Dearest Mommy and POPsicle, (< that comes from the musical wicked)

so this week has been a very good week.

We have started to teach Elizabeth and Mildred again. I was really great they gave us a call and asked us to come over. We taught them about the Armor of God and it went really awesome. A few weeks ago we made some pretty sweet armor and have been using it help us teach and share spiritual thought. Over all it is going good.
On Saturday we had a blitz in our area with our district leader and it went great. We meet this guy name Jerry and he is so ready for the gospel. He had a lot of really great questions. His brother is a member and came into town on sunday...tell me it does not get any sweeter then that. I could really feel the spirit as we shared our testimony.
The work in the area is still on the slow side but is improving a lot. i know that there are many of heavenly fathers children in this area that are ready to accept the gospel. we just have to go out and find them.. and we are on it like B.O. on a deacon.

Sister Cooper and i are doing great. Its been a great transfer and both of us have grown a lot. I'm glad that i have been able to serve with her. I'm not sure if she'll be a better missionary because of our companionship but at least she'll be a cooler one... Shes great she is really trying. this week we did the petrifaction challenge and its been really good. The Beginning of last week was hard but i really have trusted a lot in the lord and i know that he is guiding me in every step. I LOVE JESUS.

I am doing great i feel like the energizer bunny... we got a lot done this week and i know with out a doubt that a working missionary is a happy missionary. I was reading in Alma about the army of Helamen and thinking about how young those young men were but at the same time they had so much faith that they were able to do what the lord needed from them. I really want to be this way. I want to be life Nephi, Helamans son, and know that whatever i ask of the lord he will give it to me because he know that i will not ask anything contrary to His will. I really have grown a lot and i'm not going to lie it has not always been fun but looking back on it i am so grateful for this journey.

So i wanted to tell you something that was socking for me but at the same time really cool. The other day sister Cooper and i were out eating at a restaurant and one of my favorite songs came on. Most of the time when this happens I'm really stoked because it like a little jewel that i just found but this time was different. For the first time in my life it did not matter to me. The beat, the lyrics had no meaning at all it wasn't important and i knew that it wasn't. I Know crazy... but i felt good because i know that the lord is making me into the person that he knows that i can be. Oh and by the way if you tell anyone this i will deny it completely i still need to keep a cool reputation. Just joking!

Ok so about the Monkey tail.... have you ever seen one of those trees? they are so very cool they look crazy but are organized... they are sweet or so i thought until on attached me the other day. So we were out sharing the gospel as us obedient missionaries do. and right in front of me stood a monkey tail tree... i got excited! up close a personal with one of the coolest trees i have ever seen in my whole life... and i have seen a lot of trees. I leaned over to touch it and that is when the attack took place. The next thing i knew me left pointer finger was gushing out blood. At first i panicked and thought that my life would soon be over. I could see the headlines now: Missionary in Oregon Dies by Monkey tail tree attack... But i survived and learned a very valuable lesson- even if it looks cool and you think that your safe, the only way that you can truly be safe is not toughing wickedness of bad things of the world. cause that is how Satan gets at us. Pretty on the out side evil on the inside.

OK one more story... so on Saturday when when were out we meet this nice old man... or so we thought. he told us that we just about had it right but that we do not believe that Jesus is the son of God and i stated that we do believe that Jesus is the son of God. The Man soon snaped back you might think that you do but your being fooled. I told him have a great day and turned around to walk away.... the next thing i knew sister Cooper lifts her right leg out of anger and kick over one of the man flower pots. I was shocked but with all honesty she did not kick it over but more of tripped as she turned around.... she quickly picked it up and looked at me for direction so we set the pot right way up with dirt every where and then we booked it out of there.

Love Sister Goetz