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One day I was working down in southern Utah County. It’s kind of interesting that I was pulled down that way late at night because I started my day attending the Payson Temple with President and Sister Gilbert! They’re doing awesome and they love serving in that beautiful temple. Anyway, later that night I foundContinue reading “She once was lost but now she’s found”

The day before Thanksgiving I was in Provo picking up a few rides. On that day, you never know where your rides are going to come from or go. The normal patterns are all disrupted and so it’s kind of potluck. I’d hoped to stay down in Utah County because I didn’t want to getContinue reading “Father, please bless our son. He is in trouble and needs help”

One night I was out driving and I picked up a young man in Vineyard . He was heading out to do some work. He was an apprentice at a job and he was looking to have an opportunity with this company. I asked him if he lived here all of his life and heContinue reading “The Book of Mormon brings a happy place to you”

One afternoon I was in Salt Lake up by the University of Utah. I had to pick up a girl and take her up above the capital to a home on the top of the mountain. She had long red hair and was very friendly. She got in the car and we started talking aboutContinue reading “Just when she had it all figured out…the spirit decided to weigh in”

On Halloween night Heather and I were going to a volleyball game. I had decided that I could take a couple of rides around Provo. It was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and I was picking up rides in Provo. I took a ride, finished it and then got another ride. It was toContinue reading “God will move heaven, earth, and traffic for you when you obey”

One night I picked up a guy at the airport in Provo. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to that airport but it’s really slick and easy. We started to drive and he talked about how his company usually had him fly out of Salt Lake but he really had enjoyed the Provo Airport.Continue reading “Change your airport, change your life”

One night I decided to just go out and drive a little bit around Utah Valley. I came home early and decided not to go back to Salt Lake and was just trying to make a little extra money without burning a lot of gas. I got a little ride from Provo up to OremContinue reading “He will always leave the light on”

I picked up a girl in Park City with a very different name. I’ve never seen that name before in my life and I was interested about its origins. We were heading down into Salt Lake City, so I knew that I had time to learn all about it. She got in the car andContinue reading “A blooming flower in just one hour”

One day I was in Provo and I got a ride down at the health department on South University. When I pulled up, I picked up a young lady. She had just come from a doctor’s visit because she was pregnant! I was excited for her and we talked for a minute about what herContinue reading “Listen to the words of Christ, your Redeemer-or Hey preacher, leave those kids alone”

On Monday, I was working up in Salt Lake. Mondays can be hit or miss so while it’s going good you want to make hay. I worked hard during the day and it got to be evening time and it slowed way down. In a 1/2 hour time I only had one ride and IContinue reading “This story is long but so is the trip to Logan.”

I picked up a young man on ninth south just east of State Street by the Chip chocolate chip cookies store. Against my better judgment I did not stop and have any. He got in the car and he talked about how he was taking Uber because his car broke down and he was downtownContinue reading “Not done with your mission just yet elder”

One night Heather and I had gone to the BYU volleyball game and I went out to work after the game. I had quit working about 4 o’clock so that we could make it to the ball game. It went five sets so it was late when I started working again. I was going toContinue reading “She deserved a break that day”

.One night during the winter it was pretty snowy and I was on one of those runs where they don’t allow you to reject a ride or you forfeit the bonus. I was down in Sandy and I got a ride at the mouth of big Cottonwood Canyon where the buses drop off the skiers.Continue reading “How do we get going on this”

One Monday morning, I was starting my drive earlier than normal in Salt Lake. That’s a mixed bag because you never know how long it’s going to take for you to get a ride. You like to be able to get 3 to 5 rides per hour and sometimes in the morning it doesn’t workContinue reading “How do you cure the world’s biggest hangover?”

One day I picked up a guy up at the University of Utah engineering building. I pulled through the parking lot and saw him standing there. He was a well-dressed man in a nice suit. He was from India and had been lecturing or giving a presentation that day. He got in the car andContinue reading “We believe that too”

One day I was staying down in Provo to work in the morning. I had just been to the dermatologist so I was feeling a little burnt and abused. I was staying in Provo because I was going to pick up some friends and take them to the airport at 1:30 so it didn’t makeContinue reading “Don’t Worry about the Tire Inflation Indicator, God’s Got This”

Normally when I go to Salt Lake I don’t turn on the app in Utah county. If you turn on the app in Utah County you get sent to Saratoga Springs or worse, Santaquin! You never get to Salt Lake. You drive 20 minutes between rides to make four dollars. It’s a desperate and depressingContinue reading “A father’s work relies on a brother’s love”

 I was picking up a rider up in Holiday and was taking him down by 72nd south west of the freeway. As I pulled up I saw a short man with a hair that was four different colors in stripes. He had some piercings and tattoos.  I received the impression that I was supposed toContinue reading “Gold at the end of the rainbow”

One afternoon I was working in Provo. I’d had a couple rides and got another one over near where we used to live when our daughter was born. I pulled up and I waited for what seemed to be an eternity. I was ready to leave because we only have to wait seven minutes andContinue reading “She’s got friends in high places”

One day I was driving in downtown Salt Lake and I picked up a young lady at the corner of State Street and sixth south at the apartment building right across the street from Little America hotel. She got in the car and spoke English to me but it was very broken English. When IContinue reading “She is in good hands”

One day I was downtown and I got a ride out in Rose Park. It was kind of right in the middle of Rose Park and when I turned the corner, I found the building where I was to pick up my ride to be an old LDS Chapel. The chapel was built in 1902Continue reading “Soon he’ll have this tale to tell, all is well all is well”

.One day I picked up a lady at a hotel in downtown Salt Lake. She was headed for Ross Dress for Less. I asked her, I suppose you’re trying to dress for less? I always tell people that as a dad and a grandpa I am qualified to tell dad jokes. Much to my chagrinContinue reading “This book will teach her so much more than English”

One day I got a ride to the hotels just west of the airport. I don’t like those rides and usually when I finish one of them i get back in town really quick. Nothing good can happen out there. The only thing that can happen out there is you get a ride to TooleContinue reading “Sometimes when you shut it down, you need a spiritual jumpstart to get moving again”

One morning I picked up a lady from Primary Children’s Hospital. I was driving downtown trying to get a lot of rides. They put out a promotion were if I got 70 rides in a week I would get almost a $400 bonus. I was looking for quick rides and was staying in the northeastContinue reading “Changing hearts”

One afternoon I was in downtown Salt Lake and I picked up a man on State Street by Temple Square. He was headed to the airport and he had no luggage. Apparently, he was on a layover and had decided that during this time, he would run into town. He didn’t have any luggage becauseContinue reading “When the spirit of Elijah calls your play, don’t drop the ball”

One Friday I had just started work. I got up into Salt Lake on the east side by the avenues so that I would be sure and get short rides. On Friday, you sure don’t want to be out on the freeways. As I drove down the road, I got an opportunity for a ride.Continue reading “We will begin today’s meeting by singing hymn number 27 in the Tongan hymn book”

Have you ever gone way west on California Avenue in Salt Lake? I got a notification to pick up a ride at 4400 W. off of California Avenue. That is a long way out there and I felt that I should go because it was a little slow and it was a comfort ride soContinue reading “Authorized drivers only! This car requires special keys.”

One day I was driving in Orem. As I’ve mentioned before I don’t drive in Orem very often but I was going to spend the morning there so that Heather and I could have lunch together. I got a ride to pick up a lady at the bank right by La Briioche Argentina bakery. IContinue reading “Never judge a book by its tattoos”

One day I picked up a young man and his dad. The young man was a student at the University of Utah and his dad was there with him. I was taking them from his apartment to a storage unit. It was the end of the semester, right then there’s a lot of changing goingContinue reading “Sometimes your mom gives amazing advice, listen to her”

I picked up a guy at the University of Utah hospital who was in a wheelchair. Wheelchairs are dicey because you have to worry about how to fit them in your car or if they will even fit in your car. These rides are kind of a pain and a lot of times they putContinue reading “Get in the game”

One afternoon it was pretty slow and so I was a little bit more open to getting a ride that was outside of downtown. I got a ride up at the University of Utah Hospital going out to Magna. I figured I could do that if I turned off and went directly back into townContinue reading “An open house for an open heart”

The other night I picked up a ride at the Mavrick Center after a concert. It took me a while to get in to the ride after three different police officers gave me four different suggestions on how to get to the spot I needed to get to. Sometimes it’s confusing and quite frustrating. IContinue reading “How oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens”

One day I got a ride up at Primary Children’s Hospital. The nurse came out with a mother, about a two-year-old daughter, and probably 12 bags of food. These were plastic grocery bags and she filled the whole back of my car with them. We put her daughter in the car and then put theContinue reading “Down deep she already believed”

One day I picked up a girl from work and was taking her to her home. On the way we talked about the church and I gave her a Book of Mormon. I didn’t feel like I could ask for personal information so I didn’t but I immediately started making a plan to find theContinue reading “Apartment 54 may or may not like it, but I’m back”

I was up by the mountain east of I-215 one day and I got a call to pick up a man. He came out of the house and got in the car and we started talking. He was an actor in town filming a movie about the aftermath of a school shooting. He had beenContinue reading “You CAN take it with you”

I picked up a kid in Midvale and was taking him out to Magna. He got in the car and we started talking about what he did for a living. He was a barber. He told me he really liked his job but that his life had been pretty troubled lately.He said that he hadContinue reading “This changes everything.”

I picked up a man headed home from his friend’s house. He lived in Rose Park and was of African descent. I normally would not indicate that because it doesn’t matter except for in his story it does. This part of Rose Park is a rough area and he seemed to be a bit roughContinue reading “We have all been a little roughed up”

One Friday night Heather and I had just got done with the volleyball game and we’re hanging around at home for a while. It was late and I needed to go out to work. I thought about just staying down in the Provo area and even turned left instead of right coming out of ourContinue reading “The wise man built his house upon the rock”

One night at 2 AM I was downtown knocking out rides when the app pulled me out to the airport to pick up a man. I needed to take him 55 minutes south. It was a Thursday night because it was busy. I wanted to stay downtown longer but rather than fight it I justContinue reading “Ere he left the car that evening, we did not forget to pray”

I picked up a lady in Deer Valley who was heading into Park City. I love these runs! It’s like eight minutes and you make $10. When she got in she added a stop. She was going to the airport. My heart sank. That $10 ride became $23 and an hour and a half commitment.Continue reading “My heart is full”

One afternoon I was working in Park City and trying to play my schedule correctly because I wanted to be back in Provo by about 5:30. We have a filter that we can set that keeps us in an area and I had it set for Park City so I could stay there. Around 3Continue reading “We can’t be sheepish when we are gathering his sheep”

One night I went out late in Provo. I just got back from the BYU basketball game with my wife. Cougars won! I dropped her off and then I went out to work. I had just had a skin cancer removed from my lower eyelid that day and so my wife had thought that IContinue reading “Jesus loves the little children”

One weekend my grandchildren were in town and we had a lot of fun. On Monday we had gone around playing and I hadn’t worked. I felt like I would just let it go because I had to go to the doctor first thing Tuesday morning. I didn’t think that as late as it wasContinue reading “It’s always fun when grandpa comes”

One night in 2022 I picked up a lady going to Layton. I hate going to Layton! Nothing against Layton but you drive up there and then you drive back empty. It’s no way to make money! She got in the car and seemed happy enough so I decided it would at least be aContinue reading “The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings and she isn’t even warming up yet”

One day I was getting ready to go out to work thinking about where to start. I always either go to Salt Lake City or Park City so I was trying to decide which one of those to go to. Lately It’s been Park City a lot because they pay more money per ride. SecondContinue reading “This is the right place”

One of the most difficult times of the year is the Sundance film festival. The problem with the Sundance film festival is that the people who attend that festival don’t believe in God. To me the vast majority of people there feel like they bring a negative spirit to the car. They don’t believe inContinue reading “It’s so much more than just a bad musical, it’s a roadmap home”

One day I picked up a kid in North Salt Lake in some pretty rundown apartments and I was taking him to West Valley City. He was pretty gangster looking with an oversized basketball jersey, an earring, dew rag, tatted up a bit, all the stuff! He got in the car and I said, hey,Continue reading “For thus is the kingdom of Heaven”

Friday night I was stuck in the snow on a mountain in park city. I laughed and thought about how I used to call my dad when I had problems. He always helped and did everything in his power to help me. “How can I help” was what he always said. I think that thisContinue reading “Our father to the rescue….. if we will ask”

One night I was done working in Park City and I decided to go work in Salt Lake. I got three rides. The first two took me from downtown to like 70th south and Taylorsville. I was hoping to get downtown and pick up a lot of little rides, so I went back downtown again.Continue reading “His most important investigator ever”

I asked him what buildings he did and he said that he had been working on temples and had done one of the temples in Southern Utah. He said that his father worked on the Orem temple. Just as he said that we were driving by the Orem Temple so we talked about what aContinue reading “If at first you don’t succeed, he will send you back again”