"The Fast And The Furious"

Hello!


This week we infiltrated the inner ring of the drag racing peoples. Let me rewind to the beginning.


I got to my area, and immediately began to notice something interesting. There are a lot of 2 door fast racing cars. This led me to the question: Why all the fast, expensive cars? 


Many of the houses in our area have their garages open. And many of those people are working on cars. Come to find out, almost all the people I have gotten to know, know everything about cars. 


We went to one kid's house and he was telling us about all the stuff he was doing to trick out his car. And that's when it happened. The Dom Torreto of Maricopa walked outside. He was the brother of the kid we were talking to. Dom showed us his sweet carbon-fibered 2 seat, white BMW with black racing stripes. He told us about how tricked out the car was. He was SO cool. His gold chain glistened in the moonlight as he talked about his illegal tinted windshield. He then let us in on the secret. Many of the cars are owned by young people and they go out drag racing. He knows all the big drivers, and where they live. And he races at an elite level. You think "Fast and Furious" is just a story. No sir.


Don't worry, mom. I promise I will only go out drag racing if my driver promises to come to church the next week. And I will only let them go over 150 if it is before 9:30 pm. 


To let the kids know that drag racing is very dangerous, one of the drivers a couple nights ago flipped his BMW trying to take a turn too fast. It was on the bridge that I bike over every day. Driving is no joke. There are real, dangerous consequences.


I've been reading the Book of Mormon this week and I continue to learn new things from it. You can too!


Love you guys,
Elder Sheppert


1:A wire stripper a man invented.
2:Me using my saxophone skill on a car pipe
3:This man's hot wheels track
4:The Butterfield Elders.



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