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Message From Presidente Dayton

Goal Setting and the New Mission Goals

Last year was a good year in the Spain Barcelona Mission. We had 406 baptisms which
represented over 80% of our projected goal of 500 baptisms. The Lord blessed us greatly with
the baptisms of these choice spirit sons and daughters of His. It is the equivalent of 4 small
wards and a blessing to the wards and branches within the boundaries of the Spain Barcelona
Mission. From time to time it is necessary to re-assess our goals, study them and make a
decision about whether they should stay the same or be increased. After prayer and
meditation, I presented my proposal for our mission goals for the coming year to the Mission
Leadership Council (Concilio). Our goal for the last two years has been 12 baptisms per week
and 500 baptisms per year. Feeling a need to lengthen our stride, I proposed to the Council
new goals of 14 baptisms per week or 550 baptisms this next year. The Mission Leadership
Council unanimously supported the new goals and were excited that we were moving
forward and challenging ourselves to work a little harder, to be a little more committed and
to testify with a little more boldness.

Thus our new goals for the coming year are 14 baptisms per week or 550 for the whole year. I
would ask all missionaries to pray daily for this new goal and to pray by name for those whose
names are on the list of fechas for this week in El Clarin. We will be able to reach this new
goal and exceed it if every single companionship understands and believes that they can
baptize every single month. The Lord has prepared many souls to hear the message of the
gospel and we need only to be led to them by the power of the Holy Ghost. Thus our
obedience levels and our capacity to work hard and work smart must be at a very high level.
We must live lives of personal purity to merit the constant presence of the Holy Ghost who is
central to all that we do in missionary work. We would do well to continue to focus on families
as we are doing in the month of August.

Some ask why we place so much emphasis on goal setting and numbers in the Mission. One
simple equation that tells the whole story for me is: NUMBERS = PEOPLE. We must never
forget when setting goals and making plans that this is all about our spirit brothers and sisters
and not some meaningless statistic. The numbers represent real people who live, breathe,
and go through their lives. Another reason for goal setting and the numbers is that they help
us focus on our missionary purpose. Without goals and without follow up of those goals, every
week would be the same, we would have no idea how we are doing and we would drift
aimlessly. It has been said that To a ship that has no destination, every wind blows fair.
President Thomas S. Monson has said, When performance is measured, performance
improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement
accelerates. Thus a prophet of God has stated that we should have goals and that those
goals should be measured for optimal results. Enough said.

Preach My Gospel states that goals reflect the desires of our hearts and our vision of what we
can accomplish. Through goals and plans, our hopes are transformed into action. Goal setting
and planning are acts of faith. Elder Russell Ballard reminds us that if we dont set goals, we
can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part
of our full potential. A crucial part of this process is not just to set goals. Goals without a
specific plan to accomplish them are tantamount to wishes. Thus time needs to be spent
figuring out a specific plan by which the goals can be reached. PMG gives us 7 excellent
guidelines in our goal setting and planning: 1) Follow the Spirit, 2) Focus on the key indicators
and the standards of excellence for the Mission (pautas), 3) Focus on people and using specific
names, 4) Be specific and realistic and set goals that make you stretch, 5) Set weekly and
daily goals, 6) Set goals for personal and companion study, and 7) Measure your progress
each day, and each week. Missionaries must always remember that these goals and pautas
should not be engaged in primarily for personal recognition. They are also not to be used as
quotas that impose specific goals on you and your companion just for the sake of imposing
quotas.

PMG concludes by telling us that, Carefully considered goals will give you clear direction and
will help you fill your days with activities that help people strengthen their faith in the Savior and
progress toward baptism, confirmation and full activity in the Church. Challenging goals will
help you work effectively and lead you to stretch and grow. I have a powerful testimony of the
power and value of righteous goals and the plans to achieve them. I am convinced that we
focus better, work harder, strive more diligently and increase our performance when we have
inspired goals to work towards. May we all embrace this new mission goal and do all that we
can to achieve this new goal of 14 baptisms per week or 550 per year.

Con el deseo de seguir metas inspiradoras,

Presidente Merril T Dayton

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Message From Hermana Dayton

TRUTHFULNESS VS DECEPTION

"Truthfulness is earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts". (Achieving True Success)
"Honesty is to be completely truthful, upright, just and without deceit and integrity is having the
moral courage to make our actions consistent with our knowledge of right and wrong." (Young
Women Personal Progress Booklet 2009).

Elder Neil Anderson teaches that, "God our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, are beings of
absolute, perfect, and complete honesty and truth". The Savior said, "I am the way, the truth and
the life" John 14:6 and in the Savior's own words he said, "I am the spirit of truth" D&C 93:26 and
then he also spoke, "I tell you the truth" John 16:7 The Savior is the perfect example of
truthfulness. In the D&C 18:21 we are admonished to "speak the truth in soberness." And in the
D&C 50:17 it says,"Those sent forth to preach the word of truth should preach by the spirit of
truth." As missionaries, we carry the truth to the world and we do it in a manner of soberness to
let the Spirit carry our words to the hearts of our investigators. As we testify of the truthfulness of
the gospel others are converted..

I often think of Joseph Smith and his courage when he spoke, "I knew it, and I knew that God
knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would
offend God, and come under condemnation." Joseph Smith History 1:25. Because of Joseph
Smith's honesty we have the Book of Mormon today, the Gospel is restored and we are
privileged to be a part of this latter day work of bringing souls to the Savior. As we share this
beautiful story with our investigators, and as we powerfully testify of the validity of the Book of
Mormon, we can help them also know of its truthfulness.
Elder Neil Anderson said, "Our challenges come in 'more or less'--the small temptations on the
edge of being completely honest." Daily we make decisions that show who we really are. It is
the small and simple things we do daily that will ultimately form our character. David O McKay
said, "The greatest battle of life is fought out within the silent chambers of the soul." President
Brigham Young said, "We must learn to be righteous in the dark." meaning we must learn to be
righteous and honest at all times when no one would ever know whether we were being honest
or not. We must never allow the pressures around us to crack our character of honesty. We must
be true to ourselves and do as the Savior himself would do.

In the Ten Commandments, the Lord declared, "Thou shalt not lie". In the D&C 78:10 we read,
"Otherwise Satan seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth, that they become blinded
and understand not the things which are prepared for them." When we gather enough truth
and light then Satan's influence and power ends. He is cast out because he can no longer
deceive us as his primary tool is the lie. Honesty and truthfulness are at the very core of our
spiritual growth. Good relationships rest on a foundation of trust. Someone who lies, cheats or
steals loses the trust of others. Just one small lie undermines trust and shows disregard for the
relationship itself. No wonder that one of our articles of faith states, "We believe in being honest."

Over the past few years, I have been very impressed with the missionaries in our mission, as they
speak truths that help people learn. One of our missionaries recently shared this experience, "We
had ten minutes left and we decided to contact two women from Spain. We introduced
ourselves and one of the women said she did not like our religion. Her friend then said, "We are
Catholic." Hemana_______started bearing her testimony. She said she knew they are daughters
of God and that God loves them. The situation quickly changed and the women were nice and
complimented us." Isn't it interesting to note, that when these sister missionaries spoke truths in a
loving way the spirit was able to testify and these women were able to hear and feel the words
that were spoken and became receptive to listening. Another example of this shared by an
elder in our mission, "One day Elder _______ and I were talking with a man who was trying to
argue "why" the Catholic church was true. I was destroying him then my companion started to
testify, and shared a lot of things in a loving way. I learned that even though we have the real
true church, we are to be loving when we teach someone. "I know that as we speak the truth
with love others are more willing to listen to our message.

In May 2011, our dear prophet, President Monson admonished us, "May we be examples of
honesty and integrity wherever we go and whatever we do." It is my prayer, that as we continue
to live our lives as faithful missionaries, we will speak the truth and live our lives with honesty and
integrity.

Much love and admiration for each of you,

Hermana Dayton

Christlike Attributes- Faith, Charity, Love, Virtue, Hope, and Humility, Knowledge & Wisdom,
Patience, Diligence, Creativity, Enthusiasm, Generosity, Forgiveness, Dependability, Availability,
Orderliness, Gratitude, Endurance, Persuasiveness, Compassion, Alertness, Character, Decisiveness,
Determination, Truthfulness, Benevolence, Honor, Sincerity, Punctuality, Joyfulness, Gentleness, Self
Control, Initiative, Cautiousness, Loyalty, Meekness, Sensitivity, Obedience, Discernment, Boldness,
Discretion, Responsibility, Attentiveness, Hospitality, Thoroughness, Deference, Justice,
Contentment, Tolerance, Resourcefulness, Thriftiness, Security, Contentment, Truthfulness. Virtue,
Forgiveness, Honor, Gentleness, Benevolence, Boldness, Creativity, Thoroughness, Deference
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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros
Josue Figueredo Piero Lleida A lderes Hunsaker y Rupa

Sambayel Boiro Lleida A lderes Hunsaker y Rupa

Francisco Uviedo Rivas Martorell B Hna Hermanas Harris y Barton

Maricela Solanse Gerona A lderes Perry y Lozano

Faundez Barrios

Ricardo Ramos Martinez Manacor lderes Hodgman y Baker

Miguel Roig Androver Manacor lderes Hodgman y Baker

Dayanara Mazuera Castelln A lderes Tobias y Jones

Londoo

David Jerez Quintero Zaragoza 1A lderes Miller y Lattin

George Opoku Vilafranca B Hna Hermanas Rockhill y Peterson

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana 9
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes 11
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha este 266
ao

Eran contados y se 21 29 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13
inscriban sus nombres May May Jun Jun Jun Jun Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Aug Aug

Bautismos 12 10 6 11 8 6 11 4 12 17 6 2 9

Confirmaciones 12 8 8 11 8 6 11 4 12 17 6 2 9

Fechas bautismales 162 130 114 104 118 157 169 144 141 145 180 163 178

Inv reunion
189 166 143 200 151 207 185 215 195 216 192 186 179
sacramental

Nuevos Investigadores 580 550 531 443 585 667 577 555 541 495 529 650 662
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And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith.
Doctrine & Covenants 42:14

Compaerismos que lograron Oremos por estos investigadores con

las pautas de excelencia: fechas bautismales para esta semana:
Barcelona 1A Arnau
CINCO: Barcelona 3B Miriam
Sabadell 2A Forzana
CUATRO: lderes Steagall y Doman Badalona 1B Jacques
lderes Barton y Eiguren Granollers B Alex
Zaragoza 2A Magdalena
lderes Stephenson y Phillips
Zaragoza 1A Gods Time, Stanley
Hermanas Cummings y Barlow Santander B Pedro
Hospitalet 2A Fernando, Angelo,
Grey
Vilafranca B Sara
Castelln B Fabricio
Valencia 2A Luciana, Nuria,
Maria Jose
Valencia 2C Andrea, Maritsa
Catarroja A Maria Concepcion
Vitoria B Ferdenad, Jaime
Palma 2A Aynna, Soleman
Ibiza A Vitoria, Ivan

The Zone
Zaragoza is in the Zone!
-With 3 Baptisms!
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The Miracle of Baptism

President, This week was Uno de los mejores momentos This week we should be having
absolutely amazing! The de esta semana fue, que
baptism of Pablo and Alba was
absolutely beautiful. It was so
great to see a family that
missionaries have worked so
hard with and have so much
love for. One of the best parts
was the fact that this Sunday
was Fast and Testimony meeting
and after being confirmed both
Pablo and Alba shared their
testimonies. They both bore
testimony of the truthfulness of
this gospel and the joy the felt
right after their baptism. Alba
shared that the next morning
she just woke up and felt so
happy and clean. Pablo bore Although we are inviting
testimony about how he was
having so many doubts about
his worthiness and his readiness
but an elder who had just
finished his mission came and
invited him to church and he
felt super strongly in church that will be baptized. You're invited
he needs to be baptized. It was
such an amazing week!
It's been a good week out here
in ________! We are staying
busy! This week we saw another We, by the hand of God, met
miracle! We just set the 5th
fecha out here in _______! We
were doing pass by's and
contacting in camino, and we
contacted a woman named Iris.
She ended up being from the
Republica Dominicana! She let
us come over the next day, and
she accepted a fecha. Two
days later she came to church.
She LOVED it! Later, she actually
told us that usually, from the
train station she walks the same
way home. However, the other
day she decided to walk a
different way home! She walked
right into us! What a miracle! We
are so excited to continue
teaching Iris
cuando regresamos a piso.
Tenamos como 10 minutos y
encontramos a un hombre en
un banco en la calle. Lo
contactamos pero l deca
que no haba un Dios. No
recuerdo exactamente las
palabras que le hable a l en
ese momento, slo sabemos
que l puso sentir el Espritu,
pas de estar desinteresado a
estar receptivo. En ese
momento sentimos mucho el
espritu que rodeaba el lugar
en ese momento.
people to be baptized almost
every day, we still only have
Paco. But he's amazing, and
we're grateful for him. He
passed his interview yesterday,
and on Saturday at 7 pm he
if you'd like to come, we would
love to have you there.
Everything with him is going
well.
this family from Peru on the
street. We were late to a cita,
but we still stopped to talk to a
family that had just barely
pulled up and gotten out of
their car. God's timing is literally
perfect. Catholic man, but just
loved what we had to say, and
we invited them to church and
THEY CAME!! They have two
adorable kids about ages 4
and 2. They are very busy
throughout the week, but we
are excited to meet with them
this weekend. They loved it,
and from a distance I saw him
with the Book of Mormon we
had given them on the street Dear President, the miracle this
asking a member questions
very intently.
the baptism of Jaime who was
already very ready when I got
here, and now we just have to
plan everything out, but we're
excited for him. Ferdinand has
also been making a lot of
progress. We had lost contact
with him halfway through the
week but we were very happy
to see him walk into the church
on Sunday, on time, on his own
account. Real intent, this man
has real intent and strongly
desires to make this change in
his life.
This week has been great!
We've been teaching this
African family and its been
going great. The mothers
name is Jesse and she has 4
kids: Junior, Obehi, Ebehi, and
Blessing. 3 of the kids are old
enough to be baptized. The
Spirit was so strong in our visit
with them. As we watched this
family all gather together on
the couch as they watched a
church video about how the
gospel blesses families I
realized there is nothing more
special than getting to share
those moments with the
people closest to you. We're
excited to keep teaching
them. We also have been
preparing Manuel for his
baptism this Saturday! Manuel
is Sandra's son. We wanted to
wait for his baptism because
we had hope that Omar would
want to listen but after
countless times of trying to get
Omar to sit in on the visits, we
figured it would just be best to
move on with Manuels
baptism.
week was seeing just how the
Lord prepares people for us to
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The Miracle of Baptism
teach. We were teaching our
investigator Luisa who is an 18
year old girl from the
Dominican Republic. We were
teaching the Word of Wisdom
and it was as if she already
knew it. She knew drinks and
has never smoked and doesn't
like coffee or tea. In fact she is
already helping her mother
quit all of those. She has a lot
of faith. I am looking forward to
her baptismal date for this
Saturday.
Vimos tantos milagres esa
semana. Encontramos menos
activos y tambin
encontramos familias para
ensear. Todava estamos
trabajando para encontrar
ms a cada da. Siempre
estoy feliz por ver las personas
progresando, en especial
Jacque que va se bautizar da
19/08 y el est compartiendo
el evangelio com sus amigos!
Que gratitud puedo sentir en
mi corazn!
This week was a great week. I
know I say that about every week
but especially this week. We were
blessed enough to hit pautas
which was really fun. But for sure
the biggest miracle was the first
contact that we had. Elder ______
and I left piso and we did the first
contact. We saw her coming
towards us and I'll be honest I was
already planning on her saying no
cause she was smoking a
cigarette and had a ton of
tattoos. But we contacted her
and she accepted to meet up
hacemos todo lo que podemos a fin de que la obra avance;
pero sta es la obra del Seor, l la dirige y l est al mando. Nos
maravillamos al verlo abrir puertas que nosotros no podemos
abrir y efectuar milagros que apenas podemos imaginar
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with us the next day. she met He has a fecha for the 26th.
up with us and accepted a We are so very excited for his
fecha for the 2nd of progress. BOM is truth, and
September so we were super that he can feel himself
happy. changing as he accepts the
message of the gospel. It is so
This week has been another interesting to teach people
great one here in ______. Elder like him. Muslims typically
_______ and I have been don't believe that they are
working hard to teach our two children of God, but he told
fechas and prepare them for us that now he considers
baptism. Things are going well himself a Son of God. He has
with both of them. However, a fecha for the 26th. We are
you can tell that Satan is so very excited for his
working hard against them. progress.
Both have had some troubles
this week regarding their
families and situations at
home. Suleiman was pretty
down the other day, but we
were able to talk with him and
we felt prompted to give him a
blessing. We explained a little
about blessings, and then we
were able to give him a great
blessing of comfort. It was a
great experience and we all
felt the spirit very strong.
We met with a man named Ali
from Mali last week. We found
him on the street and have
met with him a bit. He's Muslim,
but told us that he knows the
BOM is truth, and that he can
feel himself changing as he
accepts the message of the
gospel. It is so interesting to
teach people like him. Muslims
typically don't believe that
they are children of God, but
he told us that now he
considers himself a Son of God.
lder Neil A. Andersen
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Calendar
Julio/Augosto/Septiembre

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

31 1 2 3 4 5 6
Badalona Barcelona y Palma
Entrevistas Badalona Interviews
Entrevistas

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Zaragoza Barcelona Entrevistas Valencia Valencia
Entrevistas Entrevistas Vitoria Zone Entrevistas
Conference
FHE Night

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Hospitalet Palma Zone
Entrevistas Conference

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Hospitalet/Za Barcelona Vitoria Bilbao/Vitoira Bilbao Baleares
ragoza Zone /Badalona Entrevistas Zone Interviews Priesthood
Conference Zone Conference Conference
Conference

28 29 30 31 1 2 3
Concilio

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Traslados Traslados
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Gerona A

Lleida
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Vilafranca B

Zaragoza 1A
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Castelln A

Martorell B
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BYU Students

Hello wonderful missionaries, we just wanted

to make all of those who are attending the
Fall/Winter semester of BYU Provo that
available to you is a class (SPAN 321) that,
upon completing the class will allow you to
take an exam that is worth 16 credits. This is a
substantial amount of money and time. This
class is designed for returned missionaries,
and many find success. We would encourage
you to take the class if you are planning on
attending BYU.

For those attending BYU-Idaho the same test

does not appear to be offered, but you may
still test out of clases. Further research may
allow you to find similar options.

Be sure to look at all of your options

regarding credits that can be received with
your language skills!

~Hermana Dayton