Dear Family,
It is comforting to know that you are doing well mom and i hope and
pray that the rehab continues to go well and that is very exciting that
you will be going home in just a couple of days, i will continue to
pray for you, i know that the Lord is with you
and will round about you to bear you up in times of need, the power of
God is only a prayer away. All we have to do is ask. Thank you so much
for the package as well, my companion and many other missioanries have
enjoyed the treats, and i very much love the
new shirts:) thank you so much. Keep doing everything that you are
supposed to, in the Book of Mormon the Lord tells us that "inasmuch as
ye shall keep the commandments ye shall prosper in the land", think of
it in the context of the doctors as well, because
He's given us these intelligent men that know how to help us heal and
become well and inasmuch as ye shall give heed to their words and their
counsels (do what they say rehab wise) ye shall prosper (become healthy
and your recovery will come so much quicker
than you could have every imagined) and you are definitely not alone in
this mom, I know that our Savior will strengthen you daily, you are
yoked with Christ through this (Matthew 11:28-30). as you continue to
read from the words of Christ, you will be strengthened.
I think back to my own experience of rehab when i had surgery on my
thumb, the doctor gave me those rehabilitation excersizes to do every
day and he promised that if i would do them every day, i might not get
full motion back, but the loss of movement would
decrease significantly if i did those excersizes. You know what? i
didn't do them as often as i should have, they hurt, i couldn't ever
"find the time" because it was my sophomore year and you've seen my
range of motion, i've lost about 50 to 60% because i
did not follow the doctors orders exactly as he perscribed. It's very
much like unto the Gospel and even in times of trial, we have the
promise that as we stay close to the spirit, as we read and pray daily
and are able to partake of the sacrament and as we
rely on the Atonement of our Savior we indeed can become perfect, even
as He is perfect, only through His grace and mercy. as we do as the Lord
has perscribed, it will lead to Eternal Life.
Quick miracles and update on the work here in PQ! Mary was able to
attend church with us this weekend! her flight attendant schedule has
been pretty busy, she's worked almost every weekend since we started
teaching her, but this past sunday she had off
and she was able to attend! It was fast and testimony meeting and she
did say she enjoyed it and we were able to have a lesson with her
yesterday as well! We were able to teach her about the Book of Mormon
and give her the context and then teach, Mary said
she liked that because it helped her when we "drew the outline first,
and then went through and added all the color", she's very expressive
and open and will tell us when she doesn't understand something so we
are able to teach and help her understand. She
has told us that she does enjoy reading the Book of Mormon and loves
listening to it on her iphone (the gospel library app, amazing thing
technology) and now that she understands the context of the Book of
Mormon and how it can bring her her closer to Christ,
she has a strong desire to read and pray. Helen is doing well, we were
able to see her and get back in contact with her and will hopefully
getting together with her this week. We took James and one of his
friends to the Mormon Batallion this past week as well,
what a great experience that was, i love the Mormon Batallion and the
spirit that is there. Those men and women truly sacrificed so much for
the Gospel and for the freedom of worship that we enjoy in this country.
Oh! two incredible miracles!! so, saturday we were able to help a
less-active member move and were able to meet and get to them a little
bit before they head off to Escondito, and later that day, we just
happened to be in the right place at the right time
pulling into our apartment complex and seeing a U-haul being unloaded.
So. being in the moving-mode from earlier that day, we jumped out and
started unloading (keep in mind we were in our white shirts and ties at
this point in the day, it was awesome.) and
just a few mintues into the move, the woman who was moving in asked
"where do come from? Who do you represent?" to which we replied "the
Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints" and she looked at us with a
puzzled look, and then we quickly said "or the
Mormons". we still got the same puzzled look with a reply of "i have no
idea about that church, but i'd like to learn more" Amazing, we were
able to get to know Courtney (that's the woman who asked) and her
husband Tim just a little bit better through the move
and towards the end, a couple of members from the YSA branch saw us
moving and jumped out also and started helping and Courtney later said
"everyone in this community is so nice!" we offered to share our message
with them and we will be going back this week,
to begin sharing the Restored Gospel with them, MIRACLES!!! someone who
has no idea who mormons are? the Lord truly does place people in our
paths every day, sometimes we just have follow those gentle nudges to go
and do something or say something. AND last
night we got a call from a member who told us about her new neighbor
that had just pulled in with his u-haul from Alabama and didn't have a
work party to help him unload so this morning we jetted on over to see
what we could do.(we also recruited our district
leader and his companion to help out), it turned out that he needed some
extra hands so we were able to help him get all unloaded in what seemed
like no time at all, even though he had the biggest truck that you can
rent from u-haul. His name is VU, and he
told us "wow, you are really sent from above here" to which we offered
to share our message to he and his family as well and he accepted so we
will be stopping by his home as well! I know that when members of the
church team up with the missioanries, miracles
happen, when we pray daily for missionary experiences, the Lord places
them in our paths and He is preparing people the recieve His Gospel,
this is His work. He lives! this i know and of this i so testify.
guess what? i finally sent some pictures!! yahoo!! most are of
Herbert's baptism just a while ago, and the other person that i am with
there is Herbie, his son and Pam, his wife. What an incredible day that
was and how strong the spirit was at that sacred
ordinance.
I will definitely keep Ash in my prayers and hopefully i will have
some time today to get a letter off to her. I love you all so very much,
thank you for your support and kind words and i hope and pray that you
all have an incredible week! Mom, be carefull
and rely on His strength to make it through.
Love,
Elder Aaron Jordan Lloyd
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