We got transfer calls Saturday evening! Elder Hatch is staying here
in Brighton and I am leaving and will be District Leader in my next
area, and will finish training another Elder. I am excited for change
but sad because I love the people here in Brighton so much! The ward
is wonderful and our investigators are great! I will miss it for sure.
But it is the Lord's will for me to leave so I know it's all in my
best interest!
This week was great! We taught quite a few lessons and found one
more person to teach as well. Axel Lichtenberg (the RM from Ukraine)
took us to lunch with two of his friends from highschool and they are
somewhat interested in the Gospel now so that is wonderful! I love
righteous returned missionaries, they are the best. If every member
gave referrals like Axel does, the work would progress so much faster!
We got the cops called on us this week so that was fun haha. The
cop told us that people were freaking out about 2 guys dressed in all
black in the neighborhood, but then he said he knew that we were
sharing the Gospel so he was proud of us, so that was pretty cool.
We had a lesson with our investigator Joe this week. He had read
through 1 Nephi 4! He said that he is really searching for truth and
he thinks this might be it. He is a great guy, I really hope he
continues to progress with Elder Hatch and his new companion!
District Meeting this week was really great, we focused on
Christlike Attributes. I learned a lot from the instructions that
members of our District gave. Those attributes are gifts from God, and
take a lot of hard work and determination to obtain them! I am going
to focus on a select few of them this next transfer, I'm looking
forward to learning and becoming more like Christ!
We helped Bishop Cook and his family finish moving on Thursday, I
love the Cooks! They are such an awesome family.
This weekend was Stake Conference so we attended the Adult Session
Saturday Evening and the general session on Sunday at 10:00! The
theme seemed to be ministering to others, and how that is what Christ
did. He did not sit in an office and wait for people to come to Him!
He went out and was among the people serving them! It was so great, I
love being able to hear the words of inspired leaders. Elder Perkins
and Elder Lansing of the Seventy came to represent the First
Presidency and they called a new Stake President! Brother Aeschbacher,
a member of the Brighton ward whom we love, is the 2nd Counselor in
the Stake Presidency now so that's pretty cool! I definitely felt the
love that our Prophet Thomas S. Monson has for us through the words of
the general authorites. It was a great conference.
It is a bittersweet time right now as I am about to leave my first
area of my mission! I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have
had to serve here among these wonderful saints in Brighton, Michigan.
May we all choose to minister a little more in the areas in which we
live! It will make our families, Church families, Communities, and
ultimately the world a better place to live in if we but serve one
another with all our heart, might, mind, and strength. I love you all
so much! Have a fantastic week :)
-Elder Goff
This is Elder Goff with the Cook family. Brother Cook is the Bishop of the Brighton Ward!
Elder Goff will miss this wonderful family!!
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