Setting Goals/Eternal Family

A few things that I would like to cover:
1. My companion and I have made goals that we would like to complete and do for this transfer. It has been so great and I really feel as though making goals is the way that we can get things done and do what God really wants. It has been great and is really helping me to complete a few things that I have wanted to do.
2. One of the goals that we made together was to just do prayers of Gratitude every single Tuesday and Friday. It has been such a great experience. It is cool to see how much you can really be thankful for. I challenge you all too sometimes just pray to God thanking him for everything you have. You will be surprised how many things we have to be thankful for. Even on the worst days we can be thankful. I actually found out that on Friday this exact thing happened. It was not the best day. Everything that we marked fell through. Once we got home we knelt down to pray. In my head I thought what do I have to be thankful for today. Everything that we had marked fell through and so what am I thankful for. The pray was great and really set me at peace to know that God knows what he is doing and that we are in good hands. He really does take care of us and even on the worst days we need to thank him.
3. I had the chance to finish the Book of Mormon again. It was great. I really love the book of Mormon and know that it is the word of God. When I was reading the last few chapters I realized how true this book is and how blessed we are to have it in our days. I also thought to myself how much better it is to follow God always and to listen to the things that he gives us. If we do that we will be so blessed and if we do not we will not be as blessed. The trick to true happiness is obeying the things that God has for us.
4. This next week I am very excited. This week we will have interviews with the president. Those are always great and always help. Also we have 2 baptisms marked. I really hope and pray that we can help these two people to be baptized.
Well I love you all. I am glad to hear that you are having a good time back east. I know with all my heart that our family has the potential to be an eternal family. I look forward to the day when I will be with you in all in the Kingdom of Our Father. I know that God cheers for us to make it back. It is up to us weather we make it there or not. Let us all help one another, let us all pray for our brother or sister or mother, etc.., and let us all do our part so that we can be together again. I love this gospel so much. I know that God made a perfect plan. It is up to us to follow his perfect plan. I love my savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ. I know that he suffered and died for each one of us. Because of him we have the chance to live with God again. He was and is the key to enter into the kingdom of Our Father. Let us all take hold of the key (Christ and his teachings), so that we can live forever with our family and with our Savior and Father in Heaven. This is my prayer. I love you all. Until next week. Just know that all is well. I love my mission so much. Thank you again for everything. Love you.
Com Amor, Elder Daniel J. Parkinson

P.s. Also I hope that you are all doing the little things every single day. May God be with you always or better yet may we all be prepared and qualify to have him by our side day by day is my pray. I love you all.