Adam Serving in Portland

Hi everyone! Merry Christmas! I hope you all have had a fantastic day (and week)! It's been a super busy week here between MLC, Mission Christmas devotional, exchanges, and today. All those were seriously awesome! But today I just want to bear my testimony of Jesus Christ! He lives! Jesus Christ lived a matchless, sinless, and perfect life! He performed His great and infinite atonement on behalf of you! He has restored His priesthood and His church, through the prophet Joseph Smith, on the earth so we have a way to return to our Heavenly Father! All things Christ did were on our behalf so we can obtain God's greatest gift of eternal life (Doctrine & Covenants 14:7). Christ loves you individually and specifically! Turn to Him! Find His Joy! He will bless you and help you! I hope you all are doing well! Have a merry Christmas! I love you all! Please let me know if I can do anything or pray for anything for you! Love, Elder Goold Watching for falling walnuts... Christmas gift...

Hi everyone! I hope you all are great! This week has been awesome! We had a great zone council, transfers, and an awesome Christmas concert! Zone council was seriously so fun! We did it just before transfers happened, so it was a great way to reflect on the last transfer and everything that has happened. We talked a bunch about the Doctrine of Christ and how we can apply it to our life. It was very beneficial! I would invite you to study and apply it to yours as well! Transfers was Friday! I'm staying in the same area with Elder Shaw! This is only the second time on my mission that I'll be with a companion for 2 transfers. Or 12 weeks. It's kinda crazy. It's gonna be a blast though! It's Elder Shaw's last transfer. We are ready to put in some hard work! Lastly, the choir concert was amazing! Lots of Christmas songs. And lots of people from past areas I've served. We tried to get a friend that we are teaching to come because he loves music. But he didn't ...

Hi everyone! This week has been so good! We got to go on 2 exchanges, had a meeting with our Stake President, going to the temple, and two ward Christmas parties! It's been a crazy week! Exchanges were so much fun! I got to bike in the pouring rain all day Wednesday. That was fun. We got to talk about so many good things between those two Elders! A specific theme between them was relying on Jesus Christ! Christ will Heal us. Encourage us. Uplift us. Guide us. Comfort us. Strengthen us. "And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every good gift cometh of Christ " (Moroni, 10:18). It was cool talking with them about that and how that applies to missionary work. How they can apply that to their own conversion, the conversion of other missionaries, the conversion of all God's children! We had a meeting with our Stake president on Sunday. He shared John 13:34-35. Christ taught: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I...

Hi Everyone! I hope you all have had a great week! It's been a great week full of rain here! Here's some things that happened: interviews with President Botchway, training from Sister Botchway, some exchanges, and lastly the First Presidency's Christmas devotional ! I'll start with the First Presidency Christmas devotional . It was really really really good. If you have not had the chance to watch It. I encourage all of you to go watch It. The words of a living prophet are amazing and they allow us to look more to Jesus Christ and find joy! Second off, interviews and training by President and Sister Botchway. Those were awesome. They talked a lot about faith and the importance of having faith in Jesus Christ and in doing his work. Because if we don't have faith, then we're trying to make it our work, which it's not! Lastly, exchanges were awesome. We were able to find a few  people to teach and we discussed how we can always increase our faith in Jesus Chri...