November 12, 2008

Dear Family,

How is everyone doing? Everything is going ok in J’ville. Nothing really to report here. We are having a little bit of a problem. We are having troubles with people progressing. We have lost contact with a lot of our investigators and can’t seem to get a hold of them. This is a problem because we are losing investigators. It is kind of getting frustrating but I think, hope and pray that things will improve.

My new companion, Elder Noorda, is different than Elder Sellers. I got so used to being around him and now that he isn’t around, I feel like I can’t act the same. His personality is different from mine and lets just say that it will take some time between us. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the guy, its just I am not used to the change quite yet.

We have had good spiritual experiences here as well. We have been working on a new member missionary program with the members. We are trying to get referrals from them and we basically train them on how to share the gospel. The spirit is really strong when we share the messages with them. We also have been working on getting our investigators to pray at the end of the lessons. We totally walked in on some guy and taught him the first lesson and he said the prayer at the end. It is amazing to me how the spirit will work with people.

I am grateful to be one of the servants of the Lord. It is very difficult to be one sometimes but you can’t give up. You got to keep going.

Well, Looks like I got to go. I love all of you and continue to pray for me and for the area! I love you!

Love,

Elder Parker