Dear Family,
It's great to hear from you! it sounds like things are going well.
as for the phone call this Sunday i will call around 4:00-4:30pm our
time here, so i assume it's 5, 530 your time. I am greatly looking
forward to it, I'll do my best to have questions at the ready for all of
you, and i will be sending pictures very soon, hopefully this week. As
for my email this week, it will be pretty much devote to mom, seeing as
it's mother's day come this Sunday and i know that mom would probably
like me to add to her memory book, this will be my "memory" this week.
Dear Mom,
What a blessing it is to be your son, and to be able to have
you as a mother, as my mother that i have been sealed to and we are a
part of a forever family. I just wanted to take a minute and reflect
back upon one of the many memories that i have of us together, upon
reflecting on events especially while on my mission and our time
together i have been impressed upon one particular experience. This
experience pertains to laundry, now i know that you may think "great my
son remembers that i made him do laundry all the time", not so. in fact,
the times in my youth when we would fold laundry together are those
moments that i remember most and I've prepared a few thoughts on this
word:
L- laughter, in that special time we had together i always recall
sharing a funny story, having a laugh and relieving the stress of the
day with a moment to laugh.
A- acceptance, we always were able to talk openly and honestly, and
no matter how ridiculous my problems seemed to be at the time, you
listened and accepted me and my worries
U- unselfish love, i know that this time you took out of your life
to spend with me, to teach me life lessons, and help me through anything
that i was going through, i know that you really did do it for me and
for my spiritual growth
N- nice, plain and simple. You taught me the principle of putting
others above myself, service with a smile and doing so with a willing
heart
D- dedication, you always had the time to be a full-time mom among
many other callings and responsibilities. i hope you know that i truly
look up to you, i noticed everything that you did for every single one
of us and for the many others in your stewardship
R- relate, this is where you would tie whatever we were talking
about to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, there truly is a lesson in
everything, you have taught me that mom.
Y- yourself, your testimony, your love for the family and the
gospel changed me and helped me along the path, i am so grateful for everything that you have done for me and i know with all my heart that
you love me and that you also love everyone that you interact with.
Now i could take this one step further and talk about my
responsibility when it came to doing laundry, my job was Socks. I could
go through and make another list of attributes, though i will save that
for another memory:), and though my words may not make complete sense, i
hope that you are able to decipher the message among my mess of words.
Know that i love you, know that i care and have learned so much from
your example. You truly emanate Christlike love and you are an example of
what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. I want you to know that
I know of myself that He lives, the Atonement is real, He loves each
and every one of us and i know that He loves you. I learned these things
through hearing your testimony and through watching and learning from
you every day. I am so grateful for you and i love you so very much. I
know that we will be together forever.
As for an update on the work, Elder Hansen and i were able to teach
Christie, who has been longing for change in her life, she has felt a
need for something and we were able to testify of the Restored Gospel. Korean is doing well, we were unable to meet with her the past week due
to her Father-in-law having a stoke and is now in rehab. We will
continue to keep her in our prayers. Herbert is doing well, we will
meeting with him and his family this week as well as calling from their
home this Sunday, Elder Hansen will be Skype-ing his family due to
long-distance call charges haha lucky dog. Again i love you and i will
keep you and the grandparents and Ash in my prayers. i hope that your
week brings happiness and joy, i know that joy truly comes from the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and by following His example we enter in and
follow the way that leads back to Him and the Father for eternal life.
I also was able to attend the temple today, what an incredible experience!!!
Love,
Elder Aaron Jordan Lloyd
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