AUGUST 11, 2014

Dear Family,

This week was really awesome! Even though we only taught a total of 5
lessons, it was a blast! Monday was good. Tuesday was good, we saw
Carmen, still struggling, but he is making small steps in the right
direction. Then we traveled to the mission office and started the
busiest week of my mission.

Wednesday we had to get up at about 5:15 and drove with the Assistants
to Nazareth Pennsylvania for the first zone conference. Tons of fun,
Elder Toilolo  and Elder Terry, the Assistants, are awesome. Had a ton
of fun being with them this last week. The iPad training was really
minimal and Elder Cottle did it. I helped out with inspecting cars and
various other tasks throughout the week. Spending a bunch of time with
Elder Jones, the Senior missionary in charge of cars, was a lot of
fun.

Most of zone conferences consisted of getting up really really early,
getting to bed really late, then repeating the process. It was fun to
be able to see all of the mission and the missionaries though. I saw all
of my past companions and had fun talking to them about everything
that has happened since I last saw them. I got to spend a bunch of time
talking with President and Sister Anderson which was good. They are
such awesome people.

We got back on Saturday night and did our weekly planning.

Sunday was great! Every week it seems that we have many new faces at
church. This week was no different. Also we had like 6 people sign up to
feed us this month, we have faired much better than the other Elders
as far as meal appointments for the month, it’s a blessing :) Then we
saw as less active, Fortune, with Brother Gibson. Took him the
sacrament and taught a short lesson. Then we saw Carman. His eyes have
been bad so he hasn't read, but he is going to try to read more this week.
Then we saw Moe! He is sooo awesome! He is going to come to church
this next week with his daughter, we set up an appointment with him
for Wednesday and he is really excited. He still has been reading from
the Book of Mormon and has been reading it to his kids as a bed time
story at night! How awesome is that! Pretty pumped to see him at
church this week.

That’s the gist of what happened this week, it was a ton of fun, really
fast and was a great booster for the next couple of months. Hope you
all have a great week!

love,
Elder Parker