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I left to go to Salt Lake City one afternoon and I almost made it! There were lots of bonuses in Salt Lake and I was after them. I was in Lehi going over the point of the mountain when I got a seven dollar bonus. I had to go onto the frontage road toContinue reading “One door closes and sometimes that’s a good thing”

One Saturday night I was driving in Salt Lake. A lot of times Saturday nights are wasted, driving drunk people just gets you nowhere. You don’t even get good tips because they are too drunk to remember but it is kind of needed to make sure everyone gets home and no one gets killed onContinue reading “Genealogy theyll be doing it, their genealogy.”

One night it was late and I thought about going home. It was a holiday week and I knew I was going to miss one day of work that week. I knew that I had to make extra money because of the day I was going to miss. It was 2:30 in the morning andContinue reading “Cleaning up after others, it’s what we need to do.”

I picked up a guy that worked in a mall in the south central part of the valley. I was taking him first to his apartment and then to another place, I didn’t know where. I talked about where he worked and he said he really liked it. He worked in the clothing store andContinue reading “He is just a copy cat and a knock off artist”

Sometimes Fridays and Saturday nights can be difficult . It feels like all you do is shuttle drunk people but part of the reason you do it is because you shuttle drunk people. If they’re in your car they’re not killing other people or themselves. I have a lot of people say you’re Mormon aren’tContinue reading “The prodigal daughter”

I met this young lady on a snow day. It was the day after the biggest snowstorm we’ve had in Utah in a long time and I was out driving and making good money. I got a ride to go to the airport and I put my setting on end request because I wanted toContinue reading “The frozen chosen”

I’d been out in West Jordan and West Valley City working much of the night on a Saturday night finishing off a Streak Bonus. I was excited to get back into town. Saturday night there are big bonuses in town and I was going to get some of them. I got into town and IContinue reading “Brothers are best”

I was in Bountiful dropping a couple off and planned to go back to the airport to get more people because they had bonuses there. Then I got a ride downtown at the Smart Home Arena where the Jazz play. I pulled up and there was a lady with pink hair waiting for me. SheContinue reading “She didn’t need him anyway, she needs God!”

I was downtown where there are lots of rides working a bonus streak. I needed to roll up as many numbers as I could in a short period of time. This means short rides really close together and that means more money! I was doing really well and then from downtown I got a callContinue reading “When ALL else seems hopeless god will send his love”

I picked up this lady at the Marriott downtown in Salt Lake City. She was heading to the airport and we put her huge suitcase in the back of my vehicle. We started down the road and I asked her where she was from. She said she was born in india but lived in AustinContinue reading “If you chance to meet a frown do not let it stay, bring the spirit in the car and chase that frown away!”

I was in down town Salt Lake and was supposed to go pick up a guy and take him 15 minutes north, probably to Woods Cross or near there. I didn’t feel right about it and I didn’t want to do it so I went into Smith’s to go shopping. When you go shopping orContinue reading “Well, are you going to say it or what?”

I got a pickup in South Salt lake to take a guy to the airport. He was a clean-cut guy and just seemed to be happy. I knew from the start we would be talking about the gospel. We only had from 13th south to the airport so I had to get right on it.Continue reading “Don’t forget that the boss is watching”

I picked up a young lady at the Marriott library on the University of Utah campus. I had to wait for a long time but finally she came running out she got in the car. She asked me what I did for a living. I told her that right now I was driving car butContinue reading “Chose ye this day”

One night I picked up a guy from an airport hotel, he was from Lake Tahoe and was going to get an x-ray. Before I knew where we were going I could tell that he was troubled and sad and he was worried. I could tell this by the spirit. I told him that IContinue reading “Sweet hour of prayer”

One fast Sunday, Saturday night late I picked up a guy on the east bench going out to 80th west by Magna. We started talking and I felt to ask him about the church. I didn’t know how to bring it up so I asked him if he spoke Spanish and when he said noContinue reading “Alone no more”

I picked up this young man from the airport. He was going to north Ogden so we were in for a ride. As we started I felt that we might possibly be talking about the church but doubts started creeping in. We talked about some people that were yelling in Spanish at him in theContinue reading “Grandma has her say”

I got a call to take three people to Lehi at 2:45 on a Saturday morning. We got going and I found that these guys were having fun and they decided that they wanted to go over and play at a friends house in Sugarhouse instead. This was great with me because going to LehiContinue reading “He is the shepherd and he always knows just where to find them”

I got a call to pick up a woman in Cottonwood Heights. When I was coming up on the address the road was really screwy on the map and I didn’t know where I would be ending up. I looked up and the road was coming at the bottom of the hill. Looking up IContinue reading “In times of trouble, listen to your heart”

I picked up this man at his hotel by the airport. He just finished work and was getting ready to go into town to relax and get out of his hotel room. It was a Thursday and I had been hoping to get a bonus from the airport but was taken out to the hotelsContinue reading “Angels in the backseat”

I picked up this guy at the 7-Eleven on ninth south and second east. He was covered in tattoos and had at least three piercings in each ear. He had been waiting for someone to meet him there but they didn’t show up. I asked him who he was waiting for. He told me aContinue reading “Looking for love in all the wrong places.”

I picked this young lady up at the airport and she’d had a very stressful day. Because of weather her flight from back east had been delayed and she almost didn’t make her connection. She barely got on the flight to Salt Lake City and then it was very turbulent. She wasn’t feeling very goodContinue reading “He calms turbulence too!”

This young lady came in from Sacramento and I picked her up at the airport. She had been there to prepare for her brothers wedding. She had introduced her brother to his wife and the responsibility was weighing heavily on her shoulders. You could tell she loved her family but I started feeling about howContinue reading “Abraham has other children and they’re all Gods children”

I picked up a girl at a rave on a Friday night. She came out of the party dressed very immodestly jumped in the car and started to cry. I said are you doing OK? She said I guess we could go with that I’m doing OK. I could see she was being tormented byContinue reading “A fathers prayer of faith”

I stopped at the apartments just off 1600 S. in Orem to pick up a lady. When she got in the car she seemed stressed and sad. I asked her where we were going and she said we were going to get her boy friend out of jail. Well, that was a first! Apparently heContinue reading “I love it when his plan comes together”

I was driving down the road and I picked up this young lady at the mechanic shop. She was there selling her car because she is going to go back to Peru. When I picked her up and started to talk to her I could tell that she had questions and I could tell thatContinue reading “My God is a God of miracles”

One night this blonde girl in her 20s got in my car after having been with some of her friends in a bar downtown. She had been drinking but she wasn’t drunk. She was going from that bar to another party not far from East high school. I asked her where she was from. IContinue reading “Perfect love for the win!”

I picked up a family at the airport in Salt Lake City. They were going to Pleasant Grove. He was a mechanic and she was an office assistant and was pregnant with her second child and his first. The star of the car however was the little blond 8 year old girl. The little girlContinue reading “And a child will lead them”

Yo subí una familia en el aeropuerto de Salt Lake City y estuvieron yendo a pleasant grove. El era mecánico por autos y ella era asistente en una oficina pero estaba embarazada con su segundo hijo, eres el primer para su esposo. Sin embargo la estrella de la noche en el auto era una niñaContinue reading “Y un niño será su líder”

I picked up this young man about one in the morning. He was leaving a girls house and I was taking him to his house. It was about a 15 minute drive so we had a little bit of time. We started talking about the girl that he had been with and he mentioned howContinue reading “The Spirits in prison”

Yo recibí una llamada para buscar un joven un día más o menos a la 1:00 de la mañana. Él estaba saliendo de la casa de una chica y yo estaba llevándolo a su casa. era más o menos un el viaje de 15 minutos pues teníamos un poquito de tiempo. Empezamos hablando de laContinue reading “Se encuentra el Espíritu en el cárcel”

One night I was heading home. It was late and I had been having a good day so I felt like I could go. I started to drive out of downtown to the west on 4th south when I got a call. It was to a restaurant worker over on the east side on HighlandContinue reading “Broken mirrors are confusing”

Un jueves en la noche, yo estaba yendo a casa. Yo voy a tenido éxito ese día y sentí que ya se acaba mi trabajo. Yo empecé manejar fuera del centro al oeste cuando recibí otra llamada para llevar gente. me llevo hasta un restaurante en el lado este del valle sobre la avenida HighlandContinue reading “Espejos quebrados nos dejen confundidos”

One night I was going along after the bars closed and I received a call to pick up a couple of people at a notorious bar downtown. As I approached this bar, which is normally bustling with activity, I saw two Polynesians, a man and a woman sitting on the step of the establishment. ToContinue reading “Just when you thought those dang kids weren’t paying attention”

Uno dia yo estaba andando cerca a los clubes después que habían cerrado para buscar una pareja de un club que es muy conocido en el centro. Mientras que acercaba el club que normalmente estaba lleno de gente yo vi dos polinesianos, Un hombre y una mujer sentados enfrente del club. A mí parecían totalmenteContinue reading “Justo cuando pensaste que tus hijos no estuvieron prestando ningun atención”

One day I was driving in Orem and there was a family, a mother and daughter, that I picked up at the top of the Grandview hill. They were going to the county health center which is a dicey situation in the age of Covid. I have giving rides to 5000 people since August andContinue reading “A spiritual health appointment”

Un día yo estaba manejando en hora y había una familia, una madre y su hija. Yo los subí encima del cerro Grandview. Estuvieron yendo al centro de salud para el condado y este viene con problemas en es este tiempo de COVID. Yo he llevado 5000 personas desde hace un año y estoy seguroContinue reading “Una cita para salud espiritual”

One night I was out at 86th S. and the old Bingham Highway. I was finishing up what I thought was my last ride taking me towards home at 3:20 in the morning. As I swiped it off I heard a new ride come in. That ride was in Salt Lake City at the MavrickContinue reading “He who fell among thieves”

Yo estaba fuera del centro 8600 sur y el viejo autopista de bingham. Yo estaba terminando lo que pensaba sería el último llevando mi sur llegando a casa a las 3:20 más o menos. Mientras que tocaba el teléfono para terminar el día yo escuché que me ofrecieron otra oportunidad. Esa personaSe encontraba en 400Continue reading “El que cayó entre ladrones”

One Saturday I was driving in Salt Lake and I picked up a young man of Tongan decent. Realizing that he was Polynesian and being told he was Tongan I went straight into my linguistics bag of tricks and pulled out every Tongan word I know, malo aleile. He said wow! I am impressed. DoContinue reading “If you’re name is Moroni, have I got a book for you!!!”

Un sábado yo estaba manejando en Salt Lake y busqué un hombre joven que era de descendencia tongano. Dándome cuenta que era Polinesio habiendo dicho que era tongano yo fui directo al mis palabras lingüísticas. Usando las únicas palabras de tongano que conozco, malo aleile. El quedó un poco asombrado y me pidió si hablaraContinue reading “Si tu nombre es Maroni yo tengo un libro para vos”

I picked up a young man one night that was going on a beer run. He needed me to drive because he had already been drinking therefore the trip would cost him $15. Adding that $15 to the already expensive beer I made the observation that it was very expensive beer. We laughed, went toContinue reading “He didn’t want that beer anyway”

Un día fui para recoger un joven que estaba yendo para comprar cerveza. El necesitaba que manejara yo porque ya había estado tomando pues el viaje le costaría 15 $ añadiendo eso a 15 $ más para las cerveza. Yo hice la observación que llegaría a ser cerveza es muy caros. Nos reímos de estoContinue reading “Al final no quería la cerveza”

One night I went to the Primary Children’s Hospital to pick up a lady who was getting off work. There’s a lot of construction going on up there right now and it’s hard to get in there and it’s even harder to get out. Sometimes you feel like you’re a minnow in the trap. WhenContinue reading “You take care of your mom and she will take care of you”

Una noche yo fui al hospital de los niños de primaria para recoger una mujer que estaba saliendo de su trabajo. Había mucho en construcción y era muy difícil llegar hasta ahí y aún más difícil salir. A veces siento como si estoy dentro de una laberinto y no se encuentre salida. Cuando ella llegóContinue reading “Si cuidas a tu mamá ella te cuidará a ti”

One night After I first started driving in August 2020 I was called to pick up a woman out by the Salt Lake City airport. I pulled into the hotel parking lot and two girls came out. One of them got in the car and Immediately I could tell that she had an accent onContinue reading “Yes! God IS aware of each of us!”

Un noche recibí instrucciones buscar una mujer en los hoteles cerca al aeropuerto. Cuando estacioné vinieron dos chicas del hotel uno de ellos entró en mi auto. Fue fácil distinguir que tenía acento extranjero en su inglés. Yo la pedí de donde era y me dijo África del Sur .Yo la dije que era muyContinue reading “Si! Dios está pendiente de nosotros!”

I picked up a young man of Scandinavian descent at the airport. He was coming back from a Christian vision conference in Sacramento. Once he got in the car he talked about how crazy everyone was over covid and how in california the governor had banned the exercise of worship. He saw that as evilContinue reading “Our father leads us, guides us and walks besides us! He helps us find the way!”

Yo busqué un joven de descendencia sueco en el aeropuerto. Él estaba volviendo de una conferencia cristiana de visión en Sacramento California. Cuando subió al auto empezó hablar de la locura que estaba pasando en cuanto Covid y como en California el gobernador había prohibido adoración de dios. El vio a este cosas como maldad.Continue reading “Nuestro padre celestial es nuestro líder. El me guía, él me enseña las sendas a seguir”

One night a few weeks ago, I got a call to pick a lady up at one of those not so good hotels around 72nd south and the freeway. It took a minute and a few texts but finally they came out. They had a dog with them. It wasn’t a service animal and IContinue reading “The battle of the back seat”

Un noche yo recibí llamadas ir para recoger una mujer en uno de los hoteles malos cerca a 7200 sur. Cerca a la autopista. Llevo algunos minutos y algunos textos pero por fin salieron. Ellos tuvieron consigo un perro. No fue un Animal de servicio y yo tenía el derecho de rechazarlo pero tendría queContinue reading “La batalla de el asiento de atrás”