Hello!
This week has gone amazingly fast! I can't believe it's already time to write again!!! It was a pretty good week for us again and making some slow progress in finding more deaf people to teach!
Tuesday was full of service! We went back to one of our member's house to do house projects again! This time.. We had to help clean up mouse poop off the garbage floor! We had to wear masks you use for sanding, so we wouldn't get sick and die! Apparently there are certain mouse poop that can make you sick and die 3 days later! It looks like the masks worked because we are still here! haha. Let me tell you! Those masks made it so hard to breathe, but we push through it! We had to leave their garage in a mess because we were all so tired from cleaning. We are going back this week to put everything back in it's place again. After cleaning the mouse poop, we rewarded ourselves! We helped organize her daughters clothes in different bins for each size.That was a ton of fun... Kids clothes are so cute to look at! For dinner that night, we went to a member's home and that was a ton of fun! They were super helpful in getting us information to keep the work moving along!
Wednesday night we met with Shaceda again! Remember her?!?! She is one of the deaf members in Rockville. She called us Tuesday morning and asked if we could meet on Wednesday. We got the ok from the Rockville ASL sisters and went! It was fun to catch up with her. She told us that she has some friends wants to introduce them to the church. Shaceda LOVES the Visitor Center (Who wouldn't love this place?!?!) and wants to bring her friends there. So... hopefully between all of us ASL sisters, someone can be there for Shaceda and her friends!
Nothing too exciting happened on Thursday, but Friday was where the party was at! We went over to Jan's to help clean and organize her apartment again. To our surprise, Jan's friend, Kathleen was there with her grandson to clean. I really like Kathleen a lot! She got things done and the apartment looks A LOT better than it used to. I was on Kitchen duty and had a fun time cleaning the kitchen up. It was a blessing because we hadn't been able to clean since being with Jan because we have been so distracted organizing her coffee table. Sister Carter LOVES to organize and I love to clean. So it worked out perfectly! I cleaned while Sister Carter continued helping Jan organize her things. Before we left Kathleen told us that she wants to take Jan to the temple visitor center in 2 weeks and would love for us to join! I am so excited for this and pray that this will really help soften Jan's heart. I am hoping she'll be willing to be taught the missionary lessons! Pray for us that this will happen!
Saturday was another good day! I got a really good workout this day too! In the morning we helped some members, who used to go to the YSA ward before they got married, move to their new complex. It was a LONG walk, but it was a lot of fun! Then that afternoon we met Brian! Once again, Sister Carter's friend in the Richmond, VA mission found a deaf person to pass to us. She met Brian and told us to go meet him :). So we did and it was amazing! Brian is the sweetest person ever! He told us flat out that he wasn't interested,but we were welcome to come back and chat. We told him we would bring cookies and he seemed to like that idea. haha. So in 2 or so weeks we'll go back with cookies AND a Book of Mormon! haha. That night we had to meet our Zone Leaders back at our apartment to exchange our mattresses so we can rid of the bed bugs for good! My sore arms had another good workout carrying the box springs up and down from the apartment!
It was a good day at church yesterday! There were 2 investigators at church the other ASL missionaries are teaching!!! One of which is Jackie! (The lady I helped teach a while ago who had trouble praying) It was so sweet seeing all the members who recognized Jackie and said hello. Sister Cosper did great in helping Jackie out and showed her pictures of what the speaker was talking about to help Jackie understand better. After church we went to go see Elisa! The other sisters are seeing her, but her mom wants us to come too! That was a lot of fun! I love Elisa and her siblings so much! We had a blast chatting with them and talking about how we can build our testimonies. We then drove back to the visitor center right in time to eat dinner real quick before Why I Believe. The whole Cooke family spoke (except for their oldest son who has been in UT this whole time since I've been on my mission. haha) It was really nice to hear from the Cooke kids and hear how much appreciation they have for us missionaries. It touched my heart to hear Sister Cooke apologize to her children that she and their dad haven't been home a lot during these 3 years because they have devoted their whole time and energy in us missionaries and the mission. Sister Cooke also emphasized how much President Cooke does love us missionaries. He answers EVERY single letter we send to him even though everyone told him that it would be impossible to do. He has written around 20,000 letters these past 3 years! Sister Cooke shared how every free moment President Cooke had... was writing those letters. He even had his family or the AP drive him places so that he could keep writing letters! We ended the meeting by singing our amazing mission song and 1 verse of "God Be With You Til We Meet Again." The tears have not come yet, but I'm sure they will soon come! They will be leaving in about a week and a half on July 2nd. Maybe the reason why I'm not too sad is because after the Cooke's do their 1 month vacation, they will be coming back to their new home and still be living in the same ward they were going to! So, I feel like I'll be still seeing them around! Their youngest daughter, Elizabeth is still in high school and said she is taking ASL next year! So, she wants to go with us to go teach deaf people with us! That will be so much fun!!!
Well, that's my week! I hope you all are doing well and are happy!
Love You All!
Sister Parker
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| Our old Mission President and his Wife |
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| Our new Mission President and his Wife |
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