorf
I thought that was really neat. Remember the reason why we set goals, and make sure to set achievable and worthwhile goals so that when we sit down with Christ to look at our lives, we can see how we were able to help others.
So, I saw a blessing this week ... We were running for a train the other day after New Years. I had mixed up the lanes and we were on the wrong one, so we started running. People had trashed the streets from all the fireworks and partying, and then I felt something under my shoe. I figured it was just a small rock, but it wouldn't rub off my shoes. As I kept running it got deeper and deeper into my shoe and I felt it on my foot, so I started to run on my toes to try and not let it poke my foot so bad. Then we stopped to get the train and I looked down and in my shoe wasn't a rock, but a 2 inch piece of glass lodged completely into my shoe. If I would have kept running or placed my foot fully down, the glass would have cut my foot. God looks out for his missionaries, I can tell you that much. I've seen it one to many times on my mission.
Well, we had a pretty great week this week. One of our less active members (after 6 months of me being here asking them) are going to quit smoking for good. They are going to start coming to church and even do family home evening. What a blessing! I love New Years Resolutions (haha).
I will sign off now. I hope you all are enjoying the chill of the new year (haha). It's freezing over here now ... Stay warm and I'll talk to ya next week!
Tschüß
Sister Jordan Brown
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