Surgery

Please pray for Parker, he has some health issues with his gall blader and may need surgery. He will see the specialist today. He has been moved to the mission home. It is our prayer that he will be able to continue the work as quickly as possible. He will appreciate your prayers in his behalf.

thank you for your really strong testimony mom. it helped a lot. i have always admired the hope that you have. today i actually studied in my preach my gospel the Christ like attribute of hope and i read a quote from president James e. faust that says hope is the anchor of the soul. when i read it i couldnt help but think of my own mother. whose anchor her whole life has always been hope, hope for the better in everyone. but when our family was faltering and our ship was being brought out to the storms of the sea, and though we lost some for a little while, we could not lose our family, because we were firmly anchored by the hope of a mother. our mother. our anchor. im very grateful to have you as a mom, i know that you were chosen in the pre existence to bring us into this world but also bare our burdens also. its funny cause i know you hate pit bulls but ive always thought if you were an animal youd be a pit bull. dont ask me why it just fits haha.

this week was very rough. the toughest of them all. ive been having pain in my stomach for the past 2 weeks, but never really stopped to notice it. cant stop working on the mission. put your shoulder to the wheel push along! but it got really bad and i didnt sleep very well for 2 days then i tried to sleep but my stomach felt like it was being ripped apart. i thought maybe i ate a bone or something but i just threw up all over the place in our bathroom. like 3 n the mornin sink, counter, mirror, floor, and finally the toilet. so we called sister tavares and she said to go to the doctor and after all that he just gave me a ton of dramamine and everything but asked us if we wanted the 200 dollar xray! for my stomach and we said no. i honestly thought i just ate a bone 2 weeks ago or something. so we left, called sister tavares and we had only made it down the street when she said, no, he needs the xray go back. so in her wisdom that is more then all 3 of us we went back, and i have 3 stones in my vesicula. the doctor said to cut out all fatty foods, oils everything. he said fruit is really good for you right now. he said ill need surgery when i return from my mission. so we went home, next day i woke up ate an apple bannana and some juice and 20 minutes after i threw it all up. but this time i made it all in the toilet and it actually tasted kinda good. i was quite delited. but so they called sister tavares again and she thats it hes coming to londrina. i immediately just took a knee, like when someones hurt in a sports game, and just started balling, i havent cried like that since i was a child. i was so disheartened, how could they take me out of my area. im still really struggling, i love everyone there, even the catholics that just wanna bible bash. so i just sat and cried like a baby. i dont understand what God wants from me right now but i know that all i want is some health so i can baptize everyone in foz. man we have 3 more baptisms this sunday too. so i went and knelt and just cried to God to give me some consolment, and the verse mosiah 4:9 came into my head. acreditai em Deus, acreditai Ele tem toda sabedoria e homems não pode coomprender coisas Ele pode compreender. now i dont understand His plan, but i know He has more wisdom then i. im living with elder petersen though so thats cool. i feel like the sons of mosiah when they meet up again and talk about all there miracles and baptisms. but im going to see a specialist today at 4, i might need surgery here in londrina. pray for me. o ya Elder Quentin l. cooks coming to talk to us this saturday, gonna bee off the heez. im so excited!!! just remember mom, if your not baptizing, youre a failure.
- Elder Parker