Mom,
sounds like this
was a busy week for all of you back home.
we baptized the
wife (elderly couple they were teaching last week) cause the husband is being
really stubborn. there from another church and he has a calling as the deacon
of there church so he thinks that he has the priesthood and that he was
baptized by someone with authority. so we showed him in the bible that he actually
wasnt and that he actually doesnt have any authority and so hes been really
angry with us ever since, he didnt even come to her baptism. he just scared of
what all his evangelical friends will think of him when he switches churches.
get this, i invited him to be baptized when he recieves an answer from praying
and he said i dont need to recieve an answer i already did. i asked him how the
answer was. he explained that he read the parts in the book of mormon we
marked, with his wife and then after
they kneeled and prayed together and asked God if these things are true.
he said it was just a normal prayer then they went to sleep but while he was
sleeping he said that he had a dream that he was standing in an open field and
Jesus Christ walked up to him and told him face to face that he should be
baptized and this is the right path for him in his life. then he looked at me
and said, but im not going to follow this answer i received.
you see the levels
of pride hear. you have the wife, who actually never recieved a solid answer,
she just says that theres no way to deny that its true, she says she just feels
its true, then you have the husband who recieves an actual answer, and not some
small answer he even said to us, i take it as if Jesus Christ spoke with me
face to face it was so real, and he still wont follow the answer. he cares more
about what his friends think of him then his own Savior Jesus Christ. good
example to me in my life how pride makes you a fool. good thing shes got a
humble heart though. but were not done with him yet, im still gonna baptize
him.
Some people get
scared of the baptismal invite from the missionaries. thats why we challenge
people to be baptized in the first lesson, so we can know if they are really in
this to better there lives or if they just want to waste the Lords time.
they changed the
age limit for missionaries to go on missions to 18 so tell landon he can go on
a mission now when your in utah .
transfers are
next week so dont send anything, next monday i should know if im staying here
or if im going away.
also im starting
my Christmas list right now, i want an Adventure time shirt in my Christmas
package. its a show that riley and cambria should know, please get me the
shirt.
i wrote larry a
letter like 4 months ago and he still hasnt wrote me back yet. what, costa
rican missionaries are cooler or something?
- ELder
Parker
thanks for the commentary dad,
actually we had a
ward council meeting and it was super needed. the new branch president is
really good, he served a mission so he knows what hes doing. he put up all the
statistics on a chalk board and basically just let the numbers put everyone to
shame. they average about 8 home teaching visits a month of the 34 assigned.
hes a strong, organized leader. hes areally good fit for the branch.
i love cambria
also, tell her i said she can watch spongebob before i get back, she doesnt
have to wait. thats true though that riley is growing up huh, its crazy to
think that cambria will be 11 when i get home.. riley better get excited for
the basketball season, theres a lot of playing to do. is he playing j.v. this
year then, he is a sophomore right? man how time flies, i feel like yesterday i
was a sophomore in high school haha. were doing a competition in the mission
based off of a point system. for example, 1 baptism is worth 20 points and 1
lesson with member is worth 4 points. things like that, and the zone that wins
gets a p-day with president and sister tavares which are always fun. anyways
our zone did really well this week so were in 1st place as of now and this is
the last week. were ahead by pretty far we just need to seal the deal with a solid week. its funny though
cause the zone of presidente prudente is known as the worst zone in the mission
with tupã being one of the worst areas in the mission and everyone cant believe
that were in first. guess its not where you are and who your comp is, it depends
on how much ya put into it!
-Elder Parker
I'm soooo glad your son told the details of the man's dream. Unbelievable. Both ways. I love that he shared a bit about the branch president, and, how fun that he actually suggested something for Christmas. I never even thought of a fun tee shirt! Are you as proud as me that they're in First!!!!
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