This week I had the opportunity to attend my first zone
conference. Zone conference is where 3 zones get together and have an inspired
meeting. We had a lot of amazing talks, but I think that the main theme of the
conference was based off of a question President Berry asked us, "Do you
want to be a good missionary or an exceptional one?" This question really
struck me deep. He continued by saying, "We are not here to serve a 2 year
mission; we are here to become missionaries. A mission lasts 2 years; a
missionary lasts a lifetime." I am not on a mission to just be here, I am
on a mission to change my life and become a missionary. I feel that I am doing
just that.
Unfortunately we are not teaching Ben anymore :( but our
other investigators are doing well. So our investigators that we are teaching
now are Anna (found her while biking 2 weeks ago and committed her to baptism
on Sept. 26th that same week), Neil (one of the members brother in laws who is
on baptism date for Oct. 10 - may have to change that), Von (is excited to be
baptized, but does not fully understand the concept of baptism), and Jason.
Jason was the miracle of the week last week! His story is pretty cool. So Elder
Hilton and I were biking along and out of the corner of my eye I noticed a man
standing by his garage looking at us and it was like something pulled me over
to him without a choice. We talked, gave him a Book of Mormon, and set up a
return appointment not thinking too much of it. When we returned, Jason
explained how he had been studying the Book of Mormon and knew it was true! We
committed him to baptism on Oct. 17, but we may do it even sooner than that! I
loved his response after inviting him to be baptized. He said, "What do I
need to do to be ready?"!!!!!! I am so excited for him! Anyways so our
investigators are doing great! We are also teaching a few less actives and recent
converts.
This week I really worked on patience. I was able to study
patience everyday and I now find myself more christ-like because of it. I am
able to stop and think about the consequence/benefits of a decision. A cool
scripture that I found is D&C 101:38. It made me think of what the
blessings are of being patient. Well I love you all and hope the best! Remember
to be patient in all things!
Love, Elder Goff
