Hello Everybody!!
Hope y'all had a wonderful week that was filled with the spirit. Throughout this week there was a lot of happy times and sad times but that's missionary work. The one thing that I have learned this past week is patience. I figured being the oldest of 6 would have allowed me to have a good understanding of patience but even then I still need to work on it. Not saying that my companion Elder Meyers is the cause for me to have more patience but it is the work here in Apopka.
I have mentioned last week that we dropped a lot of our investigators and we're going to do a lot of finding this week especially on Tuesday and Wednesday. They will be our two big finding days. Sadly we didn't find to many people that were interested in learning more or even talk with us. Thursday was a little bit better but still was hard. Once we got to the apartment Thursday night I immediately when to our room got on my knees and prayed. With not having much success the past 3 days as well as being the only one who knows where everyone is and who to see was a little overwhelming. Once I was done I had a feeling that I just needed to go to bed. Once we did our planning for the next day I went to bed. The next morning I felt totally different. I didn't have any stress or worries and knew that today was going to be a great day. It was a great day! Saturday was a great day as well. My prayer was answered. The Lord was able to help me and give me the comfort that I needed.
While I have been pondering on this I have realized that I needed to have more patience. Missionary work goes up and down and never in a straight line. By understanding this has helped me to know that this isn't my work but the Lords work and he knows when it's the right time for those to hear the work and then make the choice whether to accept it or not. This work is amazing and it can be a great blessing to anyone's life and help them get through anything that they are struggling with. I know this work is true and that this gospel changes lives and helps us become who God wants us to be if we choose to follow.
To keep y'all updated on the people we are meeting with regularly; there are two people. Both of them are really awesome people and really are just soaking up the gospel. Both are really understanding and asking questions. Really searching for themselves if it's true. They both haven't come to church yet. Hopefully that will change this week. We do have a date set for one of them to be baptized on June 18th. We don't have a date set for the other person yet but hopefully will this week!!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and I love you all so much and thank you all of you for all that you do for me.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
Called to serve the Florida Orlando Mission
Monday, May 16, 2016
Monday, May 9, 2016
Week #31 - Happy Mother's Day
Hello Everybody!!
What a crazy week!! This past week has been crazy with dropping almost all of our investigators, having transfer calls, and then getting to Skype for Mother's Day.
First, happy Mother's Day to all the mothers. I would love to take this time to share my gratitude for my mother. She is the best mother ever and has taught me so much. She is the most amazing mother ever. She has been a great example for me and has always been there for me when I have struggled. The most favorite thing about my mom is her faith in Jesus Christ. There has been a handful of tough trials we have gone through as a family and even though things were tough she still put her trust in the Lord knowing he would help and things would be all right. Thank you mom for all you have done for me. I love you!!
For this past week we have been finding a lot. I'm not saying we don't do some sort of finding but we did more than we normally do. At times it was great and other times not so great. The reason we have been doing a lot of finding is cause we have had to drop a lot of our investigators like I have mentioned. The people we have been working with recently just having acting upon the things we have invited them to do. As missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint we invite others to come unto Christ through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, being baptized, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end. It's interesting that the first thing we invite others to do is have a faith in Jesus Christ. We know that faith is hoping for things to happen and also believing without seeing but faith is also an action word. Having faith is great but if your not willing to act upon that faith you can't come closer to Christ or your Heavenly Father. You have to constantly have to be acting upon your faith in order to make it stronger. These investigators weren't willing to act so we needed to move on cause there are more people that the Lord knows are ready to act we just haven't found them yet.
Also we got transfer news!!! Drum roll!! I am staying in Apopka! Elder Isaacson is leaving Apopkaš¢. He will be heading to Clermont area which is still in our Zone so I will still get to see him. My new companion is Elder Myers! I'll send pics next week so you all know.
Hope you all have a wonderful week. I love you all!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
What a crazy week!! This past week has been crazy with dropping almost all of our investigators, having transfer calls, and then getting to Skype for Mother's Day.
First, happy Mother's Day to all the mothers. I would love to take this time to share my gratitude for my mother. She is the best mother ever and has taught me so much. She is the most amazing mother ever. She has been a great example for me and has always been there for me when I have struggled. The most favorite thing about my mom is her faith in Jesus Christ. There has been a handful of tough trials we have gone through as a family and even though things were tough she still put her trust in the Lord knowing he would help and things would be all right. Thank you mom for all you have done for me. I love you!!
For this past week we have been finding a lot. I'm not saying we don't do some sort of finding but we did more than we normally do. At times it was great and other times not so great. The reason we have been doing a lot of finding is cause we have had to drop a lot of our investigators like I have mentioned. The people we have been working with recently just having acting upon the things we have invited them to do. As missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint we invite others to come unto Christ through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, being baptized, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end. It's interesting that the first thing we invite others to do is have a faith in Jesus Christ. We know that faith is hoping for things to happen and also believing without seeing but faith is also an action word. Having faith is great but if your not willing to act upon that faith you can't come closer to Christ or your Heavenly Father. You have to constantly have to be acting upon your faith in order to make it stronger. These investigators weren't willing to act so we needed to move on cause there are more people that the Lord knows are ready to act we just haven't found them yet.
Also we got transfer news!!! Drum roll!! I am staying in Apopka! Elder Isaacson is leaving Apopkaš¢. He will be heading to Clermont area which is still in our Zone so I will still get to see him. My new companion is Elder Myers! I'll send pics next week so you all know.
Hope you all have a wonderful week. I love you all!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
Elder Issacson took me an awesome Taco Truck for lunch.
It was so yummy!
Elder Issacson and I at a ward Fiesta. It was a lot of fun as you can see.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Week #30 - Exchange miracles
Hello Everybody!!
First off I can't believe that this transfer is almost over. To explain what a transfer is; a transfer is 6 weeks long and you are assigned to a companion in that specific area. After those 6 weeks are over you will find out if you will go to a new area or stay in the area your in. My personal opinion, I would love to stay in Apopka with Elder Isaacson. I have been having such an amazing time with Elder Isaacson. He's such a great missionary and a hard worker. You can just tell when he teaches that he really loves the people.
The past week has been a little difficult for us. Not because we aren't teaching anyone but its because the people we are teaching aren't progressing. Which means coming to church, reading the scriptures, and doing other things that we ask them to do. By them following these commitments it helps them gain a closer relationship with there Savior, Jesus Christ, and their Heavenly Father. The couple people we have been teaching have been learning but haven't been keeping some of the commitments that we have given them. It's hard cause if there not keeping there commitments then we aren't using our time wisely. Elder Isaacson has been having a harder time with it cause he's been working with the investigator family for 3 months and he has see a lot of progression with them and it's sad that we will have to drop them this week if they don't start committing.
As we were talking about this, I remember something that I had learned about 2 months ago and it was about agency. There is a reason God gave us agency. If we didn't have agency then we wouldn't be able to know right from wrong or good from bad. Agency allows us to make choices, whether they are good or bad choices. The choices we make will determine our destiny. In this past General Conference, President Monson gave a great talk about choices. He talks about a part in the classic novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where Alice comes to a split in the road and she asks the Cheshire Cat, "Which path should I take?" The Cheshire Cat replies, "That depends where you want to go. If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn’t matter which path you take". As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints we know where we are going and which path to take. As a missionary, I want these people so badly to receive the same blessing that I have been able to receive and know which path to take but I can only take them so far then they need to choose for themselves. I know as I continue to have faith and put my trust in God he will help these people and help Elder Isaacson and I to know what we need to do for these people.
Even though we are struggling with some investigators we are seeing miracles. Crazy experience that happened on Tuesday but first backstory. A couple weeks ago we were walking and saw this one guy just sitting in his truck, so we went over and started talking to him. We had to head to another appointment so we didn't talk to him for long but gave him a card with our number on it. Now fast forward to this last Tuesday. I'm on exchanges with Elder Christensen in Apopka. While we were seeing some former investigators there was one that we put down to see but didn't have any information besides a address. We went to it anyway and saw a lady sitting outside and started talking to her. Then while we were talking her husband walks around and sits down next to her so we introduce ourselves. When he came over he looked familiar to us but couldn't put my finger on where I remembered him from. He then told us that we had talked to him a couple weeks ago!! It was the same guy that was sitting in his truck that we talked to. That is definitely evidence that the Lords hand is in this great work.
I love you all so much and enjoy the emails I get from you. You all are in my prayers and hope that you all have a wonderful week. Always remember you ARE A SON/DAUGHTER OF GOD. You have purpose in this life, ask him for help and understanding of it.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
First off I can't believe that this transfer is almost over. To explain what a transfer is; a transfer is 6 weeks long and you are assigned to a companion in that specific area. After those 6 weeks are over you will find out if you will go to a new area or stay in the area your in. My personal opinion, I would love to stay in Apopka with Elder Isaacson. I have been having such an amazing time with Elder Isaacson. He's such a great missionary and a hard worker. You can just tell when he teaches that he really loves the people.
The past week has been a little difficult for us. Not because we aren't teaching anyone but its because the people we are teaching aren't progressing. Which means coming to church, reading the scriptures, and doing other things that we ask them to do. By them following these commitments it helps them gain a closer relationship with there Savior, Jesus Christ, and their Heavenly Father. The couple people we have been teaching have been learning but haven't been keeping some of the commitments that we have given them. It's hard cause if there not keeping there commitments then we aren't using our time wisely. Elder Isaacson has been having a harder time with it cause he's been working with the investigator family for 3 months and he has see a lot of progression with them and it's sad that we will have to drop them this week if they don't start committing.
As we were talking about this, I remember something that I had learned about 2 months ago and it was about agency. There is a reason God gave us agency. If we didn't have agency then we wouldn't be able to know right from wrong or good from bad. Agency allows us to make choices, whether they are good or bad choices. The choices we make will determine our destiny. In this past General Conference, President Monson gave a great talk about choices. He talks about a part in the classic novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where Alice comes to a split in the road and she asks the Cheshire Cat, "Which path should I take?" The Cheshire Cat replies, "That depends where you want to go. If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn’t matter which path you take". As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints we know where we are going and which path to take. As a missionary, I want these people so badly to receive the same blessing that I have been able to receive and know which path to take but I can only take them so far then they need to choose for themselves. I know as I continue to have faith and put my trust in God he will help these people and help Elder Isaacson and I to know what we need to do for these people.
Even though we are struggling with some investigators we are seeing miracles. Crazy experience that happened on Tuesday but first backstory. A couple weeks ago we were walking and saw this one guy just sitting in his truck, so we went over and started talking to him. We had to head to another appointment so we didn't talk to him for long but gave him a card with our number on it. Now fast forward to this last Tuesday. I'm on exchanges with Elder Christensen in Apopka. While we were seeing some former investigators there was one that we put down to see but didn't have any information besides a address. We went to it anyway and saw a lady sitting outside and started talking to her. Then while we were talking her husband walks around and sits down next to her so we introduce ourselves. When he came over he looked familiar to us but couldn't put my finger on where I remembered him from. He then told us that we had talked to him a couple weeks ago!! It was the same guy that was sitting in his truck that we talked to. That is definitely evidence that the Lords hand is in this great work.
I love you all so much and enjoy the emails I get from you. You all are in my prayers and hope that you all have a wonderful week. Always remember you ARE A SON/DAUGHTER OF GOD. You have purpose in this life, ask him for help and understanding of it.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
Thought you guys might like this video.
This is while I was on exchanges with Elder Christensen.
This is while I was on exchanges with Elder Christensen.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Week #29 - "The message they shared was true"
Hey Everyone!
This past week has been a blast and a lot of crazy experiences. To start off the week we met a former investigator. Really nice guy and has 2 little boys and are just full of energy. It has been awhile since Elder Isaacson has seen him. We started talking and were getting an understanding if he was still interested. He said he was and then just reviewed the restoration with him to see how much he remembered. He remembered a lot and committed him to read the BOM. The next visit we went to see him he told us this awesome experience he had. When he was saying his prayers at night he asked if the message we shared with him was true. After he was done praying he said he thought he heard someone say, "Those two men that came by your house were servants of the Lord and the message they shared was true". WOW!!!! We were going to put him on a baptismal date but he is leaving in a couple weeks to go to Puerto Rico to see his dad cause his health isn't doing to good. He will be gone for about a month sadly but we are going to see him as much as we can before he leaves. Met with our investigator friend a handful of times this week and he his doing amazing. He is just grasping the gospel so well and he just loves it. Still working with the investigator family and they are just so solid but haven't been at church and possibly have to move the date back. We are having the faith and hope that they will come.
This past Friday, while Elder Isaacson and I were seeing a couple of potential investigators and when we were knocking on one house it just started raining super hard. The car was parked down the road so there was no point in running so we walked all the way back to the car and got drenched. It was fun though and we had a good laugh about it.
Also yesterday, Elder Iassacson and I and the sister missionaries gave a talk in sacrament meeting. It was awesome cause we talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ which is faith, repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the holy ghost. I was asked to talk about baptism and I love talking to people about baptism and how it can help us be forgiven for our sins and be able to receive eternal life with our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and our families. It was an awesome talk. I hope you all have a wonderful week. LOVES!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
This past week has been a blast and a lot of crazy experiences. To start off the week we met a former investigator. Really nice guy and has 2 little boys and are just full of energy. It has been awhile since Elder Isaacson has seen him. We started talking and were getting an understanding if he was still interested. He said he was and then just reviewed the restoration with him to see how much he remembered. He remembered a lot and committed him to read the BOM. The next visit we went to see him he told us this awesome experience he had. When he was saying his prayers at night he asked if the message we shared with him was true. After he was done praying he said he thought he heard someone say, "Those two men that came by your house were servants of the Lord and the message they shared was true". WOW!!!! We were going to put him on a baptismal date but he is leaving in a couple weeks to go to Puerto Rico to see his dad cause his health isn't doing to good. He will be gone for about a month sadly but we are going to see him as much as we can before he leaves. Met with our investigator friend a handful of times this week and he his doing amazing. He is just grasping the gospel so well and he just loves it. Still working with the investigator family and they are just so solid but haven't been at church and possibly have to move the date back. We are having the faith and hope that they will come.
This past Friday, while Elder Isaacson and I were seeing a couple of potential investigators and when we were knocking on one house it just started raining super hard. The car was parked down the road so there was no point in running so we walked all the way back to the car and got drenched. It was fun though and we had a good laugh about it.
Also yesterday, Elder Iassacson and I and the sister missionaries gave a talk in sacrament meeting. It was awesome cause we talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ which is faith, repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the holy ghost. I was asked to talk about baptism and I love talking to people about baptism and how it can help us be forgiven for our sins and be able to receive eternal life with our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and our families. It was an awesome talk. I hope you all have a wonderful week. LOVES!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
We got soaked and it was a blast!
This is where we ate dinner last night. This is one of the oldest buildings in Florida.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Week #28 - Wow what's that smell?
Hello Everyone!!
So many things happened this past week. It's been so awesome to see miracles happening with the people that we are teaching. One of the miracles that happened it that we were able to put a family on a baptismal date for May 7th!!!! That happened on Monday and it was so awesome cause we had a member at that lesson and he is a return missionary!! The only thing that they are really struggling with is that they still feel like they don't know everything but they do and just need to put more trust in the lord. That's what we will talk to them about tonight.
Tuesday I was able to go on exchanges with Elder Jensen. It's was a great time to be in his area and help with some of there investigators and there progression towards baptism. There was a bunch of time that we did go door knocking which is difficult but that's part of missionary work. Then Wednesday had district meeting which was great as usual and then had service at Second Harvest Food Bank which is a lot of fun. It's fun cause we get to see other missionaries from the other zone and we get meet people that aren't members of the church. Got to meet with our investigator friend later in the day. He's doing really good and progressing really well. He hasn't come to church yet cause he's been busy but hopefully he will come this coming Sunday.
Thursday thru Saturday were good. Did a lot of finding which is a combination of knocking on door to door, stopping by potential investigators or former investigators, and also stopping by less actives. Didn't have a lot of set appointments but oh well.
Sunday was pretty interesting. So I guess the church building has a lot of bad pipes throughout the building and so there was a lot of water that is used during the week in the building so it sits in the pipes and then this wonderful smell starts to form which is sulfur. So just recently the Bishop in the Apopka ward had called someone to take a look at it and they told him to just turn the water on and let the water run for 30 mins or so and then the smell should go away. He did this Sunday morning before church and had it running for about an hour. After ward council we went out in the hallway and the entire church building smelt like it. It was really bad. We ended up opening all the doors and windows is the church. Also with the help of some Febreeze helped get ride of the smell. Anyway hope y'all have a wonderful week and love you all!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
So many things happened this past week. It's been so awesome to see miracles happening with the people that we are teaching. One of the miracles that happened it that we were able to put a family on a baptismal date for May 7th!!!! That happened on Monday and it was so awesome cause we had a member at that lesson and he is a return missionary!! The only thing that they are really struggling with is that they still feel like they don't know everything but they do and just need to put more trust in the lord. That's what we will talk to them about tonight.
Tuesday I was able to go on exchanges with Elder Jensen. It's was a great time to be in his area and help with some of there investigators and there progression towards baptism. There was a bunch of time that we did go door knocking which is difficult but that's part of missionary work. Then Wednesday had district meeting which was great as usual and then had service at Second Harvest Food Bank which is a lot of fun. It's fun cause we get to see other missionaries from the other zone and we get meet people that aren't members of the church. Got to meet with our investigator friend later in the day. He's doing really good and progressing really well. He hasn't come to church yet cause he's been busy but hopefully he will come this coming Sunday.
Thursday thru Saturday were good. Did a lot of finding which is a combination of knocking on door to door, stopping by potential investigators or former investigators, and also stopping by less actives. Didn't have a lot of set appointments but oh well.
Sunday was pretty interesting. So I guess the church building has a lot of bad pipes throughout the building and so there was a lot of water that is used during the week in the building so it sits in the pipes and then this wonderful smell starts to form which is sulfur. So just recently the Bishop in the Apopka ward had called someone to take a look at it and they told him to just turn the water on and let the water run for 30 mins or so and then the smell should go away. He did this Sunday morning before church and had it running for about an hour. After ward council we went out in the hallway and the entire church building smelt like it. It was really bad. We ended up opening all the doors and windows is the church. Also with the help of some Febreeze helped get ride of the smell. Anyway hope y'all have a wonderful week and love you all!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
Monday, April 11, 2016
Week #27 -- Summer time
Hey Everyone,
So many great things are happening here in Apopka! Besides the weather. Its starting to warm up and can feel the humidity. Anyway, there where so many great things happening here.
First off on Monday night we met with a family that is about to hit there one year mark of being members! They are a super awesome family. The mom is the most happiest person you could ever meet. I don't think I have seen her yet without a smile on her face. They are just amazing. We had a really good lesson about prayer and how it is important to always communicate with God. It was awesome cause another member from the ward came to the lesson, Brother Fisher. He gave a really great point on how there are many ways God answers us and that sometimes God has us figure it out. Just an awesome lesson.
On Tuesday, we got to see an investigator that has become our good friend. Hes a super cool guy. Very respectful guy and very kind. One thing that is just amazing is that he is just diving in the Book of Mormon. He is also remembering the stories too. I mentioned last week that we were going to put him on a baptismal date last week but we didn't cause every time we went by he was gone. We are meeting with him tonight and hoping to put him on date. After we met with him we were unlocking our bikes when a lady passed us and we gave her a card with Jesus Christ on it and told her to check out the website on the back. She then waited us to come back a teach them more! We are also seeing her tonight too.
Wednesday we got to go do some service for a food bank which was really fun. There was a lot of the other missionaries form the other zone that was there and was a lot of fun. After that we got to see sister from Puerto Rico! She is super sweet and is just amazing. Her health hasn't been too good and she was wanting a blessing so we came back later with her home teacher Brother Sandoval to give her the blessing.
Thursday we had ZTM (Zone Training Meeting) which was really good. Got to see an current investigator again and followed up on his scripture reading and he hasn't been reading cause he has been studying for school and has work a lot. We promised him that even if he reads a verse from the scriptures that he will be blessed and that his studies will be more easy.
Friday we had a handful of people to see later in the day and we got to have one of the young men from the ward come with us to a couple lessons. It was crazy how strong the spirit was there as he shared his testimony to those we met with. Saturday we did some service for a family in the ward which was fun. The rest of the day went a did some finding. Sunday was great. Had a wonderful fast and testimony meeting. We also had a gator at church too!!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and I will be sending some pics. Love you all!!
Elder Pearson
So many great things are happening here in Apopka! Besides the weather. Its starting to warm up and can feel the humidity. Anyway, there where so many great things happening here.
First off on Monday night we met with a family that is about to hit there one year mark of being members! They are a super awesome family. The mom is the most happiest person you could ever meet. I don't think I have seen her yet without a smile on her face. They are just amazing. We had a really good lesson about prayer and how it is important to always communicate with God. It was awesome cause another member from the ward came to the lesson, Brother Fisher. He gave a really great point on how there are many ways God answers us and that sometimes God has us figure it out. Just an awesome lesson.
On Tuesday, we got to see an investigator that has become our good friend. Hes a super cool guy. Very respectful guy and very kind. One thing that is just amazing is that he is just diving in the Book of Mormon. He is also remembering the stories too. I mentioned last week that we were going to put him on a baptismal date last week but we didn't cause every time we went by he was gone. We are meeting with him tonight and hoping to put him on date. After we met with him we were unlocking our bikes when a lady passed us and we gave her a card with Jesus Christ on it and told her to check out the website on the back. She then waited us to come back a teach them more! We are also seeing her tonight too.
Wednesday we got to go do some service for a food bank which was really fun. There was a lot of the other missionaries form the other zone that was there and was a lot of fun. After that we got to see sister from Puerto Rico! She is super sweet and is just amazing. Her health hasn't been too good and she was wanting a blessing so we came back later with her home teacher Brother Sandoval to give her the blessing.
Thursday we had ZTM (Zone Training Meeting) which was really good. Got to see an current investigator again and followed up on his scripture reading and he hasn't been reading cause he has been studying for school and has work a lot. We promised him that even if he reads a verse from the scriptures that he will be blessed and that his studies will be more easy.
Friday we had a handful of people to see later in the day and we got to have one of the young men from the ward come with us to a couple lessons. It was crazy how strong the spirit was there as he shared his testimony to those we met with. Saturday we did some service for a family in the ward which was fun. The rest of the day went a did some finding. Sunday was great. Had a wonderful fast and testimony meeting. We also had a gator at church too!!
Hope you all have a wonderful week and I will be sending some pics. Love you all!!
Elder Pearson
My zone.
Elder Issacson and I around town; here are some pics...
Monday, April 4, 2016
Week #26 - Home again in Leesburg Stake
Hello Everyone,
This week was crazy awesome. As I said last week that I got transferred to a new area and that new area is Apopka which is in the Leesburg Stake. It's super awesome cause when I first got here in Florida my first area was in the Leesburg Stake, so super cool to be back in this stake.
I want you all to know that exciting things are happening here in Apopka and I have only been in the area for a week. When I got in the area on Tuesday afternoon we dropped my stuff off at the apartment and went to work. First person we went to was a less active member. He super cool guy. Knows a lot about the gospel and has a testimony of it. He does have some word of widsom issues and trying to help him get through that. We then went to see a handful of potential investigators. Only a couple of them answered and they weren't really interested. Then later that night we went to see another less active named sister. She's been going through a rough time right now with work and family problems. We read through the Book of Mormon with her and promised her that as she reads and prays and come to church God will bless.
Wednesday was a super busy day. First went to visit an investigator family. Only the mom was there so we talked to her and followed up on her Book of Mormon reading and prayers. She said that she sometimes skip saying her prayers so we talked to her about the importance of prayers and that our Heavenly Father wants to hear from us always. We then stopped by an investigator's home. He's super cool guy and very open and very talkative guy. We asked him how his Book of Mormon reading has been going and he said he's been busy with work. We told him that as he reads from the Book of Mormon he will be blessed. We are meeting with him later this week. Then later that night I got to meet a family that is investigating. The parents only speak Spanish but the kids speak English. So Elder Isaacson taught the parents while I taught the kids. It's was awesome. The spirit was so strong it was amazing.
Thursday was super crazy as well. We had district meeting and then after went another investigator. Really nice guy and really does all he can to have God in his life. We had an awesome lesson with him about prayer. It was super amazing. We are hoping to put him on a baptismal date this week as well as the investigator family.
Saturday and Sunday there was General Conference which was so uplifting to hear from our beloved prophet, Thomas S Monson. My favorite talk that was given that by Elder Jeffery R Holland. He talked about that we don't want tomorrow cause we don't want to lose the feelings that we have felt on Sunday. We can't give up. We all stumble but the savior is right there on our right and on our left ready to catch us and help us get back up. The first commandment is to love God with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength. The first doctrine we teach as missionaries is that God loves us with all of his heart, might, mind, and strength. God will never desert us when we are going through struggles. I know that with all of my heart. I can also testify that what Elder Holland said is true. God does love us, even though sometimes we might not feel like he does. Through prayer we can have his help and comfort.
I love you all and have a wonderful week.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
This week was crazy awesome. As I said last week that I got transferred to a new area and that new area is Apopka which is in the Leesburg Stake. It's super awesome cause when I first got here in Florida my first area was in the Leesburg Stake, so super cool to be back in this stake.
I want you all to know that exciting things are happening here in Apopka and I have only been in the area for a week. When I got in the area on Tuesday afternoon we dropped my stuff off at the apartment and went to work. First person we went to was a less active member. He super cool guy. Knows a lot about the gospel and has a testimony of it. He does have some word of widsom issues and trying to help him get through that. We then went to see a handful of potential investigators. Only a couple of them answered and they weren't really interested. Then later that night we went to see another less active named sister. She's been going through a rough time right now with work and family problems. We read through the Book of Mormon with her and promised her that as she reads and prays and come to church God will bless.
Wednesday was a super busy day. First went to visit an investigator family. Only the mom was there so we talked to her and followed up on her Book of Mormon reading and prayers. She said that she sometimes skip saying her prayers so we talked to her about the importance of prayers and that our Heavenly Father wants to hear from us always. We then stopped by an investigator's home. He's super cool guy and very open and very talkative guy. We asked him how his Book of Mormon reading has been going and he said he's been busy with work. We told him that as he reads from the Book of Mormon he will be blessed. We are meeting with him later this week. Then later that night I got to meet a family that is investigating. The parents only speak Spanish but the kids speak English. So Elder Isaacson taught the parents while I taught the kids. It's was awesome. The spirit was so strong it was amazing.
Thursday was super crazy as well. We had district meeting and then after went another investigator. Really nice guy and really does all he can to have God in his life. We had an awesome lesson with him about prayer. It was super amazing. We are hoping to put him on a baptismal date this week as well as the investigator family.
Saturday and Sunday there was General Conference which was so uplifting to hear from our beloved prophet, Thomas S Monson. My favorite talk that was given that by Elder Jeffery R Holland. He talked about that we don't want tomorrow cause we don't want to lose the feelings that we have felt on Sunday. We can't give up. We all stumble but the savior is right there on our right and on our left ready to catch us and help us get back up. The first commandment is to love God with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength. The first doctrine we teach as missionaries is that God loves us with all of his heart, might, mind, and strength. God will never desert us when we are going through struggles. I know that with all of my heart. I can also testify that what Elder Holland said is true. God does love us, even though sometimes we might not feel like he does. Through prayer we can have his help and comfort.
I love you all and have a wonderful week.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
Left: Sister Smith sent this picture of Elder Richards and I to my mom
this week with the caption "These Elders are awesome!!!
Thanks for sending your boys to us!!" Right: My new companion Elder Isaccson
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