Transfers and 4th Of July (Two e-mails in One)

Hey everyone!

We got our transfer calls and I'm staying a 3rd transfer as OE and Elder Rose is staying too. I'm glad to be staying, a lot of good stuff is starting to happen in our area. 

Last night we lost 2 zones and all the missionaries in them to the Vancouver mission. It was way sad, I'm gonna miss them. My second area, Morton, now belongs to that mission. Elder Jensen, who was also trained by Elder Miller is there too and it was way sad saying bye to him. Hes a great missionary and cool guy. 

Tomorrow we get to have a zone conference with just the new missionaries coming from the old federal way mission. So us and the APs get the first look at the newbies. We also get Cafe Rio catered so that's gonna be SWEET! 

I love you all! 

Elder Goldsberry

1. Elder Jensen and I

2. Red Robin for Rose's birthday

3. A football field in our area

4th Of July

Hey everyone!

Short email this time, sorry! 

It was a good week, we had the 4th of July which was way fun! We played in a basketball tournament at our stake presidents house which was fun. We play a game here in Tacoma around the 4th: fireworks or gunshots? You often cant tell hahaha. 

I love you all!

Elder Goldsberry

1. Elder Mose and I on a bike ride last Monday 

2. My old comp Elder Jackson and I split knocking

His cut out made it to his trainer's wedding reception!! Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs. Miller!

9 to 9

Hey everyone!

This week was pretty dang awesome! On Tuesday, the AP's grandparents who live in the mission took some of us missionaries out to a nice meal at this place called WildFin. It was wayyy good food and it was a whole lot of fun! Elder Budge's grandparents were awesome people!

We knocked a mission wide 9 to 9 on Friday which means the whole mission started knocking at 9 AM and stopped at 9 PM. We switched areas and companions as a zone, I knocked in the AP's area (Soundview) with Elder Mose! He's on his 2nd transfer so it was fun teaching him some stuff, he's a good dude from America Samoa. We stopped for like 15 minutes to get a 4 for 4 at Wendy's AT 4! We thought it would be funny to get a 4 for 4 at 4 as a zone during the 9 to 9. We even did this scavenger hunt bingo thing where we had to find/do things all day and that kept it way entertaining. 

We had an interesting experience... We had an investigator that wanted to come to church so she told us to come knock on her door and remind her like 30 minutes before (She lives right next to the church). So we did and she told us she would be coming, then she said "I have to be real honest with you, I'm high on meth right now. Well I'll see you at church!" So we freaked out and told the 1st Counselor of the bishopric who was presiding and he said "Well this isn't from the handbook but, it's better to have her here on meth than not here on meth." She showed up and everything went great! She had a great experience and she's working towards being baptized! She may sound sketchy but she's truly way sincere. 

7 ¶ How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! 

I came across this scripture earlier this week and I just love it. I think about the Lord sitting on an almighty throne with his feet resting on the mountains. 

I love you all!!! Have a great week!

Elder Goldsberry

1. The WildFin crew

2 & 3. Elder Mose and I during the 9 to 9

3. Former Elder Miller, Nic's trainer, with his fiancee

Car Crash

Hey everyone! 

This week was pretty awesome! We had the Zion's Camp zone conferences which means we get to go up to a church owned land to do some outdoor activities and it was a whole lot of fun!

Earlier this week the APs texted us and said they drove by a small apartment building that they felt very impressed that someone we could baptize was in there so we should knock it. Not a lot of people answered, but the second to last door opened with a gun pointed at us. Once he saw who we were, he laughed and apologized. Turns out he's way interested and we put him on date to be baptized! He has some hold backs so we will see what happens with him. 

So we did get into a car crash this morning. We were driving on a main road and this guy zoomed out of a parking lot almost t boning the guy in front of us who stopped, but we didnt have time to stop so we went right into the back of him. He hurt his neck but we were just fine. It was crazy!

I love you all!

Elder Goldsberry

The older guy's car

Their Truck

Elder Mose

Elder Mose, AP Budge and Nic

"Another Week in Tacoma" 

Hey everyone! 

Not a lot happened this week, we knocked and did some Office Elder stuff. 

We visited a less active member and he was really cool. He lives on the 14th floor of a downtown apartment with a view of the sound. He was recently divorced, so he's kinda down.  I guess we're just some friends to him. He has a way cute support dog that's still just a puppy. I'm  sending a picture of it.

We gave a nonmember wife a blessing for her health issues and she is all better already! She has such a strong testimony just some other stuff is holding her back from being baptized. It strengthened my testimony and gratitude of the priesthood. What a blessing it is to hold the same power Christ had. 

I love you all have a great week! 

Another Week in Tacoma

Hey everyone! 

Not a lot happened this week, we knocked and did some Office Elder stuff. 

We visited a less active member and he was really cool. He lives on the 14th floor of a downtown apartment with a view of the sound. He was recently divorced, so he's kinda down.  I guess we're just some friends to him. He has a way cute support dog that's still just a puppy. I'm  sending a picture of it.

We gave a nonmember wife a blessing for her health issues and she is all better already! She has such a strong testimony just some other stuff is holding her back from being baptized. It strengthened my testimony and gratitude of the priesthood. What a blessing it is to hold the same power Christ had. 

I love you all have a great week! 

Crazy Week!!

Hey everyone! 

This week has been really interesting! I'm enjoying my time with my new companion Elder Rose! He's a hard worker and a really cool guy! We had a bunch of office elder stuff to do this week, but craziness started on Friday.

To kick things off we got chased by a dog for the first time, which was pretty hilarious. Then Elder Rose's hand almost got bit off by a different dog haha. We joked about having to make a trip to the ER, but little did we know we'd end up there that night. We got a call from Elder Pabalinas, who is training Elder O'Dell, and they are in a bike area. He told us O'Dell crashed his bike and probably needed stitches so we went to go grab them and take them to the ER. We called the mission nurse, Sister K, and she wasn't available, so we pulled out the big guns. We called Sister Leishman. She told us where to go and her and President came to see how he was doing. They left around 11. We got to the ER at 9 and they didn't even get us into a room until 1 AM. They didn't work on his eyebrow until 5 AM, so we got out of there at 6 AM with no sleep. Nonetheless, we went on a McDonald's run where we got a call from Sister Leishman giving us the OK to go home and sleep. That night was a whole lot more fun than you think.

That Saturday we went on exchanges with our Zone Leaders Elders Jenks and Angell and their companions Saddler and Mose. I knocked 5-7s with Angell and Mose, when we came to a house that had a vicious-sounding dog and we heard a little girl's voice say "I'll get it" so we knew she wasn't going to be able to hold back that big dog. So we made our way to their gate when a pit bull came darting out and passed up Mose and Angell and chased me down the sidewalk. They said I ran faster than anyone they've ever seen, they were legitimately impressed. They said my form was perfect too, call it adrenaline. But yes, twice in 2 days I got chased by a dog. 

Yesterday we had a "Why I believe" fireside which is where recent converts share their conversion stories and us missionaries sing as a choir. It was an awesome time!

After this week Elder Rose and I have named ourselves the "WA-TAC First Responders"

Love you all!

First Responder Goldsberry

ER Trip

New Companion! (12th companion, 9th companionship in 7.5 months) 

A collage of all 12 companions and 9th companionships for the last 7.5 months. 

Transfers

Hey everyone! 

Sorry this one is gonna be kinda short. We got our transfer calls on Saturday and I'm gonna be staying as an office elder and getting Elder Rose as my new companion! Elder Jackson is off to Olympia. I'm excited to get Elder Rose, I already know him and hes a great guy! 

It was great talking to my family yesterday! Not much going on, hopefully I have more to update yall on next week! 

Love you all!

Elder Goldsberry 

Tyrone the Legend

Hey everyone! This week has been awesome! There was some pretty good weather a good portion of the week. 

Not much went on but we met a man named Tyrone. Hes been meeting with missionaries for years and he loves the Book of Mormon. Hes Muslim though and doesn't want to change. The cool part is hes a 33rd degree free Mason and he used to be in the special forces. He has a ton of crazy stories and cool knowledge. Hes a way funny guy. 

Well that's pretty much it for this week. I love you all! 

We went to see the Tacoma Rainiers play on P-Day. They are a Minor League Baseball Team.

Elder Goldsberry

This kid is one of our old neighbors grandson. Small world. 

When I asked him why always the big smile, he said his companion is super funny.