CA Combo for Christ: Sister Goss---W8: Am I only on week 8??

Wow that's crazy... I have so far to go haha! BUT this is the last week of the transfer so that's exciting! 😊

This week went by super fast; I feel like I just wrote my last email. So this email is a little shorter than normal. On Thursday we had zone conference and Elder Bowen of the Seventy came!! I was so so inspired; I'm not sure if the mission has anything to do with it, but all of a sudden every time I get to learn more about the gospel it touches me deeply. Everytime! Church was amazing. Scripture study is awesome. Conferences are inspiring. I'm so excited that I have a lifetime of learning ahead of me! Yayyyy!! Treat every opportunity with gratitude and excitement; every opportunity can be something truly great. ❤

We continued to teach people this week! Harminder had a great lesson about prophets and the Book of Mormon today. We taught Cole about the gospel of Jesus Christ. We found several new potentials too, so I'll keep you updated! I do have some sad news: Joshua texted us earlier this week in response to our text saying "no thank you, I've decided to embrace Islam. Thank you for your time." I'm glad he can find some religion in his life, but I am saddened he didn't take the chance to learn more about Jesus Christ. I know someday he will have that chance again and I wish him the best! I respect the agency of others; that is key for our growth. But I am sad.

I have some good news! Sister Miles and I won cleanest car in our zone haha! 🚗💦 I also read Mosiah 2 and I've forgotten how much I love that chapter. If you want to be spiritually fed for a quick second, here are my favorite verses:

I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another—I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants. And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you. And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and granted unto you your lives, for which ye are indebted unto him. And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?

I am so grateful for His patience with us and His love for us! Anyway, keep on keepin' on! Love you lots!!

Love,

Sister Mary Goss