{Letter #57} Another One Gone...
Well, It has been another week and this transfer is almost over. It's been busy and good! Here's what happened: interviews, social media training, baptisms, and a fun district council!
First off, we had interviews with President Botchway this Thursday! Those were awesome! He said that lot of missionaries are completing their missions and about 30 new missionaries are coming in, so there are going to be a lot of changes. We will see what happens, I suppose. He also made some Ghanaian food for the zone. It was really good. I would definitely recommend you try some if you ever get the chance.
During the interviews we also had a training done by the social media leaders in the mission! It is really cool to see work that is being done over social media and also ways that we can improve. Phones and social media are tools that have been given to share the gospel! It's important that we use them the way that they were designed. Share the gospel over social media--it will help hasten the work!
This Saturday 3 people in close-by areas got baptized! Elder Thatcher and I got to attend one of them and give the intermission message right after the baptism was performed! It was awesome! It was the first time that Elder Thatcher had done that and he did a great job.
Here are the scriptures we used:
John 3:16-17
3 Nephi 9:17, 20
Moroni 8:25-26
2 Nephi 31:20
Yesterday we had a fun district council! We did a little object lesson for listening to people. We had a missionary blindfold themselves to make their way through a maze of chairs, while Elder Thatcher played the piano, someone gave them verbal directions, 2 missionaries were shouting scriptures, and someone else was expressing their concerns. Basically, at the end of the maze we asked the blindfolded missionary what the other missionary's concerns were. They had no idea!
We need to listen with charity. Not think of the next scripture to say, not thinking of some song from home, or just going strictly with what you have planned out. If we listen to people with true charity we will understand their concerns! We will be able to love them even more and help them increase their faith in Christ!
Which leads me to my spiritual thought for the week. Mormon, the prophet historian who compiled the Book of Mormon-Another Testament of Jesus Christ, wrote a letter to his son Moroni. In this letter Mormon taught:
During the interviews we also had a training done by the social media leaders in the mission! It is really cool to see work that is being done over social media and also ways that we can improve. Phones and social media are tools that have been given to share the gospel! It's important that we use them the way that they were designed. Share the gospel over social media--it will help hasten the work!
This Saturday 3 people in close-by areas got baptized! Elder Thatcher and I got to attend one of them and give the intermission message right after the baptism was performed! It was awesome! It was the first time that Elder Thatcher had done that and he did a great job.
Here are the scriptures we used:
John 3:16-17
3 Nephi 9:17, 20
Moroni 8:25-26
2 Nephi 31:20
Yesterday we had a fun district council! We did a little object lesson for listening to people. We had a missionary blindfold themselves to make their way through a maze of chairs, while Elder Thatcher played the piano, someone gave them verbal directions, 2 missionaries were shouting scriptures, and someone else was expressing their concerns. Basically, at the end of the maze we asked the blindfolded missionary what the other missionary's concerns were. They had no idea!
We need to listen with charity. Not think of the next scripture to say, not thinking of some song from home, or just going strictly with what you have planned out. If we listen to people with true charity we will understand their concerns! We will be able to love them even more and help them increase their faith in Christ!
Which leads me to my spiritual thought for the week. Mormon, the prophet historian who compiled the Book of Mormon-Another Testament of Jesus Christ, wrote a letter to his son Moroni. In this letter Mormon taught:
"But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen."
We must always be praying to be filled with the pure love of Christ! When we do we will receive so many blessings!
Love you all! have a fantastic week! Let me know if I can do anything for you all!
Love,
Elder Goold
-Picture after district council with the STLs and Murrayhill elders
-district council set up
-a zone call to pray together
-a chicken on a leash in someone's front yard
-a cool tree
-a cool sunset
More on the saga of horses:
Horse parking only (again)
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No trespassing horses (its funnier to read that way)
And some horses
Also a hummingbird I managed to snap a picture of
A glimpse at our family phone call this week (Elder Goold in Portland, Mom at home, Ellie in Rexburg, Emma in Provo, Dad at work, Cami, Spence, and Garrett were all at work and unable to join):
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