So it has been only a few days since
emailing last, but we have had a bunch of random stuff happened.
Thursday was pretty good. We were going
to teach with Bro. D, but our appointment canceled. So we went and tried a good
group of potentials, which turned out well because we got to teach someone! We
taught Masood, a guy from Pakistan, about the Restoration and it went really
well. And when we were tracting earlier in the day, something funny happened.
I'm not sure what it is, but a lot of college dudes here just love to answer
the door in their underwear. It happens more frequently than you would think,
haha!
Friday we had appointments set up but
we weren't able to see anyone. That has happened a lot recently, but it's not
the end of the world, we are still doing well! We did get to meet a Muslim guy
who had talked to us Wednesday night. He got us our own copies of the Koran in
English and then....he took us on a tour of the local Mosque. That was most
definitely a unique experience. He did say we can go back whenever we want.
Saturday we got to see Natalia on the
bus! She is doing really well. She has been very busy, so we haven't taught her
in a while, but she has been reading the Book of Mormon a ton and going to
church every week! She said near the end of the month she'll be more free and
will be able to meet with us, so that will be awesome! Then we got to see
Wenjie again. It was difficult to explain "service" to him because he
just kept thinking of a work service like restaurant service. But eventually we
got the point across.
Sunday we got to have dinner with the
Huffs again now that they are back for the weekends, so that was nice! Other
than that, nothing really happened. I have been leading the music pretty often
in Church now, so that is fun! We've actually had a lot of people at church the
last two weeks, which is pretty sweet! The Earls are actually starting to
return to activity more because they've set a goal for themselves to be sealed
in the temple in November (Gilbert Temple, she's is from Arizona)!! That was
pretty awesome to hear!
This next week should be pretty
awesome, hopefully we get to talk to a lot of the people coming back for
school!! So a spiritual thought I
wanted to send this week is about "How Firm a Foundation". As of now,
I think it is my favorite hymn and I actually recently listened to a talk by
President Monson with the same name as the hymn. A quote from his talk is
really awesome: "Stated simply, if we do not have a deep foundation of
faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the
harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of
us." The more and more I am on my mission and am around all sorts of
people, the more I see how faith can change and impact every part of our lives,
helping us stay immovable in every circumstance. You just have to always focus
on the good and push through the bad!
Hope y'all have a good week!
Take Luck,
Elder Goold
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