Goals

 I really need to start taking notes of what I want to write, becasue as soon as I get to emails, I forget the things that happen that I wanted to tell you, and end up kicking myself on Tuesday because I forgot something. Oh well, you get this today ;)
 We had an AWESOME meeting in Berlin this week. We talked a lot about goals and faith. How the point of goals are not to set them just to achieve them. They should stretch you and challenge you to achieve more than you think you can. There was an analogy that was used with archery. In order to reach the center of the target, you have to aim above the target. Not at the center. But if you aim too high, it will still fall short.
 With that said, the goals have been upped. And we are SO EXCITED. Sister Wallin and I have set some seemingly high goals for the upcoming week. But we looked at our plans and all of them are completely reachable. We're praying to find people that the Lord has prepared!
 So, with that mindset, we set out. The very first person we talked with was a young mother that is interested in religion. We got her number and are working on setting up an appointment. It was really neat that as we set our goals a little higher that day, we ended up working better. Just a little example.
 We were able to tausch twice this last week and it went really well! I absolutely love these sisters. Every one of them has such a unique dynamic they add and are all wonderful. I am so thankful to be able to work with them :)
 Sister Wallin and I have stolen the guitars from the Elders for a week or so. Which was a blessing for her, because last week I ended up being sick and she wrote a song! And later added a second part which we will be singing at Zone Conference later this month. I have also started... something. My first attempts at song writing are turning out to be not too shabby... I just don't have any lyrics yet. Maybe it will be called the "ba dum da" song. Since that's all I have been able to come up with so far. I will see if there's a way I can send it over. If not... Well, you will just have to wait until I get home to listen to it.
 As I was reading this morning, I stumbled across a verse in Alma that made me think of a whole bunch of different scriptures. In chapter 8, Alma is preaching to the people and they basically cast him out. He's about to return home when the Lord tells him that he needs to go back. This time he goes in the back way and meets Amulek who feeds him and ends up coming with him on his endeavor to call the people to repentance. Anyway, it says in the scriptures that the PEOPLE hardened their hearts. Not the outside circumstances, not anyone else. Themselves. Then I thought back to all the examples I could where the people's hearts were softened. The Lord did it. Not themselves. I thought how interesting it was that it is our choice to reject the Savior. But it is not our choice to save ourselves. It is our choice whether or not we ALLOW the Savior to change us for the better.
 I am so thankful for Christ. I am thankful for the infinate Atonement and the impossible made possible through Him.
 I love you!
Sister Babbitt