April 21, 2014
This week was different. We did a lot of family history work because
our bishop wanted us to teach people how to do familysearch.org. I
didn't know anything about family history work before last week, and
now I know very little. I tried to keep searching on family tree for
ancestors, but I know my mom has more info on her own computer than is
on that website. So I focused on gathering stories. So I added some
photos and obituaries for grandpa Lloyd. I felt useful, but I didn't
get much past that. It's hard to do family history work. I will say
though there was a very nice lady at the family history center that we
had a hoot and a holler with trying to learn more. It was good stuff
There was a guy this last week that we found on an exchange with me
and Elder Snow. He was sitting on the curb in the parking lot of his
apartment drinking a beer. He asked if we were from the church of
Jesus Christ or if we were Mormons. I told him that we were from both.
So he said, "oh, you're Jehovah's Witnesses!" "Nope, not really. We
are a totally different church." It was funny to talk with the guy.
He used to be a Seventh day Adventist, but now he's a professed
agnostic. He told us at when Jesus comes back he'll pickup his assault
rifle and start defending Jesus, but until then he just doesn't know
for sure. He started asking us about John Smith and his rock glasses,
so we just essentially taught him the whole restoration of the gospel
of Jesus Christ and gave him a Book of Mormon. He told us that since
his computer went down he would probably read it that night. When we
asked about his computer he told us that he plays this video game
24/7. He said at that moment, that right then was the longest that he
had ever not been playing the game, which was for 3 hours.
Aghhhhhhh...I couldn't imagine that one. He told us to come back next
weekend. That should be fun. Other than that we had a pretty low key
week.
A family in the ward threw me an early surprise birthday party for me
on Sunday. I think every time they get together they try and throw
someone a party as an excuse to have cake. They screamed the happy
birthday song at me the entire time. It kind of scared me a little
bit. The whole extended family that was over for Easter treated the
whole thing like it was just normal. I was so confused. They gave us
bonsai trees on our way out. Now only if I knew how to trim and shape
them... Yeah...
I've been studying a lot about the atonement and the idea of embracing the
present as it is and not freaking out about the unknown. I find that
the lord's plan for us is much like repelling or doing a stunt. If you
freak out about the repel or the stunt while it's happening the whole
thing will crash and there will be damage done to all parties involved
and people will have a sour attitude about having experiences with
Christ. If they simply trust the master instructor and just go with
it, their experiences in completing the task will be enjoyable,
thrilling even and they will desire more. There are so many parallels
in this metaphor and I could go on for an hour about the whole idea of
obedience and trust, but I love the idea that embracing the situation
that god has places you in and working his way with all of our energy.
It will bring about the best results. I am doing that as best I can
now. I'm going to work my butt off because anything less than that
will bring about a lack lister experience, or possibly cause an injury
spiritually speaking.
Love you all. Sorry for the short letter this week. Hope y'all are
doing good. I love to hear from ya. Take it easy!
Your elder Lloyd
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