Hello everyone!
This week was a crazy, fun, funny, and exciting week! There are many fun stories to share this week. So, hold on because this will be a jam packed email!
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| At the Parade! |
On Monday we shared a spiritual thought that we heard the APs do with some of the members. We had the members count the "f"s in 1 Nephi 1:1. It was so funny to watch the family compete who could find all the "f"s first. None of them weren't able to find them all until we read the verse out loud (it took them twice to read it out loud!) Together we found all the "f"s. I challenge you all to do this with your family! I'll put the answer at the end of the email, so you won't go nuts wondering how many there are!
On Wednesday we had a sister's conference before interviews. The theme was how to keep going on our missions and how to joyfully endure through the hard times. It was something I really needed to hear. Missions are tough, but we don't need to be weighed down by the challenges that missions bring. My favorite thing that Sister Cooke said was that even Christ had to endure on the cross. That's all He was doing. He was done with teaching, serving, blessing the sick, etc. His whole purpose on the cross was to endure until the Atonement was finished. That really touched me because Christ is the number one example on knowing how to endure through hard things especially when it's the only thing that you can do at the moment.
My interview was nice and short with President Cooke. It sounds like I'll be getting a new companion next transfer! I'm nervous, but excited for a change. I'm guessing I'll be going to a new area as well, since it will be 8 months on May 1st in this area. Crazy I have been in this Ward for this long! This Ward is literally the best Ward to be in because they are so missionary minded and love to fellowship people in. The work here is really moving fast! We have 2 baptisms in the Ward this Saturday! One is Rose and the other is David. The APs and the "Home Teachers" (aka Traveling APs) have been teaching them. That's 4 baptism in the month of April!! This does not happen! Anyways... We will find out in 2 weeks what will happen next transfer!
On Wednesday we went to Ann's house! We brought a crock pot creamy chicken to make pasta for lunch. We also made cookies too! So, I mixed up all the cookie dough and put a batch in the oven. Sister Kucharek then eats a little cookie dough then asks, "umm... I wonder if the eggs I gave you is rotten?" We then grabbed the other egg that was with it and tried the water trick. If the egg floats it's bad, if it sinks it's good to use. So we tried it with an egg and it floated right to the top! So... We called some Elders and asked what we should do and they said as long as it isn't smelly and doesn't look weird when you cracked the eggs, it's ok. Their last word were, just bless the cookies just to make sure! Haha! So, we figured with that it was ok because it didn't smell and we blessed the cookies! No one got sick, so we are good to go!
The craziest thing happened on our way home from ASL class. We got on the highway and Sister Kucahrek yells, "OH MY GOSH!!! DO YOU SEE THAT?!?!?!" Right ahead of us we saw a pick up truck in the other lane of traffic on fire! We couldn't see anyone in the truck, but it was a scary sight! Here is a video that I took!
Thursday was a JAM packed day of lessons and meetings. We had 5 lessons in all! Our last one was with our investigator, Feng from Taiwan. We finalized the time to meet with him at 8:00 when he though we were meeting at 9 instead! It was funny because we saw Feng running on our way to where we were going to meet. We got to the place super early and so we just waited in the car. While waiting, we saw the APs behind us. We pulled down our window and said Hi. We scared Elder Tanner because he thought we were gone... He was going to prank our car! Haha... Good thing we were still there. Our lesson with Feng went good. It's going to be hard to get him to pray because he's not sure if there even is a God. So pray that he will pray about that this week!
Friday morning was normal until... We got back from working out. We got a call out for an emergency drill!!! I was so proud of myself because we were the first ones there and the last times we did these drills I have always been the last one there! We couldn't leave until all the people in our district arrived at the church building. We were at the church for 1 hour and a 1/2. So... Not too bad.
Saturday was the BEST day of the week! We got to help out at the cherry blossom parade. I got to stand in a comer directing people where to go and answering any questions they had. Big tender mercy.... Sister Ram (one of the ASL sisters) met a deaf family!!! She and Sister Cosper helped them find a place to sit and they chatted for a sec. The deaf mom gave them their contact information!!! Hopefully they will want to learn more about the gospel! If they are, they will be taught by the other ASL sisters who are over the ASL branch. The elders also found 2 deaf guys there at the parade too!!! They also got their contact information!!! That was so cool! While I was standing on my spot with 2 other sisters and one of President Cooke's daughters, a lady asked us if we wanted to be in a parade. We of course said yes!!! So... We got to walk in the parade while holding a banner for a singer that I can't remember the name... I think he is a YouTube singer... So if you can find the parade, you might can see me on TV!
Yesterday was the craziest Sunday ever! We got to sacrament meeting and its starting and we still didn't see Aggie come in. We then get a text from our member saying that Aggie isn't answering her phone. So we rushed out of the sacrament meeting to call Aggie. Just then, one of sister missionaries got up and said Aggie is right there! Well... It turns out that Aggie got a ride from another member!!! Aggie got confirmed and all is well! After sacrament meeting we went with Aggie with the Ward employment specialist to talk about Aggie getting a job. On the way to Sunday School class, the other RV sisters stopped us and asked if we were teaching today.... We had no idea who was supposed to teach... So we stepped up to the plate and taught a lesson on... Priesthood Organization! Wow... That was a fun lesson to teach right on the spot! It actually wasn't too bad. My favorite part was asking 2 recent converts about their experiences about passing, preparing and blessing the sacrament. It was touching to hear their perspective on it. Then in R.S. Aggie got pulled out to meet with the bishop for a temple interview.... We were not prepared for that, so we'll have to tell her what that's is all about this week! Afterwards Aggie got invited to the Ward choir and she accepted! It's so great to see Aggie make friends and being with the Ward members!
Today we had the best Zone activity ever! We had a sports/game day at the park and BBQ! We played volleyball, kickball, water balloon relay, and a game called jigs up. It deals with a quarter. You have 2 teams sitting on either side of the table. One team close their eyes while the other passes the quarter around. The team with their eyes close says "jigs up" and the other team closes their fist. Then they have to guess who has the quarter after the other team slams or rolls their hand down on the table. Super fun game! After lunch we played capture the flag! It was a super fun day at the park!
I hope you all are well and enjoying the spring time! Love you all!
Much Love,
Sister Parker
P.S. The number of "f's" in Nephi 1:1 is 14
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