Ooooooookkkkkkkkkk everybody. I know you've all been dying to hear from me. So I want to update you on the Life of Luke, or Elder Golden. So last week Elder Blackwell and I thought we were sitting pretty. We got to stay together as a companionship, we were keeping the car, and we didn’t have to pack all of our stuff and move apartments.
Well Tuesday morning we woke up and got this phone call, guess what? They realized we live really far away from our new district and decided we should move all the way up to Kayesville. That's a pretty big move! So we spent the next few hours packing everything we owned for the next apartment. So every white shirt, tie, q-tip and book was stuffed into our suitcases, and what didn’t fit was tossed into an old cardboard box and into our car. We actually couldn't fit it all in one trip, so we took two trips.
Now we have roommates which is super fun. We live with some english elders and we have bunk beds, and we all sleep in the same room, so it's like a sleepover/party every night. I have top bunk of course, cause that's where the life of the party sleeps, logically. So that's a quick update on how we live and stuff. Oh and the landlord has a really cute pregnant dog that loves to come hang out with us sometimes, and I'm so down for that. I’m excited to meet her puppies soon.
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We have a friend that we’re teaching who we just put on date for Baptism this last week. And just a quick reminder for all y'all, we teach every lesson completely in Spanish, so it’s kind of a miracle that he even meets with us two gringos who speak broken Spanish much less accept our invitation to be baptized. Actually I'm being a little facetious; our Spanish is quite understandable and I'm very proud of our ability to communicate with other people in a whole different language that I couldn't speak a year ago. So we do an alright job. But it is so amazing to me that even though we didn’t speak this language before that we are able to go and teach people about the gospel and they're willing to listen to us. I'll post a video of me speaking Spanish on my Facebook someday so y'all can check out my FUEGO Spanish there. Hit me up with that friend request. But yes things are moving along, the days, my Spanish, and most importantly, the work of God.
Also this last Saturday night, I get a call from a leader in our ward and they're like "hola este es el Elder Golden si? Ah bien, podria compartir un mensaje en la capilla mañana?" So I was all like, "claro que si hermano, seria un placer, pero que es la tema? Y para cuantos minutos?" "Ah solo para cinco minutos y sobre confianza en el señor" so yeah that was craaaazy. Haha so pretty much they asked me to share a message at church the next day about trusting in the Lord and for 5ish minutes. Sooo I did that real quick and it went pretty well I think. People thanked me afterwards for my message haha, I felt so special.
Funny moment: I had to lead my first District Counsel this week as a District Leader. I prepared it all and was ready to go, just a little nervous, and I show up and the Zone Leaders are in our district so they were there, and Assistants to the President were there. So I was like oh great so fun they get to watch me mess up my first District Counsel hahaha. I actually thought I did an alright job. But halfway through the meeting, President and Sister Call walked through the doors and just joined us for the last half so that was pretty funny to me. I just couldn't believe it was my first time and that they were all there.
Also another funny thought; the other day we were sitting at a stop light and Elder Blackwell said, "I haven't seen a frog this whole time I've been on my mission" just out of nowhere and I started dying laughing cause it was so random. Then I started thinking, and I haven't seen one either, pretty crazy.
Spiritual thought: Families can be together forever. Wanna learn how? Contact your local missionaries.
As always I love you all and hope you're not missing me too much, your favorite missionary
-Elder Golden
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| Elder Hanosek and I burning our ties |
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| My last District ~ RIP |
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