Monday September 22, 2014

September 22, 2014  Today is travel day!  Elder Goff called from the airport at 5:30 am  He had to be at the travel office at the MTC by 3:30 in the morning!  That I very early for him!  They then loaded buses and were transported to the Salt Lake City airport.  It was wonderful to talk to him!  He was full of excitement!  The MTC experience was only 12 days, but it had a strong impact on him and he is so excited to get to Detroit!!

We first received an email from the Mission President's wife.

Dear parents,

We just wanted to let you know that your missionary arrived safely to the mission field. They are excited and ready to go to work! We are so blessed to have each of them in our mission and are so grateful that we have the opportunity to work alongside them in this great work! 

We hope that you will share your missionary experiences with them as they will be sharing their experiences with you! What a great thing to be involved in the Hastening of the Work, as we all work to do our part.

Thank you for the things you have done to help them prepare for this great time in their lives.

Love,

Sister Gerber

 

 

 

Later that evening we received a short email from Elder Goff!

 

I have safely arrived in Detroit!! We (16 brand new missionaries) are living in the mission home for tonight, and then tomorrow we get assigned to our areas and companions. I'm so pumped! It'll be great. It really is like Idaho here, except EVERYWHERE you go it is like the landscaping of Banbury. And it's all crazy overgrown like you can barely even see the sky hahaha. I love you guys, I don't have much time to email tonight, we were only given 2 minutes! I love you, I'll get a full P-Day next week so email me lots! Love you,

               - Elder Goff