{Letter #41} "We are not fretting."

Good morning 🌄

Exchanges with Hermana Olaveson
Santa Paula is iconic. We had a lesson with a few super awesome friends.

Went to a birthday party for Alan!!  (more pics below)

We watched conference with Alma and her family and Eliecer! It was so fun.

All in spanish...so If I mention something that you didn't hear, I probably didn't hear it either.

Learned a missionary skill I have-
RECYCLING 👩‍🌾
let me explain
So basically here in Cali people dig through trash to find recyclable things. And then they like recycle them and make money 💰

Now that's got nothing to do with me and that's got nothing to do with missionary work right?
False
For those of you who don't know I quite enjoy using plastic water bottles (fun fact) and generally have a small collection of said plastic water bottles somewhere in my near vicinity.
This week I've found a great joy in contacting through stopping the people digging through trash and offering them my plastic water bottles! Great fun. Would reccomend.

Weird random and good highlights
-pug puppies
- hiking with friends
- Made the worst pumpkin bread one has ever consumed (didn't have sugar) ever but fed it to other missionaries anyway
-I was famous for a prayer
- I got lost in a members yard and they laughed at me
-I gave a talk at church and I didn't want to cry after
- Our dear friend Enrique bought us jello because he said said I looked mad at him.
- ELIECER
-a man painted us a picture of Jesus because he always sees us walking around the area pic below it's so cool 

Something I loved from conference is that we always have a choice how we react. I don't remember who said it but we don't get to choose what happens in our lives or what others do. But we can always choose how we react and to be peacemakers. It makes me think of this scripture which I adore.

" Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you."

Choose God in each circumstance and he will fight for us.

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


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

A glimpse of our family phone call this week:  {Cam & Luce in RI, Mom at home, Me in Ventura, Adam on his way to a date, Spence at home, Emma in RI}

{Letter #13} What Park?

Hollaaa!

What isn't there to say about this week?

Tuesday
my district got me a cake a sang to me

Wednesday
felt like a whole week
We took a new sister around on splits she was so cool and is now in oxnard as well
Then later we with juanito and got ice cream (again)

Thursday
Transfers
I'm staying in Oxnard which is great because I LOVE Oxnard 🐂
Hermana Vanderbilt is off to Lompoc and guess who her new comp is, my mtc comp,
Hermana Dick!!! Crazy

And so now I'm in Oxnard with Hermana Crawford!
It feels like I'm whitewash leading an area
We have gone out of area on accident more times than I'd like to admit....
Oops

Friday
Crazy because I had no clue what I was doing

Saturday
Taught english class

Had a BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR VICTOR! we scared him half to death with a popper and gave him cake!🎉
And then we had a great lesson with him

Sunday
Figured out Hermana Wimmer lives like right next to my family Alpine (like my family can actually see her house from their back porch)

Night church for the win

This week was INSANE

But my spiritual thought is John 14 27
Life can be hard and crazy and sometimes we don't know what to do or where to look in those moments.
" Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Not as the world giveth give I unto you." 

There is one person who gets it. There is one person who understands what you're going through. Jesus Christ understands every thought and every pain. Look to him he knows, he gets it, and he can bring peace.

I LOVE YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES
GOD LOVES YOU
Until next week 🫶
Hermana Goold

 

 

Family phone call on my birthday this week:   (me-Oxnard, Mom, Dad, Spence at home in Alpine, Adam in Provo, Cam and Garrett at home in Alabama, Emma at home in Provo)