Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Elder Goss---W:68 Merry Christmas everyone! (Dec 22, 2020)

 Christmas is so close! Wow. I hope you all are able to appreciate what we have, despite disappointments that will undoubtedly befall us this year. 

Well, Miguel (our investigator) passed his baptismal interview. We're so pumped! He is scheduled for baptism on the 26th. That's so exciting. He's also learning a lot of English.

We started teaching English to a new gentleman, Efraín. He's super animated and always happy, and it's fun to teach him. We'll see if he wants to take the missionary lessons as well here soon. First, we want a good relationship. 

I was in a Zone Conference the other day, and President Gimenez said something that got me thinking. I don't know the actual quote, but it detailed how we aren't perfect but still try, etc. However, I saw it a little differently this time. Some of us DO get overly concerned that less-than-perfect performance is failed performance. However, there are OTHERS who aren't concerned about being perfect. In fact, sometimes they slip too far the other way. They aren't concerned about good performance at all. They are too casual with the purpose of life. They don't stress about even trying to improve. 

In essence, some of us are concerned with perfection. Some of us are casual with progression. Which are you?

We need to switch the two. We should be casual about perfection. We shouldn't be too stressed if we still get angry or sad. If we mess up. But we SHOULD be concerned about progression. We should make our progression the highest priority in our lives. That's why we're here. To become like Jesus Christ. To learn how to live celestial lives. To be the best we can be NOW, so we CAN be perfect later. 

I love you all! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Be awesome. 

 Elder Goss


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