Week 4 in Livonia

Hey everyone!! We saw a few miracles this week while tracting. We call the process that we go through to determine where we will go tracting "Revelation through the GPS." We pray to be sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and ask to be led exactly where God would have us be to find people who are ready to receive His Gospel. We met 4 super great people this way this week, they were all prepared to hear our message. One of them in particular was pretty amazing, I'll share the experience with you: 

   As you could imagine, knocking on peoples' doors to talk to them about The Gospel does not always go well, most of the people we talk with don't want to talk with us. But I've found that if you can talk WITH them, and not AT them, the hard heart that you first see when they open the door softens and it turns into a great Gospel conversation. That's exactly what happened with this lady named Michelle this week. Knocked on the door and she opened it, and you could tell she did NOT want to talk to anyone haha, but I asked her, "How was your day?" mind you this is at about 8:15pm and it gets dark here at 5:30pm. Anyways, she replies and says that she's actually been having a terrible day! Getting divorced, but still living with her husband until it was finalized so lots of contention, credit cards maxed, her landlord was going to kick her out soon, she struggles with smoking, and there were other things too. The weight of the world was upon her shoulders, or so she felt. The Spirit whispered to me, "Teach her about the Atonement." Alma 7:11-13 came to mind. I expounded those scriptures to her about the intense suffering of Our Savior, and what that means for us each day. She was edified and uplifted, and desired to learn more about the Book of Mormon. We are actually meeting with her tonight at the Church building to teach her about it. When people see our sincere interest and love for them, and feel our faith in the converting power of the Gospel, they will be much more receptive to learning more. I know that Jesus Christ will lift us up as we seek his strength! With his Apostles on the Earth today I testify that He lives. And because He lives, if we will reach out to Him, he will respond. I love you all, sorry for the short letter today! Have a fantastic week :)

-Elder Goff