Dearest Mommy and Popsicle,

So this week has been really good but at the same time it has been a hard one too.
This up coming week we will start teaching a young mother name Lindsey and her mother. It was really amazing.. we got a call from a member in Oregon city that said that she had been working with a girl at work for some time and she is ready to start meeting with the missionaries. Its amazing to see the members doing their part to help the work move along.
This past week we tracted into a Less active member that just got out of prison. I have never seen someone so glade to us missionaries. She asked for a hug and then just started to cry. She told us a little about her story and how she knew that the church was true but was not sure where the one for west linn was. She is a very sweet person and i wish that you could have seen the way that she clinched the Book of Mormon. It was as if it were gold and thats the great thing about knowing that the Book of Mormon is true because it is better then gold.
sister cooper and i.... we are doing well together as a companionship. We get along great and i'm happy that i have had the chance to serve with her. she is a really great person and a even better missionary. strike that she is great all the way around.
As for me, myself, and I.... this week has been hard emotional... there is just a lot going on in the back of my mind. one, we don't have an solid investigators right now (but don't worry about that, that is going to change this week), and i think that the other part is just the natural "man" side of me. I got a blessing this last week and know that what i need to do. I'm just growing and i have never been a big fan of the growing pains. But I'm going to have my cake and eating it too. The forecast looks bright.... even if all it does is rain for the rest of my mission.
This past week i have also learned a lot about the person that i am becoming, the person that my father in Heaven knows that i can be and then that natural "man" comes in and wants to turn everything up side down and knock me back down, but I'm not going to let that happened. I'm a fight all the way and little battles may be lost but the war is not over. With out a doubt i have a lot of question but a few weeks ago we tracted into this great old lady and she told us about a Indian friend of hers and some advice that he gave her. He said "We might understand only 10%..... the rest do not worry about it...leave that to God" Great advice i just wish that i could get this into my head.
Over all... all is well in the great land of west Linn... and am so gratfeul to be serving in the only perfect mission. I wish i had a funny story for you this week but there hasn't been really anything worth reporting.

Love Sister Goetz