When your "less active" is so less active she hasn't even been baptized!!!

Wow!! This week has been a rush and I can't believe it is p-day again!!! I think this week calls for sharing highlights of each of my day. Ready set go!

Monday: All of us Rockville sisters went to the Fillerups for Dinner. It was a ton of fun! After dinner we sat around the living room signing hymns while Sister Everton, Sister Carter, and  Brother Fillerup played on the guitar. That was a ton of fun and brought a great spirit in the room.

Tuesday: Missionary meetings where we combined with both DC zones. I was blown away how many Elders there were! I have been used to seeing mostly sisters because our district has 5 or 6 sets of sisters and our DL, ZLs, and APs rarely comes to district meetings! So that was fun to see what it used to look like a few months ago before they split us up into 2 zones. That night I tried pineapple tamales with camel sauce at a member's house. It was WAY good. If I wasn't so full, I would have had a second one! Sister Toze knows how to cook! 

Wednesday: We had interviews with President!!! It was crazy trying to get to the stake center that normally takes us 10 min to drive. The traffic was INSANE!!! It took us about 40min... That shouldn't even be possible!!! Lucky for us... President came an hour later than we did! His drive took him 2 hours!!! I don't know if there was a huge accident or what, but that was really crazy! Interviews went great! We are going to have a meeting with the ASL program to set up boundaries to make things more organized. I am excited for that! 

Thursday: This was the best day of the week! The day before we were checking up on records that came from the Spanish ward because noticed there where some members who haven't been seen  at church for a while. 3 out of the 4 said they didn't live there anymore. The one told us that she was asleep and to come back on Thursday morning. So we did! Wow. That was an amazing experience. She only knew Spanish, so I was no help! Sister Kucharek knew enough Spanish to keep the conversation going. It turns out that she wants the

missionaries to visit her and teach her daughter the lessons because she hasn't been baptized yet! Sister Kucharek had a prompting to download a video in Spanish before we came to her house. We showed them "A world without a Savior" and the spirit was so strong. Afterwards the Mom testified what the Savior did for us to her daughter. I am so excited to pass the news to the Spanish missionaries so they can teach her daughter! It was such a sweet experience and I had no idea what was being said!

That afternoon we went up to Fredrick! That was also a great experience. We taught Elisa and that went good. She is getting close to getting all her lessons done! I am excited to see her be baptized! Her mom still wants to push it later to March, so we will see what happens! The best was seeing Sister Skyes. She has not been feeling well for the past 7 months and it was so nice to see her that day. When I walked into the room I felt a deep love for her. I hate seeing people suffer and it bothers me when their suffering doesn't go away. We shared a conference talk called "Choose to Believe". We had a great conversation about what we can do when things get tough and those trials don't immediately go away. Seeing Sister Sykes has differently strengthen my faith and hope that things will get better for her. 

Friday: Weekly planning day!!! We actually had a good time weekly planing together! We got a lot of things done and became even closer! We even made some cookies for some of our deaf members! That night we made a memory game with the Word of Wisdom for Elisa's lesson this week. We of course had to try it out! I was way

tired and Sister Kucharek creamed me twice! I have yet to win any game with her! 

Saturday: We got fed twice this day! We went out to eat with the Lagos family at a Chinese buffet. The food was 

really good! Then that night we went over to the Isners with all the Rockville sisters. The two ladies we saw was

Gail and Joy. I love them so much! It is so funny to hear them be sassy to each other. Joy is the daughter-in-law to Gail. We had a super good time with them. During our big meal appointments we saw Mary Knight. For 5 months now... I thought Mary was a less active!!! Though... It always seemed weird that her records were never in LDS tools. We got talking about baptism and she told us that she never was baptized in our church!!!! It turns out we got a new investigator and progressing investigator all in one day! She said she would come to church the next day and she did! We think she sat in the back because we didn't see her, but we will try to catch her next time! Sister Kucharek gave me and Sister Cosper a hard time about  not knowing Mary wasn't a member. haha.It was really funny. 

Sunday: We had a good day! We had a lunch appointment and it was so good! The husband made homemade pizza with homemade tomato sauce! I ate so much pizza!! That night we had Why I Believe! We brought the Finders (Randy isn't a member) and Charo! I really enjoyed the recent convert testimonies. One of them was Sister Grasso who was baptized in the Rockvillle ward a year ago. Her testimony was so strong and powerful. She said joining the church was the best things she has ever done. The main speaker was  Terryl L. Givens. He is a famous LDS author. My favorite thing he talked about was Jonah. He said the story wasn't about repentance, but doing what God commands you even when it is really hard to do so. I can see that clearly being on my mission! It can be hard to push forward, but you know you have to because God want you to! 

Well... that was my crazy and exciting week! I am doing well and am excited to see what this week brings! One of the things I am most excited for is doing sealing for some family names on Wednesday with all of the sister missionaries! I hope you all are doing great and enjoy your MLK weekend!!!

Much love,

Sister Parker