Area: ?????
Companion: Elder Miguel Delgadillo
I just need to explain for those that aren't members of the church. Parker talks alot about the new area he is in and the members in the ward. They are lacking men and Priesthood leadership. Priesthood is the authority to act in Gods name. He also mentions wards, branches and stakes, and what he is refering to is the structure of the members of the church. If there are not enough members in the area to be a ward, then they are organized into branches, (this usually happens when the church is new in an area). If there are enough members (and there are requirements for this) they are refered to as a ward, which consists of a geographical area that you live in and there must be a number of Male members who are the Priesthood holders. And when you have a number of wards in an area, such as 6 or 7 you are organized into a stake and you can have more than one stake in an area. Just to give you an idea, Fresno/Clovis has I believe 4 stakes, each consisting of about 6-7 wards in each stake.
Mom,
Dads got the details on the skype biz. yes we can skype but i dont know how im going to or if i need an account ya know? ask around. but dads got the details. its nice to know that things are finally falling into line for our family, after i leave!!! logans gonna like the melchizedek priesthood, ah i remember when i recieved the priesthood, faz tempo huh? (translated means a while)
I have my last appointment this friday,(with the doctor) im pretty sure i ate something i was allergic to cause i had these red dots on my hands, arms, and some on my leg but right when they started going away so did my pains. now i have this wierd spot on my right pointer finger that looks like a burn, but i never got burned. its not a rash cause it doesnt itch its literally nothing just a spot on my finger. things like this happen all the time, im in another country after all. i dont know what to say, i feel sick all the time but honestly id rather die here then ever leave.
no those baptisms did not happen. probably cause i wasnt there haha but im serious. (I asked about the 3 baptisms he had set up in Foz the week that they pulled him out with health issues)
my new comps name is elder Miguel Delgadillo. he lives in Fair Oaks fourth ward, basically Folsom, Ca. he loves cats and hes super hipster.
hey so im in my new area, while your reading this remember that im still not even 20 yet...
in sacrament meeting we had 3 young men, 9 young woman, 27 woman and 10 men. why in the heck does this ward not have men in sacrament meeting!. . . .
the secretary moved away, the first counselor in the bishopric got divorced so he got released, then he moved, the elders qourum president did something he should not have, recently so he got released, and the young mens president just announced in testimony meeting hes moving, this friday. its so bad the stake had to release there 1st counselor so he could be first counselor here. so as of now we have an elders quorum president whos highly unqualified,but he didnt even show up to the counsel of the ward meeting, no secretary, no young mens president, and its not like any of those guys had counselors cause we have no priesthood here. So me, like an annoying and crazy man, i asked everyone where there husbands, fathers, & brothers were, and most of the woman just replied that there husbands were at home. so that night we had a meeting with the bishopric and they gave us a list of 10 men to go reactivate, cause if we dont start getting men here, there gonna split the ward up to other wards or just make 2 or three branches. they told us the stake has already had a meeting for this twice to decide to split it. so me and my 20 year old comp sat in a room with a very dis animated bishop who didnt even ask us, he pleaded with us, please bring some of them back. it was heartbreaking. my comp said that two weeks ago, (so the week before i arrived) he just went home and cried because theres so much to do. o ya, we are living in another area cause the house that we used to live in got broken into before i arrived so now we have to take a bus for an hour to get there and to leave. so we lose about an hour and half everyday which basically equals one whole day we lose every week. we have no time, no priesthood, and no hope. but when the bishop was telling me about all this, all i could think was no no no, not in my area, not in my mission and not in my church. i dont know how were going to help this ward of fubecas, but all i know is that there is nothing i have ever wanted more in my life, then to call these fubeca (translation is slack off) men to repentance and establish some mother lovin worthy priesthood leaders here! i have no idea when im going to baptize or how, or where im going to live but all i know is that somethings gotta happen. pray for the men of this church please, soften there hearts with your prayers. cause i have no idea how were gonna do this.
now i will go play basketball. my true love in this life.
- Elder Parker
Dad,
Dang looks like dakota has been working a ton, Thats awesome that he is all caught up with his requirements for seminary!
thats so cool to know that logan has the melchizedek priesthood.and when are they gonna be sealed in the temple?
dad next sunday is the day we can skype. i dont know how to set that up but we have a house to do it at. i think i need an account o rsomething i dont know so please check up on that. im going to call you maybe at1:30 to 2:30 time because i have no idea how this will work but ask people please. anyways itll probably be around that time that ill skype cause i think were 4 hours ahead or something i dont know for sure. pres is not going to let us email before though so your gonna have to set that up.
- Elder Parker
Mom,
Dads got the details on the skype biz. yes we can skype but i dont know how im going to or if i need an account ya know? ask around. but dads got the details. its nice to know that things are finally falling into line for our family, after i leave!!! logans gonna like the melchizedek priesthood, ah i remember when i recieved the priesthood, faz tempo huh? (translated means a while)
I have my last appointment this friday,(with the doctor) im pretty sure i ate something i was allergic to cause i had these red dots on my hands, arms, and some on my leg but right when they started going away so did my pains. now i have this wierd spot on my right pointer finger that looks like a burn, but i never got burned. its not a rash cause it doesnt itch its literally nothing just a spot on my finger. things like this happen all the time, im in another country after all. i dont know what to say, i feel sick all the time but honestly id rather die here then ever leave.
no those baptisms did not happen. probably cause i wasnt there haha but im serious. (I asked about the 3 baptisms he had set up in Foz the week that they pulled him out with health issues)
my new comps name is elder Miguel Delgadillo. he lives in Fair Oaks fourth ward, basically Folsom, Ca. he loves cats and hes super hipster.
hey so im in my new area, while your reading this remember that im still not even 20 yet...
in sacrament meeting we had 3 young men, 9 young woman, 27 woman and 10 men. why in the heck does this ward not have men in sacrament meeting!. . . .
the secretary moved away, the first counselor in the bishopric got divorced so he got released, then he moved, the elders qourum president did something he should not have, recently so he got released, and the young mens president just announced in testimony meeting hes moving, this friday. its so bad the stake had to release there 1st counselor so he could be first counselor here. so as of now we have an elders quorum president whos highly unqualified,but he didnt even show up to the counsel of the ward meeting, no secretary, no young mens president, and its not like any of those guys had counselors cause we have no priesthood here. So me, like an annoying and crazy man, i asked everyone where there husbands, fathers, & brothers were, and most of the woman just replied that there husbands were at home. so that night we had a meeting with the bishopric and they gave us a list of 10 men to go reactivate, cause if we dont start getting men here, there gonna split the ward up to other wards or just make 2 or three branches. they told us the stake has already had a meeting for this twice to decide to split it. so me and my 20 year old comp sat in a room with a very dis animated bishop who didnt even ask us, he pleaded with us, please bring some of them back. it was heartbreaking. my comp said that two weeks ago, (so the week before i arrived) he just went home and cried because theres so much to do. o ya, we are living in another area cause the house that we used to live in got broken into before i arrived so now we have to take a bus for an hour to get there and to leave. so we lose about an hour and half everyday which basically equals one whole day we lose every week. we have no time, no priesthood, and no hope. but when the bishop was telling me about all this, all i could think was no no no, not in my area, not in my mission and not in my church. i dont know how were going to help this ward of fubecas, but all i know is that there is nothing i have ever wanted more in my life, then to call these fubeca (translation is slack off) men to repentance and establish some mother lovin worthy priesthood leaders here! i have no idea when im going to baptize or how, or where im going to live but all i know is that somethings gotta happen. pray for the men of this church please, soften there hearts with your prayers. cause i have no idea how were gonna do this.
now i will go play basketball. my true love in this life.
- Elder Parker
Dad,
Dang looks like dakota has been working a ton, Thats awesome that he is all caught up with his requirements for seminary!
thats so cool to know that logan has the melchizedek priesthood.and when are they gonna be sealed in the temple?
dad next sunday is the day we can skype. i dont know how to set that up but we have a house to do it at. i think i need an account o rsomething i dont know so please check up on that. im going to call you maybe at1:30 to 2:30 time because i have no idea how this will work but ask people please. anyways itll probably be around that time that ill skype cause i think were 4 hours ahead or something i dont know for sure. pres is not going to let us email before though so your gonna have to set that up.
- Elder Parker
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