{Letter #9} Birthday, Blessing, Baptism, Beer Bottles
Hi everyone!
I hope y'all are doing well! This has been a pretty crazy week with a lot of stuff going on. But it's been really good!
So the first thing that happened this week was transfers! We weren't expecting anyone to be transferred, seeing as we had both only been there for about a month, but Elder Stone got switched out to a new area! So I was left in Boring to lead out the area while still being trained. It's been pretty good so far. Honestly not that different than before, I'm just the one that knows the people better. A few things that are different: my new companion is Elder Jensen, he's taller than me; I am the designated driver. I honestly really like it; we now have someone from Utah in our companionship so nobody is making the comment on how weird it is that neither of us are from Utah.
All in all though, it's been really good.
I'm going to go through the title of this email in reverse order. First up, Beer Bottles. We took on Elder Partridge and his ward for a day while Elder Strand was at a leadership training, while we were covering both wards we were helping a member of the Powell Valley ward move out. They had about 30 reusable glass beer bottles. He said we should take them and make root beer in them. So now we have about 30 beer bottles chilling in our apartment. fun times. I will keep you all updated on how the root beer turns out.
Next up, Baptism. So When Elder Jensen got here he had a friend, Derold, that he had been teaching that was getting baptized just a few days after he got here. A member of his old ward called this mission president, President Haymond, and got permission for him to come back to his old area to go to Derold's baptism. I don't know how the member did it because it's not something that usually happens in this mission. But he did it. So on Saturday we went to Derold's baptism and we got to be a part of that. It was incredible how strong the Spirit was while we were there. It was really cool to be a part of it even though I had never met him before.
Next item, Blessing. We had just gotten home to eat lunch when we got a call from the mission office. Basically there was a member who was visiting his non-member friend in our ward area and he wanted to give him a blessing. He called the mission office and said that he wanted us to come and help him give the blessing. So we got the call and had to head out right after we got back. It was actually a super cool experience though! The person we gave a blessing to said that they'd be interested in having us back and sharing a message with them again!
Final item, Birthday. There's not a ton to say about this. It was my birthday on Sunday. I'm not a teenager anymore. Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! Some ward members made me cupcakes and cookies. It was a lot of fun! I also made some *kinda* crepes to keep up my family's tradition of crepes for breakfast on birthdays.
A few more random things: we had someone ask how fast we could run while holding back their barking and jumping rottweiler,
we met a few Bassett hounds that were very friendly dogs,
the rain is finally supposed to actually start this week,
we helped a bird that flew into a window today,
and because a lot of Washington is on fire it is now very smoky here.
Now for my spiritual thought. These are a couple scriptures from 2 Nephi that keep popping up.
"Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do ... For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do."
I love what Nephi teaches here. He is teaching that when we feast upon the words of Christ and have the Holy Ghost with us we will know and be shown all things that we need to do. I know that if you feast on the Words of Christ, or in other words: study the scriptures and words of the prophets intently, that you will know what you need to do. I know that the words of Christ along with the Holy Ghost can help you in any situation. I know that these two things are provided for us so we can live up to our full potential that God has for us! So my invitation for you this week is to study The Book of Mormon intently for at least 10 minutes a day. I know that if you do you will find ways that it can apply to your life.
Love y'all! Love hearing from all of you! Hope y'all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Goold
I hope y'all are doing well! This has been a pretty crazy week with a lot of stuff going on. But it's been really good!
So the first thing that happened this week was transfers! We weren't expecting anyone to be transferred, seeing as we had both only been there for about a month, but Elder Stone got switched out to a new area! So I was left in Boring to lead out the area while still being trained. It's been pretty good so far. Honestly not that different than before, I'm just the one that knows the people better. A few things that are different: my new companion is Elder Jensen, he's taller than me; I am the designated driver. I honestly really like it; we now have someone from Utah in our companionship so nobody is making the comment on how weird it is that neither of us are from Utah.
All in all though, it's been really good.
I'm going to go through the title of this email in reverse order. First up, Beer Bottles. We took on Elder Partridge and his ward for a day while Elder Strand was at a leadership training, while we were covering both wards we were helping a member of the Powell Valley ward move out. They had about 30 reusable glass beer bottles. He said we should take them and make root beer in them. So now we have about 30 beer bottles chilling in our apartment. fun times. I will keep you all updated on how the root beer turns out.
Next up, Baptism. So When Elder Jensen got here he had a friend, Derold, that he had been teaching that was getting baptized just a few days after he got here. A member of his old ward called this mission president, President Haymond, and got permission for him to come back to his old area to go to Derold's baptism. I don't know how the member did it because it's not something that usually happens in this mission. But he did it. So on Saturday we went to Derold's baptism and we got to be a part of that. It was incredible how strong the Spirit was while we were there. It was really cool to be a part of it even though I had never met him before.
Next item, Blessing. We had just gotten home to eat lunch when we got a call from the mission office. Basically there was a member who was visiting his non-member friend in our ward area and he wanted to give him a blessing. He called the mission office and said that he wanted us to come and help him give the blessing. So we got the call and had to head out right after we got back. It was actually a super cool experience though! The person we gave a blessing to said that they'd be interested in having us back and sharing a message with them again!
Final item, Birthday. There's not a ton to say about this. It was my birthday on Sunday. I'm not a teenager anymore. Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! Some ward members made me cupcakes and cookies. It was a lot of fun! I also made some *kinda* crepes to keep up my family's tradition of crepes for breakfast on birthdays.
A few more random things: we had someone ask how fast we could run while holding back their barking and jumping rottweiler,
Now for my spiritual thought. These are a couple scriptures from 2 Nephi that keep popping up.
"Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do ... For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do."
I love what Nephi teaches here. He is teaching that when we feast upon the words of Christ and have the Holy Ghost with us we will know and be shown all things that we need to do. I know that if you feast on the Words of Christ, or in other words: study the scriptures and words of the prophets intently, that you will know what you need to do. I know that the words of Christ along with the Holy Ghost can help you in any situation. I know that these two things are provided for us so we can live up to our full potential that God has for us! So my invitation for you this week is to study The Book of Mormon intently for at least 10 minutes a day. I know that if you do you will find ways that it can apply to your life.
Love y'all! Love hearing from all of you! Hope y'all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Goold
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