Thank you everyone for all your
wonderful messages!!! My first week has been both the longest, most
exhausting week. It has also somehow gone by crazy fast. Every minute of
everyday is accounted for and is filled to the brim with classes and
devotionals.
I never thought there could be so
much about the gospel that I didn't know. The teachers here are amazing
and totally helpful. I've been getting better at teaching and sharing
the gospel. This first week has been a lot of how to study and also
adjusting to life in the mission field. I feel like I've learned how to
teach the restoration and how to not be afraid to invite people to be
baptized and how to help investigators make and keep commitments. It
have also learned how to invite other people to pray. The power of
prayer has really helped me, I feel like I'm praying pretty much 24/7.
I'm
adjusting to life out here pretty well. In terms of living conditions,
it's pretty much an EFY on steroids and its completely oriented on
sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. The food is catered by the BYU staff
and has been so far pretty good. One night we had Papa Johns and I
about died I was so happy haha. Also we had chick-fil-a one night, that
was pretty good.
Exercising everyday has been
kicking my butt and making me sore, but it's good for me. We went to the
temple today in the Provo Temple, what an amazing experience. You can
really feel the Holy Ghost strongly as well as the love from Heavenly
Father.
My companion is Elder Bates, he is
from Washington. I'll be attaching pictures later because the computers
in the Laundry don't work very well. He is really good about reading his
scriptures and he shares them really well during lessons. He's kinda
quiet, but he also can joke with me. My district is working pretty well
and I think I'm learning a lot. I've gotten semi comfortable so I
started joking a lot, maybe that's a good thing, maybe its not.
I hope that everyone doesn't cry too much in my absence. If you ever need a good joke, just look in the mirror. (kidding?)
Love you all!!!!!
-Elder Goold
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