Farmingtawesome

April 14, 2014

Not going to lie, this last week was super chill. I drive a mini van
now. It's a hard transition from a 2014 Subaru Legacy to a mini van.
It's a little sensitive on the gas pedal. The tiwi system doesn't
really like me in it. I think I've gotten about 5 aggressive driving
violations just from starting too quickly while trying to make a left
turn from a dead stop. Ha ha, that died down after the first two days
though.

I ate tuna noodle casserole for my first meal in Farmington at a less
actives house. It wasn't that bad. Would I choose to cook it for
myself, no, but it wasn't nearly as bad as H. made it seem to be
from her stories from her mission in Pittsburgh. I think I've developed
a reputation with that family that I will eat just about anything.
Which may or may not be true... Yeah...

The work is slower here in Farmington, but it is nothing that I'm not
used to for when I move into a new area. Before I leave this area
we'll have it pumping again. This last week was full of mostly doing
zone leader stuff. Paper pushing, preparing meetings, taxiing
missionaries, delivering supplies, etc. We have a mini van because we
have to cart around all the other missionaries all over because all
the elders in the zone are on bike (our ward covers like 3/4ths of the
entire stake, so that's why we have the car)

On Sunday I was able to go on a split back to the West Linn Ward to
baptize the last of G's daughters, A. She just barely turned
8. It was a sweet baptism. It was good to see everyone from west Linn
again. It was like coming home, or something.

So Elder Peterson is pretty sweet. He's my age. He graduated in 2010
like me. He's been out for a little under a year though, but he's
ready for the work, that's for sure. He's way fun to be with. He went
to Jordan High School in Sandy, he even dated a bunch of my friends
from Hillcrest. It's been really fun to swap stories with him from
back home because of it.

Last day we all got lassoed by an Arizonan cowboy named Elder Ballard.
It was way fun. I got a rope burn on my face, but it was funnier than
all get out. Elder Ballard is a cool cat. He used to do rodeos and all
that jazz.

Well, there's not too much more to write about. We give a lot of
service in this ward. Like... A lot of service. I almost ran out of
service clothes while we were building garden fences and garden beds
and cleaning houses, moving people, and etc. it's just a different
flavor of missionary work.

I love you all, and I can truly testify of the enabling power of the
atonement. God will help us to change our own circumstances if we act
in faith. He will help us to leave the ashes of the past behind and
bring the glowing embers of past faith to fuel our current fire if we
will simply make the choice to follow him. I love him, and I love the
chance I have each day to try to realign myself  to where he wants me
to be. It is completely and totally healing. It is freeing. It's
exhilarating!

Your Elder Lloyd

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