JULY 14, 2014

Dear family,

Well, got transferred! Now I am in South Philadelphia, serving the
area south of Market Street and west of Broad, it's about 1/4 of
Philly. I think we decided we probably have a little over a million
people in our area. It has actually been picking up a lot recently.We
have some very full days and are meeting with a lot of people that
have tons of potential. We are currently booked out until Friday. My
companion is Elder Cottle, he is so great, already love this guy. We
get along really well. He has been out about a year. We have similar
tech interests and he is the mission tech guy, so we set up and taught
the new missionaries on their iPads Tuesday and Wednesday, it was a
blast to be in the mission office for a few hours.

We use SEPTA here in Philly. It’s pretty great, except the buses run super
slow on Saturday and even slower on Sundays if at all. We have been
riding the subway, that's a first, now I know how accurate all those
games were that had subways in them ;)

I have only been in Philly less than a week and I already do not want
to leave. It's wonderful! I gave a talk on Sunday on baptism as an
ordinance and covenant and taking upon us the name of Christ. It went
pretty well. There are lots of students in our branch. The church is on Broad
and Wyoming. It’s in the 2nd floor of a glass building, which is different but
good. The church has a ping pong table that will be used today :D.

Update on Milford: well they replaced us with....... SISTERS!!
Speaking of which, It was super hard to say goodbye to the Houses and even
harder to say goodbye to Brother Moll. Super tough, left a piece of my
heart in his home.

Anyway, 3 sets of elders in this branch, no sisters. It is also
our district, so it's super fun. Us, the east elders and the Spanish
elders. The east and Spanish elders live in the same apartment.

Well. If this letter sounds scrambled with tons of info.... Now you
know how my brain has felt this week ;) It's been great though, some
of the greatest times of my mission so far. Working hard as well,
Should lose some of that Newark/Milford weight ;)

Love you all!
Elder Parker