{Letter #99} Canby Rocks

 Hi everyone! My time is extremely limited this week so sadly this email probably will not get the time it deserves. I hope you all have had a great week! It's been awesome here! Here's a summary: James got baptized, several zone councils/trainings, and Elder Cherry wrapping up his mission, and finally transfer news today!

First off, James got baptized! He is amazing! He has been meeting with the missionaries for almost 2 years straight now and is super committed to follow Christ! He is awesome!

James is on the left, Brother Basargin from the ward baptized him

We had zone council and also a training by Sister Botchway. Both we talked a lot about studies and how they are key to our conversion. In Doctrine & Covenants 11:20-21 the Lord says:

"Behold, this is your work, to keep my commandments, yea, with all your might, mind and strength. Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men"

Very true! Seek to obtain the word of God in our hearts! He will bless us!

Elder Cherry finishes his mission today. Things have been very busy with that. It's sad to see him leaving!

I also start my last transfer tomorrow, I'm going back close to my first area and training a new missionary and back on bike! It's going to be so awesome! Kinda a full circle moment.

My spiritual thought for this week is Hosea 6:6 which says:

"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."

In the context of the law of Moses this is really cool to consider. Everything that we do as disciples of Christ and members of His church is to help us know Him! I invite you all to think of how the things you do help you know God!

"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." John 17:3

You will feel His love and guidance more and more!

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

Love,
Elder Goold

 

 

 King Benjamin's Tower Mission Activity from last week

{Letter #58} T’s Up?!

Hi everyone! I hope all of you are doing well! Things have been good here. It has been a crazy week. Probably felt way busier than it was though. Here's a few things that happened: transfers, mission leadership council (MLC), and pday activities.

Definitely felt far busier than it was.

On Wednesday night transfer news came out! I got moved to Tualatin! (that's what T's Up means in our mission) No more living in the land of beavers unfortunately. Another fun part about the transfer is that I'm with my MTC companion Elder Crum again!

Everything felt super rushed to get ready for transfers. Not to mention we were whitewashing out (meaning both my companion and I left the area). So we had to prepare notes for everything and pack to move. It was a blast. Felt super fast.

Transfers happened Friday. All went well with that. The new zone is awesome. Elder Crum and I are covering 2 wards out here, both are really cool. We get to go to both wards on Sunday, makes for a lot of sitting around church. Overall all fun times!

This Monday, yesterday I guess, we had MLC! That was awesome! We talked about quite a lot. Here's a few things we covered: 

-how we can better set goals and plans and act on them
-following the Spirit in goal setting
-the purpose of counseling, best summed up by Doctrine & Covenants 50:22 in my opinion
-the importance of focusing on Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice
-the importance of unity!!
-3 Nephi 11:30
-when we become more unified with each other, we become more unified with the Savior
-a fun little acronym for the Oregon Portland Mission
Obedient
Purposeful
Missionaries
-consecrating our time talents and abilities to serving here
-when we do this, we will be happier, more diligent, more obedient, more unified, and we will become more like Christ!

I'll stop there. It was an amazing meeting. Very filled with the Spirit.

Today we had a couple zone and district activities. Played some games at the church then went bowling. Fun times!

My spiritual though for this week is going to come from the teachings of the prophet Abinadi. He taught:

"Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of the Lord—I say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are the heirs of the kingdom of God."

The purpose of prophets is to lead us towards Jesus Christ that we can become heirs to the kingdom of God!

We have the opportunity to hear from a livng prophet this weekend! It is available in all sorts of places, the church website, youtube, BYUtv, and maybe some more.

BRING A QUESTION

WATCH IT

STUDY

PONDER

PRAY


It is such a blessing to have a living Prophet today! I know that Russell M Nelson is that living prophet that has been called of God. He has been called and given authority to lead Jesus Christ's restored church on the earth!

I love you all! I'd love to hear from you if it's been a while! I'll do my best to respond in a timely manner. Let me know if I can do anything for you!

Love,
Elder Goold

P-day bowling! 





A glimpse at our family phone call:  me in Tualatin, mom and dad in Saint George, Ellie in Rexburg, Spence getting dinner at Aubergine in AF, Cami in the car on her way to a baby shower, Emma and Garrett were at work, and Lucie was sleeping! 

{Letter #41} Goodbye West Hills!

Hey everyone! This has been a crazy week--one of the craziest so far.  A quick summary of what happened: exchanges, lots of lessons, ETs, new companion, and a new area.

First off, Last Wednesday and Thursday I went on exchanges with the zone leaders in Beaverton. We stayed in my area and we were able to teach a few of our friends! Our friend Rohit was specifically an exciting lesson because he was just so excited about learning about God and prayer! On that exchange we also talked a lot about the importance of always seeking to become like Christ, and living the way He did. It is a lifelong process that nobody will be perfect at, but it will bless our life in so many ways!

We had a lot of lessons and received a lot of referrals over the next few days, it's always a blast to be teaching a lot and helping our friends learn who God is!

On Saturday morning we got a call from Sister Haymond, the Mission President's wife. She told me that I will be getting emergency transferred to the Farmington area, which is about 20 minutes west of Beaverton. I had about 6 hours to prepare for that. Everything was very chaotic.

Things are going well here though! It is a beautiful area with a lot of work to do! I am excited to be here! My new companion is Elder Cramer; he actually came out on the mission at the same time as me! He is  on a reassignment from Mozambique. All in all things are going well here!

I would love to invite all of you to read "Do You Know Why I as a Christian Believe in Christ?"

I would also love to invite you all to write your testimony of what you believe about Jesus Christ! I know that the Spirit will confirm to you the truth of what you learn!

I would love to hear some of your thoughts!

Love you all! Have a great week! Let me know if there's anything I can do for you all!

Love,
Elder Goold