JUNE 30, 2014

Dear Family,
Well this week was pretty good. We had interviews with President Anderson. He was pretty disappointed to hear about how the branch has been. Seems like he might double us out of the area. We find out on Friday.
We were able to see Edith this week. Sadly it wasn't good. She fell in the middle of the night reaching for her walker and hit her head. She is pretty bruised up and is still recovering. We were able to give her a blessing. She will be baptized, it will be all up to her health though.
Brother Moll is still doing well. He had a little bit of a breakdown talking about how alone he feels. It’s pretty sad to see. I hope at least one of us stays so he has a connection with the missionaries. He won't take it well if we both leave.

We gave service on Saturday with Bruce. We helped him move wood. Some of the logs were HUGE! It was crazy. We probably moved 2 cords of wood. He is taking us out to eat this week as a farewell in case we leave.
We ate at the House’s yesterday. Elder Shaw set a new record for the most tacos. 19! Beating Elder Eve's 18. He is still feeling it this morning haha.
This week should be good. Little nervous about transfer calls, I hate moving. But we will see what happens. Hope you all have a good week! Love ya!
Elder Parker

JUNE 23, 2014

Dear Family,

Well this week was pretty good. We will see if I can remember everything.
Monday was good. We went mini golfing and split into trios and Elder Shaw and Elder Wilson and I won. It was fun. We also had a Family Home evening with the branch at the Glaser's. It was a blast! The Glasers go all out for everything. Lots of steak and ribs.
This week we were able to see Edith and she is doing well, doesn't have the physical strength to come to church yet. But hopefully she gets there.
We saw Brother Moll, of course, he is doing well. Still just putting along. We got him a large print Book of Mormon and a magnifying thing, so he is able to read the Book of Mormon now.
Thursday was a crazy day. So the Sisters car isn't working right  and they needed a ride to District meeting. It’s a pretty good drive... But they ended up not needing a ride because sister Haas had a migraine, it was pretty bad and we ended up going down to give her a blessing. So that was an adventure.
Saturday was fun, went to the Glaser’s to help split wood. The hydrolic valve burst though and so we ended up weeding and rebuilding the valve and then splitting wood. It was pretty fun. Then we got a call from the Keays and they needed help moving couches so we went and helped with that. It was basically the whole day, but I loved it.
Sunday was another exciting day. Sister Haas ended up in the hospital in Quakertown so we had to give them a ride home.
Felt a lot like a taxi service this week and we are shot on miles, but it was a good week.
Love you all, hope you have a great week!
Elder Parker

JUNE 16, 2014

Dear Family,

Well this week was pretty great. Definitely had things go better than last week.

Some of the highlights this week is that we were able to start teaching the Mother of one of the members here. Her name is Edith. She moved in with them for health reasons and she has met with missionaries before. Says she thinks it’s all true and committed to baptism on the 27th of July, health permitting. So that was pretty exciting this week. We seem to have good success with old people. Her and Brother Moll.
Speaking of Brother Moll. It was a good week, getting him the Book of Mormon on CD and working on helping him set up a will with Brother Johnson.
We saw Brother King this week and he is going to be moving to Florida, he is trying to replace himself in the church before he leaves.
Saw the Keays this week.
Saw Brother Camp. He has been super busy working 12 hour shifts. Hoping things slow down for him soon.
Did service for Bruce, well actually we went and helped his friend down the road. Moved a bunch of trex boards and then tore up a deck and moved some huge logs. It was great, they were awesome people. Then I went to try to donate blood, wouldn't let me because my heart rate was too high! I blame the stress from the mission.
That's about all that happened this week. Should be another good week this week, have some dinners lined up and some good lessons set up. Hoping everything works out.
Also, here is a link to a Facebook group. Join. Read. Do.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/774654132574908/

Love you all!
Elder Parker

JUNE 9, 2014

Dear Family,
Well this week was pretty crazy. At the beginning of the week it looked like it was going to be great, it still was. Just in different ways.
Monday was fairly uneventful, a couple of cancelled appointments (theme of the week).

Tuesday was pretty great, we went to lunch with brother Moll, and then saw Scott and we had dinner at the House’s. This singular day kept us going for the rest of the week.
Wednesday. So we stopped by brother Moll and he wasn't doing well. He was really upset and we gave him a blessing. So we have been keeping an eye on him because he could go at any moment.
Thursday we had another lesson packed day that essentially went down the tube because of cancelled appointments.
Saturday was good. We had a branch BBQ, lots of fun. Then we went and cut up a tree that had fallen for Brother Moll. Because we are not able to use chain saws I used a little hand saw.... It was a good work out. I really do enjoy service though.
Sunday was interesting. No one showed up to church, and we still haven't heard from anyone. But the stake came and announced boundary changes. None of ours changed but we sent a branch to the Scranton stake and then took two wards from the Scranton stake. So now we have 15 units in the Reading stake. Getting ready to split the stake in the next few years. Also, we are 9 people from a ward and this last week the Kinneys had their baby, and we have 2 families moving in. One is a family of 6! So looks like we could be a ward before I leave!
This week was a good week, it was a struggle, (Elder Shaw's favorite phrase now is "the struggle is real") But we made it though! Hoping to reset Joe and Mary’s baptism date and make contact with them again and keep Scott on path for his date on the 22nd.

Hope you all have a great week!
Love, Elder Parker

JUNE 2, 2014

Dear Family,

This week was pretty good.

We pretty much saw Brother Moll every day... It was great. We were low on miles and he lives close so it was a win win. He has made some good progress this week. Sounds like he might come to church with us this week and we got permission to do the temple work for him and his wife in case he isn't able to before he dies. He is also taking us to lunch tomorrow! And we have a dinner appointment with the Houses tomorrow. It’s gonna be a good day.

After all our complaints to president about the sisters stealing the show... he decided to give us 3 sisters! One of which is a golden... Yep. It’s a party. Haha. We also got two more elders in our district and in a few weeks we get a senior couple in the district. So we will have 13 people in our district. That’s about half of the zone.

Tuesday we had Brother Bryant’s memorial service. It was good.

We have some new investigators that we should be meeting with on Thursday, Larry and Allison. They seem pretty cool, hopefully more to say about them next week.

Yesterday we saw Joe. Mary lost her baby so they are going through a hard time right now, but are looking forward to their baptism on the 15th. We also saw Scott in passing. We are going to move his date to the 22nd so he is able to come to church a few more times.
That’s about all that happened this week.

Love,
Elder Parker

Brother Moll