{Letter #33} "You're Taller than that Palm Tree. Congratulations."

This week was awesome, but this will be a fast email. 

Highlights
-I crushed everyone in card games today at our activity I won 2-3 

-The cute Hermana that gave me candy during church because I had cold hands 

-The 2 pound dog at Isabella's

Zone conference !!!!
We won gold plates for clean car and I saw 4 of my comps forgot to get a pic though 

Met some awesome members 

Cynthia is one of my favorites ever she's a new member here and she is so cute 

We had a lesson with this guy named Bruno who is actually insanely cool

And we did some finding in Ojai!
Ojai is a weird little town that is pretty far away from the rest of our area but I love it 

HNA Vanderbilt y HNA Crawford!!!!!

-Lessons with Alma! She fed us very spicy tacos.

-We got locked out of our apartment for about an hour until the glades saved us

-Got called Ellie 🥲

Jacob 2:8

And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul.

I love this scripture and I know that the word of God has the power to heal :)
That is all for this week 

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:  (Cam, Ems, Luce, and Ollie in RI, Mom and Adam in Portland visiting his mission, Spence at home, Me in Ventura) 

{Letter #24} "Change is good" 🍀☹️

 Hello hello!

How are you??This Thursday we have transfers
I'm probably leaving which is pretty sad so this week felt like a lot of goodbyes here in Oxnard but updates next week:

Miracles!
-we have this friend he's pretty cool. but we just had to move his Baptismal date back a little and they (him and his wife) were pretty nervous about going to church. But they decided to come even though they were super nervous!

Break in their story for a moment ✋️

There is a returning member who the elders have been working with this whole transfer. He had not been to church in months. This Sunday was his first Sunday back in many months and guess what happened??
Our friend the one who was nervous about going to church and making some changes was his good friend from work. The returning member was so excited and just kept saying "this is my first week back, we worked together!!"
He's now going to be helping us in lessons with him which is super exciting

-Panda Friday (all the missionaries go to panda the week before transfers to get a fortune)

-Eduardo the coolest member ever opened his mission call to Las Vegas Nevada! He leaves in about a month

-I remembered a couple of words in mixteco during a lesson with a new friend 

-We went to a baptism with our friend Antony!!

I'm reading in Genesis right now! I have a goal to finish the whole Bible on my mission (hold me to it)
I was reading the story of Joseph this week 
Please listen to the soundtrack for me :(
This was a verse that really stood out to me

"Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life."

I think of Jesus when I read this verse.
He suffered for your greatest pains, sins, and afflictions. And he did so willingly because he loves you. He doesn't want you to beat yourself up about something that hes covered.

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

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

Our family phone call today:  Me in Oxnard, Mom at home, Adam in Provo on his way home from work, Spence and Dad at home, Cami on her way back from teaching a yoga class, and Emma at home in Provo.  

{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)

{Letter #12} "They Brang the Cake and I Eated it"

 Hola! 
This week was busy, a wee bit chaotic AND maravilloso

Monday
Hna Olaveson got impacted by an emergency transfers  and moved to santa barbara
so now I'm in a trio with hermanas van and powell! I love love love the trio
I've been in a car, I miss biking. And we're covering two areas which is an adventure!

Tuesday
Weekly planning at red Robin's and it took FOREVER because we are merging the two areas

Thursday
Tried to film a video for zone but we were laughing too much

Friday
Cut hair

Saturday
Had Ice cream with Edwardo and explained my epilepsy to him in spanish
como se dice fluent ?
Taught english class and forgot a lot of English but learned a lot of spanish
Our dinner got stolen

Sunday
Went to church ☀️☀️
Hna Vanderbilt got peed on by a dog during a lesson

Spiritual thought
3 nephi 12 2-3
And again, more blessed are they who shall believe in your words because that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye know that I am. Yea, blessed are they who shall believe in your words, and come down into the depths of humility and be baptized, for they shall be visited with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a remission of their sins.
3 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
I love how it speaks of humility

I have no clue who said it but I remember in a lesson someone wrote a quote that said, "humility is not thinking less of yourself;  It's thinking of yourself less."
Humility really is how we can come unto christ thinking of our own flaws and abilities less and trusting in his abilities more.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE THE MOST FANTASTIC WEEK EVER

I love you all! God loves you!

Hermana Ellie Goold

Luna -- she's definitely related to Nali (my dog)

the tri

10:30 activities

My mail haul this week: