{Letter #45} "I believe in angels!" 😇

November 17, 2025
 
Good morning 🌄
This week was an adventure! It poured for the past couple of days which I LOVE. 

but it also means we've had 98% of our lessons cancel for the rain or for the cold...(it's been like 60 degrees).  On the plus side of the rain, people have been really nice to us this week. 

I guess people here in Cali are more likely to say yes when they feel bad that you literally look like a drowned rat??

We had exchanges in Santa Paula and I got to spend the day with Hermana McAllister!! She is studying to be a (I've forgotten the word) she's studying plants! Turns out we literally had the same bishop from BYU-I barely in different semesters.

We have an incredible friend named Mario that we are working with. He has met with missionaries before. He is so cool and he has a motorcycle 🏍 if y'all could keep him in your prayers that would be awesome:)

Had a very special pass off lesson to the elders. 😭🎉
"No, we are not going to hug you. Yes, we understand it is your birthday."

Julio got set apart as a missionary!!

Stopped by a random cafe to get out of the rain for a moment and it ended up being a man who'd been baptized into the church and was excited to see missionaries he gave us free herbal tea/ hot chocolate:) 

Spiritual thought 2 nephi 29 

And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.

How has God proved himself to you lately?

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

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

A glimpse at our silly phone call this week:   (me in Ventura, mom at home, Spence at home, Adam in Provo, Emma in RI, Dad at home, Cam in RI)  

 

 

 

{Letter #44} "Te van a robar" 😃😇🌊

 Good morning and I'm sorry! I have doing awful at my emails as of late.  I will improve. Una promesa de los dedos🤝

Some wonderful highlights from this week! 

Eliecer was baptized.  So many miracles I have seen in his story and from knowing and having the privilege to teach him.   He said he could not stop smiling when he left the water that smiling felt natural. He also brought his mom and sister to his baptism!

We went to the temple!!  It was beautiful!

Exchanges with Hermana Olaveson
The missionary farewell of member Julio!!

It was an awesome week very busy and crazy but very happy and good!

Australia fun facts of the week 🦘
-They have a basketball league like the NBA but not as big called NBL (the english elders in the area are teaching a man from Sydney Australia who plays for the NBL)

-they don't have social security numbers

Some thoughts

Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Something I've been learning a lot about is the combination of grace and faith
I realized that sometimes I spend a lot of time waiting to have "enough" to act or to move. I love the concept of faith and grace. Because it means that we always have enough when we are looking to Christ. His grace will make up the difference. 

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

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

November 3rd phone call:  Cami in RI, Emma in RI, Me in Ventura, Dad in the home office, Mom on her way to Provo for a ward activity, Spence at home

November 10th phone call:  Me in Ventura, Mom and Dad getting ready to host 30 people for a YSA dinner, Emma and Cami in RI,  Spence at home, Adam in Provo

{Letter #43} SEE THAT WATER BOTTLE? THAT IS A WEAPON!

 GOOD MORNING!!!!
How are you doing??
This week was so good.

Slightly in context quotes of this week

"And we were literally busting" (Australian for we literally need to pee so bad)
Saw cute Lil lady blowing kisses- approached her to realize it was a man we preserved and invited him to church and he preceded to say
"I just want your number."

Friend-"Teach me something in English,"
Me- "uhhh hello."

Neighbor- See that water bottle that's a weapon
Some miracles 
Eliecer accepted a new baptismal date and he is so excited and prepared

We found Sergio who has referred himself like 3 times. He lives in a homeless shelter and we taught and found a few of his friends there as well. It was great fun. We got handed 3 cans of soda during the one lesson! And our friend Sergio put a blanket over us haha.

Our friend Ismael brought his whole crew to our lesson
Finding our friend Jorge who had just barely moved

Moroni 10 32
32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

Something I saw a lot this week is that sometimes we need to act in Faith and then grace will make up the difference when our efforts inevitably fall short

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

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

Phone call this week:   Adam in Provo, Mom, Emma, and Cami in RI, Me in Ventura, Dad at home, Spence somewhere

{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?
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}