Dear Family,
So!! First off, i guess i should start off with an apology for
probably causing you a mini hear attack!! i promise that i'll never
forget your birthday ever again mom, this experience solidified that!!
haha ok i'll tell you the story. last week for preparation
today elder brown and i went golfing with elder hill and elder dehlin at
Admiral Baker, a navy golf course in our area and it was great fun!!
But, at the 8th hole i had to drive one into the weeds. . .and so i went
looking for it and as i was venturing into
the wilderness of san diego's tropical weeds, i found my ball! it was a
miracle! so as i went and grabed for my ball. . . STAB! the fron of a
palm tree stuck my index finger! (not those soft palm leaves you think
of, this was a short, fat, prickly palm) and
as i went to pull the fron out of my finger. . . it broke! so i had a
palm needle stuck in my finger and i tried to get it out but it wouldn't
budge!! so i played out the round and finished with 9 fingers and then i
had President clayton take a look at it and
he tried to unearth the "foriegn body" with a 21 gauge needle and
tweezers and he couldn't get it, he found it was too deep so we had to
go to the urgent care. which is where the phone call came in. . . again i
apologize, but the doctor took a look at it, injected
a local numbing solution, and according to elder brown "went to town on
my finger" digging and tweezing and prying and finally. . . he got it! i
forgot to take pictures but it was pretty big! and then he cleaned it
out and put me on some anti-biotics for skin
and nail infection. so there you have it, and who says golfing isn't a
dangerous sport?? haha well that's the adventure of the week now i'll
get to some updates for you!
first follow up time! has anyone picked a date yet?? i hope so and i
hope and pray that you call down the powers of heaven for help in your
efforts to share the gospel with someone that He has placed in your
life.
updates!! really quick! Bro Jolly is doing really well! He is
excited for conference and we'll be going over to his house for the
sunday sessions. We had a lesson with him last night, and OH! he wore a
tie to church on sunday, which was a first so the
ward was shocked! but our lesson we had planned to talk about the word
of wisdom, but as we were talking and asking questions, we found out
that he needed to go over the power of prayer, and he expressed to us
that he feels like he needs to pray more, and to
get into the habit so we taught and testified and it was super awesome!
Then we went immediately over to the fjellstead's to have a lesson with
their granddaughter Karen and we read from the Book of Mormon with her
and i have to say, the scriptures, especially
the Book of Mormon are the word of God. Even though Karen did not fully
understand what we read with her, she was reminded of an experience that
she had when she saw God's hand in her life and she was taught by the
spirit, and like 2 ne 31:3, our heavenly father
will teach us to our understanding, what an incredible experience!! We
were also able to see Matt and Ashley this week on exchanges as well,
and we helped start them on the Book of Mormon and get them reading.
This week has been full of incredible experiences
and miracles, what a blessing it is to serve here in the del cerro ward
with elder Brown. Sorry i'm out of time but i hope you all know how much
i love you and hope you have an incredible week!!
until next time,
love,
Elder Aaron Jordan Lloyd
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