Dear Family,
It's so great to hear from you! Thank you so much for your insights
and encouragement and prayers and also thank you dad for sharing with
me your testimony and that story about great grandma lloyd, those
stories are incredible and i love to hear them!
This truly is the Lord's work and those "happenings" were for a reason,
definitely not coincidence! and i didn't know shai made it into SUU's
program! that's awesome! i wanted to ask dad, how was that family of 5
were found? and those who attended your class, are
they new investigators, visitors? How goes the work in your ward? do you
have a "rescue list"? that each auxillary has roughly 5 individuals or
families that they are striving to fellowship and help progress in the
Gospel? and also dad, any experiences with
your date that you'd like to share? and mom i know that as you continue
to speak and open your mouth to those around you it will be filled and
those opportunities are there, if we seek them.
Updates for the week!
I'm starting big, update on Bro Jolly!! This one floored me for
about a night! it was incredible! so the past little while, Bro Jolly
has wanted to attend a baptismal service and we've invited him but our
schedules just couldn't match up whether because
of vacation, in-laws in town, but this past saturday everything aligned
and he was able to attend the baptism of a YSA, Hashem and this was the
first baptism he had ever attended so Elder Tueller and I were giving
him the overview of what the service would
be like and let me tell you, it was an incredible baptismal service! The
spirit was so strong! and Hashem's story is amazing! He sacrificed so
much for the Gospel! after the service ended we were talking with Bro
Jolly and we asked "how do you feel right now?"
(question from Heaven) and his response came as such, "well, one way i
can describe it is like this: my brother graduated highschool the year
before i did and it was like watching him graduate, knowing that i would
be in his shoes soon enough, that i was next"
he felt the spirit, he felt the promptings and he knows what he's
learning is true, he knows that he will be in Hashem's shoes! how
incredible is that? and to top that off, on sunday our gospel principles
teacher gave him a special assignment to read moroni
7 the week before and this was his report and he said "you know i read
it several times but when i attended the baptism on saturday i
understood, everything in here talks about those basic principles that
the sisters talked about; faith, repentance, baptism,
the holy ghost and endure to the end" elder tueller and i looked at each
other and both had the look of "he gets it!!" wow what miracles!!
Linda also was able to make it to church this week as well and we
were able to share with her the message of the restoration of the gospel
of Jesus Christ with her fiance, who is returning to activity. Linda
has some wonderful questions and she said she
really enjoyed church, which was fast and testimony sunday. her fiance
shawn got up and bore his testimony and it was powerful! and she
participated in Gospel Principles and asked questions and commented and
is looking forward to reading the manual for that
as well! She is also hoping to get her two daughters involved in church
as well!
We also had a good lesson with Geoff this week, i know that he
needs the Gospel and he needs the Savior now more than ever, i know it's
what will help him the most and we will be going over to a members
apartment right neat his tomorrow for our lesson
and watching a couple of conference talks and having dinner with them as
well.
Noah was pretty busy this week, but we're still in communication
with him and he's still reading and praying and we're setting something
up for next week, please keep them in your prayers!
I want to thank you again for your prayers, they are felt and i
want you all to know that i know that this gospel is true, i know that
it has been restored from a loving Heavenly Father through the Prophet
Joseph Smith, i know that the gospel is the only
thing that will save the world from the calamity of it's own
self-destruction and i also know that "we do not preach and teach in
order to 'bring people into the church' or to increase the membership of
the church. we do not preach and teach just to persuede
people to live better lives. .. . we invite all to come unto Christ by
repentance and baptism and confirmation in order to open the doors of
the Celestial Kingdom to the sons and daughters of God. No one else can
do this" -Dallin H. Oaks. Of this i testify
and know that every time we talk to someone about the gospel or invite
them we are leading them one step closer to the Celestial Kingdom, One
step closer to life back in God's presence forever with their families.
This is His work and Christ lives!
I love each and every one of you and hope you have a great week! good luck with PTC's mom!!
Love,
Elder Aaron Jordan Lloyd
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