Approaching the Throne of God with Confidence

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was great! I learned a lot, let's see if I can gather my thoughts.
   I went on exchange with Elder Song this week. He just got into the
mission this transfer, straight out of Beijing, China! He speaks very
little English, he's a great missionary! He's serving in Ann Arbor
right now. I went to Ann Arbor with him on Wednesday, it is pretty
difficult to communicate with him because of the language barrier, he
has learned some English but I really had to speak as simply as I
possibly could, and sometimes even then he didn't understand! But
that's alright, he is learning more every day. We had a couple of
pretty neat experiences, one of them was when we were tracting on this
SUPER wealthy street like these people were bankin'. We knock on this
door and this older lady comes to the door and she says she doesn't
speak English, Elder Song recognizes that she's Chinese and just dives
right into the Restorations lesson in Chinese on her doorstep. It was
pretty cool, I couldn't follow a single word of it but I think it was
good! I can tell that he has really good desires and will continue to
become the best missionary possible.
   We spent a lot of time trying to find people to teach this week, we
found 1 new investigator but the rest of the people we taught chose
not to continue to investigate. It has been said, "Agency, or the ability to
choose, is the worst when it's not yours!" Haha that's how I feel
sometimes but it's alright! Our purpose is to 'Invite others to Come
Unto Christ by helping them receive the Restored Gospel...' We are to
invite. The choice is theirs. Some will choose wisely and others will
not! That's the reality of the situation.
  On Friday we had interviews with President Gerber, mine was
wonderful! He went over in detail the talk entitled "Approaching The
Throne of God With Confidence" by Elder Klebbingat from the October
2014 General Conference. It was really great, I received many insights
on how I can improve my Spiritual Confidence before God. I invite all
of you to read that talk over again and ponder on how you could apply
some of those principles in it to your life, therefore becoming more
confident before God.
   We went on Exchange with the Assistants to the President this week
as well, Elder Sale came to Ypsi with me. We had a blast! He is a
great Elder, and his mission is wrapping up this transfer.
   In Church on Sunday a Senior Couple who just returned from their
mission to Australia spoke. Something that one of them said struck me:
"To be able to have no other responsibility than to ask the Lord 'What
would thou have me do today?' Is a great privilege." I'm so glad I
have this opportunity to serve My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is
very rare a privilege to actually be able to serve Him with ALL of my
Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength, without reservation. I will take
advantage of this time I have been given.
   I love you all, I hope you have a fantastic week! Look for The
Lord's Hand in your lives, I know He is involved in the smallest and
largest ways!

-Elder Goff