Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Sister Goss---W26: First church tour (Feb 17, 2020)

Happy President's Day everyone!! :) And Valentine's Day!

I don't have tons to talk about this week so it will be a shorter email than usual. Yay for saving you time! ;) Haha just kidding. 

This week we had zone conference! FINALLY! It's been a long time! Zone conference was super good--it was in Corona so I got to leave Riverside for a little bit! Woooo! Four zones attended this conference: Ontario, Corona, Jurupa, and Riverside. One of the mission presidency members wasn't able to come and give his training at the end, so President Hammon got up and said "sometimes it's really nice to have people not come so I can call on some of YOU to come up!" He then said, "I would like the following three missionaries to come up and share what they are doing with their Restoration study in preparation for general conference. Hermana Butikofer, Elder Rodriguez, and Sister Goss, will you come up?" Haha of course. This is the second time he's called me up in zone conference! Uh oh. But, you know... Extra blessings I guess. ;) 

There's a young adult named Alex who contacted the bishop in this area asking if he can learn more about the Church. The bishop forwarded that information to us and we met a few days ago at the church building! Our ward mission leader also came and we gave our first building tour! He was very interested because his girlfriend is a member and he said he didn't think learning about the Church through the internet is the best way (he's right!!). But he wanted to know why families in the church are so devout and why his girlfriend believed what she did! He is super cool and said he would read the Book of Mormon. I'm so excited for him! 

Lastly we attended mission prep for the young single adults yesterday! It was super weird being on the other side of mission prep - not being the future missionary, but rather THE missionary. I loved being able to share some thoughts and insights with the prospective missionaries and it really took me back to the mission prep classes I took haha! I love being able to share experiences and thoughts about missionaries and missionary work in general. :)

So that's about it for this week! It's been a really good week. :) And here's a sneak peak for next week's email: hit 6 months, transfers, and temple. BIG STUFF coming up!! Stay tuned and love you all!!!

Love,
Sister Mary Goss

1) Minerva from Valencia! She loves us so much
2) Connie (she's 103!) and Anai from Valencia. Love themmmm
3) Mary from Valencia. Hands down the sassiest woman I know (same name, same sass?) ;) 
4) Valentine's Day donuts! 
5) Riverside lights behind us <3
6) Mission Inn today!
7) Mission Inn again
 






 

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