Week #55 - Christmas, Bad News & the best news!

Sooooo my companion is out :( Elder Pututau is getting transferred and we are pretty surprised by that and we both were like dang it's not gonna be the same with any other companion because we were tight haha. It was awesome serving with another Polynesian.

It was amazing seeing and talking to a bunch of you guys on Christmas. It was literally the best day of my life hahah CONGRATULATIONS TO MY MOM SHE IS ENGAGED!!!!! OH ITS THE BEST THING OF MY LIFE, I CANT EVEN EXPRESS THE SUPREME JOY. CONGRATULATIONS TO MY BRO WHO GOT ENGAGED AS WELL AND IM GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER NEPHEW!!! Such an amazing blessing to see so much joy and love this wonderful season. I don't really know what to say just so much going on and we have a lot of finding to do in order to have baptisms monthly.

But any questions just let me know, as well thank you for all the gifts it made me so happy for all you have done for me and the love you show. I couldn't be more happy with my life right now, only hope that the trunkiness passes soon because it's been hard to focus. 

But guys I really really miss you, and let the countdown begin til I'm home ;) 

Pututau opening Christmas packages

Our investigators phone case hahaha

The Yates on Christmas :)

Our cheezy Christmas card pic haha HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Pututau opening Christmas packages

Crossbow

Merry Christmas

Love,

Elder Godinet!

Week #54 - Happy Holidays

Me holding a turtle! :()

Baptism

Ward Christmas Party

Brother Stumph

Stockings in an investigator's house

Week #53 - 1 Year mark!!!

Hey fam and friends!!

I miss snow... That's the only negative that's gonna be in this email bahah well this week has been intense, we found six new really awesome people to teach this week and they have some awesome questions. We have 3 baptisms this week in our area, 4 in the zone and hopefully 4 next week. We are so pumped!! The zone is just really doing awesome and we hope that they can really put in work this week, especially with the holiday season next week, it's gonna be a little difficult. I can't wait to call some of you on CHRISTMAS!! Can you believe it's that time of year already?!? It is definitely not the same out here, but it's nice to be able to see lights and trees. I hope everything is going great for everyone back home, and I hope to send some gifts home if I get a chance, it's just hard in the field haha especially because we are sooooo busy.

Oh also met a guy named John that has been traveling the east of the Appalachians for ten years! He feels like God has been speaking to him and he started reading the Book of Mormon and really loves it. We talked to him about being baptized and he said he would but he travels too much, he was awesome and for some reason I felt really connected to him. I hope to see him again on the other side of the veil but he literally reminded me of forest gump.

But I love you guys, can't wait to hear back and thank you for all the happy birthday letters/emails!!!

The Traveling Man, John Fain aka Forest Gump
(SUCH A COOL GUY)

Skyping with President Berry. Business on the top, P-day on the bottom bahaha :)

Exchanges with Elder Pyle

Elder Rowley exchange

Selfie

Week #52 - Happy Birthday Week!!

Pre-Tism selfie

Caution wet floor....

The Reese Family

Selfie, haven't taken one in awhile haha

Birthday party presents - the Reese family

Genesis Vargus

Birthday Cake & card from the fam

Engraved tie clip - soooo sick

Presents from my investigators

Pututau broke his chair hahaha

Customized M&M's, so awesome!

Week #51 - Happy Thanksgiving

Well, hey everyone!

This has been an interesting p-day because we don't have any miles so we are stuck at our house, so we took a nap and we felt like sister missionaries haha but anyway we have a ton of awesome things coming this week! We have two baptisms this week and my birthday is this week!! I feel like an old man, I will be 20 years old! it is really weird to think about an I don't like it, I liked my younger years and everything but I do understand I am still very young its just different now. So this has caused me to think about all the things I want in life and I cant stop thinking about jeeps, more specifically the jeep rubicon oh my gosh I love jeeps haha I cant wait for the holidays to be over It makes me think of home wayyyy too much :) 

Anyways I really loved a fireside we did last night. the stake president did it on his property and it was amazing. He played cool Christian music and helped all the youth realize hat they need Christ especially in making life decisions. It was just so awesome and the night sky was so clear on his farm, im starting to steer farther and farther away from the city haha its just not as peaceful. Well anyways I love you guys and hope everything is going well, oh and we larped and played D&D this past week and wow I loved them because im a freaking nerd! and thanksgiving was really good too! :)

Exchanges with Elder Fairbanks

Exchanges with Elder Anderson (right) & Elder Skidmore (left)

Thanksgiving dinner picture with the Weaver's

My companion thinks he's hard ;)

Well some super ghetto matching cars haha 

These must have been 30" rims

Week #50 - Attitude of gratitude

Well hello, hello there :)

It's been an amazing week guys!! Elder Pututau and I are still together and really pumped for the work that is happening in our area and the zone. We have two of our five baptismal interviews today and we are working with maybe getting some more people prepared for this month so it's awesome! 

My sis sent me a dope package and it made me so happy and trunky all at the same time haha Elder Pututau was way pumped too! I've been missing home so much lately though because the weather is getting colder and thanksgiving and Christmas with my family is the best time of the year for me and it's gonna be weird!! But we are having dinner with some awesome families.

If I have one challenge to everyone this week it's that as you pray, pick one night this week and focus that prayer on things that you are thankful for, big and small and I promise it will make the difference in your happiness and ease your stress. I know this because I did it last night. I was a little stressed out because the zone was doing as good as they could and I was being ungrateful for the stuff we had going (because I almost want more than we already have, even though we have a ton of things going on!) as I was saying in my prayers I imagined the people we are teaching and I just started crying haha the work we did is something eternal. It is something that can't be measured on a paper, calculated on a graph, or weighed on a scale. It is the work of an almighty God, guiding normal people to achieve miracles through the power of the priesthood. We have been called by the creator of existence and our father to bring people back home and we achieve that by harnessing the power of the sweet gentle voice of the Holy Ghost. Be thankful for what you have until you develop an ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE.

With love Elder G :)

Exchanges with Elder Gale

And chilling on the island, what do you expect...we're islanders ;D

My sister's AWESOME care package

Horse tails for my Tongan companion ;)

Week #49 - We're Staying Together!

Heyyyyyy guys!

Well Elder Pututau and I are staying another in waterford lakes and we are pretty excited!!! We should have around 7 baptisms in December so pray for those to come to pass, it is so awesome watching the hand of the lord in the work. I gave my two trainings last week and the first one was a little lackluster and the second was awesome because i was able to improve on the things from the first training and it was awesome.

I dont really know what more to say i just love you guys and am so grateful for the stuff you sent me. I have been able to witness some amazing things and i know the lord loves us incredibly.

Oh, also Marvin Goldstein and Vanessa Joy came to this area and they were amazing and very funny. If you have any questions email me and i will send answers, sorry there wasn't much stuff to share today. The wonderful work moves on and on each and every day, there is just too much to share sometimes in an email but ill be happy to talk about it when i get home in 13 months bahahah ;)

Elder Pututau & I with gifts we were given by our investigators

Temple tour with Brittaney and Bianca our two investigators 

 Same Temple tour with Brother Guzman