Week 44: Boats

Hello everyone! This week was good! I got to teach a lesson on a boat this week! That was pretty cool. The person that we are working with doesn't have a house, he lives on his boat in the marina. It was really pretty and the lesson went well too which was cool.

Then, later this week we helped another person we are teaching build a gazebo in his backyard. That was pretty fun too. We had to lift the roof panels up and climb some ladders to put them on. We also helped the same lady with her picnic bench again, which was good too. She is starting to come to church which is also exciting. We also had interviews with our mission president on Wednesday. That went well too. It's always good to talk to him, get some information and he usually brings snacks too.

Anyways that's all for this week. Till next time.

Love

Elder Parker

Interviews

Week 43: Tablemaking 101

Hello everyone! This week was good as well! On Friday we went and made a picnic table and stained it for another older lady. She was super grateful and helped out the best she could the whole time.

The next day we were walking in between apartment complexes during the afternoon and this guy came running past us. We said hello and he told us he had been looking for us. He lives in a boat in the harbor and has been trying to contact the church. He even came and knocked on the church doors! We gave him the church information and he showed up the next day. It was awesome. He participated in the classes and gave great input. Turns out, he had been taught a bunch of times when he was in Colorado. I'm excited to see how things turn out with him. He is a cool guy and it was a really cool experience for me to have. 

Anyways, that's all for this week. Till next time.

Love

Elder Parker

Week 42: Zone Conference

Hello all! This week was a good one! On Tuesday we had Zone Conference with everyone from the north. That was a lot of fun. As always, it was really good to get to see a bunch of past companions and we got some good training on a bunch of different things.

The rest of the week was really full with a mix of service, lessons and tracting. There is this old lady that we go to every Friday and help her do her yard work. This week we painted her picnic table and ended up teaching her a full lesson while doing it. It was cool to see the service spark a genuine curiosity in her.

The other lessons also went good. One lady has been struggling for a long time with getting an answer to prayer and the last time we were there yesterday she told us she got an answer! Which was a huge step forward for her.

Also, a few days ago, there was a lady in the Tacoma hospital who needed a blessing but all the Tacoma missionaries were in their Zone Conference so, we being the closest, got to go down to Tacoma and do that. The hospital is in an area where 2 of my past companions served and they had a lot of stories to tell as we drove through it. It was pretty cool. 

Anyways, that's all for this week. Till next time.

Love

Elder Parker

Zone Conference

Week 41: Mom email

Our recent convert took us to Costco and got us soooooo much stuff! She said her family sends her 500 dollar Costco gift cards a couple times a year (birthday, Christmas and stuff) but she is 72 and lives alone and doesn't eat Costco enough. So, she said she just has a stack of like 7000 in Costco gift cards that she doesn't know what to do with. It is crazy. She is awesome.

Week 41: Ordinary Week

Hello all! This week was a good one as well! Sadly not a whole lot of stuff out of the ordinary happened. We just taught some lessons and tracted and did service. One day, while we were tracting, a guy let us in and told us he had promised missionaries in the past that he would read the Book of Mormon. He got it out and showed us he had got to 2 Nephi over the course of the last year or so. We asked him when he would finish it and he set himself a challenge for the next 90 days and wrote it on his fridge. That was pretty cool. I am excited to see if he stays true to his goal. 

Service this week was a lot of yard work. We helped a few older ladies plant flowers and trees and pressure washed a shed.

Anyways, that's all for this week. Till next time.

Elder Parker