{Letter #69} Exponential Encouragement

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 have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another"

Love one another! It is a commandment.

President Dummer (our stake president here) said:

"When we show love, we feel God's love"

It's true!

The Christmas parties were awesome! One was a Hawaiian themed brunch. The other was a formal dinner. Both the same day. Both awesome!

Both wards have so many people filled with love!

My Spiritual thought for this week is Moroni 7:48. I've shared it before. But it's awesome. Mormon taught:

"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."

Pray for love! Christ will bless you forever!  Find one way to love someone this Christmas season!

I love all of you! Have a great week! Let me know if I can do anything for you all!

Love,
Elder Goold

 

 

 

 

 

A glimpse at our family phone call today:  Ellie freshly back home in Alpine, Mom in Alpine, me in the car on the way home from an activity, Spencer just back from the gym, Emma in Provo.  Missing:  Dad (at dinner with his brother), Cami (at work), Lucie (probably sleeping), Garrett (at work)