Cayson

Cayson

Monday, December 14, 2015

Week 22 Orlando - Conway East

This week we great! We saw a lot of miracles. It seems like everyone is happier this time of year because of Christmas. Everyone's also super busy haha. So on Friday, Elder Gale and I were biking around in a neighborhood and accidentally took the wrong turn. We were about to turn around when we saw an open garage which usually means that they are home. We knocked on the door and a lady named Jennifer and her son Julian answered he door. They let us in right away and we taught them the Restoration. After the lesson we asked them to kneel with us and pray to ask if it was true. Julian said it and after we asked how they felt. He said, "I feel...funny. Kinda like I want to jump around and laugh and smile!" The spirit was so powerful! We were all in tears by the time we left! We are meeting with them tonight again so I am super excited to see how it will go.


 This week was also the ward Christmas party. It was super awesome! The Risley's came and the whole ward took them in. It was awesome to see them become part of the ward. We really hope to be able to set a baptism date with them this week. I would have to say the Risley's are one of my favorites. We've gotten pretty tight within the last few weeks.

So I hope you all are having a great time! People get into Christmas hard core here. One house even covered their whole lawn with fake snow. It was pretty sweet!

In Sacrament meeting yesterday our 1st counselor in the stake presidency, President Tait (who is actually from oderville originally) spoke on how we \an best celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. He said that we must take time to ponder and study the true meaning of Christmas, ponder the saviors influence in our lives today, look steadfastly on the savior's coming, and finally think back to the Christmas that we felt the spirit the most. our family tradition is to read of Christ's birth each year on Christmas eve. Everytime we would do that I felt the spirit super strong. I love the story of Christ's birth!

Well I love you all and hope the best and a Merry Christmas!

Elder Goff