Taco Bell Mayhem
People who target 18-20 year old kids with no education or training on apologetics really are something...
2 weeks ago
Nobody Cares about Kolob
The highlight of the last three weeks was Elder Bednar's tour of the California San Diego mission. He traveled all the way from Salt Lake City to tell us what's what...
4 weeks ago
Interrogated by SLC
So, I wrote a little letter to SLC (it sat in my drafts for like six weeks) explaining how I reverse engineered their systems to automatically pull data from their servers. But guess what? They weren't angry!
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A New Hope? No, Revenge of the Bees! The Bees Strike Back!
As we were standing there, a CLOUD OF BEES appeared out of nowhere. Our friend suddenly tells us to walk slowly over to our car...
2 months ago
One Hundred Invite Griddy
while doing visits in the late afternoon yesterday, we ran into some coyotes. There's actually quite a few coyotes here in the suburbs of San Diego.
3 months ago
White Shirt + Mud = Happy Mom :)
Why was he shoveling mud out of the bottom of his big gutter? Not sure, but he expressed that he had to get it out. I looked at my companion, and then over at the shovels and we knew what we had to do.
3 months ago
POV: walking half a mile to find parking
I guess people didn't understand that she was only looking for a few people to come to the service (hence the poll), and that she didn't ask the ENTIRE ZONE to come by.
3 months ago
Worst Navigator Ever
You know those weeks where you break your bike? Ya, me neither, I drive a car. But before the mission I rode my bike all around. Sometimes, the chain on said bike slips off the gears and all the sudden pedaling becomes a lot easier.
3 months ago
Faith is not a Seed
This week, I got to read through my favorite book in the Book of Mormon: Alma 32
4 months ago
Utah Power Outage
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...
5 months ago
Ammon Week
That day, there was a deaf expo. The ASL missionaries have been going to these since time began, but the ASL missionaries were up in Riverside last weekend. That left it up to Elder W and I to make sure all the deaf children of God were contacted...
5 months ago
If the APs can do it, so can I
Last night, tragedy struck. We did another one of them 'talk church' podcasts with the SMSLs and Elder M...
5 months ago
Evil Ether King
As part of his speech, he wanted all the youth to pull up a little thing on their phone that has uplifting messages or things to share with their friends. He asked our social media leaders to make something...
6 months ago
Thus On To Eternal Perfection
Sunday night we had our Why I Believe devotional. I helped run the broadcast and video, and it did really well! It may not have helped the La Mesa area directly, but I've heard
7 months ago
Bean Flour (100% legit, not click bait)
Speaking of food, Tham always brings some of her Vietnamese cooking to church. The number one rule of eating foreign food is never ask what's in it until after you eat it.
9 months ago
Stopped Rain
This week was Stake Conference, and I had the opportunity to interpret. After the meeting, many of the members from PB came up and asked if I remembered them.
9 months ago
The Legend of the Yellow Shirt
Problem number two is flooding. There hasn't been rain like this in living memory in San Diego, so nobody was prepared for how much water we'd get.
9 months ago
Soggy Outside
Good morning, internet! Today is January 22nd, and it's very soggy outside. For real, it's been raining non-stop for the past two days!
10 months ago
Why I Believe
In preparation for this event, I was asked to write two pieces of software: a QR code 'generator' and a website to find the nearest church.
10 months ago
Why I Believe Prep
On Friday, we drove all the way up to Del Mar. We measured out cable lengths in their building so we can prepare for the Why I Believe devotional we have once a quarter
10 months ago
Happy Christmas from San Diego
Hello everyone! Happy Christmas from the land of 70 degree whether! Quick rundown so you can get back to Christmas stuff with your family.
11 months ago
Here we go again, not on my own
We have spent the last few weeks figuring out the technical aspects of doing an outdoor stream like this, and had some fancy parts ordered from Amazon
11 months ago
Silly Little Hats
I got some good practice being a Dad this week, we put up Christmas lights for one of the deaf couples in our branch.
11 months ago
Turkey != Gratitude
Thanksgiving was a blast! I talked to Crystal for about two hours in ASL, which made my brain hurt after that.
11 months ago
Today's Burning Bushes
That's pretty crazy, but what's more crazy is that the bush speaks the word of God! Absolutely wild experience. But this bush didn't bring pleasantries
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Busting out the Christmas Tie
Now before you start protesting that it's only November, I'll remind you that Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is a fake holiday. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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How would you describe yourself? Busy
We had transfers on Friday; I'm still in ASL with a missionary who is now learning ASL and we are the SMSLs for the mission now (social media specialist leader)
Last year
Late email again...
So on Saturday we left the mission. Now hold you horses, no need to get all up in arms! We had permission. We left around 10am, drove up the i5 and escaped the boundaries
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Escaping the Mission Home
Presi Merritt comes up to us and tells us there's two sisters quarantined with COVID in our new apartment and that we couldn't move in until they got out of quarantine.
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Unstable Infusion
Yesterday we had a deaf baptism, which was absolutely wonderful. For those of you who haven't seen one before, the person baptizing says the ordinance in ASL
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Scary Rain
We'll address the big news first: Hurricane Hillary. It was supposed to be big and change the landscape of San Diego as we know it.
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A Little Faith, Trust, and more Faith
He's the deaf missionary who trained me 6 months ago, so we're gonna have round two. It's interesting since I'm the senior comp this transfer
Last year
Missionary Hacks and Tips
So the last week I saw a video on the best Facebook group, Missionary Hacks and Tips. This group is filled with social interaction deprived young adults, so
Last year
Hybrid Demons
While Elder Deo and I were visiting this one lady in the labyrinth apartment complex, we ran into the same cat
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The Most Holy of Lessons
We said sure, and he sent us the address to the temple...
Last year
Finding Kolob: Week 17
On Saturday, I finally received a laptop so I don't have to write code off of my poor cell phone. It ain't great and compiles pretty slow, but it'll do the job.
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Temple Morning
I spent this morning in the temple, which is why this letter is hitting y'all late. Absolutely amazing experience like always, I cannot stress how true the church is.
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5/16/23
Yes, I'm sad. No, I'm not going home for it. Yes, I have mega fomo. No, you may not send me spoilers or you will be blocked faster than
Last year
We Are Ice Cream
This was just a testimony to me that God does provide for his servants, sometimes in the form of pizza. We ordered a buffalo and ranch chicken pizza
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Talk One
On Sunday I got to give a talk in church. Don't worry, it wasn't as cringe as my farewell talk back in Utah. Maybe by the time I get home
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RIP the Temple
One cool application of this story comes from a miracle. We were on our way to Kate Sessions park for a little study, but my comp forgot the turn.
Last year
Building the Kingdom, One Dog at a Time
On Wednesday we had the opportunity to eat lunch with my comp's family. We went to a local burrito place, which seem to be the hip thing here in San Diego.
Last year
Rizz Achieved
Yesterday I had the opportunity to do an exchange with Elder R. He's serving in SD1, which is the heart of downtown. Boy what a crazy area
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Burning Down the Mission, one Apartment at a Time
I'm gonna miss Lakeside, the people are the best. The next companionship there has a lot of great work set up and ready for the taking.
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Hello Border
On Saturday we helped a member family in our ward moving some logs. We were towing them with his truck then rolling them into place.
Last year
That Door is my Spirit Animal
Tuesday morning I got up way too early, headed off with suitcases in hand and boarded the public transportation to take me up to the airport.
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