Date: June 11, 2012
Area: Arapongas
Companion: Elder Zioli
Mom,
im gonna try and call the elders in londrina and see if they
got the package you sent and tell them to get it to the zone leaders because
they have a conference tomorrow until wednesday and im gonna see if my district
leader cant bring it back home to me. hopefully they have it. were pretty
excited to recieve it over here. no everythings fine with the other package to
sister luzia she knows what to do and ill talk to her. speaking of sister luzia
she gave us lunch on tuesday, we ate a bunch cause she cooks really good. by
the end of that day, out of us 4 missionaries, two had thrown up, and the
other, elder zioli had a pretty high fever. the only one that didnt get sick
was the argentinian. we stayed sick for about 3 days this week. one day we all
actually just stayed inside the house. ive never stayed inside the house for a
sickness but it all the sudden got colder then the dickens here and we all had
fevers so it was terrible. anything we ate we threw up me and elder da rita,
and elder zioli literally was pooping out straight water for 3 straight days.
at one point elder zioli was on the john and elder da rita was throwing up in a
bucket we have because he couldnt get into the bathroom, and i was just laying
there in my bed, feeling like i was in the artic, but also feeling like i was
on fire, and i thought to myself, now these are the moments you just dont wanna
remember from the mission. now that its over its hilarious but at the time, 3 guys
all in one room either throwing up, or diarring was so terrible. but we
recovered. and the day we recovered, we had lunch with sister luzia again. we
were all terrified. we considered not showing up, but we have no where else wed
eat for the day. but all was well. i dont know what she did to that other meal,
but foods never done anything like that to me in my life. but ya luzia recieves
the packages for us. and poisons us
.
we baptized a young man named antonio, a miracle for not
working at all huh :)
ya when i was in elder petersens area working with him,
everybody used to tell us that we were brothers. we get it a lot. and i told
you i was a cowboy. even in brazil .
hey please make me a facebook. i have tons of people im not
gonna remember to search after the mission and they want to send me an invite
and you can just accept them for me. but be careful, if people from my high
school try to send me friend requests and youve never met em, deny em. theres a
reason why i deleted my facebook in the first place. tons of annoying people
always blowin up that one wall with stupid stories from there life, or lines
from songs that only they like. o guy, or when people break up with someone,
thats when i knew i couldnt have a facebook anymore. if peeps start doing that
stuff again, delete them from my friends list. but ya please make me a
facebook. under the name Elder Parker Bennett. so i can keep in touch with my
beloved ones here in brazil .
and send me pics of my baptism over that missionties thing also please. its a
good technique to baptize people. especially children. hehehe ill baptize
anyone up in this piece.
well our zones the highest baptizing in the mission right
now so thats cool. weve got more baptisms then days at this point and i and
elder zioli have more baptisms then weeks together. so as of now, its a
successful transfer so far. :) hes like this brazilian californian surfer dude
thats way chillaxed.the other day when i got mad about one of our investigator
we had he said, dude sometimes we need to just be like hippies. in english
also, he speaks suprisingly well.
on the 24 of june, so next sunday our zone is having WHITE
DAY. its our district conference, or stake conference, so were having all the
missionaries in our zone, baptize at the least two people, but its gonna be
filmed lived and watched during district conference. how cool is
that!!!!!!!!!!!! its gonna inspire everyone in the district, and for me and
Elder zioli, were gonna let all our recent converts that willl be recieving the
aaronic priesthood baptize them. so were trying to work really hard with recent
converts and baptize there friends. or have them baptize them. im so stoked!
DIA DOS BRANCOS!!! but how cool is that?! thats why brazilian saints are way
more cooler then american ones, they actually do missionary work with there
friends. but how cool will that be when the whole district watches there
friends, baptize other friends that werent members. its gonna inspire everyone.
so in our zone, we should be baptizing 20 people that day, at the minimum. im
like a little kid on Christmas day! and yes, i am dreaming of a white
Christmas... haha get it cause of WHITE DAY and people being baptized and you
wear white when your baptized. haha i know, im so gay.
but, I LOVE YOU ALL. your all in prayers and i thank God
your all in my life.
- Elder Parker
Dad,
ya i got pierces letter the other day. i already wrote him
back but i accidently sent it the long way. the lady said it was a cheaper
price so i thought great, i can send it to america for cheaper, but i also
found out after that it takes twice as long. so he should be getting a letter
back here in about a month. haha sorry. but he enters the ctm in august i think
so that should be cool. ill write him while hes there too.
thats good that grandma sent money cause i think im gonna
need it. the weather just all the sudden got cold on us. really cold. and our
house does not have heating so it gets very very cold. im gonna buy some extra
socks and some gloves. thanks grandma!
thats crazy rileys grown 6 inches! schools out too. i
remember those days, we dont have those days on the mission haha. just simple
things are so good when you are away and working for a long time. my comp got a
bag of reeses the other day. the first time ive had reeses in 6 months and it
was so good. im gonna miss the lake, beach, and spongebob on summer days with
cambria.
thats cool though a sand volleyball camp. that should be fun
and help him out a lot.
and finally cambria starts dance class huh? well its about
time she started dancing. goodness you and mom have been talking about getting her
in dance classes since she was 4. the other day i was thinking about how she
almost be a beehive when i return. shell be 11 years old. man i remember when i
was 11 and it does not seem like that long ago. boy how time flies. and ill be
21 when i return. well there goes the first quarter of my life huh? my goodness
i see youre still playin ball on wedenesdays, tell the old
scooters i said hi.
thats nice that chads prison isnt like a maximum security
one, but you can sit outside and talk with him and hug him. must have been a
good experience, i hope hes doing better. he wrote me, said hes already read
the book of mormon 2 times there. that should help him out a lot.
well i love you dad, thanks for everything, got no
complaints, while your heading into sunshine days ill bearing the cold winds,
trying to find someone to baptize. but id rather be doing that then sitting in
the sun anyways. só batismo. im one more baptism away from making the batizador
list. pray that i get a miracle and baptize someone this week please. :)
- Elder Parker
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