November 17, 2009

This week i got a new companion, Elder Fairbanks. He's awesome! we're having a real good time. He was a Zone Leader in this area a while ago, so he knows a lot of ppl. We have one kid, Abe, getting ready to go on a mission to Australia. So to prepare, he's going everywhere with us. Things r going great.

It's gotten a tad chilly again. The lowest it's been while we've been out and about that i know of is 22. There's snow everywhere. We've started teaching youth lessons. Pretty much, anyone in high school who wants to meet up at this one house and we give a 1/2 hour spiritual thought or lesson. We're gonna do it once a week. The last one was pretty good, pretty good turnout.

So last week on wed, my left foot started killing me. I couldn't walk on it. so i eventually went to the doctor and he looked at it. I guess i had a cut i didn't know about and it got all infected and what not. so it started spreading until i couldn't walk and would have gone up my leg if i didn't go to tha doctor. so i got an antibiotic shot in the butt and some pills to pop. it's doing a lot better, still looks pretty sweet.

So i sent my camera's memory card home 2 weeks ago with all my pics and videos from the MTC and my first transfer out here. Somehow on the way home in the mail, it got messed up and is of no use. So no new pictures for a while, sorry. kinda sux.... but it OK, because i know Lil things like this are Satan trying to bring ppl down and the work is too important to let that happen.

I wanna end with my testimony that Christ's true church he set up was lost, but has been completely restored. That we do have Prophets who are mouthpieces for our Father in Heaven. That God loves us all so much and give us commandments as opportunities for happiness and to show our love back to him. Already, I noticed I've started to take for granted the gift that we all have as members, the Holy Ghost. It's such a powerful thing and isn't limited by words like ppl are. It works through your feelings and tells you what's right and what we need to do. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be out here today. I'm grateful to live in a time that we have the priesthood, God's authority, here on the earth and we can strive to be like Jesus. I know we all come short, but all that's asked of us is to keep trying. To endure to the end. Then, we can look our Savior in the eyes at judgment, tell him we did what we could, and he'll embrace us with his love. I love my family for preparing me for this mission. I love ya ll for supporting me, and those of ya ll who have written me so far. I've felt God's love so much in my life and I'm here to give other's the chance to understand it in it's full potential.

Elder Pearson