March 2, 2010

Elders Pearson and Evensen and I don't know

This week has been fun, not too much to report on. The work is continuing to go well. We picked up 3 more investigators who want to learn more. It's awesome to teach people.

Yesterday Elder Evensen and I were riding around and some guy yelled at us. We turned around to talk to him. After we introduced ourselves, he just stood there and stared at us. Then he told us to keep our helmets on. It was so funny to talk to him, crazier than any Ogdenite I've talked to so far. He told us that he has his own world. And in our world we're men but in his we're girls. And he'd get right in our face, in my bubble, and just mouth stuff. He then he told us we had nice suits, then went back to being mean and asked if we thought we were better than him. He told us it was because of him that we have helmets and can do whatever we do. He said a lot more but some I didn't understand or really wanna bring up. All in all it was the funniest and scariest few minutes of my mission.

Right after that we went to check on someone who is going to invite someone to meet with us. We were in their home talking when I suddenly hear "Are you Ryan Pearson?" Ashley Carleton, who lived in my ward a long time ago was there. She married the son of the people we were talking to. It was crazy to see her, in a Cy-Creek shirt which really was weird... I've been in Utah a long while now.

On a spiritual note, I wanna share a scripture I love about the Atonement. We always think of Christ suffering for our sins. But he did so much more for us. Alma 7:11-13 says " And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and sicknesses of his people. And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities. Now the spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me." The atonement does so much more for us. Christ went through exactly what we go through, and knows exactly how to help us. There's always someone who we can relate to and loves us. Loves us so much he engraved us on his palms.