Hello everyone,
Hope you all have had a wonderful week. And that all is well.
So last night and this morning have been crazy. Around 11 last night
my companion, Elder Wilson, woke me and said he was having a lot of
pain in his side and it was just getting worse. So I took him to the
emergency room and found out that he had a kidney stone. We didn't get
home till a little after 4:30 this morning. Ya that was crazy.
Anyway this week was really good. Still working with two investigators. It's exciting with one of them because we will have more time with him before he leaves for New York and hoping we will be able to put him on a date. The other we have is progressing more and it's very exciting. We have been getting more people to talk to but haven't gotten return appointments with them yet but holding we will this week.
One really cool thing that happened was that there was a worldwide missionary broadcast. So all the missionaries in the world watched this broadcast. A handful of the quorum of the 12 apostles spoke to us and gave us a better understanding of how to progress the work in the areas we are serving in. The one I love the most is was from Elder Bednar. He spoke on the importance of the Holy Ghost in someone's conversion. I know now more the importance and the urgency to have the Holy Ghost with us when we are sharing the gospel with others. There is nothing I can say that will convert someone but it's what they feel as the Holy Ghost testifies of truth.
I know that this is the lords work and we all have a part in it. Whether or not we are full time missionaries. We are instruments in gods hands to help others to come unto Christ.
I love you all and hope you have a great week.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32837
Called to serve the Florida Orlando Mission
Monday, January 25, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
Week #15 -- Seeing Heavenly Father's Hand In This Work
Hey Everyone,
It's been a crazy and exciting week. Many prayers were answered for my companion and I. It's so exciting to see that Heavenly Father knows who we are and what we are going through. All we have to do is ask and he will answer it when we are ready. What an amazing week!! Later today I'll send some pics for all of you!
To start of our week we had Zone Conference which is certain zones from the mission meet and there are training that are given by Zone Leaders and our mission president. This one was very special cause we had a general authority. It was Elder Richard J. Maynes from the quorum of the seventy. It was so awesome to hear the council that he gave to us as missionaries. The first half of his talk is that he talk to us about how successful do we want to be as missionaries. We did a lot of question and answer with him. The spirit was so strong there. I'm so blessed to be a missionary and to help in the progression of this great work.
The next couple days was a little rough. A lot of the appointments we had we canceled at the last minute. So every night after our dinner we would call people on our potential investigator list cause by the time dinner comes around its already dark and it's only 5pm. So we started doing this Friday night; we were calling the people that canceled earlier in the week, had to leave messages then, they all started calling us back! We had so many people we were able to set up appointments with that Saturday we had 7 lessons that we taught to people. For three of them we had a members come with us; which is awesome to have them to share their experiences and their thoughts. So by Sunday we had a total of 12 lessons that were taught and last week we had 6. We were able to double this week which was awesome!!
A lot of the people we saw were less actives. We have made return appointments with them so we are hoping we they will be able to come to church next week. We are still working consistently with one investigator which is exciting news and he has been increasing his scriptures study and saying his prayers -- so awesome. We are still a little worried about him cause some personal things have been stressing him out so it's going to be harder for him to quite smoking but we think if he continues with his studies and prayers Heavenly Father will help him overcome it. We are also working with an investigator that we hope to figure out a date this week with him to be baptized. Which is awesome!!
I got to try some food... First thing was "grits" which I do not like. The other is basically regular peanuts and you soak them in salt water. It's really good but salty.
Anyway love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! I'll send
some pics later!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
It's been a crazy and exciting week. Many prayers were answered for my companion and I. It's so exciting to see that Heavenly Father knows who we are and what we are going through. All we have to do is ask and he will answer it when we are ready. What an amazing week!! Later today I'll send some pics for all of you!
To start of our week we had Zone Conference which is certain zones from the mission meet and there are training that are given by Zone Leaders and our mission president. This one was very special cause we had a general authority. It was Elder Richard J. Maynes from the quorum of the seventy. It was so awesome to hear the council that he gave to us as missionaries. The first half of his talk is that he talk to us about how successful do we want to be as missionaries. We did a lot of question and answer with him. The spirit was so strong there. I'm so blessed to be a missionary and to help in the progression of this great work.
The next couple days was a little rough. A lot of the appointments we had we canceled at the last minute. So every night after our dinner we would call people on our potential investigator list cause by the time dinner comes around its already dark and it's only 5pm. So we started doing this Friday night; we were calling the people that canceled earlier in the week, had to leave messages then, they all started calling us back! We had so many people we were able to set up appointments with that Saturday we had 7 lessons that we taught to people. For three of them we had a members come with us; which is awesome to have them to share their experiences and their thoughts. So by Sunday we had a total of 12 lessons that were taught and last week we had 6. We were able to double this week which was awesome!!
A lot of the people we saw were less actives. We have made return appointments with them so we are hoping we they will be able to come to church next week. We are still working consistently with one investigator which is exciting news and he has been increasing his scriptures study and saying his prayers -- so awesome. We are still a little worried about him cause some personal things have been stressing him out so it's going to be harder for him to quite smoking but we think if he continues with his studies and prayers Heavenly Father will help him overcome it. We are also working with an investigator that we hope to figure out a date this week with him to be baptized. Which is awesome!!
I got to try some food... First thing was "grits" which I do not like. The other is basically regular peanuts and you soak them in salt water. It's really good but salty.
Anyway love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! I'll send
some pics later!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
Monday, January 11, 2016
Week #14 -- A Difficult Week
Hello Everyone!
This past week was really hard. We don't have a big teaching pool and we are struggling to find new people to teach. We did a lot of looking through our area book and contacting potential investigators. Most of them didn't answer or didn't live there anymore. Besides that we have gotten some media referrals which are people the go online and request
a bible or a Book of Mormon. We called them and seem very interested which makes me happy.
With the couple people that we are teaching are growing so much in the gospel. Our strong investigator is growing a lot but still has to give up coffee and tea but we haven't talked to him about that yet. We are going to this week. Everything else he is just soaking up and wants to keep learning more and more. The other person we are teaching isn't doing so well. We had to push his date back cause he hasn't quite smoking. The hard thing is that he says he knows he needs to quit but he's not saying he wants to quit. So it's going to be hard from him.
Beside all of that I'm super grateful for the time I have to be a missionary. I have grown so much in the small amount of time that I have been out. It has been such a big blessing in my life to be able to help others come closer to Christ. I have been able to learn the simplicity of the gospel and its has helped me to teach better.
Hope you all have a wonderful week and thank you for all you have done for me.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
This past week was really hard. We don't have a big teaching pool and we are struggling to find new people to teach. We did a lot of looking through our area book and contacting potential investigators. Most of them didn't answer or didn't live there anymore. Besides that we have gotten some media referrals which are people the go online and request
a bible or a Book of Mormon. We called them and seem very interested which makes me happy.
With the couple people that we are teaching are growing so much in the gospel. Our strong investigator is growing a lot but still has to give up coffee and tea but we haven't talked to him about that yet. We are going to this week. Everything else he is just soaking up and wants to keep learning more and more. The other person we are teaching isn't doing so well. We had to push his date back cause he hasn't quite smoking. The hard thing is that he says he knows he needs to quit but he's not saying he wants to quit. So it's going to be hard from him.
Beside all of that I'm super grateful for the time I have to be a missionary. I have grown so much in the small amount of time that I have been out. It has been such a big blessing in my life to be able to help others come closer to Christ. I have been able to learn the simplicity of the gospel and its has helped me to teach better.
Hope you all have a wonderful week and thank you for all you have done for me.
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
Monday, January 4, 2016
Week #13 -- Transferred To New Area
Hello everyone!!
Sorry that my email is coming out late. I have been having problem with my iPad so it wouldn't send any of my emails.
Anyway, I'm in my new area!! The new area I'm in is DeLand 1st North and my new companion is Elder Wilson. He's a really cool guy. This past week was a little rough cause Elder Wilson's last companion didn't want to do much so he did all the planning. So we didn't have a lot of lessons this past week but it will change this week. Oh also I'm 35 mins from Daytona Beach which is really cool. Sadly I won't be able to go to it cause there has to be Elders or Sisters that are in your district and there area has to touch the beach completely for us to go.
We have some really cool investigators. One gentleman doesn't have a date yet cause he travels a lot. So we are trying to figure out a date for him. He drinks coffee and tea which is a struggle for him. We have another guy that wants to be baptized but we might need to push his date back cause he has a smoking problem. He's really grasping everything and is asking questions so he understands which is awesome.
Here are some pics though. Enjoy!!
Love
Elder Pearson
Sorry that my email is coming out late. I have been having problem with my iPad so it wouldn't send any of my emails.
Anyway, I'm in my new area!! The new area I'm in is DeLand 1st North and my new companion is Elder Wilson. He's a really cool guy. This past week was a little rough cause Elder Wilson's last companion didn't want to do much so he did all the planning. So we didn't have a lot of lessons this past week but it will change this week. Oh also I'm 35 mins from Daytona Beach which is really cool. Sadly I won't be able to go to it cause there has to be Elders or Sisters that are in your district and there area has to touch the beach completely for us to go.
We have some really cool investigators. One gentleman doesn't have a date yet cause he travels a lot. So we are trying to figure out a date for him. He drinks coffee and tea which is a struggle for him. We have another guy that wants to be baptized but we might need to push his date back cause he has a smoking problem. He's really grasping everything and is asking questions so he understands which is awesome.
Here are some pics though. Enjoy!!
Love
Elder Pearson
Elder Pearson's First District
Found a new friend, ewe!
Monday, December 28, 2015
Week #12 -- Christmas SKYPE
Hello Everybody!!
This past week was awesome!! Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and hope that Santa was good to all of you.
So, I have received word that I am getting transferred to a new area in the Orlando mission. I won't find out who my new companion and what area I will be in till Tuesday. Next week I will let you all know where my new area is. Anyway, this past week was awesome besides that it was Christmas. We got to meet with a part member family. The husband is a member and his wife is a non-member. She has a lot of health problems and really has a hard time with understanding if God is really there for her if all these things have happened to her. She also has a hard time with understanding the Book of Mormon cause of an accident she was in. We then told her that we had Book of Mormon class on Wednesday nights. She didn't come last time but we will try to get her out to it next time.
We have had a couple media referrals that didn't turn out to be very successful. Like one for example, we saw a lady named Happy Loves. It's not her real name by the way. She has had a really bad life and knows that God doesn't love her cause if he did then he wouldn't allow all the things that she has gone through happen to her. We tried to teach her and help her see that God does love her but she wasn't open to it. I don't think we will be returning. Besides that we had Christmas Eve dinner at a members and she had a non member there. After dinner we showed the video "He is the gift". The spirit was so strong. Powerful testimonies were shared and I knew that she could feel it. I'm really hoping that Elder Gubler and his new companion will be able to go by and teach a lesson.
Next was Christmas!! We had weekly planing that day so we planned for the next week of who we were going to see and what our goals were going to be and what we needed to do to accomplish them. We then went to a members house so we could skype our family which was awesome! Saturday we saw some less actives and then hand a recent convert lesson with Danielle. So every time that someone is baptized the lessons they were taught before are retaught. This helps a of people cause questions might come up this time than before they get baptized.
We have had a couple media referrals that didn't turn out to be very successful. Like one for example, we saw a lady named Happy Loves. It's not her real name by the way. She has had a really bad life and knows that God doesn't love her cause if he did then he wouldn't allow all the things that she has gone through happen to her. We tried to teach her and help her see that God does love her but she wasn't open to it. I don't think we will be returning. Besides that we had Christmas Eve dinner at a members and she had a non member there. After dinner we showed the video "He is the gift". The spirit was so strong. Powerful testimonies were shared and I knew that she could feel it. I'm really hoping that Elder Gubler and his new companion will be able to go by and teach a lesson.
Next was Christmas!! We had weekly planing that day so we planned for the next week of who we were going to see and what our goals were going to be and what we needed to do to accomplish them. We then went to a members house so we could skype our family which was awesome! Saturday we saw some less actives and then hand a recent convert lesson with Danielle. So every time that someone is baptized the lessons they were taught before are retaught. This helps a of people cause questions might come up this time than before they get baptized.
It is really sad that I will be going to a new area. I never thought how much love I could have for a ward and investigators in a short amount of time. I'm going to miss the lecanto ward very much. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
It was SOOOOOO WONDERFUL to be able to hear his voice and see his face!
We all squeezed in front of the TV so he could see all of us -- best gift ever!!
A ward member sent this to me in December -- I love it!
Funny that we never saw the resemblance!
Monday, December 21, 2015
Week #11 -- Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
I hope you all had a wonderful week and have a wonderful Christmas. I always love the Christmas season. It always seems that more hearts are open. It's wonderful to find new people to teach and for their hearts to be touched by the message we have to share with them.
Throughout this week many things have happened. We took Elder LeCheminant to the mission office in Orlando for him to return home. Sad to see him go and I will miss him. He has taught me so much and have still more to learn.
We saw a lot of less actives this past week and went to finding potential investigators. It's really hard with being Christmas this week when everyone is out of town or all the family is at home and they don't want to be bothered. Didn't have a lot of success there but
we did find a women that seemed interested in the Book of Mormon and we are going to see her on Tuesday.
We also saw Dave many times this past week to help him overcome his Tobacco problem. We think we are making progress and help him with new ways to overcome it, but keeps falling bad into smoking. He really is almost there just needs to push a little more and he will be able to get through it. I can see it in his eyes that he wants to overcome it and with Heavenly Fathers help he can do it.
On Friday, we had a Christmas devotional for our mission. It was awesome! So many musical talents were shared and the spirit was so strong. Also wonderful messages given by President and Sister Berry. We then got to eat some food and talk with other missionaries
throughout the mission.
Also one exciting news is that one of our investigators was baptized and confirmed a member. What an experience! It was so cool to see her follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized. It also made me think of the time I was baptized and the promises I made
with God. I have been able to see the blessing in my life and in my family as I have kept those promises. The one thing I love that our Heavenly Father has given us is the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost can guide, warn, testify of truth, and prompt us to do something. What an amazing gift that God has given us. It has helped me in so many ways.
I would like to share with you my testimony of our savior Jesus Christ...
I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and is the way to return to our Heavenly Father again. Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price by suffering for our sins. He did this because he loves us so much and knew that it was the only way for us to return to our Heavenly Father. He has been through it all. He knows the pains that we feel and the struggles that we go through. Every time that we might fall he is right there helping us back up. I know that the Bible and the Book of Mormon is the word of God. That the Book of Mormon was translated by prophet named Joseph Smith. I have asked Heavenly Father through pray if all these things are true and they are. I would like to ask all of you to ask God as well and have your own witness to know if what I say is true. You will have that answer by the power of the Holy Ghost. It is a warm, peaceful, comforting feeling. It is a feeling that you will never forget.
I love you all and wish you a Merry Christmas!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
LeCanto Ward
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
I hope you all had a wonderful week and have a wonderful Christmas. I always love the Christmas season. It always seems that more hearts are open. It's wonderful to find new people to teach and for their hearts to be touched by the message we have to share with them.
Throughout this week many things have happened. We took Elder LeCheminant to the mission office in Orlando for him to return home. Sad to see him go and I will miss him. He has taught me so much and have still more to learn.
We saw a lot of less actives this past week and went to finding potential investigators. It's really hard with being Christmas this week when everyone is out of town or all the family is at home and they don't want to be bothered. Didn't have a lot of success there but
we did find a women that seemed interested in the Book of Mormon and we are going to see her on Tuesday.
We also saw Dave many times this past week to help him overcome his Tobacco problem. We think we are making progress and help him with new ways to overcome it, but keeps falling bad into smoking. He really is almost there just needs to push a little more and he will be able to get through it. I can see it in his eyes that he wants to overcome it and with Heavenly Fathers help he can do it.
On Friday, we had a Christmas devotional for our mission. It was awesome! So many musical talents were shared and the spirit was so strong. Also wonderful messages given by President and Sister Berry. We then got to eat some food and talk with other missionaries
throughout the mission.
Also one exciting news is that one of our investigators was baptized and confirmed a member. What an experience! It was so cool to see her follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized. It also made me think of the time I was baptized and the promises I made
with God. I have been able to see the blessing in my life and in my family as I have kept those promises. The one thing I love that our Heavenly Father has given us is the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost can guide, warn, testify of truth, and prompt us to do something. What an amazing gift that God has given us. It has helped me in so many ways.
I would like to share with you my testimony of our savior Jesus Christ...
I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and is the way to return to our Heavenly Father again. Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price by suffering for our sins. He did this because he loves us so much and knew that it was the only way for us to return to our Heavenly Father. He has been through it all. He knows the pains that we feel and the struggles that we go through. Every time that we might fall he is right there helping us back up. I know that the Bible and the Book of Mormon is the word of God. That the Book of Mormon was translated by prophet named Joseph Smith. I have asked Heavenly Father through pray if all these things are true and they are. I would like to ask all of you to ask God as well and have your own witness to know if what I say is true. You will have that answer by the power of the Holy Ghost. It is a warm, peaceful, comforting feeling. It is a feeling that you will never forget.
I love you all and wish you a Merry Christmas!!
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
LeCanto Ward
10502 Satellite Blvd. Ste E
Orlando, FL 32837-8479
Elder Gubler and Elder Pearson on Christmas Day.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Week #10 -- Baptism
Hello Everybody!!!
Hope you all had a wonderful week. Sad news!! My dad (Senior companion, Elder LeCheminant) is leaving tomorrow to go home!!😢😢😢 He has been a great trainer for me and he is awesome!! When we take him down to the mission office Elder Gubler and I will drive back to LeCanto. We will have the area on our own for two weeks, then one of us will be transferred to a new area and someone new that has been out longer will come in.
So this last week we did a lot of finding less actives. We have a lot of less actives. President Berry has asked us to teach a lesson with 12 less actives a week. A couple obstacles we have is the area being so big and some less actives we teach have some of the doctrine
mixed up. When we explain correct doctrine it's hard for them to believe it; they have believed it for so long that it hard for them to believe in something else or they really didn't have there own conversion yet.
Great news!! We have a gator that's being baptized this week!! She had her baptismal interview last Friday. She is a super solid investigator. Her entire family are super mad at her for joining another religion. Even though her family is against it she says that she
would never turn away cause of the feelings she has had. The best part is that her son is 10 and he loves going to church. He wants to do scouts really bad which I love.
Sadly one of our gators had to move his baptism date back cause he wasn't going to be done with smoking in time. There's no set date for someone to be done with word of wisdom issues, but Elder LeCheminant has found that a week before the baptismal interview is a good amount of time for someone to quit. We really have done all we could. We have given him blessings and ideas to quit; at this point all we can do is encourage him. Any advise would help.
If I do get transferred from this area I'm going to miss the members. The members are so awesome! My testimony has grown a lot from hearing there testimonies and how the gospel has changed their lives.
I love you all so much and have a wonderful week!!!
Love
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
LeCanto Ward
Hope you all had a wonderful week. Sad news!! My dad (Senior companion, Elder LeCheminant) is leaving tomorrow to go home!!😢😢😢 He has been a great trainer for me and he is awesome!! When we take him down to the mission office Elder Gubler and I will drive back to LeCanto. We will have the area on our own for two weeks, then one of us will be transferred to a new area and someone new that has been out longer will come in.
So this last week we did a lot of finding less actives. We have a lot of less actives. President Berry has asked us to teach a lesson with 12 less actives a week. A couple obstacles we have is the area being so big and some less actives we teach have some of the doctrine
mixed up. When we explain correct doctrine it's hard for them to believe it; they have believed it for so long that it hard for them to believe in something else or they really didn't have there own conversion yet.
Great news!! We have a gator that's being baptized this week!! She had her baptismal interview last Friday. She is a super solid investigator. Her entire family are super mad at her for joining another religion. Even though her family is against it she says that she
would never turn away cause of the feelings she has had. The best part is that her son is 10 and he loves going to church. He wants to do scouts really bad which I love.
Sadly one of our gators had to move his baptism date back cause he wasn't going to be done with smoking in time. There's no set date for someone to be done with word of wisdom issues, but Elder LeCheminant has found that a week before the baptismal interview is a good amount of time for someone to quit. We really have done all we could. We have given him blessings and ideas to quit; at this point all we can do is encourage him. Any advise would help.
If I do get transferred from this area I'm going to miss the members. The members are so awesome! My testimony has grown a lot from hearing there testimonies and how the gospel has changed their lives.
I love you all so much and have a wonderful week!!!
Love
Elder Pearson
Florida Orlando Mission
LeCanto Ward
Elder Pearson, Elder Gubler and Elder LeCheminant pose for their Christmas card.
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