August 13, 2016

Dear Family,

I’m grateful to have the opportunity to be able to write to you guys. I would like to write about how revelation is constant and how this church is alive.

In Doctrine and Covenants 76

10 For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them the secrets of my will—yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.

President Godfrey is an inspired man called from God. He is receiving a lot of revelation from the Lord and helping the mission progress. He is putting the mission in order with preach my gospel. There are many things he desires to do and many ways he is thinking of doing so. I’m really impressed with the love he has for the missionaries and the meditation he has towards making a decision. I have had the opportunity to meet with President for these couple of weeks and he has asked us a lot of times WHY or with WHAT purpose do we do some things in the mission. Then he asks if it is in line with Preach My Gospel. We have had to meditate and think for a while on what to respond. We have analyzed a lot of the formats on verifying with numbers, with work visits, and with baptisms.

This has made see the other side of things. President Godfrey always explains the why or what is the reason for doing this or that. (Take a step back, think then act). I have seen that by doing inspired questions the spirit of the Lord comes more strongly to the other person to reflect upon their lives. Instead of telling them what to do, we inspire or direct them into doing what the Lord asks of them.

I’m grateful for my savior Jesus Christ and to continue with his work here in Peru. The Peruvian people are amazing and they are a nation which God loves. I can see that the Lord's mercy surrounds a lot of people here and that God keeps demonstrating his power or his arm through his missionaries. Just like Isaiah saw in a vision Missionary Work, President Godfrey is getting revelation on what the mission can become.

I will talk to you next week. Love you guys

Elder Parra