We found out the hurricane was headed for us on Monday but
didn't make it too big of a deal. We made some preparations just in case. We
knew for sure it was going to hit us dead on Tuesday. Wednesday we had a Zone meeting which was
actually my first one as a zone
leader. It was super good! I gave a training on how we can strengthen our
relationship with Heavenly Father through our study and prayer. If there is
anything I've learned this transfer, it is that we need to have a daily
accounting session with God by setting daily goals in the morning, then
accounting with God at night.
During the meeting our phone was being blown up by our
mission president. I finally left the meeting and answered. He asked us to
evacuate all of the missionaries in our zone from the coast inland. We went to
Deland which is about 30 miles off the coast and stayed with some elders there
for 2 days.
We got back to Daytona Saturday morning and it was a
disaster! Trees were down everywhere! Not a whole lot of homes were damaged
though. Saturday night we helped unload 2 20 foot trucks and a semi. They were
all packed with supplies for service. The church is so organized! They shipped
a ton of stuff to us Saturday. On Sunday, over 1300 people met up at our
chapel. They all came in service clothes. I had to park them all too. That was
a pain but it was a lot of fun. They did 4 quick sacrament meetings for
everyone then they all separated into teams and started putting Daytona back
together. It was so cool to see! I got to see a lot of my good friends from my
past areas. It was almost like a family reunion! We worked our butts off all
day Saturday. I was exhausted by about 10:00 am but kept working until 6:00. We
finally got home and ate for the first time that day. I'm still feeling it
haha. Also about half of Daytona is still out of power. It's pretty crazy over
here!
On a good note, the night before we evacuated we were able
to set a date with 4 of our investigators. They are all super solid too. The
people we have on date right now are Brett, Henery, Marlo, Misha, Antero, and
Shawn. Shawns a little flakey but the rest are solid.
Well I hope you all had as good of a week as me!
Love ya! Elder Goff
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| Our A. Is the one left of the 2 smashed ones. #lucky |
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| Cool pic of Daytona |
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| Tree in background used to be where the road was |
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| one of the trucks we loaded |
