Cold Utah

So it's probably gonna snow today. Yay?

This week has been up and down. The biggest downside is we are no longer teaching the Meeks. Turns out they were just trying to scam the church to get drug and alcohol money. Luckily, we had a STUD fellowship, who also is just getting activated herself, figure it out pretty early on. So, not too much of a loss there.

On the good side, we had a sweet voicemail from a drunk guy a few days ago. He wanted to thanks us for all our "cultivating and renovating" and to tell us the Lord loves us. It was pretty epic.

We also had dinner with a couple who named their 2 kids Pear and Trip. Gotta love Utah.

Another sweet part of the week, last night, we had dinner at a Brazilian Steakhouse. People walked around with swords with meat on them and had us try different kinds of meats. Like 15 different meats, including chicken heart (not a fan of) and lamb (really good). Def not the cheapest, so I'll probably never be there again, but it was really tasty and all you can eat.

I want to end with some scriptures. We're told to liken the scriptures unto ourselves. Here they are:


And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many reminders, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do no procrastinate the day of your letter writing until the end; for after these two years, which are given unto you to write Elder Pearson, behold, if you do not improve your time while in these two years, then cometh the night of the homecoming wherein there can be no letters written!

Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will write letters to Elder Pearson. Nay, ye cannot say this; for it will be too late!

A good friend cannot bring forth short letters, neither a corrupt friend bring forth long letters. Every friend that bringeth not forth long letters is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Wherefore, by their letters ye shall know them.

Not every one that writeth unto me: Elder, Elder, shall receive letters in return; but he or she that doeth the will of me who is serving in the Ogden Mission. Many will say unto me in that day: Elder, Elder, have I not sent a postcard unto you in thy name, and a gift at Christmas time? And then will I profess unto them: I hardly knew you; depart from me, ye that rarely write.

O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of Elder Pearson, for they set their packages aside, supposing they will soon find a stamp, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And their package shall perish. But to be learned is good if you send packages promptly.

Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every T.V. show, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to the couch, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your missionary that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the post office.

Moreover, when ye write letters, be not as the hypocrites, for they use big printing that their letters may appear unto Elder Pearson to be long. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou writtest letters, use very small print, and many long pages.

Lay not up for Elder Pearson packages upon the table, where moth and dust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal; But lay up for Elder Pearson packages in the post office, where neither moth nor dust corrupt, and where thieves do no break through or steal. For where your package/letter is, there will your stamp be also.

Yea, there shall be many which shall say: eat, drink, and don't write.

Therefore, whoso heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him or her unto a wise man, who sends his or her package/letter by plane. And the rain descended, and the storms came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that airplane; and it fell not, for it was first class. And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man, who send their package by boat. And the rain descended, and the storms came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the boat; and it sunk. And great was the sinking of it.

And because my words shall hiss forth- many friends shall say: A letter! A letter! We have written a letter, and there cannot be any more letters written.

And finally, I cannot tell you all the ways whereby ye may send correspondences; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them.

But this much I can tell you, that you ye do not send some letters, and some packages, and some gifts, and some cookies, and some love, and remember, even unto the end of my mission, ye must perish! And now, o man, remember, and perish not!

Elder Pearson