{Letter #30} "Estoy enamorado de ti jeje."

Hello!
What's up?? 

This week flew by
It was so good!!
Some of our progressing friends are struggling right now so we're working on supporting them and FINDING.

We've been having a hard time getting our one friend to church so yesterday we schemed and set up a lesson in a park and brought a member (the plan was to kidnap our friend and bring him to church.) But guess who didn't come to the park until hours later 😀😒

-President AND Hermana Rodriguez joined our district council last week which was fun 

-A package!! And letters (THANK YOU MOM AND EMMA) 

-THE MEMBERS HERE🥰

We had a member meal with the Obispos and heard so much chisma

-HERMANA NOHELIA I adore her she is just the cutest little grandma and she loves zumba and helping the missionaries 

-"Estoy enamorado de ti jeje." A friend confessed his love in text with a jeje at the end.

-Our super cool friend who's come to church 3x can MEET this week!!

-Fortune Friday /transfers next week ( I think I'm staying and I'll probably have a new companion but we never know)

-Were asked if we were from Switzerland 

🤍
I read this this morning in my studies
Mosiah 14
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.


And with his stripes we are healed. He suffered for you and for me. If you feel like you have gone astray this is your reminder that God loves you so much that he sent his son Jesus Christ to suffer the atonement and Jesus loves you so much that he did so willingly. It is never too late, and you cannot sink out of the reach of where Jesus Christ and his light have been :) 

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:  (Spence at home in Alpine, Mom at home, Adam at his apartment in Provo, Cami at home in Rhode Island, Dad in his home office, me in Santa Barbara, and Emma at her apartment in Provo)

{Letter #29} "You'd be chihuahua" :(

 Hello!! How is everyone this week?? I'm still loving it here in Santa Barbara 🎅
The members are so cool and We have some pretty fun friends 

This week some highlights ✨️
-Solvang!!!! Exchanges with Sister Farnsworth!

-I guessed a random guy's name on the street and was right. MIGUEL.

-Two randos hit me on the back twice in the space of 1 hour.
-Found an awesome lady who said she'd just been praying and she knows God sent us :)
- Member meal with the sweetest Hermana
-Hike with the district
-Our new members went to the temple 🤍🤍
-Hermana Olaveson singing 🫶
-We have half a water melon in our freezer
-Climbing a tree and picking avocados 

- the worst farmers tan you've ever seen
-I found a man in spanish on english exchanges and he was really excited about church!!!
-having a friend named Candy and another named something that sounds a lot like diabetes

He hears every prayer.  And if you listen you will hear him. He loves you and he wants you to talk with him. What does it mean to you, that he has heard you prayers? 

Mosiah 3:3-4
And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of great joy.
4 For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy.

That's all, it was a fun random week! I love it here! Send me updates stories or chisma! I'd love to hear from you! 

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

{Letter #28} "Don't Look. Temptation!"

 Monday- multi zone pday activity!! Was reunited with Hermana Crawford and Wimmer!!! Also our district got switched around a bit and now it's doubled in size so we have other sisters yay!!

Wednesday-met Josefina, quote of the week was from her "no mírates tentacion!"
That was after her 30 minute story about how God is real because someone gave her a truck.
 
Thursday- Went on exchanges for MLC (meeting my comp went to) with sister Anderson we double covered our areas so I went out to YSA land and also lead out my area. It was great. Had 4 conversations in spanish all by myself and they understood me 🤯

Friday- 🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸🎆 we ate watermelon but it kind of went bad :,(
Saw fireworks!!

Saturday-Best member meal ever. At the house of Francisco!! Some very lovely Spanish music playing in the background.
We ate mole while everyone watched us eat it was wonderful

Sunday- Member meal I held a baby turtle 🐢 

We also gave our new member a giant texted quad so she can read it and she was really excited!
And we had a new friend at church HE IS SO COOL! super busy but he said he'd move his schedule around to meet 

🌄🤍
Jacob 7: 25
"Wherefore, the people of Nephi did fortify against them with their arms and with all their might, trusting in the God and rock of theor salvation; wherefore, they became as yet, conquerors of their enemies."

When we trust in God he can help us become conquerors of our enemies. No matter who or what they are! He'll be there always to help us.
Email me I love hearing from y'all HAVE THE BEST WEEK.

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

{Letter #27} "I Like a Your Spanish"

 This week was so good! I'm loving Santa Barbara! 

Highlights
-Interviews!!
-Meeting Luis who told us he would read the Book of Mormon in a week.
-EXCHANGES with Hna Vanderbilt 🥳✌️
-Zone Conference !!

-went back to Oxnard a couple times :)
-Road trips
-Had some great lessons
-rando told us he loved us
-sports with President and Hermana Rodriguez 

"Worldly identifiers will never give you a vision of who you can ultimately become. They will never affirm your divine DNA or your unlimited, divine potential."

Who does God say that you are?

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

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

{Letter #26} "I sat in the box of the dirty laundry." 🙄

Good week!! A ton of lessons fell through but we met a ton of cool people so no se preocupe!!

😚English EXCHANGES with Sis.Workman-- she's so fun!! Had lessons and a member meal in English. Twas fun, we saw the beach.. :)

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🥳went to QUINCENERA kind of on accident. But it was so cool. It was a girl in our ward named Liz; she was so pretty. 

😀I gave a talk. In Spanish. Two times. The first was interesting. The second time I scrapped my notes and it went a little better

👋My brother's roommate, Ty,  was in my branch, which was shocking but so fun.. 

😇💙went to a baptism for the Elders' friend he's so cool. Got hugged by the brand new member in the hallway on accident. 

🌊also my friend Antony in Oxnard got baptized. I'm so happy for him :))))

I love this area it is so pretty. Come visit Santa Barbara some time!!

This is what I gave my talk about this week! Trusting in God- and not relying in the things of the world. It's something I've had a hard time with doing. The world offers a lot, but I've also found as I'm seeking to follow Christ and his example, I find what I'm looking for. 

"Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen."   (2nd Nephi 4:35) 

I love you all!I hope you're doing well!!! Email me I would love to hear from you :)

God loves you! 🫶🫵
-Hermana Goold

{Letter #25} "Happy, Happy Father's Day"

 Hola!   
Sooo after a couple restless nights anticipating transfers Thursday hit and I'm officially out of Oxnard 🤯

I love and miss Oxnard but I was pretty confident I was leaving so I got to say goodbye to our friends and members 

Said goodbye to Hermana Crawford as well which was so sad 

We find out about transfers in an email at 6:30am on Thursdays

    -it tells us to pack or not and what your assignment is Jr or Sr comp and everything


Then if you're leaving, you pack and meet at the mission office at 2. Then they'll tell you where you're going and who your comp is. Then you leave.

Me and Sister Hatch were comps for about 1-2 hours and had a lovely road trip....

A protest we saw along the way...

 to SANTA BARBARA!!

 It is beautiful!    I've only been here a couple days but the ward is so precious and I am with Hermana Olaveson who I lived with in a four man apartment my first my 1st transfer and she's the cutest literally so excited!!! 

We have some really really cool friends and members that have been so fun to meet.

Santa Barbara is this super pretty beach town. It's kind of unreal. There are so many flowers and palm trees and it's super hilly. 

We do a lot more english finding here which is an adjustment but can also be fun!! 

Highlights-
-I got to call my dad!!
-SANTA BARBARA 

-Two very cool female friends!!!!!
-Got apples :) 

:And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them."

We talked all about gifts from god the past couple of weeks in church! Something I was thinking of is that sometimes we tend to compare our gifts to others and become discouraged or embarrassed to share them. But I'm learning that each of us have enough. We have many gifts that are from God and he's asking you not to deny them and share them. Give what you have and God will give you far more than you could imagine!! 

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

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