Blog update from Cayson for this week...
Well a lot has
happened these last two weeks! The MTC was amazing! I met a ton of great
friends and I learned a ton! The spirit was way strong there. I have no doubt
in my mind that this church is true. Probably the biggest thing that I learned
in the MTC was that we need to apply the atonement not only to ourselves but
others. When we focus on helping others, we begin to help ourselves without
even knowing it, and when we focus on the atonement our faith and all of those
around us is strengthened. Probably the main reason that I am on a mission is
because Jesus Christ gave everything for us, so I figured that I could devote 2
years to him by bringing souls unto him.
Monday morning
we woke up at 3:00 to
get ready to leave, we had to leave the MTC at 4:30, but we didn't fly out until 9:30. So Monday was a super long day for me and the rest of us, but now that I'm
in Orlando I can say that it's all worth it! The humidity and the heat aren't
the hard part to Florida. It's all of the sweating that you have to get used
to. We ride bikes nonstop everyday. I've got rained on almost everyday. The
rain storms here are like nothing that I have ever seen before! Its so crazy! I
am serving the Conway East area which is on the eastern side of Orlando.
Unfortunately alligators tend to be pretty rare and most missionaries only see
one or two their whole mission but I still have hope! And the oranges here are
pretty hard to come by. I haven't had the chance to try one yet. Funny enough,
most of the oranges they sell at walmart are shipped in from California! Also,
it's not very likely that I'll get to see the ocean because that's mostly where
the sisters serve. Although it's not quite what I expected, it's pretty amazing
here! everything is super green and wet.
My companion's name is
Elder Hilton. He lives in St. George and has been here for 18 months! He is a
way cool guy and a great trainer! We do some great work together. Most of what
we have done so far is finding because we are a little short on investigators,
but the people we do teach are doing great. We have a man named Ben set
for a baptism on August 28 if he can overcome some of the commandments that he is
struggling with. Also there is another kid who is really close to committing to
baptism that we are going to see tonight. His name is Charlie and he's 10, but he's already gone through
a lot. Their family is in a tight situation financially. If you guys could
remember these 2 guys in your prayers it would mean a lot to me. The work here
is great and I'm loving every second of it!
Love you all!
Elder, Goff
We also received an update from a member in the Ward Cayson is serving in. She says "Last Tuesday Evening we had such a fun night!!! It was Elder Goff's first day in the "field" and just had to make him a "Green Dinner" so his "first day" would be memorable!!!!! So, green chicken and rice, green cream corn and of course green beans!!!! For dessert, green jello and lime green sherbert!!!!! It took Elder Goff a few minutes to figure-out why everything was green!!!!! He didn't know you could buy green jello in Florida!!!! He thought that was just a "Utah Thing"!!!!! Too fun!!!!! Elder Hilton was in on the plans of course!!! Then there was the green bag of goodies!!!!! Everyone at Publix's wanted to know what I was doing!! From green Hawaiian Punch to every pack of goodies I could find in green wrappers!!!!!! Thanks "mom's" for sharing your son's with us!!!! They are a joy!!!!!"
Here are the pictures she sent. It is such a comfort to know that my boy is being taken care of by such wonderful people!
