Missionary work still going strong in Ypsalanti, MI

Dear Family and Friends,

Shoutout to my good friend Nic Vane who received his mission call to
the Philippines and leaves August 19th!! He will be an awesome missionary!!
This week was pretty good.  I am growing a lot and am learning every single
day. Here is my letter to President Gerber this week:
   "Hey President! This week was good. Our area is doing very well, we
continue to find new investigators almost every day, a miracle from
The Lord I am sure! I liked my first Stake Accountability meeting,
that was great. It's different when you don't get to see the "behind
the scenes" stuff, it appears like the organization, goals, etc. are
just there automatically! But there is a lot of time and effort behind
all of it that is a lot more apparent to me now. My family is doing
well, and a lot of my friends from back home are receiving their
mission calls so it is an exciting time of year! An insight this week:
I am learning more about The Atonement. How we don't need to be
perfect to take advantage of it. I'm going to try to apply the
principle and lifestyle of "being perfected in Christ" to my life so
that I can have more Godly Confidence. A miracle: Last week we went on
exchanges and Elder Colson and I found a potential, a teenage girl who
said we could come back in a few days. So Elder Iverson and I came
back and it turns out that this girl and her family are really good
friends with a less active member in our ward!! So we hope that as we
work with this girl and her family, the LA family they know will be
strengthened as well. Love you President!"

I figured that was easier than typing it all out again! Something that
has kept coming into my mind is that I'm just not good enough. And
that I need to get to some certain level of worthiness or
understanding before The Atonement of Jesus Christ can start having
any affect on me. But I read "His Grace is Sufficient" by Brad Wilcox,
and have studied the scriptural phrase "being perfected in Christ" a
little bit and I've gained a greater understanding of what the
Atonement is, and how it can help me. I know that Jesus Christ Atoned
for my sins, my infirmities, my pains, my struggles, and all other
things I go through. Because of that, I can turn to Him, and be made
whole. He said while talking with Paul: "My strength is made perfect
in weakness."

I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior, and it is an honor to be able
to serve a mission, representing Him for 2 years of my life! I know
that by entering into Covenants, or promises with God, we can have
access to the full power of His Atonement, and be completely cleansed
of our sins.

I love this work and I love all of you! Have a wonderful week :)

-Elder Goff