Only Miracles in Tupa!

​ Mom,   
     that doesnt sound very good about what happened to logan. (tore his ac from his shoulder in a skateboard accident) i feel bad for him too, i hope he doesnt get bummed, stay strong and carry on!
     its only miracles here in tupã! im not gonna lie, i do not like this city but i give it my all. we had two baptisms lined up for the week, one being the daughter of that family and the other being the nephew of a member. we baptized the little girl cause she keeps the commandments. listen to this, the nephew of the member was marked to baptize on saturday, we passed by there on friday to go teach him with a member and on the way there guess who we saw at the corner bar with his uncle member drinking beer. him! i almost lost it in the front of a bunch of drunk people. he took off running and the uncle just sat there. so he didnt get baptized. but are we seeing the problem here though, the uncle who is a member should be helping him get baptized not be drinking beer with him the day before his baptism. this is why the saints are not blessed in this city, they dont keep the commandments! i went up and talked to him and with no shame he had the audacity to tell me he doesnt know where his nephew is and didnt see him the whole day ( i saw them drinking together! they saw me coming up! i saw the nephew take off running!)  then he asked me what time his baptism would be on saturday. ya uncle, ill be sure to baptize somebody i just saw drinking the next day! i was so furious haha. the next two people i talked to that treated me disrespectfully didnt stand a chance. i tore this lady up in 1 breath, it was terrible haha. dont worry i repented and im going to study patience in preach my gospel and see if i cant become a little bit more like my Savior. but technically the Savior still burned people also (matthew chapter 23) i love you all, i really like this family im teaching. there special people. a gift that God has given me.  adventure time shirts size large and also some stick deodorant.  ya i wrote maxwell back, i basically invited him to be baptized. tell all the young woman to write to me for Christmas. im lonely and i need new prospects. :D even if theyve met me before the mission and didnt like me still tell them theres a chance, and ive changed! the missions changed me! please young women of the world write this worthy priesthood holder for Christmas and i promise your life will be changed eternally!
                                    - Elder Parker

Dad,
sounds like the trip to utah was really fun then. it was probably cold there and snowing huh. youve been assigned to the executive secretary then, sounds like more work for you haha. does that mean youre in the bishopric? dont worry about the letters mom writes letters long enough for 3 different moms put together. the work is really starting to take off here in our branch. our attendance in sacrament meeting was 62 and thats the lowest weve had in 3 weeks and its only cause it was raining really bad so it didnt give people that walk to church a very good chance to come. we baptized 1 and the other missionaries in our branch baptized 2! thats 3 new additions to the branch! me and elder schenewark made it on our mission site for 6 reactivations this week. that makes 7 baptisms and 9 people weve reactivated here in tupã. and thats the sacred numbers of the mission. its nice to look around in sacrament meeting and count the many people that are there because of the gritty hard work you put out in the burning sun. the work will always go on!!! love you a ton dad!
                  - Elder Parker