Hey Family!
Let me just say how much I appreciate your letters, especially this week. It just really makes me happy to hear about all the things you´re doing and know everybody´s keeping up their Lloyd ways, like getting tickets to the Mother Earth News convention for your anniversary. =) We're so nerdy, I love it.
Well, this week has been great! I have learned so much. With respect to Spanish, I'm really growing. I’m growing spiritually as well. It's really awesome to be able to have so much of my time centered on the gospel of Christ. On Monday we got to go out to the central plaza again and proselyte. That was such a great experience. My companion and I were on fire. We got 12 references in 1 hour. It was pretty cool this time because I could really feel our conversations guided by the Spirit to meet the needs of those that we were contacting. That's one thing I didn't really realize before my mission, just how powerful the Spirit can be in your life. I've been able to feel things in the past two months that have changed me as a person. Speaking of which, 2 months! Santa vaca! Time really is flying. Oh well, at least it's to the point where I'll be in the field soon. I'm definitely ready.
This experience has been nice but I'm ready to talk to real people, bear my testimony, and just plain work. The whole classroom thing for 12 hours a day has gotten a little old. Funny that I'm saying this cause I might feel a little different in the field. =) The next week is going to have some pretty exciting experiences. We'll see where I end up.
Let's see, what else has happened this week... We had Elder Falabella of the Quorum of the Seventy speak to us last night. I was in charge of conducting in Spanish and it was a little nerve-racking with a General Authority sitting right behind me. Oh well, I made it through it. And that actually wasn’t nearly as bad as the primary visit that I was in charge of. About 200 primary kids came on Saturday to tour the CCM and I was told about 1 hour before that I would be in charge! Thanks to Benj and Melinda, I had a little bit of experience with kids, otherwise that would have been the longest hour of my life! =) It was fun though. A pocket of candy does wonders. They really play up going on a mission here. The ward in Benton City could learn a lot about missionary enthusiasm from those primary kids. They make sure from 3 years old that kids know they'll be going on a mission. Speaking of missionary work in Benton City, that's really cool to hear about Eli and Isaac getting their call. It's so great to hear that everybody is doing what they can to get out. They'll find that there's nothing better that they could be doing right now. That really is the truth for me.
I had no idea how much of a blessing this would be in my life. I'm happy all of the time. Things that would have usually made me sad or tired or any other thing in the past really don't do anything to affect my happiness. I kind of feel like Ammon in Alma 26, who more than us has greater cause to rejoice, because we're in the service of the Lord. I love it. Last night we had a lesson about how the Book of Mormon answers questions to the soul. Our teacher asked us for a question of the soul that we had before coming on our missions. I thought long about what mine was and found that before I really was trying to figure out what would make me happy in life. Now I know exactly how. It's simple, serve the Lord, keep your covenants, repent of your sins, and enjoy life. The Lord wants us to be happy and happiness is found in this gospel. Who more has cause to rejoice than me? I love it.
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