Adam Serving in Portland

 Here is a text I just received from a member  that made my day:  “Sister Goold, I am brother Bean.  we just had the privilege of have your son in our home to deliver a gospel message.  He is truly fine young man.  We are grateful that jr is here.  Thank you for your sacrifice him for 2 years while he is serving on the Oregon Portland Mission”

Hi everyone! I hope you all have had a great week! What was something good that happened? It's been a good and busy week here! We had several exchanges, zone council, 5 friends at church, and some awesome lessons! Exchanges with Elder Sanford   Exchanges are awesome! We got to talk about effective leadership and communication. Everyone has a role in leading others in some fashion. Our role as missionaries is to lead others to Christ! We can do that through love, example, and directing others! I'd love to hear any thoughts you all have on what makes an effective leader in your life!   District council  In zone council we talked about Charity and listening to others, specifically with the mindset of effective communication in contentious situations. That was awesome! I highly recommend you study those things sometime! One of the cool lessons we had this week was with our friend James! He has been putting forth so much effort to learn and grow! He has been coming to church f...

Hi everyone! I hope y'all have had a great week! What was something fun that happened?  When was a time you felt God's presence in your life this week?    It's been a pretty good week here! Pretty uneventful, just lots of normal missionary work activities. Mission Leadership Council (MLC) again, exchanges, and some good lessons! At MLC we got to talk a lot about how we can help other missionaries develop their skills and conversion to Christ! It was really good! I went on exchanges with Elder Beyer. It was my first time serving with him--he is an awesome Elder. We got to talk a lot about how we can help others and also how we can effectively do the Lord's work! It was awesome! We found a few people to teach, all of whom were super excited about the Book of Mormon! Mike has already read a good amount since we first talked to him on Wednesday!  We also had 6 friends come to church this week.   I want to just go to my spiritual thought this week. I recently re...

 Hi everyone! I hope you have had a great week! It's been pretty good here! Definitely been keeping busy. Here's a few things that happened: northern lights, interviews, exchanges, missionary breakfast and lots of fun! First off, we saw the northern lights here in Oregon! It was awesome! Very very pretty! It's been on my bucket list for a long time, and I definitely want to see them again. Super cool! We had interviews on Wednesday. That went really well. Sister Botchway was late so she asked Elder Cherry and I to take over for about 15 minutes until she got there. She didn't arrive for about 50 minutes after the start. So it was a lot of winging it! It all turned out alright though! The Spirit definitely guided that! We had some fun exchanges with a couple Elders close by. It was really good! Unity and communication are important in every relationship! So always communicate well! This Saturday the Oregon City stake had a breakfast for all the missionaries and the peop...

Hi everyone! I hope you've had a great week! What was one thing that you learned? Something exciting that happened? This has been a good week here in the OPM! Here are a couple highlights: Kasey got baptized!!, testimony meeting ×2, and zone conference! First of all! Kasey got baptized! This was awesome! She has had so many amazing experiences with the Spirit and confirming witness to her. She has hard a hard life, but she was very ready to dive in and make a covenant with God! She will forever be an example to me of what it means to have faith in Christ! In zone conference we thankfully did not have to give any training this time (as much fun as they are...😬). We got to hear a lot about temple covenants and how they bless our life now and forever! "The happiest moments on your mission (or in your life) probably came because you were being obedient" I loved that! It's also very thought provoking. I invite you all to ponder on that and how that relates to your life! L...