February 17, 2014

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 This last week was stake conference and the stake president told me to give
a talk presenting the new missionary work plan that went into effect
In West Linn and Canby already. So I did. Now the entire Oregon City
stake is being trained by their local missionaries on how to do it.
It's really kind of neat to see it all done. My mission president told
me after I spoke that I gave that talk just like a general authority.
Not sure if that's a good thing or not if the message was coming from
a missionary...

I had to sit up on the stand for all three sessions. The whole
conference was about missionary work. It was like being in a giant
zone meeting for 2 days. I'll tell you what, watching the back of
people's heads that are talking gets really awkward. There's always
that person just off the center of focus of the person who is talking
who is looking at you. So look at them. Then they look away. Then you
look away! Then rinse repeat, for three 2 hour sessions. Agh. I hope
that's not what it's like being a bishop. That's got to be the worst.

I love you all and I know with a certainty that this message of peace
changes lives and the desires of our hearts. It make bad men good and
good men better. Or women, the gospel is not just for men. It is my
testimony that Joseph Smith was without a doubt the priest that God
called to restore his church again to the earth. I know that Jesus is
the Christ and that through him my soul can feel confidence in
tomorrow knowing that my conscience has been wiped clean through the
grace of Christ. He loves you even more than I do, which is kind of
hard, because I love you a lot! Ha ha

Love

Your elder Lloyd!

Sorry for the typos, this iPad's not the best at taking exactly what I
type. It auto corrects the stupidest stuff