Week #64 -- Merry Christmas!!!!!!

Hello Everybody!!!

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and got to spend time with family and friends!!

First off I had a wonderful time seeing the beautiful faces of my family!!! It was so good to see them and hear there wonderful voices!! I love you family!!!!

This past week was a little difficult cause of the holidays so some people we didn't get to see. But we had some really cool experiences. On Wednesday we got to take one of the young men from the ward out with us. He's been thinking about going on a mission so we wanted him to get a taste of missionary work. He did so amazing!! We went to go see a family that we haven't been able to get in touch with so we were going to just drop by. We only got to talk with the father of the family and he wasn't a member and then Ben asked him if he would like to take the lessons from the missionaries to learn more about Jesus Christ. It was awesome even though he said no cause Ben was able to testify to him how he's been getting back into church and he has seen nothing but blessings. Amazing!!

At church we had such a wonderful service. Had a lot of musical numbers that members of the ward did and brought the spirit in so much!!! Then got to eat a lot of food with the wonderful members in the ward!!

For my spiritual thought I just want to share my love I have for the Savior and the wonderful gospel he has given to me and everyone else on this planet. I am so blessed to be able to be here in Florida as a missionary to share this gospel with others and help them know of the love that their Savior has for them. I know that Jesus Christ lives and will come again. Let him in and he will make everything better!!

I love you all!!! You are in my thoughts and prayers!!

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

Week #63 -- 7 Days Till Christmas!!!

Hello Everybody!!

The week just flew by!! I apologize but this email will be a little short. This past week was a little slow but some great and sad things happened.

I guess I'll start with the sad news. Our wonderful friend and investigator, who we have been teaching, has sold her house and will be moving!! It won't be till February that she is gone so we still have time to meet her and get her close to baptism or get her baptized before she leaves. She is just a sweet lady and love our times meeting her. She is just a whoot!

Good news is we got to meet with an investigating family. They are up and down with how they are progressing. They are good some weeks and others not so good. We love them and have the faith that they will get to baptism. We also got to see another investigator. Lessons with him have to a specific plan and make sure we don't steer away from that plan unless the spirit is telling us too. If we don't then we will be there longer than we need to be. He is a really awesome guy and has sincere desire to follow Christ. He hasn't been reading the Book of Mormon so we think that's why he hasn't gotten an answer so we had a really good lesson about the Book of Mormon and he's committed to read it.

Still seeing the boys who were recently baptized and they are just amazing!! I love those boys. They are so amazing and just open my eyes more to how children are more sensitive to the spirit more than us older people are. They always are so excited when we come over and teach them more about Christ. We are planing to take them on a temple trip soon so that will be awesome.

I would like to bear you my testimony that I know that our savior, Jesus Christ, lives and died for all of us. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet in these latter days to restore the priesthood here on the earth, which was lost. I know that the Book of Mormon is true. That the promise that is given to us from the Book of Mormon that if we read, ponder, and ask in faith that we will know if the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.

I love you all and know that the our Heavenly Father knows you and cares about you. Talk to him. He wants to hear from you.

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

Week #62 -- Ice Skating, Car Shows, and Miracles!!

Hello Everybody!!

Let's just say this week was awesome! Last Monday, our Zone got to go ice skating!! It was so much fun plus I didn't fall on my butt so I can say it was a success! This was my first time ice skating so thought it wouldn't be too hard since I know how to roller blade but to me it isn't the same. It took me a while to feel comfortable and feel like I wasn't going to fall on my butt. One also cool thing is that we got to stop and see a car show that was down the street from our house!! It was super cool. I remember the times that Graham Richards was with me and got to talk to a lot of cool people at those car shows. A lot of super cool cars. 

Anyway, there was a pretty cool miracle that happened on Saturday. Usually the night times are hard to get into people homes but that Saturday we were getting into everyone's home that he had planed to see. It was awesome. We then were going to see a less-active family and had a former investigator pop in my head and thought we should go see him. I thought to myself we will go see this family then we will stop by and see him. I then had the impression to just go see him instead of the family but I really wanted to get into this families home; so we went to see then family first then see him. Well we got there and they weren't home. I then knew that the lord was telling me something. We got back in the car and head for his house. Once we got there and knocked on the door he said, "Hello Elders, I was just thinking about you and was gonna call you to come over".  What are the odds?? We then had a wonderful talk with him and shared our testimonies with him of the savior and the restoration of the gospel. 

At church, in Sunday school class we were talking about the gifts of the spirit. We talked about the gifts that our Heavenly Father has given us and that we need to seek out and figure out what gifts our Heavenly Father has given us and then share them with others. As we share those gifts with others, our Heavenly Father will be able to touch other people's lives through us and can feel of the love that our Heavenly Father has for them. 

Sunday night the ward here had a Christmas Music Celebration. It was an awesome time for not only the members of the ward but also for people in the community that aren't of our faith to join us in songs of our savior, Jesus Christ. The spirit was super strong and I loved the music that was played by so many talented people in the ward. 

I am so grateful for the many blessing and gifts that my Heavenly Father has given me. I love this gospel and the teachings and knowledge it has given me. It has helped me to know that if I'm struggling or need help with questions I can go to my Heavenly Father and he will help me and answer my questions. 

I love you all have a great week!!! 

Elder Pearson

Florida Orlando Mission

10502 Satellite Blvd.

Orlando, FL 32837

Week #61 -- Biking Pics

Hello Everyone,

Here are some pictures from our biking this week...

Got to go to Ritters. Really good ice cream!! 

Elder Pearson

Florida Orlando Mission

10502 Satellite Blvd.

Orlando, FL 32837