It was another great week in Daytona! We're still seeing a
lot of success! We didn't have as much time this week to teach though because
we had a ton of meetings. I'm not complaining because they were all
great!
In Wednesday we went to a district meeting and Elder Acevedo
and I got invited to give a quick training on whatever we felt prompted to on
the spot! We referenced a scripture in the Bible about how Jesus Christ would
be "rejected by men." We then had an elder come up and go around the
room inviting all the missionaries to learn the gospel. We told each of the
missionaries to give this elder the hardest rejection of his life. It was
awesome and got everyone excited. After everyone rejected him we read a
scripture in D&C that talked about how we need to continue going strong
even tough we may get rejected. We also read 2 Nephi 2:25 which talks about how we are here on
his earth to have joy. It was definitely memorable!
It was pretty ironic because after we gave that training, we
got to experience it for ourselves. We knocked on a door and had a pretty odd
turn away. The lady was like, "you guys are handsome, but no." Then
she shut the door. Haha it was bitter sweet. As we were walking back down the
driveway to our car, a random drunk guy started staggering over to us hollering
random things. I leaned over to Elder Acevedo and was like, "this is about
to get wild!" It was too! He tried Bible bashing with us but it made no
sense. We need up just getting in our car and driving off. Some people are
crazy. It was a humbling experience as well because it reminded me of how lucky
I am to be involved in this gospel.
Conference was AMAZING! I don't think I have ever received
so much revelation at one time. I had a question I went into conference with:
How can I strengthen my relationship with my Heavenly Father. Elder Uceda
talked about the importance of praying sincerely from the heart rather than
just going through the motions with your lips. Elder Bednar talked about how we
come to know the Father by knowing His Son. He gave us 4 ways to increase our
relationship with the Savior. I loved this conference!
All of our investigators are doing great; therefore, I am
doing great :) I hope you all have a great week!
Elder Goff