Dear Family and Friends,

This week it got a lot colder than it has been so far this winter! It was around 12 degrees with quite a bit of wind for a couple days in a row but it was better than last year! We've really been blessed with good weather this year, it's a tender mercy of The Lord! 

   Cordis was feeling sick a lot this week so we only saw her once! But a member couple came with us and we taught about Eternal Families, it was a great lesson! She is so accepting of the truth, as a missionary you see people on polar opposite sides of the spectrum. Those whose hearts are very hard and unrepentant, and those who are so humble and ready to start living the Gospel as soon as you teach them. You see a lot in-between too! It's awesome to be able to see the parable of the sower come to life there for me, I know that the scriptures are true and we can apply them to every aspect of our lives, we just have to really understand what they are saying and look for examples of them in our lives. 

   Rao is doing great, he was able to prepare and pass the Sacrament this week! He should be going to the temple to do baptisms for his ancestors who didn't have the chance to be baptized in their lifetimes. William is doing the same thing, and so is Nze! Nze participated in blessing the Sacrament this week, he didn't actually say the prayer but he was at the Priest's table! He'll bless it next week I'm sure. 

   Not much else to say besides we had some bomb soul food this week! On tuesday we went to "Motor City Soul Food" in Detroit and got some Fried Chicken, Mac N' Cheese, and Candied Yams. It was some of the best Mac N' Cheese I've ever had in my life. Then on Wednesday we went to Slows, which is a famous Smokehouse BBQ, it was the best meat I've ever had in my life! And we met this family there who lives in one of my previous areas (North Shores), they came in after us and sat down at the table next to us and we just struck up a conversation with them talking about soul food! African Americans love their soul food everybody, and this family went hard in the paint when it came to cooking. Guess what they told us? That when we came back to Michigan to visit after our missions, we need to bring our families and call them up to set up a time for them to make soul food for all of us. They were serious too! So awesome, we will definitely take them up on that fam!! 

   Love you all! I hope you have a week of tender mercies and mighty miracles.

Love,

Elder Goff

Elder Whetzel at McDonald's in Detroit, notice the bullet proof glass that the cashiers 

are behind.There is a little turn about that they put your food in to get it to you.  Not the

 same as in Idaho!

Graffiti on trucks and vans!

Most delicious BBQ of my life!

At Slows restaurant with the family from North Shores area.