{Update #42} Photos from Ventura

 No letter.  Pics from the last two weeks.  

 October 13th phone call:   Me in Ventura, Mom and Dad at home, Cam, Lucie, and Bear Friend in RI, Spence at home, and Emma in RI 

October 20th phone call: Emma in RI, Mom at home, Me and Hermana Barton in Ventura, Spence at home, Cam, Lucie, and Oliver in RI, Dad in the home office, Adam in the car

{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?
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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}

{Update #40} No Letter, Just Pics

 September 29:  No letter or  phone call this week.  Here are the pics. 

Me, Hermana Searle, Alan, Eliecer 

{Letter #39} " I would only go to church to find a wife."

What a good week. Send me your updates
This week In a nutshell 

-We had zone conference 

I got to go on exchanges with Hermana Barton again and we had some wonderful lessons in her area

Neither of us can drive because she is from Australia and I have seizures(in case ya didn't know) so we did in fact walk all day which was so fun. 

Eliecer is on track to be baptized !!! We had a couple great lessons with him He came to church in a WHITE BUTTON UP SHIRT 😇

Had the craziest member meal of my life details for another time ( don't fret slightly more tears of laughter than tears of sorrow were shed )

Got bashed in like 3 lessons in one day 

Hermana Searle got sent veggie juice

We filmed a Facebook ad for the church look out for me on the church's website. 

Sorry for the crazy email but I LOVE Y'ALL 😁
A talk called "Through God's Eyes"  by Elder Renlund.
I now realize that in the Church, to effectively serve others we must see them through a parent’s eyes, through Heavenly Father’s eyes. Only then can we begin to comprehend the true worth of a soul. Only then can we sense the love that Heavenly Father has for all of His children. Only then can we sense the Savior’s caring concern for them. We cannot completely fulfill our covenant obligation to mourn with those who mourn and comfort those who stand in need of comfort unless we see them through God’s eyes. This expanded perspective will open our hearts to the disappointments, fears, and heartaches of eithers.


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 very late at night in Lisbon, Portugal, Spence at home, Adam on BYU campus}

 

{Letter #38} "What did you say?? " 🥲

 This week was lovely a wee but chaotic pero se la vie (such is life, make it french idk how to spell)

Some quick highlights cause I once again have failed to have the desire to write an email BUT
THIS WEEK WHEEEEE-
-Had exchanges with hermana Barton [from Australia] She taught us some cool sayings and did agree to say "no" for us. She is the CUTEST ever.
 
-Eliecer accepted a Baptismal date!!!!!we are sups excited for him
 
-had interviews woot woot 

-have zone conference tomorrow 

- getting better at basketball:) 

-lunch with Cinthia again 

-Incredible lessons with friends new and more progressing
 
-Sat in sap almost ruined pants did ruin a libro (🫠)

- had a lesson/dinner at an english members home and realized it was my friend's grandparents (shoutout Hermana Brown) 

God's love is unchanging. We can not earn his love or dismiss it. But. Is there something you could do today feel that love he has for you? 

Here are some ideas that help me to feel more of my Heavenly fathers love for me

-Prayer
-the scriptures
- nature
-good music
- the temple
-the church
- exercise
-painting

I want to invite you to make some time for him today and I promise you'll hear him. 

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 call this week:  {Me in Ventura, Mom getting ready to feed 50 YSAs for dinner, Ems in RI, Dad helping Mom get ready for dinner, Adam in Provo, Cam in RI}