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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”

I am learning that at the end of the year there’s some pretty stupid traditions at the University of Utah. The sororities and fraternities have year ending formal dinners. One Friday night I took on a refugee from this sorority nightmare. I picked her up at the Green Pig in Salt Lake. When she gotContinue reading “We interrupt this bar crawl to bring you a message from God.”

Estoy aprendiendo que el fin del año hay muchos tradiciones estúpidos y en la Universidad de Utah. Las sororidades y hermandades Tienen fiestas formales al fines de año. Un viernes en la noche yo rescaté un refugio de este pesadilla sonoridades. Cuando entro en mi auto empezaron los susurros y es bien porque era unContinue reading “Interrumpimos este noche de borrachera para traerte un mensaje De Dios”

One time I was in Ogden and I picked up a husband and wife. They were going to a friends house for a party. We had a previously scheduled stop along the way. When they got in we talked about places we like to go on vacation. I told them that we like to goContinue reading “Missionaries gotta eat!”

Una ves yo estába en Ogden y recogí un hombre y su esposa. Ellos estuvieron yendo a la casa de amigos por una fiesta. Habían pedido una pausa en la ruta para comprar las cervezas que iban a tomar asistiendo al fiesta esta noche. Cuando entraron, salude las dos y empezamos hablar de vacaciones favoritasContinue reading “Los misioneros necesiten comer”

The other day I was driving in Orem and I got a call to go over and pick someone up at Krispy Kreme. I thought that was a great place to go but when I got there they weren’t there. I spent 10 minutes chasing down the moving icon of where this person was. WeContinue reading “Another sacred grove, Aspen Grove”

Un día yo estaba manejando en Orem y yo recibí llamada de ir para recoger a alguien en Krispy Kreme. Yo pensaba que era buena idea pero cuando llegué no pudiera encontrar a nadie. Yo gasté 10 minutos buscando la persona y intentando encontrar donde estaba Tenemos uno mapa que muestra el lugar donde deberíaContinue reading “Otro arboleda sagrado, Aspen Grove”

I got a call to pick up a couple in the area right in front of the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. They were from Florida and they’d been drinking a bit. This is why most people ride with us, they know they’re going to be drinking and don’t want to get a DUI. TheseContinue reading “Will they let me in?”

Recibí una llamada de recoger una pareja en la aria enfrente del cottonwood cañón. Son de Florida habían estado tomando un poco. Esto es porque la mayoría de la gente nos pida. Saben que van a tomar durante una noche y no quieren meterse con la policía manejando mientras que están borrachos. Esta pareja habíaContinue reading “Me dejarán entrar?”

In my story of the prodigal son I drove that young man to and from the ankle bracelet monitoring people. Because of their criminal penalties some offenders have to pay these people to monitor their whereabouts and our prodigal son had to do that for several months. I had another such experience. I got aContinue reading “Still fighting Baal after all these years”

En mi cuenta del hijo prodigio yo tenía la oportunidad de manejar un joven que tenía un brazalete del tobillo Del Estado para marcarle. Porque de sus actos criminales alguna gente tiene que pagar gente para marcarlos mientras que están en probación criminal para que sepan dónde están y cuando están. El tiene que hacerContinue reading “Después de todos estos años sigue la pelea contra Baal”

One night I went to West Valley City to pick up a young man. He was from a Micronesian island and was living in Utah while he was going to school. His family had also sent his little cousin to live with him and he had legal guardianship of that child. This guy was overContinue reading “Priesthood blessing in room 325, stat”