Dear Family,
Well, we had a super awesome week! Even though it seems like I blinked and it was gone.
Monday we taught Paul in the morning, it’s become our Pday routine to put in numbers then go teach Paul at 10, it’s been nice. He is progressing pretty good, he came to church and is doing good. Then we had dinner at bishops, it was tons of fun.
Tuesday we had our Zone conference with Elder Katcher of the Seventy. It was really good, he focused a lot on working with the ward and individual ward council members. I feel like we finally got some solid action items to help us work better with our units. Then that day we went to the Brough's for dinner, he is the Elders Quorum President, they have 4 little kids, lots of fun.
Wednesday we went on exchanges, so I was here with Elder Gibbons from the Cape May branch. We got to teach Brother Eble, a less active man. It was really good. Then we saw Lee and Tiffany. Tiffany is a returning member and Lee is her nonmember boyfriend, it was a little weird because it was the first time I was meeting them, but it went well. Then later in the night we taught Pauline, she is doing really good. She read the first 5 chapters of the Book of Mormon and accepted a baptism date for in August. We are hoping to get her to church this week.
Friday we taught the Anderson's, it was really awesome! She is a recent convert and her 12 year old daughter is investigating. We almost had to cancel because we couldn't find a man to come with us, but we found one at the last second and then when we got there her non member sister and niece were there! It was a really really good lesson and the spirit was strong. We will be getting to meet with them again in a few weeks! After that we went and had a lesson with the down stairs neighbor of a member. His name is Sonny and he is pretty awesome. Brother Versteg also fed us Friday, we had super good crab cakes. He is awesome, he is also feeding us tonight.
Sunday was so great! We went to church and were talking with a member in the foyer, and this man walked in wearing shorts and a polo with his Wawa coffee, guessing he was a non member we walked over to him and he told us he found the church online, watched a bunch of the churches videos on YouTube and wanted to come to church and get Book of Mormon! So he came to church and stayed all three hours, we taught the restoration during gospel principles and we will be seeing him (Mark) on Wednesday again! It was great! We also had 4 other investigators come to church. We also got to see Major on Sunday and went over Abraham chapter 1, it was an interesting discussion... But it was good, he is a really deep thinker. Then we had dinner with the Subblefields, they are a great family. They moved here from Lancaster and we know a couple of common people from my time in Reading, their kids are great, they love the missionaries. After that we went with another member, Brother Bliss to teach a man I met with Elder Kofford, Vinney. We had an awesome lesson with him and his wife Robin. They live by and know Bishop Bird. It was really good and we will get to see them next Monday night.
We also saw Tyler and Linda this week, they are doing great! No concerns have really come up yet.
This week we get to have Zone Training, so it should be interesting, we have been spending a good chunk of time preparing for that, it should be good! We found a great talk that we are having everyone read beforehand, I'll forward it to you, it’s great!
That’s about all that happened this week that was exciting, I could definitely see the Lord's Hand in this week, it was truly amazing!
I hope you all have a great week! I love you all!
Love,
Elder Parker
Monday, June 29, 2015
Monday, June 22, 2015
JUNE 22, 2015
Dear Family,
First, Happy Father's Day! Hope it was great!
We had an awesome week! I really love this area.
This week we went to Ocean City for a little bit to follow up with some people, it's a crazy place! Imagine a vacation city, on an island! It's awesome. This time of year there are tons of people that come to the shore at Ocean City.
We had the assistants double in to our area this week, it went pretty good. I drove with one of them to Cape May, to do a baptismal interview for the Elders down there.
Tyler, who is the fiancé of a member, is doing super well. He has a baptismal date for early August after their wedding. Mike, who we haven't been able to teach because of his work, called us today and really wants to meet with us, his schedule has cleared up so we will see him tomorrow, he also has a baptism date for next month. Then we saw Paul today, he is doing really good. He is also dating a member, he wasn't at church this week, but he is doing really good.
We forgot our meal calendar last week, so it was a little scarce on meals, but Elder Wilson, who just went home came out for a baptism with his dad and they took us out. It was tons of fun to see him. He and Elder Soon and I were in the same district in Milford for a while.
This week is looking to be really really awesome. We have a lot of appointments with solid investigators and members and are being fed almost every night. I am super excited!
Tomorrow we have a zone conference in Cherry Hill, Elder Katcher of the seventy is touring the mission, it should be really good.
Church was really good yesterday, we had a slightly strange meeting for Father's Day, but it's pretty typical East Coast. But for the 2nd and 3rd hour we had a combined meeting to talk about the sabbath day. It was really good, we watched segments from the General a Conference Training that they had in April. I wish I could get the full version of the talks, it was very inspiring.
I also just got a crazy haircut from this man from the Dominican Republic in Atlantic City... It was interesting, looks good though! He barley spoke English, has been here for like 5 months. He shaped me up with a straight razor and then talc powdered my head, he even shaped up my eyebrows with a straight razor. So funny!
Also, Atlantic City is like a mini Vegas strip. It's pretty dirty, especially compared to the Alcohol free Ocean City.
I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Parker
First, Happy Father's Day! Hope it was great!
We had an awesome week! I really love this area.
This week we went to Ocean City for a little bit to follow up with some people, it's a crazy place! Imagine a vacation city, on an island! It's awesome. This time of year there are tons of people that come to the shore at Ocean City.
We had the assistants double in to our area this week, it went pretty good. I drove with one of them to Cape May, to do a baptismal interview for the Elders down there.
Tyler, who is the fiancé of a member, is doing super well. He has a baptismal date for early August after their wedding. Mike, who we haven't been able to teach because of his work, called us today and really wants to meet with us, his schedule has cleared up so we will see him tomorrow, he also has a baptism date for next month. Then we saw Paul today, he is doing really good. He is also dating a member, he wasn't at church this week, but he is doing really good.
We forgot our meal calendar last week, so it was a little scarce on meals, but Elder Wilson, who just went home came out for a baptism with his dad and they took us out. It was tons of fun to see him. He and Elder Soon and I were in the same district in Milford for a while.
This week is looking to be really really awesome. We have a lot of appointments with solid investigators and members and are being fed almost every night. I am super excited!
Tomorrow we have a zone conference in Cherry Hill, Elder Katcher of the seventy is touring the mission, it should be really good.
Church was really good yesterday, we had a slightly strange meeting for Father's Day, but it's pretty typical East Coast. But for the 2nd and 3rd hour we had a combined meeting to talk about the sabbath day. It was really good, we watched segments from the General a Conference Training that they had in April. I wish I could get the full version of the talks, it was very inspiring.
I also just got a crazy haircut from this man from the Dominican Republic in Atlantic City... It was interesting, looks good though! He barley spoke English, has been here for like 5 months. He shaped me up with a straight razor and then talc powdered my head, he even shaped up my eyebrows with a straight razor. So funny!
Also, Atlantic City is like a mini Vegas strip. It's pretty dirty, especially compared to the Alcohol free Ocean City.
I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Parker
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| Elder Parker and Elder Soon |
Monday, June 15, 2015
JUNE 15, 2015
Dear Family,
Well, I was transferred, and now I am in the Cherry Hill Stake, and I
am at the south End of New Jersey by the shore. The ward I am in is
Linwood, it's awesome! We live in Egg Harbor Township, which is about
15 minutes from Atlantic City and like 20 minutes from Ocean City.
Such a nice area!
My companion is Elder Soon, we served around each other when I was in
Milford and we trained our Goldens at the same time, he goes home the
transfer after me in October. We have been having a blast.
The Zone is pretty awesome, we have some super good missionaries here
right now. Elder Harris, who came out with me is actually training
right now in the zone, it's fun serving around him again.
I have been able to meet a few of the people we are teaching, they are
all super awesome. One of them, Tyler has a baptism date for August,
who is getting married to a returning member. Then we taught Paul this
morning, he is dating a member of the ward, he owns a restaurant in AC
(Atlantic City), he is way awesome! He is doing really good. We have
quite a few people we are teaching who are progressing really well.
The ward is awesome, they take pretty good care of us, our bishop is
great, Bishop Bird. He is pretty much the stereotypical south Jersey
man, whenever he knows where you are going with something he responds
with "ya ya ya" it's pretty funny, ward council was hilarious.
I am loving the Shore and being in south Jersey, it's going to be an
awesome transfer.
My new address is
6825 Old Egg Harbor Rd. Apt. 62B
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
08234
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Parker
I failed to mention that I got to teach Michele the day before I
left Exeter. We went just so I could say goodbye and we taught her for
an hour and a half resolving concerns. And it happened to be a lot of
the random crazy stuff Elder Riche and I were studying... It went
super good and she was talking about having me come back out to
baptize her in the future and visiting me if I went to south Jersey,
so hopefully things progress there well, but I think she is going to
come around.
Well, I was transferred, and now I am in the Cherry Hill Stake, and I
am at the south End of New Jersey by the shore. The ward I am in is
Linwood, it's awesome! We live in Egg Harbor Township, which is about
15 minutes from Atlantic City and like 20 minutes from Ocean City.
Such a nice area!
My companion is Elder Soon, we served around each other when I was in
Milford and we trained our Goldens at the same time, he goes home the
transfer after me in October. We have been having a blast.
The Zone is pretty awesome, we have some super good missionaries here
right now. Elder Harris, who came out with me is actually training
right now in the zone, it's fun serving around him again.
I have been able to meet a few of the people we are teaching, they are
all super awesome. One of them, Tyler has a baptism date for August,
who is getting married to a returning member. Then we taught Paul this
morning, he is dating a member of the ward, he owns a restaurant in AC
(Atlantic City), he is way awesome! He is doing really good. We have
quite a few people we are teaching who are progressing really well.
The ward is awesome, they take pretty good care of us, our bishop is
great, Bishop Bird. He is pretty much the stereotypical south Jersey
man, whenever he knows where you are going with something he responds
with "ya ya ya" it's pretty funny, ward council was hilarious.
I am loving the Shore and being in south Jersey, it's going to be an
awesome transfer.
My new address is
6825 Old Egg Harbor Rd. Apt. 62B
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
08234
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Parker
I failed to mention that I got to teach Michele the day before I
left Exeter. We went just so I could say goodbye and we taught her for
an hour and a half resolving concerns. And it happened to be a lot of
the random crazy stuff Elder Riche and I were studying... It went
super good and she was talking about having me come back out to
baptize her in the future and visiting me if I went to south Jersey,
so hopefully things progress there well, but I think she is going to
come around.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
JUNE 8, 2015
Dear Family,
Well, the time has finally come, I will be getting transferred from
the Exeter Ward. Not sure where I will be going, but I will find out
Wednesday morning when we go to transfer meeting. Not sure where I
want to go, but I am pretty excited to see where I will most likely
finish my mission.
Things have gone well, almost all the recent converts came to church
on Sunday. We have had some good chats with them and things are going
better.
It's been pretty hard to say goodbye to the ward, but I feel pretty
good about how I have spent my time here.
Elder Lundberg went home today, it was probably the first time it's
been really hard to say goodbye to a missionary.
Not much else really went on this week, just saying goodbye to members
and people we have been teaching.
Thank you all for everything you do! I Love you all!
Love,
Elder Parker
Well, the time has finally come, I will be getting transferred from
the Exeter Ward. Not sure where I will be going, but I will find out
Wednesday morning when we go to transfer meeting. Not sure where I
want to go, but I am pretty excited to see where I will most likely
finish my mission.
Things have gone well, almost all the recent converts came to church
on Sunday. We have had some good chats with them and things are going
better.
It's been pretty hard to say goodbye to the ward, but I feel pretty
good about how I have spent my time here.
Elder Lundberg went home today, it was probably the first time it's
been really hard to say goodbye to a missionary.
Not much else really went on this week, just saying goodbye to members
and people we have been teaching.
Thank you all for everything you do! I Love you all!
Love,
Elder Parker
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| Zone |
Monday, June 1, 2015
JUNE 1, 2015
Dear Family,
We had a really good week, we were able to have stake conference this Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday night session was awesome, it was a really big discussion about Council meetings, expect ally Ward councils. Then on Sunday we had our meeting at the high school, Bill walked there again! It was really good. Devin Ramsden from Milford spoke, he has a mission call to Brazil! It was tons of fun to see so many people I know from around the stake. I have spent 8 transfers of my mission in the reading stake.
We are still trying to find people to teach, it's been tough to find people who want to make and keep commitments. But things are picking up.
We had our MLC meeting this week, it was super good! We talked about following up and using the Book of Mormon. Sister Anderson and the STL's did a skit about the Book of Mormon, it was way funny!
We have recently had a fair amount of drama with some of our recent converts. This has been my first area where I have taught so many teenagers, and now the problem is trying to help them get through this drama.
Other than that, it's been a pretty normal week. Just been teaching lots of recent converts and members.
We find out about transfers this Friday, and we are currently spending the day with Elder Lundburg because it's his last Pday before he goes home next Tuesday.
I hope you all have a good week! I love you all!
Love,
Elder Parker
We had a really good week, we were able to have stake conference this Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday night session was awesome, it was a really big discussion about Council meetings, expect ally Ward councils. Then on Sunday we had our meeting at the high school, Bill walked there again! It was really good. Devin Ramsden from Milford spoke, he has a mission call to Brazil! It was tons of fun to see so many people I know from around the stake. I have spent 8 transfers of my mission in the reading stake.
We are still trying to find people to teach, it's been tough to find people who want to make and keep commitments. But things are picking up.
We had our MLC meeting this week, it was super good! We talked about following up and using the Book of Mormon. Sister Anderson and the STL's did a skit about the Book of Mormon, it was way funny!
We have recently had a fair amount of drama with some of our recent converts. This has been my first area where I have taught so many teenagers, and now the problem is trying to help them get through this drama.
Other than that, it's been a pretty normal week. Just been teaching lots of recent converts and members.
We find out about transfers this Friday, and we are currently spending the day with Elder Lundburg because it's his last Pday before he goes home next Tuesday.
I hope you all have a good week! I love you all!
Love,
Elder Parker
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