This week was good! Kind of stressful but that provides a way for growth!
On Tuesday we went on exchanges and I went to Howell and Elder
Varner came to Brighton! Elder Woolf and I found like 4 new
investigators after we had knocked like 8 doors, it was amazing!! That
was a really cool experience.
We did a lot of door knocking this week! It has been pretty cold so
that was tough! We have started to need to wear 3-5 layers in order to
stay warm. It is 6 degrees today and snowing! On New Years Day we
taught 3 lessons which is a miracle in and of itself! One of them we
were teaching a man named Adrian, we taught him the Law of Chastity.
We were kind of nervous for the lesson but he received it very well
and is planning on getting married to his fiance very soon and then
hopefully baptized in February! We also got to teach a lesson about
family history work to a few investigators of ours and they set up
their own family search account! I actually was looking at my own
family history and I traced a line that went back all the way to 58
B.C.!!! It was so awesome haha. When I get home I will definitely be
more involved in family history work, it is amazing. We have been
blessed with the opportunity to help our ancestors progress in their
own Eternal Salvation, why would we not take advantage of the tools
that our Heavenly Father has given us to Hasten the Work in that
simple way? I would challenge you to do your family history work, it
will bless our ancestor's lives and our lives so much.
We taught Mark and Susan this week as well! We focused on the 3
prerequisites for answers to prayers: Praying with a sincere heart,
with real intent, and having faith in Jesus Christ. If we pray with
those 3 qualities we WILL receive an answer to our prayers! We are
promised that in the Book of Mormon. Moroni 7:6 and Moroni 10:4!
We also had 4 investigators drop us this week so that has been kind
of tough to deal with. Personal agency is frustrating sometimes!
Especially when we know the blessings that will come from living the
Gospel, but people we teach don't commit to live them. But that is The
Gospel! We all must CHOOSE to follow Christ and his teachings and
apply them in our lives, there is no shortcut. But as we do apply the
principles of the Gospel into our lives we will then be able to
absolutely know of it's truth and how much we need it in our lives.
I love you all so much! I hope you have a great week and get to have
many missionary experiences of your own. Happy New Year!
-Elder Goff
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