Pies

Hey guys, Well, yet another week in the life of Elder Lloyd. Things are going great. We spent the whole week finishing with the interviews and training meetings in the capital. They're finished!!!! That's a relief. These last couple weeks really were some of the most spiritual weeks of the mission and have helped me grow tremendously. It did get hard as we had to teach pretty much the same principles in a 30 to 40 minute meeting to 88 companionships. But it is so nice to now know every single one of our missionaries. There were definitely some interesting meetings. The ones where companions really just do not get along are the hardest ones. We were able to help a lot of people and loved it. We have also been trying to get our bake on. We made Mom's chocolate dream pie that you guys sent to us. We also made some chocolate chip cookies and some pumpkin pies. They all turned out delicious. It helps that we have a full size oven. We are the only house in the whole mission that has an oven like that. So hay que aprovechar. Pumpkin pie is really good. I had forgotten. One really cool thing is that our taxi driver, Walter, has been reading the Book of Mormon with us each night for a bit when he drops us off at the house. He has been to church 3 times in total and really loves it. One problem is that he is Catholic and his family have been for a long time as well. We have just started giving him these mini lessons on the book of mormon every night and I really think they are going to help. He'll definitely get baptized, soon or later. That is great to hear that you guys are doing so well with Alvaro and the missionaries. He is flying! It feels really good to know that my family is experiencing the same joy that i have here on the mission through sharing the gospel. As Alma says, we do it all so that perhaps we can be the means or the tool in the hands of the Lord in order to save even one soul. The Lord is going to bless you so much for your efforts with Alvaro and is going to provide you with a strong love for this work. Other than that things are going really well. We haven't been doing much else other than the interviews from 9am to 6 or 7 pm everyday so there's not much else to talk about. This week we are going to have ZL council so we have to prepare for that and help the Zone Leaders and the mission make changes. Should be fun. Then right after the meetings from that we will be doing transfers again. Life is busy but super good! Love you guys. Have a great week. Love, Elder Lloyd