For Carmelites in Mexico and Peru, our goal is to be missionaries who help the local people uncover Christ within their culture. Like Elijah, modern-day Carmelites call people back to the center -- to find God as the important point in their lives and to live out that relationship in their daily lives. In missions in Peru and Mexico, the Carmelite friars provide pastoral services, education, and support among poor areas in and around Lima and Torreon. Both Peru and Mexico have houses of formation, our most recent one in Mexico City.