Dia Branco (Day White)

o boy did we baptize yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dia Branco (day white) was my favorite of the mission so far. our zone baptized 13 people, ive got cool pictures of everyone in white and stuff its awesome! me and elder zioli baptized, man everyone was baptizing it was so cool! our zone baptized 25 this month, thats a new record for this zone and thats the most of any zone this month!!! eu sempre chegei batizando!!! everything was perfect for this day. im starting to feel like im finally becoming an instrument in the Lords Hands that knows how to baptize. use the techniques of baptism!!!!!! me and elder zioli are doing so well together. between us and the zone leaders we made up 18 of those baptisms for this month. Vamos Lá!!!!

miracle alert!!!! was this saturday and we arrived in the house of a member to eat lunch with her. she lives with her sons and she knows its a rule that we cannot enter a house if its only a woman. there needs to be a man of 18 years there also to enter.so we showed up, and because none of her sons were home she invited her nephew lucas, who is 12 to eat with us so we could enter. me and elder zioli were talking to him, he said he never was baptized, we were like, have you ever been to our church on a sunday. rapaz done said he went one time 3 years ago. because someone needs 2  times in the church to be baptized so you can baptize them after the second time ya know. we asked him if he likes coffee, he ssaid he dont like it and that the last time he drank it was 2 weeks ago. because someone cant break the word of wisdom for 4 days before baptism. me and my comp looked at each other and we started laughing and he was laughing to and said why? and we told him, son were gonna baptize you tomorrow. he wwas like ok sounds great. so we said go get your mom. she arrives, (we need the signature to baptize him) so we started off real casual ya know, joking around, spoke nothing of baptism then bam elder zioli hit her with when a kid has desire to follow Jesus Christ you let him follow! and if you dont, youre sinning! and he was like were gonna baptize your kid tomorrow, and she said dont you think this is really really fast and to soon. then i hit her with how Jesus called the two apostles on the boat to follow him. and they followed, never knowing who he was, or why they would follow but they did, and they were apostles! so then i said, its not about how much you know about Jesus but how much desire you have to follow Him. and that the elect will hear His voice and follow, and that your son is an elect, and he wants to follow. you wanna follow Jesus Christ right? YA! YA! YA! lets baptize him. then she, ok. signed the form and it was one more soul, making covenants with Jesus Christ. i love baptism. haha we were dancing in the street after, then dancing in the church before we taught him EVERY lesson in one and a half hours.  miracles miracles miracles.

but seriosly though we taught that lesson really good, used really good techniques. me and elder zioli are becoming really good missionaries. i hope someday i can really become a missionary.

 thats great though that alex wood is serving a mission. one more for team Baptism!!!

i got the pictures, its nice to know how logans family is doing and how nicoles daughter is. i have a feeling ill get the package this week. i hope is the feeling i have.

the only way you could get me to go to bass lake is if i can baptize people while im there

new car huh, blessings from your son serving a mission. so technically its my car, my blessings.

 i love you a ton! thanks for everything, gotta go, I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

                           - Elder Parker

dad,

hahhahahahaha  Cambria  swam 400 laps!! i wonder why she all the sudden got the urge to swim so many!?

forget dance classes get her in swimming huh?

haha i remember my first priesthood blessing, you made me do it again cause i did it wrong. i had no idea what was going on. now im giving random people in brazil blessings, in another language. ah the growth you can acheive with the priesthood!

didnt i always say that me and chad were both called to serve missions. just with different circumstances? haha

ill look into buying some more winter clothes and all, thanks a ton.

yesterday was Dia Branco.(day white) dad our zone baptized 13 people in one day. we broke the record for baptisms in this zone this month. our zone baptized 25, and this is not an easy zone. blessingsssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!

love you aton dad, its nice to hear that logans progressing a lot also. in a short amount of time well all be together on the rod!