{Letter #11} "I Even Read Those Books of Mormons"

Hola!!!! 

Happy Monday ♡

Tuesday
I almost got killed by a white board on a FB live in front on 24.K people you can watch it happen because ITS STILL THERE 😭

Wednesday
We had a great lesson with a guy a basically bashed us the first time we met but we met again and he had read the BOM and asked a lot of great questions
Super weird because my companion told him our names because we dint think we'd see him again and now he calls me Ellie...

Thursday
Had a lesson with Luis!!!
Got yelled at at a door knocking for the first time haha
Knocked on a guys door and he had baby cats!!! And 5 giant adult cats

Friday
So many zooms 🫠

Elders got stuck on porch trying to climb back into their apartment after they got locked out

Saturday
Had really good exchanges with hermana olaveson again she's my favorite literally precious
Then after me and hermana van were back together we met with our friend who was having a pretty bad day

Sunday
We were really worried about our friend and he didn't come to church, but night church happened for the 1st time in months and he was able to come!! During the service he leaned over and told us "I'm happy." It was a miracle and there was so much peace even though he's still has unbelievably happening. Miracles happen

Spiritual thought
When we speak of those who are instruments in the hand of God, we are reminded that not all angels are from the other side of the veil. Some of them we walk with and talk with—here, now, every day. Some of them reside in our own neighborhoods. … Indeed heaven never seems closer than when we see the love of God manifested in the kindness and devotion of people so good and so pure that angelic is the only word that comes to mind

God hears EVERY prayer. He does have the power to send help in every moment when humbly seek his assistance

I love you! God loves you! Have the best week ⛷️

Hermana Ellie Goold

A gift from Victor

Berries from Juan V., a friend who works in the berry fields

{Letter #10} Is This Motto Calling?

Holaaaaa,
This week was so good!
Apparently my spirit animal is a caterpillar.

Monday- volley ball with the district

Tuesday-🤷‍♀️🤷🤷‍♂️

Wednesday- we had a dinner/lesson with Victor at the Govea's house!!! Ahhh
They were incredible for our lesson and the food was so good!
Victor is so ready and he loves church so much!!! I'm so excited for him 💛💛💛

Thursday- we were reading scriptures with Juan and his phone went off like 7 times and started playing a song that was a reference to the motto motto song from that Madagascar movie it was very funny and I had a hard time not laughing

Friday-I went on splits with Hermana Powell I lead my area which was so scary and only a wee bit chaotic but I LOVE HERMANA POWELL we had so much fun and she was a good sport about me not knowing where anything was..🫡

Saturday- I had a guy come up to me and ask if we were from the church then he said he wanted to come because he wanted to change his life which was so cool!
We had some random crazy miracles and a lot of cancellations!

Sunday
Church
Dinner with the llévanos!!! They are my FAVORITE they are so funny I could've listened to their stories for hours!

Spiritual thought
Therefore, ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; for he that asketh, receiveth; and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Pray always !!
He listens and wants to talk with you!
Sometimes it can be hard when we have a specific way we want It to be answered. But I've noticed that some of my most profound experiences with my prayers being answered are when they are answered in different way than I'd prayed for or expected! God has a plan for you and his hand is truly in all the details!

I officially need a new name for my bike, polly is gone. suggestions are invited. email me 🤝

Until next week :)
Y'ALL ARE THE BEST
I LOVE YOU God loves you ⛷️

{Letter #9} Don't Run Over My Dog

 This week has been so good! We've had more lessons and the weather is BEAUTIFUL. 

Monday

-Saw the seals with district 

Tuesday

Had ice cream with our favorite Juanito 

Had a great lesson with an awesome friend Javier (shown below) 🧡

Wednesday 

Went on exchanges with hermana Olaveson it was so good I love her we had some great lessons we met an awesome member who had a son who served in the DC south mission!!

We made cupcakes for elder dimicks birthday and elders marsigli and kearl got pepper flakes in theirs :)

Thursday 

We were doing comp study in a park and ended up playing basketball with a few random guys in the park. Hermana Vanderbilt hit one of them in the head and we won

Basically I'm going pro post mission

I shook a guys hand and it was WET  im still washing my hands it was either pee or beer

Were praying it was beer

We had a lesson with a new member Angel he is THE COOLEST person ever his house is insane he has a collection of the pop things that take up his entire apartment he's the best!!

Friday

Zone conference 

It was so fun we got fed

and GUESS WHO I SAW

HERMANA DICK 

It was such a surprise because we aren't in the same zone it was so so fun to be with her for a little bit

Saturday

Had some awesome lessons 

Taught english class! 

Had another lesson with Victor and his baptism date is set for the 22nd of March which is the day before my birthday AND it is HIS BIRTHDAY 🎂🥳 

Our members here are the best!!!

Sunday

Helped a friend with a bullet wound...

He is okay and has now been to an actual doctor now 

Had a super weird lesson and I got kissed on the ear twice after I was unable to swerve his hugs twice

Weird stories but Sunday was actually so good  I love our members and my district 

 spiritual thought  

Come exactly as we are to christ but do not stay the same :) 

There is no sinking out of the reach of the light Christ! 

He is with you today in whatever moment you are in and he loves you! 

He also loves us enough to want us to be better and he will always be there to help ♡

Love ya! God loves you

-Hermana Goold

{Letter #8} Estoy Freddy Krueger

HOLA!!!🤸‍♀️

This week was so good
Our areas still slow but we had some great lessons this week
We went in to share a little doorstop message and we were gone from our locked up bikes for probably 10-15 mins
We went back to where we locked them and my front tire is gone. Me and Hermana Van immediately started dying because for some reason it was the funniest thing ever.
I have a new bike until Polly {the bike I mistakenly called Holly last week} can be fixed and we don't have name for it yet, so email suggestions! ♧

Polly minus a wheel

Then we had a lesson with Lucia ( I called her Rosa in my email last week which was incorrect) Lucia is the coolest
We had such a good lesson with her and her family. They really love the idea of eternal families :)
🎸The spirit was so strong that the guitar in the corner of the room started playing itself for a full 30 seconds. Which was the first time I ever saw Lucia laugh and she could not stop laughing which made us laugh too.

Then Friday was so weird
We met a lot of interesting people some of which looked like Santa Claus and others who thought they were Freddy Krueger.

Then my borrowed bike fell and broke for like half a second but some random guy named Jose fixed it for me which was actually a miracle because I never would have been on bikes again if I'd had two bike malfunctions in the space of 24 hrs.

I love Saturdays and Sundays here
On Saturday we get to bike a lot
We had English class
I tried to explain the phrase, "Hey y'all" which apparently was really funny to our friends because there was a moment of silence and then everyone started laughing

At church we had our friend Victor come and we ended up sitting out on the curb of church for the whole second hour with him
He said he felt a lot of peace in the church and he is such a cool person and we have a lesson scheduled this week with him so I'm so excited about that!

I had my first member meal at someone's house and it was so fun
They had this weird little wiener dog who I'm now best friends with, who they informed us is "Mormon sometimes" we didn't ask what that meant.
They fed us a lot of yummy food and I got to practice my Spanish
Which is getting a lot easier to speak even just this week!!
I love Hermana Vanderbilt she is so funny and she's SUCH A GOOD missionary!

We have fun together
I LOVE OXNARD!
It's so pretty, people are either the nicest or the weirdest or both, THE SUNSETS ✋️, the food is insane, and there is always music from cars houses! LOVE

Simple spiritual thought this week
John 1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

We can have the light of Christ with us in EVERY moment in ANY place. Through prayer the scriptures we can access his love and peace even through the hardest days!

Email me I love hearing from y'all HAVE THE BEST WEEK.
For letters and packages♡
Hermana Ellie Goold
California Ventura Mission
3301 West Gonzales Road
Oxnard, CA 93036

I love you! God loves you! 🫶🫵
-Hermana Goold
Google photos ♡
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pnaL9NdPSCvxkv9j8


Me and Hermana Moon at the library one day

I love this license plate

Random photos from the google drive: