{Letter #53} Diligence!

Hi everyone! I hope everything is going well for all of you! This week was pretty busy, like most weeks it seems. We did a lot of missionary work, had zone conference, went on exchanges, and a bunch of other meetings.

It was a bit of a slower week in terms of the missionary work to be completely honest. It's really interesting to be training, it has required me to take things a lot slower than normal and also be really deliberate about what we are doing. It has been good to regularly be asking "does this activity help people to come closer to Christ?"

When all your thoughts and efforts are focused on Christ you are so much more able to see the Lord's hand in your life!

"And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith; wherefore they first believed in the Son of God." (Ether 12:18)

At zone conference we talked a lot about diligence! Being a diligent disciple of Jesus Christ and diligently seeking to learn about Him. When we are diligent in our own efforts to learn, we will begin to see those miracle that are talked about by Moroni in Ether 12. We will increase our faith in the Son of God and we will be lead by it!

We also had exchanges yesterday! That was a lot of fun! I got to stay in my area and work with Elder Gurr. He is usually on bike, so it was a good break for him I think. We talked a lot about that focus on Christ and how we can be more diligent in our efforts to serve Him. We also talked about the BYU talk "Be 100 Percent Responsible". You should go listen to it sometime. It's very good and teaches a lot about taking responsibility for our life!

My spiritual thought for this week will be Doctrine & Covenants 11:20. In which, the Lord taught:

"Behold, this is your work, to keep my commandments, yea, with all your might, mind and strength"

It is our responsibility to keep the commandments of God! When we do we will be happier, and blessed in all things! The Prophet King Benjamin taught:

"And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."

Love you all! Let me know if I can pray for you or help you in any way! Have a great week!

Love,
Elder Goold

Some pics: Here I am with Elder Stone (my trainer) and Elder Thatcher (who I'm training)