Ice Cream Gathering After Adult Session of Stake Conference

Trainer Assignments and Lunch

First trainer is Elder Brown!

New Missionaries at Pugget Sound

Arriving in the mission!

Your missionary has arrived safe and sound. We are thrilled to have Elder Parker here with us. We will send out an email with more information to you and a picture we take from our favorite spot and with our new missionaries. We love Elder parker!

Thank you

Sister Leishman

Week 3 - Mom email

The food here isn't that bad, some days are better than others. The only day that wasn't that great is when all the options were fish:/ Luckily, there is a leftovers area. I'm not super nervous to get to Washington. In fact, I'm thinking the change of pace might be nice. One of my companions had to pick up medicine so we got to go on a field trip to Walmart!!! It was a lot of fun and I got to explore the outside world a bit. It was kinda nice but weird. I wore my new BYU shirt Sara sent me to play sand volleyball yesterday. It was either that or basketball. Sand volleyball is just more fun, especially when you don't have to worry about sharing a hoop with like 20 people. I've been going to the weight room for 30 minutes each day to bike. Also, I went on my family tree and found Adam and Eve!

Love,

Nathan

MTC Week 3

Hello all!

This week has been an interesting one. My zone has almost tripled in size since I got here. The first Wednesday we lost 6 elders and got 16 back and this week was about the same as well. Apparently, this is happening to everyone because the food line is now insanely long haha. Classes this week have turned into less class and more teaching. It's amazing to see people progress and it's cool to see their faces light up when they get what I am explaining to them. I also sang in the choir this week! It was super cool too. My whole district went and did it (partially to get good seats for the devotional) and the choir director ended up sharing super cool stories about the pioneers and the early members. Tuesday devotional ended up being really good too as it talked a lot about how "words are forgotten but feelings are enduring". Through teaching this week I've really seen just how true that statement is. When we teach someone, they might not always remember us or exactly what we said, but as the Holy Ghost confirms what we are saying, they never forget what we teach.

I also got to go to the temple for the first time in a long while today! That was super sweet. It's a lot different looking than the Georgia one inside but still really beautiful.

I leave the MTC here on Tuesday and head out to the real world! It is so crazy to think I have already been out for 3 weeks. Time really does fly.

Elder Parker 

Week 3 - Dad email

Three weeks went way fast. Singing here was super awesome. Where did you stay/have classes at? I found some of the old facilities they aren't using and explored a little bit and it was cool. I wonder if I found where you had class!

That's a sign I found way back up in there.

The mission has been a blast and I can't wait to see what's in store!

Nathan