Well it's the last
week of the transfer already! Time flies by so fast! We hear about transfers in Saturday and transfers are a week from tomorrow. I honestly feel like I've only been here a couple of days and it's already been 5 weeks. Ever since January, I've almost felt like it's all been a dream because the
days go by so fast. So we had an amazing week!
Monday a bunch of missionaries came down here and played basketball with us. We also had a youth in the ward, Christian, bring a couple nonmember friends, Alex and Aveon. His was the second time they came and played so we already knew each other really well. By the time we were done playing, I was able to invite Aveon to church. He said he would be there and he was! It was awesome! Christian picked him up and brought him. During church we were sitting by him and somehow got on the topic of baptism and Aveon said, "I've been looking to get baptized." I was like, "You're speaking to the right guys!" It was awesome! They are coming to play basketball again today so we plan to set a date for him to be baptized today. It's gonna be awesome! He seems super excited about it. It's cool how the Lord prepares people in ways we would never think. Because I learned to play basketball, I was able to connect really well with Aveon and now he is about to make a big decision to come unto Christ. The best part of the whole thing is that he already has a great member friend who's solid in the gospel and planning on serving a mission in a year or so. Anyways, I'll keep you posted on that.
That wasn't the only miracle we saw this week. So we prayed and fasted super hard so that we would be able to find people to teach. This week we found 10 new investigators! That's almost unheard of! When there is a will and some faith, there is a way. So last week I talked about a miracle that happened where we found a couple because we were helping a less active find his keys. They said that they had been married by our church. Anyways, we met with them this week! They are super solid! It is the Wilton Family. We taught the Restoration and when we brought up baptism, sister Wilton said that the family had been looking for a
place to get baptized. There is a mom, dad, and a daughter. It's going to be awesome! Another miracle is that we set a baptism date with Natalie (Our RC, Nelson's, granddaughter) her mom is a recent convert and her grandpa is too but he just recently passed on. Anyways, she's planning on getting baptized on the 28th. Another person we have been teaching is a French speaking lady. It turns out that we have a recently returned French speaking missionary in our ward too so it works out pretty well. We just barely gave her a French Book of Mormon so we will see how that goes. I think it will take her a little bit more time.
All of these blessings weren't even the highlight of the week. Saturday Rabecca got baptized!!! She was so prepared and ready for baptism! Rebecca is usually a non-emotional person but when she got baptized her smile was so big! She had a whole new glow about her! Everything just went perfect. We confirmed her on Sunday also. Baptism is such a sacred thing and a privilege to be a part of.
This week I got into a war with our house. We live in a dump house that is just old and creepy. The sink has been clogged for several months and the bathroom has been disgusting. Anyways, I decided that I had finally had enough of it. First I tackled the sink. I dumped bleach down into there to kill all the worms and crap down there before I started the surgery. I needed to get the disposal to work. After the bleach I dig around in there with a knife for about an hour. The smell was terrible too. As a missionary you learn a bunch of tricks about stuff like this. Here is a reset button on the bottom of the disposal so I pressed that several times and smashed whatever was in there and maybe used a little priesthood power on it too but it eventually began to drain! I pushed the disposal button and witnessed a miracle! After several months of missionaries dumping crap down there it was finally free. It works good as new now. I also scrubbed the bathroom spotless which took forever too because....well you get the point. Thankfully we got word that we get a new apartment at the first of June.
Something I've been studying this week has been charity. Paul said that charity is the greatest of all attributes. "If Ye have not charity, he are nothing." This is especially true as members of the church. As we let our light shine by being an example of charity, people will recognize us and want the same love that we have for them. Charity truly is the pure love of Christ.
Love you all and hope you all have a great week! Remember to have charity!
Elder Goff
Monday a bunch of missionaries came down here and played basketball with us. We also had a youth in the ward, Christian, bring a couple nonmember friends, Alex and Aveon. His was the second time they came and played so we already knew each other really well. By the time we were done playing, I was able to invite Aveon to church. He said he would be there and he was! It was awesome! Christian picked him up and brought him. During church we were sitting by him and somehow got on the topic of baptism and Aveon said, "I've been looking to get baptized." I was like, "You're speaking to the right guys!" It was awesome! They are coming to play basketball again today so we plan to set a date for him to be baptized today. It's gonna be awesome! He seems super excited about it. It's cool how the Lord prepares people in ways we would never think. Because I learned to play basketball, I was able to connect really well with Aveon and now he is about to make a big decision to come unto Christ. The best part of the whole thing is that he already has a great member friend who's solid in the gospel and planning on serving a mission in a year or so. Anyways, I'll keep you posted on that.
That wasn't the only miracle we saw this week. So we prayed and fasted super hard so that we would be able to find people to teach. This week we found 10 new investigators! That's almost unheard of! When there is a will and some faith, there is a way. So last week I talked about a miracle that happened where we found a couple because we were helping a less active find his keys. They said that they had been married by our church. Anyways, we met with them this week! They are super solid! It is the Wilton Family. We taught the Restoration and when we brought up baptism, sister Wilton said that the family had been looking for a
place to get baptized. There is a mom, dad, and a daughter. It's going to be awesome! Another miracle is that we set a baptism date with Natalie (Our RC, Nelson's, granddaughter) her mom is a recent convert and her grandpa is too but he just recently passed on. Anyways, she's planning on getting baptized on the 28th. Another person we have been teaching is a French speaking lady. It turns out that we have a recently returned French speaking missionary in our ward too so it works out pretty well. We just barely gave her a French Book of Mormon so we will see how that goes. I think it will take her a little bit more time.
All of these blessings weren't even the highlight of the week. Saturday Rabecca got baptized!!! She was so prepared and ready for baptism! Rebecca is usually a non-emotional person but when she got baptized her smile was so big! She had a whole new glow about her! Everything just went perfect. We confirmed her on Sunday also. Baptism is such a sacred thing and a privilege to be a part of.
This week I got into a war with our house. We live in a dump house that is just old and creepy. The sink has been clogged for several months and the bathroom has been disgusting. Anyways, I decided that I had finally had enough of it. First I tackled the sink. I dumped bleach down into there to kill all the worms and crap down there before I started the surgery. I needed to get the disposal to work. After the bleach I dig around in there with a knife for about an hour. The smell was terrible too. As a missionary you learn a bunch of tricks about stuff like this. Here is a reset button on the bottom of the disposal so I pressed that several times and smashed whatever was in there and maybe used a little priesthood power on it too but it eventually began to drain! I pushed the disposal button and witnessed a miracle! After several months of missionaries dumping crap down there it was finally free. It works good as new now. I also scrubbed the bathroom spotless which took forever too because....well you get the point. Thankfully we got word that we get a new apartment at the first of June.
Something I've been studying this week has been charity. Paul said that charity is the greatest of all attributes. "If Ye have not charity, he are nothing." This is especially true as members of the church. As we let our light shine by being an example of charity, people will recognize us and want the same love that we have for them. Charity truly is the pure love of Christ.
Love you all and hope you all have a great week! Remember to have charity!
Elder Goff
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