Ellie Serving in Ventura: February 2026

Monday, February 23, 2026

{Letter #53} "They gave me a trunk!" 🚚

February 23, 2026

Hello! We had transfers! I'm staying in Lompoc! And that is SO HAPPY!!!

Highlights
-Four man of sisters!!! 😇
-now I get to learn Dominican slang on top of Australian and Texan!!!
-hermana Cortorreal is lovely and has been my personal hype up crew
-hit 14 months in the mission
- Pearla came to church and loved it
-Alberto accepted a Baptismal date :)
- El bautismo to the tone of despacito

Spiritual thought
Say unto this people: Choose ye this day, to serve the Lord God who made you.

34 Behold my Spirit is upon you, wherefore all thy words will I justify; and the mountains shall flee before you, and the rivers shall turn from their course; and thou shalt abide in me, and I in you; therefore walk with me.

This is short but I hope you all have a wonderful week 💗

Email me I love hearing from y'all HAVE THE BEST WEEK.

I love you! God loves you! 🫶🫵
-Hermana Goold

Family call 2/23/26: Adam in Provo, Mom and Dad visiting Great Aunt Marva, me in Lompoc, Cam and Ems in RI

Monday, February 16, 2026

{Letter #52} "I want to go to church because I want to be baptized!"

February 16, 2026

Short and sweet is the goal of this email.

Transfers is coming up this Thursday! Ahhh. I would like to stay in Lompoc please and Thank you.

We teach this man named Edwin. He takes care of horses so we teach him on the ranch. Its the best

We brought cookies to our 11 year old friend we met this week! Her family are members but she hasn't been baptized yet and really wants to.

Walked with new member to get him to church!! -He came for the first time in months :)

It was a lovely week!
Spiritual thought

Mosiah 4:2
And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth. And they all cried aloud with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created heaven and earth, and all things; who shall come down among the children of men.

I love this scripture! Our weakness and imperfections are real but we can apply the power of the atonement and we can be purified and find more joy in the process of becoming more like Jesus Christ:)

Email me I love hearing from y'all.

HAVE THE BEST WEEK.

I love you! God loves you! 🫶🫵
-Hermana Goold

family call 2/16/26: Me in Lompoc, Mom and Dad in the car, Cam and Ems in RI, Spence on a walk

Monday, February 9, 2026

{Letter #51} YELLOW CAR!!!

February 9, 2026

Hello!
Since I've last written....(sorry)
I have left Ventura (after 6 lovely months)
I LOVE Ventura a whole lot.
Now I'm in Lompoc!!!!

Lompoc is incredible for many different reasons

Here are some highlights
-we have a truck
-we cover Solvang (a weird little Danish town 30 mins away from the rest of our area)
- 🦅I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT WITH ANOTHER SET OF SISTERS 🦅
-The Ostrich farm!!! (100% I would win)

-It's colder here so I get to wear my sweaters

- On occasion there is a big boom and everything shakes ( it feel like a bomb/ earthquake) don't fret it is just a sonic boom, we live like 10ish mins from a rocket launch place.

-Hermana Bradway who is from Texas and is an Icon!

A brief story to explain how cool she is

We're at the church after Sacrament meeting, the Elders' friend comes up to us shakes our hands and says "Guapa como siempre!" {translation: "Handsome as always"}

I was getting ready to awkwardly say thank you and walk away then laugh.
What happened instead is Hermana Bradway pointed at him and yelled "Period" in a lovely Texas accent and preceded to run down the hall! Icon.

-There are lots of cats and weird little dogs that wear jackets and will attack your ankles!

-Members here are so sweet.

-I got to go into a barber shop and we were asked to pray over all the people there!!

-We had a couple slow weeks but we now have so many cool friends that I'm so excited to keep meeting with

Spiritual thought:
This is a quote from a BYU speech I loved this week :)

"To Act in Holiness Before the Lord." By Brad Neiger

Someday, when we look back on mortality, we will see that so many of the things that seemed to matter so much at the moment will be seen not to have mattered at all. And the eternal things will be seen to have mattered even more than the most faithful of the Saints imagined.

Remember the things that really matter