Hello everybodddddy!
It has been another full and wonderful week AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST. That's crazy!!!! Wowwy wowwy wow!! Because this week's been so crazy, I'm going to break it up by day for this email! :)
Monday: pday! We played chair soccer as a zone and you'll never believe this, I know, but I actually won. Almost twice. But the second time I let the other sister win. ;) My Jr. High soccer skills are comin' back my friends - watch out! Haha..
Tuesday: we looked at the rest of the week and realized we had zero time to make our quality post due the next Monday, so we filmed it today! It's a classic, so make sure to go take a look at Disciples of Jesus Christ in Corona. ;) "son, you should kill the fat.... Cow."
Wednesday: we had housing inspections in the morning, several meetings, and service opportunities! We met with Megan (Salt Lake social media rep) for an hour to plan our multi-zone training for tomorrow, had our typical social media meeting that night, and went to United Way for service. It was actually the lady's birthday at United Way and her co-workers threw a surprise party for her! They bought us hotdogs too and we listened to Disney music and had a little party. How cute is that?! :)
Thursday: multi-zone conference!! It was SO GOOD. The north half of the mission met via Zoom and we had 5 or so trainings, 3 musical numbers, and announcements. Sister Copling and I got to give another training and it went great. :) I felt the Spirit so strongly and was especially drawn to the talk President Watson shared with us. He talked about Zion's Camp from a devotional Elder Bednar gave and I HIGHLY recommend you give it a listen or read!! It's relatively short but incredibly powerful. <3
Friday: I had exchanges with Sister Griffith! It was so fun and kind of sad because she goes home next transfer (next week). So this was her last exchange, and we had a blast. Sister Griffith is the last sister that saw me my very first day in the field, back when we were assigned our trainers. So she's the last tie I have to my original set of missionary friends! Crazy stuff. I finally got my first official California burrito with her and it was super good. ;) A Cali burrito is a normal burrito with steak fries and steak inside of it. So if you're a burrito fan, it's a must-try kind of experience. :)
Saturday: I had exchanges AGAIN with Sister Horton! She is one of the sisters we live with and is reassigned from an Argentina mission. She was only there for three weeks, so she's still in training here (even though she just hit 6 months). We had a great day, especially during service in the morning with our RS event! The stake RS did a drive-through, masks-on, drop-off service and we mostly just guided traffic. A sweet YSA-age girl was there named Christina who isn't a member so we exchanged numbers and told her we'd text her about future service opportunities! ;) Hip hip hooray! Also it was a great reminder how when 1) you're an awkward missionary in person to begin with and 2) you spend 5 months not talking to people in person = fill in the blank here. ;) Hahahaha it was a rough start at first... 😂 Lol
Sunday: we were blessed to have the sacrament as usual with the Franks, studied, had our mission devotional (Zoom), met with the YSA ward (Zoom), had another mission meeting with our families (Zoom), and led zone accountability/goal setting that night (in person blessed day!!)! It was a great Sabbath!! Our friend from Africa couldn't make it to church because of the time difference, so we sent him a session of General Conference and he watched that instead. :))
So that's my week in a nutshell! I'm really starting to see how the mission is helping me use all my talents and energy to the work: everything from trainings, exchanges, tech-work, goal setting, etc. You know you've done well if you are exhausted at the end of the week. ;) I hope this week has been as fulfilling for you as it was for me! I love this gospel and I LOVE being a missionary!! Love y'all; keep on keepin' on!
Love, Sister Mary Goss