Week #76 -- Getting shot with a blow dart

Hello Everybody!!!

Wow the weeks are just going by super fast!! It's been crazy!!

Our week was pretty great!! A lot of super cool miracles. Tuesday morning we found a guy that we could talk with. He is a really nice guy and after talking with him for a couple mins his eyes filled with tears. We then had a awesome and powerful lesson on the restoration. He committed to read the Book of Mormon. Elder Hardman got to see him with Elder Sweet and had a good lesson with him and he opened up even more.

The investigator family is doing really well. This past week has been difficult to meet with them cause they have been having family problems so really need to keep them in our prayers. We also had a really awesome lesson with the young guy we've been teaching. We read the experience of Joseph Smith and what he did in receiving his answer. He has been lacking the faith in getting his answer cause he has been asking for so long and thinks he won't get an answer. We told him that by showing his faith we invited him to be baptized and set a date for May 6th.

Saturday I had a blast with Elder Haderlie in Deltona. It was super awesome. Did some good service in the morning by helping someone move. Saw a handful of awesome people.

Not a whole lot to report on but awesome miracles. Loves!!!!

Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837

Been out on the mission for 18 month -- get to burn a pair of pants!

Week #75 -- #Blessingsonblessingsonblesssings

Hello Everybody!!!

Good morning!! It's is a beautiful and wonderful day here is NSB. Holy cow!! This past week has been awesome. So many cool miracles happened. This past week I was able to exercise the Priesthood which I hold by give 5 blessings in total. I can say that my spiritual power was going through the roof. I love to give blessings cause they can be so powerful.

Tuesday night I had the wonderful privilege to go on exchanges with Elder Hawkins!! He wasn't in my MTC group but was in the group that came to Florida with me. Super awesome guy!! I got to spend the day with him in Daytona and had a blast!! Got to hold an American alligator which was sick and a Tegu! So freaken big. Don't worry I'll send pics.

We then had Zone Conference Thursday. I got to see all my homies especially Elder Gubler which I haven't seen in over a year since we have been out. It was so good to see him. Love you dude! I also got to see Elder Amiott. Love you too!! There were such wonderful training was given and felt the spirit very strong. Had some really good notes too.

We have been able to put 3 people on a baptismal date this past week. It was super cool. One was from when Elder Hardman and Goff were on exchanges. All have been progressing pretty well and is very exciting to see.

One really cool miracle this past week was on Thursday. Elder Hardman had a thought to stop by this member that was in the area and she has been dealing with a lot of health issues and is managing her own business as well. When we stopped by she had gotten some bad news from the doctor about her health. She has a certain disease that basically deteriorates the bones in her body. Right now she is almost to the point where she has not spine and there is not cure for it. We were able to have a very tender moment with her; she was comforted by our visit and we gave her a blessing. It really hurt my heart to see her in a lot of pain, which I have already been able to experience a little bit with the problems that my dear mother has been dealing with. I had the wonderful opportunity to seal the blessing upon her. One experience I would never forget.

Well I hope you have a wonderful week and I love you all!!!

Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837

Week #74 -- Putting Holes in our Shoes!!

Hello Everybody!!!

For a moment I want you all to imagine a time where you were doing some hard labor, workout, or hard work of any kind. Then picture yourself super exhausted and needing a break. That's how I feel right now after this past week. Gratefully for Monday's and having a time to rest and go even hard this coming week. This past week Elder Hardman and I worked so hard but sadly didn't see as much success that we wanted, but saw some really cool miracles.

First had the wonderful time being on Exchanges with Elder Sweet. Elder Sweet is a very good missionary and will see a lot of success on his mission. Had a good time doing service at Habitat for Humanity. Got to talk to a handful of people before dinner. We had dinner with a less active family that I haven't met before. Food was good as always but had a very powerful lesson with them. Even though I could feel the spirit and so could Elder Sweet, somehow the mom in this family just wasn't allowing the spirit to touch her heart. It was very sad to see cause she couldn't, but her kids could feel it. We are gonna go by again sometime and see if things have changed. Later that night we got to have a awesome restoration lesson with an investigator. His comprehension of the Book of Mormon is incredible. It's so awesome to see how much he is enjoying the Book of Mormon. We then committed him to a baptismal date of April 15th and he accepted!!

Once Elder Hardman got back here hit the ground running the next day. Weren't seeing much success in the morning but later in the afternoon we got someone. She was someone that had met with missionaries in the past; so it was nice to make contact with her again. She is pretty awesome and we talked with her for about an hour. She has been really struggling a lot with some trials and just needs the gospel in her life. She then told us as we were talking with her that she was talking to someone about the church a couple days prior and then we show up! There's no way that just happened by accident.

Later that week we got to meet with a media referral that we contacted last week, along with her sister. We had a awesome restoration lesson with them. The spirit was super strong and a lot of really good questions were asked. She even told us that she could feel the spirit really strong when we would show up. It was super awesome.

I have been thinking a lot about what brings true joy or how can we have that true joy. I was able to find a talk by Elder Richard Maynes called "The Joy of Living a Christ Centered Life". He shares the story of Elder Aoba taking some of the youth in the stake to his pottery shop. He then showed them how he was able to shape the clay into certain shapes and sizes. Elder Aoba had then the youth try and most of them complained how that it wasn't working. They didn't realize that the clay wasn't centered on the wheel. Once it was centered on the wheel they were able to do it.

This is the same with the gospel. We need to be centered in Christ and as we do so we will be molded into something amazing. I can testify of the truthfulness and power that as we are centered in Christ we will be transformed.

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week.

Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837

Week #73 -- Got Myself A Road Sign

Hello Everybody!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful week!! I apologize to those that are just now getting my email. I had realized that I was forgetting some people but your in it now so don't worry.

Anyway, I had such an amazing week!! Filled with amazing miracles.

First I forgot to tell all of you about my new comp, Elder Hardman. He is an awesome dude. Very prepared as a missionary and super excited to work with him. He has been out for about 6 months. This will be is 3rd area that he has been in. He is from St. George, Utah. Really just a chill guy but a super hard worker.

We were able to see a lot of success this week which was awesome. One really cool story is we were stopping by a media referral and started talking to her and gave her the Bible she had requested. Her sister then walks up to the door and tells her who we were cause I guess when we had walked up then had use confused with another religion that would come over. Comes to find out that her sister is a member and hasn't been there since she was 12. Had a super awesome talk about the Plan Of Salvation cause some of them family members had pasted away.

Another on happened today. We were at home changing out of our suits and then we got a call from one of the members. He asked us if we were close by and if so come to the church cause a kid walked in asking if he could talk to the bishop. We head over there and he is 15 years old. We took him into one of the rooms to talk privately. He then expressed to us that he had been going through some hard times and has always felt pushed in going to church. But as he was riding his skate board passing the church he had a feeling to go inside. It was such an awesome experience to witness. You could really see the sincerity that he had and really desired to follow Christ.

I hope all of you can see that the Lords hand is apart of this great work. He is truly in control and as we trust him and ask in faith he will use us as his instruments. I can testify of the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Don't be afraid to share it with people you know. God wants you to share it with them. He wants everyone of his children to come home to him. Don't be the one to stand in the way of that.

I love you all and hope you have a blessed week!!

Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837