{Letter #35} "Kachai? You know?"

hello hello!!
Ismael is progressing so well! But he didn't come to church which was super sad. We are going to try driving to remind him and see if that works.

We went to a really pretty site in Ventura called the Cross to do studies and saw a lovely view.
We have the coolest friend ever Eliecer. We met him at a gas station. He is so prepared. He already gave the prayer and we've only had two lessons 🫨

Got to practice spanish in setting besides lessons including- cashier at trader joes. The laundry lady at the temple and talking to president and Hermana. 

We spent some time in Ojai cute little town with lots of horses 

I got yelled at 3 times in one day on the Avenue. (Downtown Ventura)I love the Ave very much but for the next few days we took quite the break and tried some other parts of our very large area.

Mosiah 8:18 
Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings

What do miracles mean to you? What miracles have you seen in your life? 

I love thinking of miracles. I often remember that God has all power I remember the stories of Moses parting the seas through the power of God or the dead being raised by the power of God. But I love this reminder God will provide a mean that YOU can apply and access that power in your life. He has power that is unchanged and unchanging and he is also your loving Heavenly father. Through faith you can open the door to see his miracles :)

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, Garrett, Lucie, Oliver, and Ems in RI, Dad in his home office, me in Ventura, Spence driving home from work, Mom driving somewhere, Adam at home in Alpine}
 

{Letter #34} "I'm going to marry one of you ladies." 👸

Good week!  Had some fun random things.

We had interviews and also apparently we're going to do service in the temple this week which I'm so excited about :)

Wednesday
Ismeal is going to be baptized!
Talked with these two Muslim men Abdul and Mohamad about god, outside of a Barbershop, and it ended in them handing us 50 dollars.

Went to dinner :) 

Thursday
Went to ojai!!
Our friend Eliecer is INCREDIBLE!! 
Had some awesome lessons with some very cool friends 

Friday
Exchanges with Hermana Mcvey
Found a new friend while backing the car
Alan is the best member as well as Cinthia
Our neighbor Cliff told us he loved us and he was going to marry us, again.

Saturday 
Had a lesson with Alma and she literally would not let us leave with out food

Sunday
Had stake conference
Eliecer came to Stake conference!!!
Had interviews
Watched Alan and Julio get roasted by Hermana Balboa for an hour straight during a member meal.

Spiritual thought 
This week our mission has been talking about faith! Something that I loved is that we each have so many blessings promised to us and that by exercising just a bit of faith ,we don't earn those blessing, but we open the door to them. 

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 Adam just arrived back home from Portland, Dad on the deck, Cam and Ems in RI, Spence driving home from work) 

{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 #32} "Usted es la señorita?"

Good week!

We were one of 6 companionships that  got emergency evacuated for a night for the Tsunami in Australia {it was actually an earthquake in Russia that triggered the tsunami warnings} and slept on the floor of other sisters apartment for a night. 

Went on trio splits for a day for MLC with Hermana McVey

Met some cool people

Here are some highlights-
Carlos! I saw him biking and yelled at him and had a quick super quick convo but then he had to go. I was sad because he was so cool but then later that night we got a random call answered it, guess who it was CARLOS (They'd stopped teaching him months ago with out much contact)
He called us and set up a time to meet :) insane I'm so excited 

-We had some good lessons with some cool friends! 

-VICTOR {from Oxnard} got in touch and is doing great😭🤍 

-Had a rando on the street ask us to read scriptures with them. SO COOL. 

-LESSON with Sergio HE'S #INCREDIBLE 

God's plan is better! He wants your joy and he really knows how to help to get there. I love this video because it reminds me that we can't always see the whole picture but God has a great plan for us and it includes joy that exceeds any amount of pain we've experience. It's about 3 mins I'd highly recommend!

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/video/inspirational-messages/2012-01-014-the-will-of-god?lang=eng

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 at home, Emma at home in Provo, Dad out on a walk, Adam driving to pick up Emma, Spence driving home from work.  

{Letter #31} "And this, this is for you;)" 🕺👨‍🎤

Well folks I was indeed incorrect. 1 transfer and I'm out of Santa Barbara. 

I'm now in the area Ventura :) with Hermana Searles! What a sweetheart! She is from Colorado and is really good at crocheting!

I was surprised to leave and definitely sad because I LOVE Santa Barbara. But I also already adore Ventura. It's a bit more city, downtown vibes than my other areas. Lots of weirdos here. Which is fun and something I enjoy. The first day I got here we went to a park and the elders called us over cause there was guy speaking spanish and they couldn't understand him. We went over and it was a homeless man who started singing to us and then preceded to start dancing as well. Then pointed directly at one of the elders and said it's para ti and went off dancing. So I love Ventura and all the people.

We have some incredible friends. We are teaching a couple families which is new for me and soo soo fun!
There is this INCREDIBLE family Lily, Emily, and Christian!!!
They are so interested in developing their relationships with God and growing closer to him right now which is pretty cool.

The ward is so precious and the members are very kind and want to help.
Anyways that's all for today I need to finish unpacking 

What is one thing, YOU can do today to act upon the words of God?
Whatever comes to your mind
I invite you to try that :)

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:   Mom, Dad, Lucie, and Cam in Alpine getting ready for a big YSA dinner, me in Ventura, Adam in the car driving to the YSA dinner right after work.  

 

{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)