Facebook, smartphones, and exercise

The Jaredite nation, we read in Ether 1:43, "And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee, a great nation. And there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth. And thus I will do unto thee because this long time ye have cried unto me." Sorry USA, not quite the best ever.  

In light of recent events why do bad things happen to people like natural disasters?

Zone conference was all about prepping us to use technology, and how we need to remember that we are here to help others come unto Christ. It is very interesting having that access to the world. A bit freaky. But after that we have our smartphone, it is a samsung so i am used to the operating system which is super nice, Elder M keeps double tapping the home button to try to change screens but instead it takes him to the camera. But it is super nice to have a smartphone, we can send and see pictures, we have access to Wi-Fi when we are out and about. All sorts of good things, and more to come as we learn how to use it better.

During the break we played knockout with everyone in the three zones, Fontana, Rialto, and San B. My claim to fame is I got out Elder O, ome of the AP's [one of the leaders] and than my good buddy Elder Y dropped a three on my head. I also saw Elder B again [first companion] because he is out in Fontana.

We also biked two days this week, and I learned four things from that. One, seat height makes a big difference, two tire pressure also makes a big difference, three where your bag is on your back makes a big difference, and four don't skip leg day. Needless to say I had done all of these things wrong so the first day was a bit problematic, but I learned and improved and so the second day was much easier.

 I also had a bit of a thought while studying one morning, lights aren't as useful when it is light out, they are much more helpful when it is dark, same with our light, is easy to live the gospel around others with that light when, but how about when you are surrounded by spiritually dark people. 

The area is going great, we have some really cool people we have met and we are guiding along and it is awesome to see them change, and also working with the less active is always fun because they are all personally at different places, some just work Sundays, some don't feel like they need to attend church, and other various reasons. Helping people is such a great experience and I feel so good when I help people, we helped a less active lady load up a trailer because she had thrown out her shoulder. She was so nice.

 Also the members are so great, we stopped by this Filipino family to drop a Tagalog Book of Mormon for the grandfather living with them, and the wife opens the door let's us in and asks us, "would you like some wantons?" And everyone offers us water, which is a blessing let me tell you. Sadly San Bernardino is dying since the airbase was moved out and lots of people are moving out.

On Friday it was cold, it was 67 windy and sprinkling, we were shivering because we were meeting outside with a cool lady, she lives at a Mini Pinscher farm, I think that's how you spell it. They also have three goats. And we were chatting with her and she is so nice, and we got to help her move stuff around because she can't move like she used to. I will be overqualified to be a mover by the time I get back from my mission.

So we ate ate pacos taco, and I learned that the difference between carne asada burrito and a California burrito, is they put French fires in it. Who knew?

So we were eating at Denny's and a trucker sits down at the table across from us and he says GOOD MORNING! But then we had a conversation and he was actually married to a Mormon, and so we had a chat about the Book of Mormon and we invited him to pray to know that it is true.

We also heard about the new missionary questions, they were intresting and really actually very good, I agreed with them all and saw the reasons for them. Isn't it great we have prophets that can receive revelation.

-Elder Bearman

Good morning at seven o'clock

I knocked out the AP in knockout

God loves all his children