{Letter #93} Another One Down

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 for almost 3 months straight now and really wants to be baptized! He has some things that are currently holding him up though, prayers for James would be appreciated!

My spiritual thought this week is going to come from some things that I studied. The Lord speaking to Nephi said:

"I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts".

Just a few chapters later Jacob taught:

"Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause".

I love these two verses! Jesus Christ is always standing with open arms ready to receive us! More often than not, we need to change our focus so we can recognize that. President Nelson has talked a lot about things we can do to "let God prevail" in our lives! I invite you all to go study one of his recent talks! You will feel the Spirit and learn something new!

I love you all! I am praying for you! I hope you have a great week!

Love,
Elder Goold

My pics: 

Our friend, Israel, and his family 

Our friend, Tree, that just moved away 😔

Personal study 

Our family phone call—with mom and dad in the Galapagos