{Update #49} December 16-31, 2025

 No letter.  Photos from December 16-31, 2025. Ventura, CA. 

The matching California necklaces Mom got for us for Christmas

A glimpse of our  family call on 12/22/25:  Emma, Adam, Mom, and Dad in Alpine.  Me in Ventura

family call on 12/29/25: Mom, Dad, and Adam at home, Spence at home, Cam in RI, Me in Ventura

  

{Letter #47} "Duo Dinámico" 🧏🏼‍♀️💁🏽‍♀️

 December 8, 2025

HACE TANTO TIEMPO LO SIENTO

I hope you are doing well and enjoying the holidays!

Some recent updates!
I'm staying my 4th transfers here in the city of Ventura (AND I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT IT)
Eliecer is doing well and is about to receive the priesthood (ahhhhhh)
He told us we would both stay because we were a dynamic duo
I love Hermana Barton and I'm learning a lot about Australia. 

Fun stats!
-11x times we've been asked if we were sisters 

- 4x rats we've seen
-3x passoff lessons to the elders

-10x Hermana Shafer look a likes
- 5x me being told I look like I'm under the age of 15 

Highlights of the week
Service with President and Hermana Rodriguez!! 🎄
Service building canned Christmas trees

MLC meaning - I SAW HERMANA DICK AND VANDERBILT !!!! 

We decorated for Christmas
Man selling skin product saying he would bring me back to Israel
We re-found our friend Jorge

Merry Christmas.  God loves you.  

Scripture of the day
ether 12 41
And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen.

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

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

A glimpse at our family phone call this week:  (me in Ventura, Mom and Dad at a ward party in Provo, Emma and Cam in RI, Adam in Provo, Spence in the car) 

{Letter #19} "God Loves You"

 I get to stay in Oxnard!!!🐂

With the Hermana Crawford!!

I'm very excited about it!

This week was so good president came to our district council on Monday and I almost passed out I was so nervous because it's all in Spanish and I had to talk and do a lesson in front of him-- worst lesson of my mission but he was nice about it.

Everything is pretty much the same this transfer
EXCEPT I'M NOT IN A FOUR MAN ANYMORE
and we are so sad about it 

We have a few new friends we're working with and they're so cool
There are so many miracles in missionary work
We had a meeting with Elder Bednar

It was so spiritually uplifting

It was just him members of the seventy and our mission and he gave us like 3-4 hours to talk and ask questions it was a very cool opportunity
I think that is all for this week it was a good one!! :)
Spiritual thought this week

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."

I love this reminder to ask your questions. Questions are not a bad thing they actually help us learn.
Elder Bednar teaches by questions. A question found is much more helpful than a question given. God wants to hear our questions when we ask him he can help us grow

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

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

On a hike with Hermana Powell

I got to see Hermana Dick! 

Family phone call this week:  Me in Oxnard; Mom and Lucie in Alabama; Adam in Provo; Spence at home in Alpine; Dad at the Denver airport during a long flight delay as he was flying to Alabama

{Letter #14} "Ohhhh, You're the Mexicana..."

Hola!!! This week was fantastic, though I miss my bike.

We had zone conference which is always a blast

and we also had 2 days with like 3 whole confirmed lessons!! ⛷️

Living in a four man is the best
Email me if you want to know what Disney princess you'd be or who you'd be in a high-school movie 🙂‍↕️

Went thrifting at the bins
I had exchanges with the Hermana Lasa and it was so fun, but also I've never been more scared when the mission car alarm yelled at her like 30 times to "check your speed!"

Sat in the library got recognized as the missionaries and then this guy pointed at my slightly less blonde better at spanish comp and said "oh you must be the Mexican one!" Then he blew us kisses and for some reason I instinctively DID IT BACK then I realized what had just happened and we almost peed our pants in the library because what was that.

Got asked to climb in someones window and unlock their door but couldn't because it would involve climbing a ladder :(

On Saturday a member gave me cake for my birthday and I almost cried it was so sweet

Our friends are doing good! We have basically 2 but they're so cool! We find a lot which is so entertaining sometimes

Spiritual thought
I Need Thee Every Hour

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/music/songs/2017-06-i-need-thee-every-hour?lang=eng

I LOVE THIS SONG

I love the reminder that we can turn to him in every moment. Whether it be the worst day of your life or something small and likely unimportant to others it matters to God and Christ understands!!!! We can seek their help

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

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

Family phone call this week:  Dad, Mom, Spence at home in Alpine, Me in Oxnard.  Not pictured:  Cami, Lucie, and Oliver who also joined the call before the picture was taken.  Emma, Adam, and Garrett were busy. 

 

{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