{Letter #91} Shine Brighter

 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 people that we work with. It was awesome! We also got to give a training there on using technology to record how the work is progressing. It went reasonably well! We had some more notice for that one, so that's always a plus!

Pday today we all played kickball as a zone at someone's house. It was awesome! They had a kid just finish his mission to the Philippines yesterday. It was very interesting to talk to him and hear some of his experiences!

My spiritual thought for this week comes from something President Botchway told me in my interview. He counseled me to let my light shine even brighter and hold it even tighter. He also referenced what Christ taught in 3 Nephi 18:24. Jesus said:

"Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. Behold I am the light which ye shall hold up—that which ye have seen me do. Behold ye see that I have prayed unto the Father, and ye all have witnessed."

We must all learn to hold tighter to Christ and let His light shine brighter through us! What are some thoughts you have about how to do that?

I love you all! Have a great week! I'm praying for you!

Love,
Elder Goold 

By  request of Elder Partridge...