Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February 26, 2017

Dear family and friends,
Things in Hollister are still going pretty well. We find a lot of new investigators and people are really nice here. We have been teaching a good amount of lessons too and keeping pretty busy. We have a couple of promising people and we are trying really hard to set a baptismal date soon. We had zone conference in Santa Cruz and that went well, zone conferences are usually 8 hours long but really uplifting and edifying. We usually spend a lot of time doing some training and discussing different gospel topics. It was a good meeting and I got a lot out of it. 

We went to Monterey today for our p day and it was a fun trip. We went to the aquarium and then to the beach for a few minutes but it was really cold and windy. We walked around a few shops for a little bit too and then we headed back. It was a fun little trip though and it felt good to do something fun for the day. Other than that nothing has really changed, just doing the same work everyday and continuing to work hard. I hope everyone back home is doing well, I miss all of you.

-Elder Godwin 





Wednesday, February 7, 2018

February 7, 2018

Dear family and friends,
This past week a family that I helped teach in my last area got baptized so I got to go back to see it. They have been investigating for a long time and so there were even a few returned missionaries who came back for it. 4 of my past companions were there too so it was cool to see everybody. Baptismal services are always really special experiences and I'm glad that I got to be there.

Hollister is good so far, everyone here is really nice. It's kind of out by itself and there isn't very much here so it feels a lot different than the city. I think that I've been busier in this area than in any other area on my mission though so it's been good. We found a family of 5 the other day that seem pretty promising so hopefully things go well with them, they all committed to baptism which was exciting. Transfer calls were just the other day and I'm staying here again with my same companion. We get along and work well together so I'm happy that we are both staying. 

I've been sick off and on for the past few weeks and I'm finally feeling a lot better so hopefully it doesn't come back. Being sick as a missionary is rough when you have a bunch of things to do, especially in a busy area. Sometimes we have to bike in this area too and biking is the worst when you are coughing or can't breathe very well. But I'm better now so things have been good. 

Anyways, not to many new things have happened lately, just a bunch of missionary work. My birthday was good and I want to thank everyone that sent me things, I appreciate it. It's weird to think that I'm 21 now, I still remember celebrating my last birthday while still in my first area like it was only a few weeks ago. A lot has happened since then and year 20 was one of the best I've ever had. 

-Elder Godwin