We've found a few investigators this week while knocking doors who are really sincere and desire to know God's will for them and their families, I have high hopes for them! Hopefully this week they'll start progressing and gaining a sure testimony for themselves.
Deja is progressing well, it's so amazing to see the contrast between a Gospel centered life and the culture of most the people in the city, she recognizes it! And so it's so easy for her to recognize the blessings that have come to her and do come every time she keeps the commandments! She's come to young women's 2 weeks in a row now, and we set up another ride for her for Church on Sunday, but as we were sitting in Sacrament Meeting we never saw them walk in! Her ride came up to us and told us that her sister answered the door or something and said that they were going to drive themselves! But they never came :/ It's always so rough when you're expecting people to be there but they don't show! Especially when you have such an awesome experience at Church that day. We followed up with her later that evening and she said that the family member she was going to come with ended up not wanting to go and Deja didn't want to come alone because she was nervous! So lame excuse, I'm sure she'll be there this Sunday though :)
We had a really neat miracle on Saturday evening. We were driving to an investigator's house whom we hadn't been able to contact recently, and a few seconds after we got onto his street, as we're driving down the road, we hear a thud against the rear-right side of our car. We look behind us and see that this lady was backing up out of her driveway and didn't see us so she clipped us a bit. We got out, assessed the damage, nothing really serious, there really wasn't even a dent on our car, we just got some of her car's paint scraped onto ours! But anyways we start talking with her as she was filling out the accident report, and we find out that she and her family of a husband and two sons were actually homeless 2 years ago, in Salt Lake City, Utah! She said that the members of the Church down there took care of their family and actually helped them even financially to get them back home to Michigan! She said this felt really weird like some sort of omen that she backed into us, of course we know the reason why! The Lord will lead us to those He has prepared or He will send them in reverse down their driveway to hit our car so we have to talk with them! Either way, His work rolls forward! We'll contact her again sometime this next week.
I love the Lord and His work! I'm not perfect, very far from it. Yet He still allows me to be an instrument in His hands as long as I remain humble, and teachable, showing love towards all whom I serve. May we all be filled with the pure love of Christ this week and reach out to those who are in need of our helping hands.
Elder Goff
Pics of President & Sister Gerber and I, Elder Ferguson & Elder Bennett the current AP's and then your average Detroit house! :)
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