Talmage Mission

Good Morning! As anyone with a Facebook account can see, I'm now in the mission field! My first area is Mt. Pleasant, which includes Fairview and Indianola and whatever other small towns are between here and Indianola. This is the furthest point North in the mission, and Indianola is reportedly the coldest part of Utah. I think it was a mistake to tell my Mission President I wanted to go to Ephraim (which is right below me) eventually. But I'm super excited, because it's not even that cold yet! For reference, following an amazing final Sunday at the MTC, my entire district just ditches out on Elder Collier and I before we even are supposed to be awake. So we spent Monday and Tuesday fighting depression and 'not wasting time'. Which just means we found out how bad we are at ping pong, and how to hijack a TV and CD player to play one of the CD's I brought. I know, super convenient. Also, I ran into Elder Ethan Trowbridge, my family may know him. That was pretty co...

Enjoy! Sister Pearson Mission Secretary

Good Morning! Sunday is indeed a very good day spiritually. I learned a lot from the different workshops and meetings we had, as well as had the opportunity to sing in the choir. The real performance was Tuesday, but the choir director himself tells some amazing stories. Seriously, they're awesome. I'd put them here, but I could never do them justice. However, the overall lesson learned is that the gospel is remarkably simple in nature. God isn't here to over-complicate our lives. He's here to help us through it step by step.  As many of you know, we are in allergy season across the nation. I did bring allergy pills with me, but they're located inside a drawer I actually have to open . . . so after missing maybe two days I was stuffy and congested and have been for most of this week. I finally relented and purchased Mucinex from the MTC store, so that has been in effect since about Wednesday. Looks like I won't have another attack of bronchitis! And a side bonus...

Good Morning! I'm not dead yet, which I consider to be an amazing accomplishment. The planes didn't fall apart, and in fact were early for both airports. My luggage did indeed transfer from my DFW flight to my Salt Lake flight, and I have been successfully shuttled over to the MTC.  Fun story about the shuttle, this dude is driving, and he's a pretty cool guy. I was in the back with Sisters and Elders I don't really know, but we're driving down the highway and the cars in front start braking. Well, he finally hits the brakes and we almost rear-end some car, but three cars further and someone actually HAD rear-ended someone. So, we almost made that accident worse. Then we took a wrong turn when entering the MTC grounds and almost took out a telephone pole and a rock in quick succession just turning around. Long story short, I'm still not dead by this point.  Now that I survived the long and arduous journey, I can actually enjoy my MTC experience, and it's bee...

Good Morning! As you can probably tell, this email is coming out on Saturday, not Monday. Apparently when you're in the MTC you get a random day during the week to be your Preparation Day so that everyone isn't on break at the same time. Mine just so happens to be Saturday. It'll probably be Monday in the field, though. First order of business, I am not unique. Over the course of my zoom lessons so far, I have found 8 other Elders, besides my companion and I, who are going to St. George at the same time as me. That makes 10 of us! Do they really need all of us? That's the real question. I suppose I'll find out when I get to St. George, in like 2.5 weeks. It's a standard when someone goes on their mission that the weeks will fly by, but the days will be long. Well, this first week wasn't really moving until I looked at my calendar and realized it was already Friday. So, I'm honestly surprised that this first week is already almost over. I'm flying out...