hey family!
well this week has been another interesting one! firstly, thanks for
your letters. letters from all, even jack and slate. that was
awesome. and you can tell slater that i havent forgotten that he{s
my brother haha. tell grandma and grandpa thanks a bunch for sending
me emails. i always like to hear whats going on with them.
to answer your emails from this week-- i dont think i{ll need boots.
my shoes are pretty good. (random shoe note- remember how i got those
high top dress shoes-- pretty much all the missionaries in my zone
think they{re legit) i dont think it{ll be a problem. and if it is i
think i can find some boots here so its alright!! also in your
letters you said something about rob being fixed -- i didnt even know
he was broken -- what?? what happened there-- jackson didnt crash,
did he? =P
well this weeks been interesting for me. wednesday i went to
villahermosa with my companion because he had a problem with some visa
stuff. when we arrived to mexico they gave us a visa travel card
which basically gives us permission to travel in mexico. if the police
stop us in the street they ask for that. but elder eberle left his in
a taxi in his old area-- ha. yikes. so we had to go to villahermosa
to go to some government building and ask for a new one. so we went
to villahermosa, and my companion spent the day running around the
city getting things fixed with that and i spent the day with the
president of the mission!!! i dont know how i get so lucky. i was
just sitting in the office of the mission and he came in and grabbed
me and said -elder lloyd, we wouldnt want you getting bored here- and
we went out to teach some people. it was legit. i think i{ve probably
had more attention from the president than most other missionaries in
this past month ha. and the best part was when we were driving back
to the office from a lesson that we taught (the president and i) and
i got to share with him something i learned in my personal study this
past week. it was awesome. ah basically president casteñeda is a
rock. ah. i{ve never met someone more powerful. its crazy.
so that was my wednesday. and at the end of the day my companion
hadnt fixed everything with the visa still. so we{re going to have to
go back another day probably! also-- the package you sent me arrived
the day that i was there in villahermosa! so i have it now! oh my
reeses. and snickers and milkyway holy moly!!!! anyway--
basically other than that, the biggest news this week has been with
the weather. -- i thought it was hot before-- and it was, it
was like an oven in april. but this week has been like an oven inside
an oven. people here say that its reached tempratures of 43 celsius,
i think thats 115 farenhiet. but idk. basically didnt think it was
possible to live in that kind of heat. ha. the people who live here
are sweating the whole day. now imagine me and my companion who are
from climates that are cold. ha. yikes. but i think my
companion has it worse. he{s had a rough week with the heat i think.
as for investigators.
we found one of those -perfect- investigators this week though ah.
she{s sooooo prepared. she let us in and said that she{d like to join
the church before we started teaching anything. she said she hasnt
had religion in her life for a long time and she{s always seen us in
the street and is really interested in learning about what we believe.
without us inviting her, she told us that shes going to come to church
this week. --she has a child and is separated from her husband.
we{ve got an appointment with her tomorrow so that should be pretty
exciting!
also exciting-- tomorrow we{re going to villahermosa to have a mission
conference-- and elder cook is going to be there to speak with us!!!!!
ah!!!!!!!!!! an apostle! i{m not sure but i dont think that all
missionaries get the chance to have an apostle come to their mission.
i{m so pumped to go tomorrow and hear the direction that the lord has
for us and for this mission!
well i gtg. but i love you all, and i{ll be excited to hear from you
next week!!!
--elder lloyd
Letter #31 05/09/11 Short Letter!!
Hey family,
ah it was so good to be able to talk with you all yesterday! i love
your tapes that you send, but they{re not quite the same as being able
to chat with you and ask-answer questions. only 7 more months and
we{ll be doing it again. i know it had been 5 months since i
had talked to you all but it didnt feel like 5 months. and i have a
feeling these next 7 are going to .fly. by. it scares me actually how
fast time flies.
well family. this weeks going to be a bit short so i can write some
friends. but i{ll chat with you all next week! =)
elder lloyd
ah it was so good to be able to talk with you all yesterday! i love
your tapes that you send, but they{re not quite the same as being able
to chat with you and ask-answer questions. only 7 more months and
we{ll be doing it again. i know it had been 5 months since i
had talked to you all but it didnt feel like 5 months. and i have a
feeling these next 7 are going to .fly. by. it scares me actually how
fast time flies.
well family. this weeks going to be a bit short so i can write some
friends. but i{ll chat with you all next week! =)
elder lloyd
Letter #30 05/02/11 & A Chat with Mom!
ah family!
its good to be writing you again. these past two weeks have felt a
bit longer than usual with the whole adjusting to the new compañero
thing. but its all good. ha.
thanks a bunch for your letters. i love reading them. the letters
from jack and slate were especially good. sounds like jacksons hurting
quite a few people in lacrosse. ah i wish i could see it. i{m a bit
scared to play with him when i get back. we{ll have to be on the
same team -- deal.
so this week has been pretty good. we had a zone conference tuesday
that was really really good. and then afterward the president came to
my area to teach a lesson with my companion and i. it was pretty
sweet. he is incredible. i really have never met in my life a man
more in harmony with the spirit. when he speaks he speaks like the
sons of mosiah -- with power and authority. ah its crazy. he{s way
bold and he says things exactly how they are, but with a ton of love
at the same time. and people listen to him like he{s the prophet.
so that was an awesome experience to be able to teach with him,
and then friday i had to drop something off to him before he left
coatzacualcos and he took us contacting and it was sweet. --- so this
week i{ve been trying to apply what i{ve learned from the president.
i{d tell you more about our investigators but to be honest we{ve had a
few dissapointing weeks investigators wise. seriously. bah. we{ve
had two baptismal dates fall through. an investigator named K that we{ve been teaching was going to be baptised this saturday, but
she was hospitalized with some sickness and we havent heard from her
in like 4 days. yikes. so thats going to be postponed a bit.
she{s way ready for baptism though. holy cow. she{s got a firm
testimony of the book of mormon. we{ll probably put her baptism for
the 14 of may.
and then hermana C is our only other person who{s ready for baptism.
but really we{re waiting on J and M to get the priesthood so
that they can baptize her. M is doing well. really
well. i just saw him in the street not 15 min ago. i hadnt seen him
in 2 weeks. but he gave me the biggest hug. he{s been reading the
book of mormon everyday. he takes it to work and reads it when he{s
not busy. ah he{s a rock.
-- i have like 10 other people that we{re working with but everyone
has a different problem-- problems with leaving behind past
traditions, some arent married, some have family problems, some want
more time. its frustrating. ha. but we{ll keep working with each of
them and little by little we{ll get some success.
but on a lighter note, its really really hot here. i{m like melting or
something. seriously during the day i seriously think my insides are going
to be cooked. its like an oven. and it doesnt get better until about an
hour after the sun goes down, and then if theres a breeze its liveable.
this past week i spent a whole night trying to cool myself down
ha. but we bought some new fans so thats going to be good. i didnt
have a fan for the whole time i was with elder tlachi.
-- Mothers day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH!!!!!!
i{}m pretty pumped to hear you all and talk with you. its going to be
sooo good. make a list of things you want to ask me. i{m so
glad i{ll be able to hear your voices again. i dont know if youre going to
have to call or if i{m going to... idk. we{ll see. i{m going to send you an
email during the week w- more info. but it will be sunday i think
and just so you know, we do have daylight savings time in mexico.
right now the time says 4:40
to answer your other questions, i{m doing well. i{m staying
hydrated. i{m eating. and i dont think i{m any taller. and i think
i{ve lost weight. not a ton. but a little. ha. i have a p{b and j
sandwich every morning and eat chocolate and protein bars throughout
the day.
anyway, good to hear that osamas dead. finally. what else is going on in
the news. what was that whole thing with egypt and some other country
about. we dont get much news here. because we cant watch tv ha.
so this past week there was a fair in coatza and it reminded me of the
fair we went to before i left mom!! ah that was so fun. thanks so much
for spending that time with me before i left! i{m so grateful to
have parents that i know love and care about me.
also, this week, cade rose and mandy morgan and lauren beck wrote me!
ah! well actually they wrote me in march but i got their letters tuesday!
that was awesome.
well i{m going to stop writing so we can chat a little. love you all. say
hi to the cousins aunts uncles and grandparents for me.
-elder lloyd
>>> Hi Matt! I'm here when/if you can chat!
>> ok i can chat now!!!!
> Slater is here eating cheese on a rosemary cracker and he says to tell you
> he loves you. That experience with your President sounds amazing. Do you
> feel like he likes you? You get along well with him??
tell slater i love him a bunch. and yes i seriously love my
president he{s incredible. and i know he loves me. ha he loves every
missionary even the worst missionaries. but ya we get along well. and
i think he likes me. he{s got this thing where he can like look at
your soul or something. he can tell if youre here for the right
reasons. elder tlachi was one of his favorites. and he{s starting to
treat me like he treated elder tlachi so thats good!!
i{m doing well. just trying to do my best.
> I'm going to put both your names in the temple this week along with J.
> Maybe you can get some help from the Lord!!! Try to focus on the
> people there in Mexico! You won't be in Coatza probably
> for more than another month! So try to enjoy it!
yeah, i know i dont have too much more time here and i want to help
all these people that i{ve been teaching for so much time to progress
ah. theres like 4 different families that i{ve been teaching for
months and i just want them to progress so badly, they{re soooo close.
but at times i feel like i{m just not quite the missionary enough to
help them bah. so frustrating. but thanks for the prayers. i{m going
to keep giving it my all like always =)
> I know you will. That's all you can do, you know? There's a primary
> song called "whatever you have is enough". It's about the miracle of the
> fishes and the loaves. And it reminds us that we AREN'T enough. But we
> bring what we have, and the Lord blesses us and strengthens us, and somehow,
> we ARE enough through Him. You know? You truly are enough, I promise.
> Things happen in His time and in His way. Not ours. You are amazing
> and have much faith. It's just being tried a bit right now. Get on your
> knees and ask for added help. I promise it's all going to be ok!!! LOVE
> YOU SO MUCH!!!
thanks mom and dad!! love you so much. i gtg though. i{m excited
to be able to talk with you this week. only two more times after this
time! crazy eh! love you a bunch.
-elder lloyd
its good to be writing you again. these past two weeks have felt a
bit longer than usual with the whole adjusting to the new compañero
thing. but its all good. ha.
thanks a bunch for your letters. i love reading them. the letters
from jack and slate were especially good. sounds like jacksons hurting
quite a few people in lacrosse. ah i wish i could see it. i{m a bit
scared to play with him when i get back. we{ll have to be on the
same team -- deal.
so this week has been pretty good. we had a zone conference tuesday
that was really really good. and then afterward the president came to
my area to teach a lesson with my companion and i. it was pretty
sweet. he is incredible. i really have never met in my life a man
more in harmony with the spirit. when he speaks he speaks like the
sons of mosiah -- with power and authority. ah its crazy. he{s way
bold and he says things exactly how they are, but with a ton of love
at the same time. and people listen to him like he{s the prophet.
so that was an awesome experience to be able to teach with him,
and then friday i had to drop something off to him before he left
coatzacualcos and he took us contacting and it was sweet. --- so this
week i{ve been trying to apply what i{ve learned from the president.
i{d tell you more about our investigators but to be honest we{ve had a
few dissapointing weeks investigators wise. seriously. bah. we{ve
had two baptismal dates fall through. an investigator named K that we{ve been teaching was going to be baptised this saturday, but
she was hospitalized with some sickness and we havent heard from her
in like 4 days. yikes. so thats going to be postponed a bit.
she{s way ready for baptism though. holy cow. she{s got a firm
testimony of the book of mormon. we{ll probably put her baptism for
the 14 of may.
and then hermana C is our only other person who{s ready for baptism.
but really we{re waiting on J and M to get the priesthood so
that they can baptize her. M is doing well. really
well. i just saw him in the street not 15 min ago. i hadnt seen him
in 2 weeks. but he gave me the biggest hug. he{s been reading the
book of mormon everyday. he takes it to work and reads it when he{s
not busy. ah he{s a rock.
-- i have like 10 other people that we{re working with but everyone
has a different problem-- problems with leaving behind past
traditions, some arent married, some have family problems, some want
more time. its frustrating. ha. but we{ll keep working with each of
them and little by little we{ll get some success.
but on a lighter note, its really really hot here. i{m like melting or
something. seriously during the day i seriously think my insides are going
to be cooked. its like an oven. and it doesnt get better until about an
hour after the sun goes down, and then if theres a breeze its liveable.
this past week i spent a whole night trying to cool myself down
ha. but we bought some new fans so thats going to be good. i didnt
have a fan for the whole time i was with elder tlachi.
-- Mothers day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH!!!!!!
i{}m pretty pumped to hear you all and talk with you. its going to be
sooo good. make a list of things you want to ask me. i{m so
glad i{ll be able to hear your voices again. i dont know if youre going to
have to call or if i{m going to... idk. we{ll see. i{m going to send you an
email during the week w- more info. but it will be sunday i think
and just so you know, we do have daylight savings time in mexico.
right now the time says 4:40
to answer your other questions, i{m doing well. i{m staying
hydrated. i{m eating. and i dont think i{m any taller. and i think
i{ve lost weight. not a ton. but a little. ha. i have a p{b and j
sandwich every morning and eat chocolate and protein bars throughout
the day.
anyway, good to hear that osamas dead. finally. what else is going on in
the news. what was that whole thing with egypt and some other country
about. we dont get much news here. because we cant watch tv ha.
so this past week there was a fair in coatza and it reminded me of the
fair we went to before i left mom!! ah that was so fun. thanks so much
for spending that time with me before i left! i{m so grateful to
have parents that i know love and care about me.
also, this week, cade rose and mandy morgan and lauren beck wrote me!
ah! well actually they wrote me in march but i got their letters tuesday!
that was awesome.
well i{m going to stop writing so we can chat a little. love you all. say
hi to the cousins aunts uncles and grandparents for me.
-elder lloyd
>>> Hi Matt! I'm here when/if you can chat!
>> ok i can chat now!!!!
> Slater is here eating cheese on a rosemary cracker and he says to tell you
> he loves you. That experience with your President sounds amazing. Do you
> feel like he likes you? You get along well with him??
tell slater i love him a bunch. and yes i seriously love my
president he{s incredible. and i know he loves me. ha he loves every
missionary even the worst missionaries. but ya we get along well. and
i think he likes me. he{s got this thing where he can like look at
your soul or something. he can tell if youre here for the right
reasons. elder tlachi was one of his favorites. and he{s starting to
treat me like he treated elder tlachi so thats good!!
i{m doing well. just trying to do my best.
> I'm going to put both your names in the temple this week along with J.
> Maybe you can get some help from the Lord!!! Try to focus on the
> people there in Mexico! You won't be in Coatza probably
> for more than another month! So try to enjoy it!
yeah, i know i dont have too much more time here and i want to help
all these people that i{ve been teaching for so much time to progress
ah. theres like 4 different families that i{ve been teaching for
months and i just want them to progress so badly, they{re soooo close.
but at times i feel like i{m just not quite the missionary enough to
help them bah. so frustrating. but thanks for the prayers. i{m going
to keep giving it my all like always =)
> I know you will. That's all you can do, you know? There's a primary
> song called "whatever you have is enough". It's about the miracle of the
> fishes and the loaves. And it reminds us that we AREN'T enough. But we
> bring what we have, and the Lord blesses us and strengthens us, and somehow,
> we ARE enough through Him. You know? You truly are enough, I promise.
> Things happen in His time and in His way. Not ours. You are amazing
> and have much faith. It's just being tried a bit right now. Get on your
> knees and ask for added help. I promise it's all going to be ok!!! LOVE
> YOU SO MUCH!!!
thanks mom and dad!! love you so much. i gtg though. i{m excited
to be able to talk with you this week. only two more times after this
time! crazy eh! love you a bunch.
-elder lloyd
Letter #29 04/25/11
hey family!
ah, so my new companion elder eberle arrived tuesday! and it has been
one interesting week that is for sure. ha. elder eberle is
actually from pennsylvania. he{s 20 years old. and he only has 6
more weeks in the mission than me. he served in cardenas (the city
that elder tlachi{s in right now) before he came here. he is
definitely an interesting guy. to answer
your questions, we speak only in spanish which is good because i know
some companionships have problems with that when they{re both from
the US. my companion doesnt like the apartment at all-- in his last area
he had a big house apparently. i let him have the bed. so now i{m
on the floor. but its no big deal. i actually like it better.
so elder eberle before the mission worked in a car dealership and
washed cars. We are different but its alright
because he{s seriously diligent. he works really hard. i know there is a reason that we have every companion
that we have. and there is definitely something that i need to learn
from him. he really is diligent,
he contacts almost everyone in the street. and this is definitley one
of my weaker points! contacting is not one of my favorite things! i
really dont think i{ll be here in this area for much more time. so i{m
going to enjoy the time i have here with my american companion.
anyway. sorry to hear slaters been sick. yikes! that bites! i hope
he gets feeling better soon!
well i gtg, love ya all, talk to ya next week!
elder lloyd
ah, so my new companion elder eberle arrived tuesday! and it has been
one interesting week that is for sure. ha. elder eberle is
actually from pennsylvania. he{s 20 years old. and he only has 6
more weeks in the mission than me. he served in cardenas (the city
that elder tlachi{s in right now) before he came here. he is
definitely an interesting guy. to answer
your questions, we speak only in spanish which is good because i know
some companionships have problems with that when they{re both from
the US. my companion doesnt like the apartment at all-- in his last area
he had a big house apparently. i let him have the bed. so now i{m
on the floor. but its no big deal. i actually like it better.
so elder eberle before the mission worked in a car dealership and
washed cars. We are different but its alright
because he{s seriously diligent. he works really hard. i know there is a reason that we have every companion
that we have. and there is definitely something that i need to learn
from him. he really is diligent,
he contacts almost everyone in the street. and this is definitley one
of my weaker points! contacting is not one of my favorite things! i
really dont think i{ll be here in this area for much more time. so i{m
going to enjoy the time i have here with my american companion.
anyway. sorry to hear slaters been sick. yikes! that bites! i hope
he gets feeling better soon!
well i gtg, love ya all, talk to ya next week!
elder lloyd
Letter #28 04/18/11 Goodbye Elder Tlachi!
hey guys =)
well the transfers have finally come!!! but i{m not moving -- elder
tlachi is though!! ah!!!! yikes! i dont know how i feel about this. these
past few months have been pretty crazy and elder tlachi
is like a brother to me. easily transfers are the worst thing about
the mission. you spend so much time getting to know someone and then
you have to say goodbye and not see them again. bah. but
its all good. he{s going to a city called Cardenas, in tabasco i
believe but i{m not sure. i{m going to stay here in Coatza. and my
new companero va a ser elder Eberle, and he{s from Utah!!!. woot. i
havent met him yet but i{ve seen his pic. it should be
interesting, he looks a little nerdy. he has glasses. but idk what
i{m saying, i have glasses too. bahaha. idk, i guess i{m sad that
elder tlachi{s going but at the same time its going to be a new and
good experience to start working with someone new. and hopefully we
can start to have some progress here. we have a lot of investigators
that are close to baptismo!!
This past week we baptized J, elder tlachi told me he sent you a
picture! ah it was so cool, the president called us at the start
of the week and told us that we should find someone to baptize for the
end of the week. and we didnt have any baptismal dates set for this
week. but wednesday we went
to J's house not looking for him in specific, we went to eat dinner
with his family. but God set up the perfect situation for us. his
mom and M arrived about an hour late, and so we had time to talk
with J, and the conversation started out with talking about soccer,
and idk how but suddenly everything changed. thats
easily the most rewarding part about missionary work. the change
that we see in peoples lives. M, J and their mom C came to
church yesterday. L blessed the sacrament. J was
confirmed a member, M gave the closing prayer in sacrament
meeting. ah it was all just too great.
-- anyway, thanks for your emails this week, glad to hear your
vacation went well. sad to hear about coach stout. i cant imagine
what that would be like to lose a parent that early. it would
definitely be difficult. sin embargo, we can always find solace in the
plan of salvation, that gives us the firm knowledge that we can be
with our family forever. that god has a plan for our families that
is much greater than this small time that we have here on earth. the
family is eternal in nature.
anyway. thanks so much for the package you sent me and tlachi.
those pictures were awesome. ah jackson looks crazy different. i
cant believe it. dad looks a little different too. slater and mom
look about the same =) the extended family all look great too.
grandpa looks more healthy and he sounded great on the tape!!
exciting to hear about bryce and steve!!
i cant believe that its coming that fast. i dont feel like i{ve
been out for very long. yikes!
tell grandma and ronette thanks for sending me emails too. i love to
get them, i wish i had more time to send them emails. i{m going to
work on making more time to write them! =)
well i gtg, sorry this letter is short again. i wrote my president a
little bit longer letter today. sorry
love y´all a bunch
elder lloyd
well the transfers have finally come!!! but i{m not moving -- elder
tlachi is though!! ah!!!! yikes! i dont know how i feel about this. these
past few months have been pretty crazy and elder tlachi
is like a brother to me. easily transfers are the worst thing about
the mission. you spend so much time getting to know someone and then
you have to say goodbye and not see them again. bah. but
its all good. he{s going to a city called Cardenas, in tabasco i
believe but i{m not sure. i{m going to stay here in Coatza. and my
new companero va a ser elder Eberle, and he{s from Utah!!!. woot. i
havent met him yet but i{ve seen his pic. it should be
interesting, he looks a little nerdy. he has glasses. but idk what
i{m saying, i have glasses too. bahaha. idk, i guess i{m sad that
elder tlachi{s going but at the same time its going to be a new and
good experience to start working with someone new. and hopefully we
can start to have some progress here. we have a lot of investigators
that are close to baptismo!!
This past week we baptized J, elder tlachi told me he sent you a
picture! ah it was so cool, the president called us at the start
of the week and told us that we should find someone to baptize for the
end of the week. and we didnt have any baptismal dates set for this
week. but wednesday we went
to J's house not looking for him in specific, we went to eat dinner
with his family. but God set up the perfect situation for us. his
mom and M arrived about an hour late, and so we had time to talk
with J, and the conversation started out with talking about soccer,
and idk how but suddenly everything changed. thats
easily the most rewarding part about missionary work. the change
that we see in peoples lives. M, J and their mom C came to
church yesterday. L blessed the sacrament. J was
confirmed a member, M gave the closing prayer in sacrament
meeting. ah it was all just too great.
-- anyway, thanks for your emails this week, glad to hear your
vacation went well. sad to hear about coach stout. i cant imagine
what that would be like to lose a parent that early. it would
definitely be difficult. sin embargo, we can always find solace in the
plan of salvation, that gives us the firm knowledge that we can be
with our family forever. that god has a plan for our families that
is much greater than this small time that we have here on earth. the
family is eternal in nature.
anyway. thanks so much for the package you sent me and tlachi.
those pictures were awesome. ah jackson looks crazy different. i
cant believe it. dad looks a little different too. slater and mom
look about the same =) the extended family all look great too.
grandpa looks more healthy and he sounded great on the tape!!
exciting to hear about bryce and steve!!
i cant believe that its coming that fast. i dont feel like i{ve
been out for very long. yikes!
tell grandma and ronette thanks for sending me emails too. i love to
get them, i wish i had more time to send them emails. i{m going to
work on making more time to write them! =)
well i gtg, sorry this letter is short again. i wrote my president a
little bit longer letter today. sorry
love y´all a bunch
elder lloyd
Letter #27 04/11/11 Earthquake!!!
well the letter to you guys is going to be short this week because i{m
jealous that youre in disneyland =P
--
everythings good here
--
with love, elder lloyd
just kidding.
but really i hope you all are having a fun time. having a bit of a
break from the cold weather in utah! you{ll have to tell me how your
trip went and send me some pics!!
this week has been really good. we had 6 investigators in church
sunday, and 2 of them have baptism dates for the 23 of april. elder
tlachi and i are pretty excited about that. only that we may not be
around to see it. i{ve got a feeling one of us still will be here
but not the two of us. this is the last week of the cambio and we
have a chance of changing this next week. but we wont know till
sunday in the night. i{ve got a feeling its going to be elder tlachi
that goes and i{m going to stay for a bit longer. but idk. we{ll see
what happens.
so you{ve got a new bishop! bishop rose! ah thats so cool. he{ll do
such a great job. bishop hamiltan was one of the most incredible
bishops i{ve ever know. he had such love and a huge testimony, he
helped me so much and i know he{s helped so much the other youth in
the ward. he was a great example of a man who really magnified his
calling. but theres one thing i{ve definitely learned here, and
thats that the lord calls people to the work and then qualifies them
for the job. and whoever the lord calls will be qualified and
strengthed in ways they cant even imagine. bishop rose will do a
great job.
speaking of the roses, hows cade doing? feeling more confident with
the language. i know that about around 4 months i was starting to
feel better about where i was at. especially with understanding. if
he hasnt picked it up yet he will soon.
i{m glad you liked the videos. i thought they were a bit awkward. and
i really didnt think they would be that dificult to do. but i{m glad
they turned out alright. hows landon doing, is he still
preparing-- tell him the most important thing to do is read the book
of mormon. and if he has time he should read a marvelous work and a
wonder-- because its really good and you{ll never have time to read it
in the field.
also-- earthquake. legit! holy cow. it was in the middle of
personal scripture study and my companion gets frustrated and says
-- elder lloyd, stop moving the table -- and i{m like, you stop moving
the table. and we look up and the whole room starts to shake. but it
was short. i actually would have ranked it like a 4 out of 10 on the
impressive scale, but it was cool because it as my first. there
wasnt any damage in coatza. and no one was injured here that i know
of. but i think there was some damage in other cities. idk.
well i{m going to send some emails to some friends.
but i{ll talk to you all more next week.
w- love -- elder lloyd
jealous that youre in disneyland =P
--
everythings good here
--
with love, elder lloyd
just kidding.
but really i hope you all are having a fun time. having a bit of a
break from the cold weather in utah! you{ll have to tell me how your
trip went and send me some pics!!
this week has been really good. we had 6 investigators in church
sunday, and 2 of them have baptism dates for the 23 of april. elder
tlachi and i are pretty excited about that. only that we may not be
around to see it. i{ve got a feeling one of us still will be here
but not the two of us. this is the last week of the cambio and we
have a chance of changing this next week. but we wont know till
sunday in the night. i{ve got a feeling its going to be elder tlachi
that goes and i{m going to stay for a bit longer. but idk. we{ll see
what happens.
so you{ve got a new bishop! bishop rose! ah thats so cool. he{ll do
such a great job. bishop hamiltan was one of the most incredible
bishops i{ve ever know. he had such love and a huge testimony, he
helped me so much and i know he{s helped so much the other youth in
the ward. he was a great example of a man who really magnified his
calling. but theres one thing i{ve definitely learned here, and
thats that the lord calls people to the work and then qualifies them
for the job. and whoever the lord calls will be qualified and
strengthed in ways they cant even imagine. bishop rose will do a
great job.
speaking of the roses, hows cade doing? feeling more confident with
the language. i know that about around 4 months i was starting to
feel better about where i was at. especially with understanding. if
he hasnt picked it up yet he will soon.
i{m glad you liked the videos. i thought they were a bit awkward. and
i really didnt think they would be that dificult to do. but i{m glad
they turned out alright. hows landon doing, is he still
preparing-- tell him the most important thing to do is read the book
of mormon. and if he has time he should read a marvelous work and a
wonder-- because its really good and you{ll never have time to read it
in the field.
also-- earthquake. legit! holy cow. it was in the middle of
personal scripture study and my companion gets frustrated and says
-- elder lloyd, stop moving the table -- and i{m like, you stop moving
the table. and we look up and the whole room starts to shake. but it
was short. i actually would have ranked it like a 4 out of 10 on the
impressive scale, but it was cool because it as my first. there
wasnt any damage in coatza. and no one was injured here that i know
of. but i think there was some damage in other cities. idk.
well i{m going to send some emails to some friends.
but i{ll talk to you all more next week.
w- love -- elder lloyd
Letter #26 04/04/11 General Conference!
ah, its so good to be writing you all again. this week went so fast
idk why. probably because of conference. i was looking forward to it
all week. conference has got to be like a superbowl game for
missionaries. ah it was so good.
yes we did get to watch all sessions! i was so happy. my companion
and i were looking forward to it. L came to two sessions
and M only went to one because of work. but they both came to
priesthood sesssion and basically priesthood session was so powerful.
i watched conference in english with about 7 other missionaries from
the states. we watched it live stream on the internet. it was
interesting watching it with all missionaries ha. but to answer your
questions, they dont have subtitles for the mexicans, the conference
is translated as it happens, like one person who{s actually there at
the conference translates it as its happening and they can hear the
spanish voice but not the voice of the person whos talking. i was
glad i could watch it in my own language. idk, i{m sure i would have
understood it all. but idk, there{s just something different about
being able to hear the actual voice of the apostles and the prophet.
all the talks were so good, but i loved the talk by Richard G Scott,
when he talked about his wife, you could really feel the love that he
has for her. i loved the talks in priesthood, especially the talk by
the prophet. it was powerful. all the missionaries were talking about
how they{re going to come back from the mish and get married the next
month because the prophet said if we{re of marrying age we should be
looking for marriage =) haha. but i think the things that i came away
with most from the conference is a greater desire to be a better
disciple of jesus christ. to increase in obedience, diligence and
love. several of the speakers talked about being real disciples or
followers of jesus crist.
so this week,
as for L, he{s excited to get the priesthood and will
probably be getting it this coming sunday if all goes as planned
our other investigators are a bit weak right now. we only have 5
progressing. so we need to get working. but i{ll tell you more about
them next week.
so i got two packages today and a letter from kim and grandma and
grandpa lloyd!
i wasnt sure which was the easter one - the one that i wasnt suppose to
open, so i just ended up guessing, but i guessed wrong and
accidentally opened the easter one. but i didnt see much other than
the pics of jackson. so i{m still saving it till later in the month
=)
i feel like one seriously spoiled missionary. holy cow. thank you
so much family for writing me every week and talking into the tapes
even when it seems odd to speak to a recorder. i got a good feeling
of that this past monday when i recorded your videos! yikes. those
are most definitely some of the more awkward things ever. ha. just
so you know, in those videos theres one for ben, and one for mike.
one for the priest quorum, one of me speaking spanish and one of me
and elder tlachi singing. you can watch all of them. but the one to
ben and mike probably wont interest you much.
i had no idea how hard it would be to speak in english. holy
cow. and more than that, speak in english to a camera. the one in
spanish is probably the least awkward. ha. it felt weird to be
speaking in english again. yikes. but hopefully you{ll like them.
sorry i didnt send one to the family. i didnt have much time after i
filmed the other ones. it was kind of last minute. but the next one
hopefully will have more.
well i love you all, i{ve got to write to my pres. but hopefully i
can chat w- you all in a minute!
elder lloyd
idk why. probably because of conference. i was looking forward to it
all week. conference has got to be like a superbowl game for
missionaries. ah it was so good.
yes we did get to watch all sessions! i was so happy. my companion
and i were looking forward to it. L came to two sessions
and M only went to one because of work. but they both came to
priesthood sesssion and basically priesthood session was so powerful.
i watched conference in english with about 7 other missionaries from
the states. we watched it live stream on the internet. it was
interesting watching it with all missionaries ha. but to answer your
questions, they dont have subtitles for the mexicans, the conference
is translated as it happens, like one person who{s actually there at
the conference translates it as its happening and they can hear the
spanish voice but not the voice of the person whos talking. i was
glad i could watch it in my own language. idk, i{m sure i would have
understood it all. but idk, there{s just something different about
being able to hear the actual voice of the apostles and the prophet.
all the talks were so good, but i loved the talk by Richard G Scott,
when he talked about his wife, you could really feel the love that he
has for her. i loved the talks in priesthood, especially the talk by
the prophet. it was powerful. all the missionaries were talking about
how they{re going to come back from the mish and get married the next
month because the prophet said if we{re of marrying age we should be
looking for marriage =) haha. but i think the things that i came away
with most from the conference is a greater desire to be a better
disciple of jesus christ. to increase in obedience, diligence and
love. several of the speakers talked about being real disciples or
followers of jesus crist.
so this week,
as for L, he{s excited to get the priesthood and will
probably be getting it this coming sunday if all goes as planned
our other investigators are a bit weak right now. we only have 5
progressing. so we need to get working. but i{ll tell you more about
them next week.
so i got two packages today and a letter from kim and grandma and
grandpa lloyd!
i wasnt sure which was the easter one - the one that i wasnt suppose to
open, so i just ended up guessing, but i guessed wrong and
accidentally opened the easter one. but i didnt see much other than
the pics of jackson. so i{m still saving it till later in the month
=)
i feel like one seriously spoiled missionary. holy cow. thank you
so much family for writing me every week and talking into the tapes
even when it seems odd to speak to a recorder. i got a good feeling
of that this past monday when i recorded your videos! yikes. those
are most definitely some of the more awkward things ever. ha. just
so you know, in those videos theres one for ben, and one for mike.
one for the priest quorum, one of me speaking spanish and one of me
and elder tlachi singing. you can watch all of them. but the one to
ben and mike probably wont interest you much.
i had no idea how hard it would be to speak in english. holy
cow. and more than that, speak in english to a camera. the one in
spanish is probably the least awkward. ha. it felt weird to be
speaking in english again. yikes. but hopefully you{ll like them.
sorry i didnt send one to the family. i didnt have much time after i
filmed the other ones. it was kind of last minute. but the next one
hopefully will have more.
well i love you all, i{ve got to write to my pres. but hopefully i
can chat w- you all in a minute!
elder lloyd
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