tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52940163463856115492024-02-07T13:35:33.373-08:00Hermana ParslowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381366888938354504noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-72205657460008558932016-04-25T20:20:00.002-07:002016-04-26T20:19:40.325-07:00The last one! Newsletter Week 79, mission accomplished.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />The unbelievable truth that I've learned on my mission, stronger than<br /><br />any other is LOVE.<br /><br />Our Father and His son Jesus Christ love us so much. More than we<br /><br />could ever comprehend. Beginning to understand this incredible<br /><br />principle has helped me to begin to develop this love for others. It<br /><br />has changed me completely.<br /><br />"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that<br /><br />whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting<br /><br />life." John 3:16<br /><br />Can you believe that!? God loves us, you and me, so much that he gave<br /><br />his ONLY begotten son for us. As we come to understand this we will be<br /><br />changed forever.<br /><br />When I began to understand this love He has for me, it changed me. I<br /><br />began to love Him in ways I never had before. I learned that I obey<br /><br />the commandments and the mission rules, not for extra blessing, but<br /><br />because I truly love God and want to make Him proud. I want to do the<br /><br />things He wants me to do.<br /><br />As we learn in the scriptures, the greatest commandment God has given<br /><br />us is to love one another. Loving our fellow man is the same as loving<br /><br />Him. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my<br /><br />brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40<br /><br />They are all connected. Our love for man and our love for God is only<br /><br />possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement has<br /><br />given us the capacity to love, even in our most imperfect state.<br /><br />In the end, it is love that drives us to do everything we do. If we<br /><br />love God we will keep His commandments. If we love our family we will<br /><br />read our scriptures, pray, and go to church because we understand that<br /><br />our actions affect them also. If we love our ancestors we will do our<br /><br />family history and help them enter into paradise. We do it all out of<br /><br />love.<br /><br />I truly love Texas so much, the Texas pride, the food, the people. I<br /><br />will miss them all dearly. These people have changed my life and I<br /><br />have learned so much from them. The Ward member, investigators,<br /><br />companions, my mission president and his family, and mostly my<br /><br />incredible family who has supported me and helped me through it all. I<br /><br />am new. I love you all and I am so excited and grateful to see you<br /><br />this week. I would also love to see you at my homecoming on May 15th.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pics:<br /><br />1. The district threw us a funeral. It was presh. Hna VanDyke gave an<br /><br />obituary speech for me.. Jajajaja :)<br /><br />2. We did sooooo much service this week helping with the flooding. It<br /><br />hit Jersey Village super hard. We would just walk down the river of<br /><br />roads and help random people tear out their walls and carpets.<br /><br />3. At the mission fireside last night, so good to reunite with my<br /><br />comps before I leave. :)<br style="background-color: white; color: #06082c; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;" />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-54198026513363814792016-04-25T20:17:00.001-07:002016-04-25T20:17:16.801-07:00Newsletter Week 77Hey friends and family. I hope y'all had a really spiritual week this week.<br /><br />I've probably taught the Plan of Salvation hundreds of times<br />throughout my mission, about where we go after this life. The Spirit<br />World, especially Paradise, the place that is prepared for the<br />righteous. And even though I know it, this week I couldn't seem to<br />wrap my mind around it. What is it really like?<br /><br /> In Alma 40 it says:<br /><br /> "11 Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the<br />resurrection--Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that<br />the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal<br />body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be good or evil, are<br />taken home to that God who gave them life.<br />12 And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of those who are<br />righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called<br />paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest<br />from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow."<br /><br />Every righteous soul is received into this state of peace, and even<br />though I don't know exactly what it is like, I know it is better than<br />the world we now live in. The people in Paradise are happy. What a<br />comfort to know.<br /><br />I know our loved ones that pass from this life are there, they are so<br />close to us. This week I had a spiritual experience and felt her so<br />close. President Russell M Nelson said "our loved ones may be just as<br />close as the next room--separated only by the doors of death." This<br />spirit paradise is near us. What a wonderful opportunity it will be to<br />continue to learn and grow there. To be reunited with all of our loved<br />ones that have passed on.<br /><br />As we see death through gospel eyes it gives us a whole new<br />perspective. I stand by Paul asking “O death, where is thy sting? O<br />grave, where is thy victory? …" it takes the pain away to know that<br />families are forever, that our loved ones are in a state of happiness<br />until they will receive the blessing of the resurrection and along<br />with us be judged according to our actions here.<br /><br />Thinking about the final judgement can often bring feelings of fright.<br />But this is not how our sweet loving Father in Heaven wants us to<br />feel. He wants us to be prepared and to receive us with open arms. If<br />we are faithful we too will be able to hear the loving words of our<br />Savior saying: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast<br />been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many<br />things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."<br /><br />I know families are eternal. We will all be in the Celestial Kingdom<br />together. And there we will experience even more joy than we felt with<br />our families here. There is nothing I love more than my family and<br />what a blessing to know that we will be together Eternally.<br /><br />Even though this week I wanted so badly to be at home with my family,<br />I wanted to be with them during this time, I felt my Savior so near to<br />me. I know He loves us, He comforts us and He will never leave us<br />alone. Especially during the hardest times. This gospel is true.<br />Families are eternal. Death is nothing but a door to a better life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-6745575805371786212016-04-25T20:11:00.001-07:002016-04-25T20:11:40.151-07:00Newsletter week 76Hey y'all! I hope ya had a great week. We had a good one! We really<br />worked hard to reach our goals this week and came super close to<br />meeting all of them:) I had MLC this week.. My last one! :) I love<br />that meeting.. But it always stresses me out.. Haha. I also had my<br />last zone meeting. I was able to talk about faith. I love faith. Our<br />Mission President challenged every companionship to baptize every<br />month. I love seeing the faith of the missionaries as they strive<br />their hardest to fulfill this challenge.<br />I absolutely loved conference, the spirit was so strong, I know that<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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church. I feel so blessed to be a part of it. We watched it in English<br />on Saturday but on Sunday we watched it in Spanish with our<br />investigators. I sure am going to miss speaking this celestial<br />language all the time.<br />So ready for a story?<br /><br />The story of last P-day.<br />So last Monday I decided that I really wanted to go hang out with the<br />district. So I plea the cause with my comp and she tells me that she<br />doesn't want to go cuz it would be lame. I assure her that it would<br />NOT be lame and that we would have a lot of fun.. So against her will<br />she finally agrees to come.<br />It was the end of the month.. And we were completely out of miles. The<br />chapel we were going to go to as a district is about 45 minutes away.<br />We decided to just drive to the Canyon Lakes Hermanas apartment about<br />15 minutes away and then we would car-pool with them.<br />We jump in the car with them and it is all off to a great start. I<br />give my companion and encouraging smile that all will be great. She<br />doesn't seem to be convinced.<br />We finally get there... And to my great despair.. It was really lame.<br />We tried to do some things to make it fun... And it just wasn't<br />working. So me, my comp, and one other of the Hermanas decide to go<br />get frozen yogurt to escape.<br />Pday comes to an end and we all pile back in the canyon lakes hermanas<br />car and make the trip back home. When we pull up to their apartment we<br />see, to our amusement, that the GPS had fallen off our car's<br />windshield and hit our hazard lights. I reach into my bag to grab the<br />keys and turn them off. To my great despair the keys were not there! I<br />looked frantically for them with no luck.<br />We had a super important appointment in 30 minutes and we were 35<br />minutes away. Not to mention that we were house keyless, carless and<br />in our pday clothes with our pros clothes locked in our hazard light<br />flashing car. The canyon lakes hermanas phone ring.. Their appointment<br />cancels. They came up with the great idea that they would just give us<br />some clothes, drive us to our appointment and contact in our area<br />while we were in the lesson. What Angels <3 so all goes well.<br />We receive a call from the Katy Hermanas and they inform us that they<br />found our keys in their chapel. They take the hike all the way down<br />here to bring us our keys and use every last mile hey ever had. They<br />are true saints. By the time we get our keys it's about.. 9:40. And<br />our hazard lights are starting to flash quite dimmly....And I had<br />officially made all the hermanas in my district get home super late. I<br />felt real bad.<br />We thank the Katy hermanas for the keys, hug them, and send them back<br />on their way to their apartment. Me and the other STL Hermana head to<br />the car, as we were planning to do splits the next day because we had<br />MLC super early the next morning. So I finally unlock the car.. Stick<br />the keys in the ignition.. Turn..... Annnnnd...... Nothing. Absolutely<br />nothing. The car was completely dead.<br />We frantically think of what on earth we could do... We decide to call<br />our best friend Suamy... But he didn't call any jumping cables.. So we<br />call our other best friend Victor. He listens.. Then laughs.. Then<br />says he'll come save us. He lives over 30 minutes away. He gets there<br />at about 10:40 and jumps our car for us. What a jem. He told us that<br />we couldn't turn the car off for another 20 minutes. We thank him for<br />saving us and he goes on his way.<br />We decide to just stay the night with the Canyon Lakes Hermanas.. We<br />sleep... Well didn't really sleep... But attempted on a super old<br />hide-a-way bed until the alarm went off at the unspoken hours of the<br />morning and me and the other STL head over to MLC and try our our<br />hardest not to fall asleep.<br />Moral of the story... My companion easily convinced me not to leave<br />the apartment today.. So we are staying peacefully at home. Sometimes<br />I wish i just would have listened the first time.<br /><br />Pics:<br />1. Victor to the rescue<br />2. Sleep tight.....<br />3. My companion hold my head when I feel stressed. #compunity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey y'all! I hope you all had a great week. This week was full of<br />miracles. Like really llena! :) first off we went to the temple with<br />Sandra to do baptisms for her mom and dad. It was so so so Special!<br />She said as she walked in that she felt as if she had just stepped<br />into Heaven. :)<br />We also recently had the opportunity to go to the temple and do the<br />temple work for our own ancestor. We had to find our own name of<br />family search and then we went to the temple and performed the work<br />for them. The experience I had was incredible. I can feel the presence<br />of the Lord so powerfully in the temple. Like really it is incredible.<br />I know the work we do in the temple is real. We are the only church<br />with these sacred ordinances that Jesus Christ established restored<br />once again.<br />Saturday Eduardo got baptized! It was so awesome to be able to see his<br />conversion. We found him outside his apartment about two months ago..<br />And he has completely changed his life. His baptism was beautiful. Man<br />I love this work. I have made so many great friendships.. It is going<br />to be really hard to leave this land.<br />Also two of my recent converts moved into the Ward this Week! So i am<br />super happy I get to see them again:)<br />Sunday was the highlight of the week, Sandra, Victor and Suamy, three<br />of the recent converts I love so much got up and bore their testimony<br />about the truthfulness of the gospel and how it has changed their<br />lives. I was so full of joy I couldn't stop smiling to ear to ear. The<br />Lord really is at the helm of his work. This is his true gospel. It is<br />complete. I love it and it fills me so full of joy! I hope you all had<br />a great safe Easter weekend and were able to ponder more on the<br />resurrection of Jesus Christ. I love you so much and am super excited<br />to see y'all Soon! Take care!<br /><br />Pics:<br />At the temple with Sandra<br />Eduardo's baptism<br />We were out contacting and all the sudden the concrete started to act<br />like a caterpillar #whoknows<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-21226379621487903942016-03-28T15:56:00.004-07:002016-03-28T15:56:51.660-07:00Newsletter Week 74<br /><br />Hey no time! This week was a good one! We have seen so many miracles<br /><br />so I can't complain. We have Eduardo's baptism this week, so so good:)<br /><br />I am super excited! I hope you have a great week. The church is true<br /><br />and the book is blue:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pics: we went to the temple this week! So happy.<br /><br />We went to our investigators house for our appointment and she tried<br /><br />to cancel with is because she was painting.. We quickly informed her<br /><br />we were actually professional painters too. She laughed and let us in.<br /><br />#missionarylife :)<br /><br />Making sopes with the Alcantaras<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-77339709896046419072016-03-28T15:47:00.000-07:002016-03-28T15:47:24.007-07:00Newsletter Week 73 "I Know"Hey y'all! So I am greenie breaking my new companion, her name is Hermana VanDyke. She is from Virginia, so that's cool:) she is really sweet. Things here have been going pretty good, really not much new. Just teaching, knocking and planning.. That pretty much sums up my missionary life haha. I love the people here so much, I am so grateful I get to finish my mission in good old Jersey Village:) <br />I titled this newsletter "I know" because I wanted to share some things that I know with you. <br />If any of you are having a hard time keeping your faith in the the restored gospel, I want you to know that I love you..so much and I am here to help. <br />I know that this gospel is true. I haven't always known, I have hoped that it was true and trusted that it was true, heck, I even went on a mission trusting and hoping it was true.. But now I KNOW it is true. I know it as much as I know that I have a family that loves me, i know it because I feel it, because of the evidences God has given us, such as the Book of Mormon, Temple Ordinances and Living prophets. <br />The more I study the scriptures, and especially the bible, the more my testimony grows concerning Joseph Smith and the restored church. There are so many evidences, but that doesn't make people believe. Think of when Jesus Christ himself was on the Earth, he could have given proof after proof after proof that he was the son of God, but he didn't and he didn't do it because he asks us to have faith. "And now as I said concerning faith--faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true." Alma 32:21<br />I have never seen the original plates of the Book of Mormon, I wasn't present when God presented himself to Joseph Smith. BUT IT HAPPENED! I believe in what I didn't see, because it is true. "The Lord taught His Apostle Thomas, who wanted physical evidence of the Savior’s Resurrection by touching His wounds, that revelation is safer evidence: “Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed” (John 20:29).<br />The truths that mark the way home to God are verified by the Holy Ghost. We cannot go to the grove and see the Father and the Son speak to the young Joseph Smith. No physical evidence or any logical argument can establish that Elijah came as promised to confer the priesthood keys now held and exercised by a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson.<br />Confirmation of truth comes to a son or daughter of God who has claimed the right to receive the Holy Ghost. Since falsehoods and lies may be presented to us at any time, we need a constant influence of the Spirit of Truth to spare us moments of doubt." (Those were not my words haha hence the close quote)<br />I know that there is so much anti-Mormon doctrine, frankly I have had it thrown at me many times during my mission, and some of it may appear so truthful, but remember that the Devil works so hard against the true church to make it appear false. Our mission president gave us some good advice concerning how to maintain a strong testimony. <br />Let's say our testimony is a tree, the roots are our base, our fundamental knowledge. This is what's important, don't get so caught up in a little doubt out on a leaf that you forget to start from the roots. <br />We will know the truth by the power of the Holy Ghost, it will bear testimony to us that this the true church if we ask. <br /> "While a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, George Q. Cannon urged that we make a constant quest for the Spirit to be with us. He promised, and I promise it as well, ( that if we is is president Russell M Nelson talking) pursue that course, we “will never lack for knowledge” of the truth, “never be in doubt or in darkness,” and our “faith will be strong, [our] joy … full.”" <br />I invite you all to kneel down today and re-ask for the confirmation that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet, the truth is inside of you and you will remember that it is true. I love you, I am here for you. I know this is true. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. <br />Hermana ParslowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-67321673965348898162016-03-28T15:45:00.000-07:002016-03-28T15:45:08.024-07:00Newsletter Week 72Hey hey! I hope y'all had a great week, this week was super busy. I<br />don't even know where it went. I had MLC, we learned more about how to<br />better teach the commandment of baptism. Our mission has the goal of<br />baptizing 600 converts this year, we are super pumped! And so far we<br />are doing pretty good to stay on track:)<br />We also had a meeting with Sister Oscarson.... Bragging moment.. I<br />HUGGED THE RELIEF SOCIETY PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD! She is so sweet, you<br />can just feel the love her and her counselors have for the saints:)<br />they talked about the love the Lord has for us:)<br />We then had zone meeting:) it went good... And this week is the<br />dreaded transfer call week... And Hermana Gayler is out. :( I am gonna<br />miss her so so so much! she was a great companion. And that means that<br />I am ending my mission here in Jersey Village. Haha good thing I love<br />the people so much in this Ward:)<br />Not a ton new here:) I love y'all! Have a great week.<br /><br />Pics:<br />Insanity this morning... #killer I am super excited to be able to<br />really workout again.. #sofun :)<br />The Alcantara family, Hermano went to Mexico this week and brought us<br />back Valeros to play with.<br />We were out contacting and met a famous soccer player from El Salvador<br />Our zone :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-9018364554466999182016-03-28T15:38:00.001-07:002016-03-28T15:38:28.094-07:00Newsletter Week 71<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hey Y'all! I hope you are doing great. This week was a good one:) we</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">have been so busy! Which is great as a missionary.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> This week we had the baptism of Sandra! Haha what an experience that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was.. She has been so so prepared in her teaching, we had to have some</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">sort of problem. Let me tell the story:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sandra's baptism:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So we are super duper excited for Sandra's baptism and we go to the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">church to fill up the font and set everything up. So we fill up the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">font and all is good. The water is warm, the chairs are in line, the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">hymn books are placed this was going to be the best baptism ever.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Anyways members start to arrive and things are looking great. We look</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">at the font again... About 15 minutes before the baptism was going to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">start and there is only 1 foot of water... We tried to find the source</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">of the problem and realized it was the plug. Let me explain this plug</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to you... It is about as wide as a tortilla and exactly as thick as a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">tortilla and also about as strong as a flimsy tortilla... So when we</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">put it over the gaping whole of a dr</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">ain when the water gets heavy it</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">buckles under the pressure turns into a taco into the drain, while the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">water quickly goes down the drain. So I hike up my dress and brave the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">water to try to kindly place it back over the drain. It seems to be a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">success. We turn the water back on and pretend that nothing happened.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The baptism starts and during the opening prayer we hear a pop and a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">whirlwind of water sound. My comp and I just freeze in our seats. Well</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">one of our super brave elders decides he will brave the water and go</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">try to figure it out. So he goes back there and we just sit there</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">pretending to be calm and listen to the speaker... We hear the gasps</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">from the elder, and just pray all was going well. After 3 or 4 minutes</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the other Elder goes back there to find out what was going on. What</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">they didn't know is that the room back there echoes so we heard</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">everything they said. "Elder.... HELP ME." Meanwhile.... The</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionary special musical number comes up. So my Companion, me, and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">just one of the elders sang. Poor elder had to sing a solo and was</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">scared to death, because his comp was occupied with the tank. Well</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">that went ok. Well the baptism was up and the elder who had went to go</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">check out the font was still back there.. So I go back to investigate</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">because the elder was supposed to be a witness. Some go back there and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">see the elder IN THE FONT IN HIS SUIT! And he was drenched! He had</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">jumped in in his suit replaces the plug. Well Sandra gets up to go to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the font, and the sopping wet elder came out just in time to stand as</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">a witness of the baptism of Sandra in 2.5 feet of chilly cold water.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">What a baptism that was.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well that's about all that comes to my mind when I think of this week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I have MLC this week, so that should be exciting. Not much more to say</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">about this week, the time is going by so fast it makes me nervous. I</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">love y'all! Have a great week:)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Pics:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sandra's baptism.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Heart attacking our best friends car</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Insanity with our new friends... They renamed me Paris because they</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">can't say my name.. Haha :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-73834118332997736232016-03-28T15:29:00.000-07:002016-03-28T15:29:07.308-07:00Newsletter Week 70 ... I think :)Hey y'all! I hope y'all had a great week!<br />
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This week was interesting none the less.. Haha if I was to title it..<br />
It would most likely be Creepy Men Week. The warmer the weather gets<br />
the creepier the men get too. Haha this week my Comp and I lied about<br />
being married so many times. But honestly what makes a person think<br />
they can be so bold and straight up creepy I will never know. All is<br />
well that ends well.<br />
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Back about the work. This week we had zone conference.... My. Very.<br />
Last. One. So so so sad! I had to give my "dying" testimony... Man it<br />
was hard. As I contemplated and tried to put in words how I felt about<br />
my mission it was so hard! I love my mission so so much, it has<br />
definitely been the hardest thing I have ever done. Hands down. But I<br />
have never been happier. Seeing the gospel change people's lives<br />
changes me.<br />
<br />
Like our sweet sweet investigator that is getting baptized this<br />
Saturday. She inspires me so much. She recently came here from her<br />
country and was having a hard time adjusting to the American culture.<br />
Her cousin in California (who is a member) told her about the church<br />
and she agreed to listen to missionaries. I have seen this gospel<br />
change her completely, just a month ago she was filled with fear and<br />
felt so lonely. She has been filled with a new confidence and so much<br />
faith. In her job she kept asking for Sunday's off so she could attend<br />
all three hours of church instead of having to leave after sacrament<br />
meeting. She asked and asked but he refused to give Sunday's to her.<br />
She talked to us about her concern, we taught her about fasting and<br />
the power it has. We invited her to do a 24 hour fast to ask Heavenly<br />
Father for help. We promised we would do it with her. Well last week<br />
we all fasted together and this week she decided to QUIT HER JOB!!! We<br />
she told me my eyes filled with tears. I have never met an<br />
investigator with so much faith. I love her so much. She inspires me<br />
to be better, she searches the scriptures, she says sincere prayers<br />
and her testimony is so strong. Man I feel so blessed to know her.<br />
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This week we also had a Ward activity put on by la obra<br />
misional...(honestly I cannot figure out how to say that correctly in<br />
English.... But what it is is the full time missionaries and the Ward<br />
mission leader:) we did activities and games and learned about how the<br />
Holy Ghost works.. It was one of the funnest activities I've ever had<br />
on the mission:) super fun:) I should have taken some pics:)<br />
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Haha a dumb moment of my week.. So we were at the park with a recent<br />
convert... And I decided to try and be cool (lame I know;) and do this<br />
pull up thing and then grab a bar above my head with one arm while<br />
holding the pull up... Well the first one went great, so I got all<br />
kinds of confidence and went to do it again and totally messed up my<br />
shoulder... So that's the worst.. Haha it's been hurting all week...<br />
-_-<br />
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Well love you all so much! Thank you for everything. Hope you have a<br />
great week.<br />
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Pics:<br />
Sandra! :)<br />
Comp and I out jumping in puddles welcoming in Texas rain season:)<br />
We found this poor kitty that had manges disease... And it pulled on<br />
our heart stings so we ran to Walmart and bought it its last meal.<br />
#catlovers<br />
Video: we got a new life... (;<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-16943614904302355192016-03-28T15:15:00.001-07:002016-03-28T15:15:32.976-07:00Newsletter Week 69Hey!!! I hope yall had a super great week!!!<br />
Things here have been so good. Stressful but good. <br />
So so so many blessings! Our investigator got baptized!!!! His wife is a member and they are seriously the cutest couple in the world. I have never met people as in love as them, serious future marriage goal status.. well they just had a super cute little boy too... anyways back to the point. His wife is a member and he is nice and comes to church and even reads from the Book of Mormon, but has never wanted to be baptized a member. He had some serious doubts by hearing some Mormon myths about the book of Mormon and Jose Smith. Well his wife has just loved him through his journey knowing if the church is true, she was so patient even though she often mentioned about her goal about being sealed in the temple with him.<br />
Well we went over on Monday night and had a family home evening, we talked about eternal families and talked to him about being sealed in the temple with his family, he said he really wanted to. We said to prepare to be able to be sealed he needs to be baptized. He agreed to be baptized and got baptized on Friday!! He has been investigating the church so long! And he finally made the decision to put his trust in his faith and leave his doubts behind. Him and his wife were just beaming at their baptism.<br />
Our mission president always talks to us about raising our vision to the temple, and helping our investigators do the same. This week I was able to see the fruits of that. I feel so so so blessed and happy. So many many miracles! :)<br />
Love you all!!!<br />
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pics:<br />
happy valentines day all:)<br />
One of my favorite members ever:)<br />
The one of the piñata, we were out contacting, and we asked this lately if we could share a 2 minute message of Jesus Christ with her, she told us that she was too busy and preceded to talk for 20 minutes about piñatas she makes... they were super awesome piñatas though!! :)<br />
Rey's Baptism!! :)<br />
Dinner last night: Fish head and baby shrimp rice.. Yummmmm... :) #youknowIloveSeafood<br />
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Love, Hermana Parslow<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-51323370254762478052016-02-08T16:17:00.002-08:002016-02-08T16:17:53.775-08:00Newsletter Week 68<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Hello friends and family!<br />I hope you all had a great week, not a ton to talk about here. This<br />week was a crazy one. I had MLC, went on exchanges and had zone<br />meeting. So talk about crazy busy. Thursday was the first day I<br />actually had a full day working in my own area. Haha I have been<br />noticing a pattern I'm not a huge fan of.. So every week of MLC and<br />zone meeting I always get sick, haha I think it is due to the lack of<br />sleep.... -_-<br />But anyhow on to things of a but more importance, our investigator is<br />doing great for her baptismal date! We shared why we have commandments<br />and the Word of Wisdom with her, and she committed to try to live it,<br />but wasn't real convinced. So we are hoping to help her with that:)<br />We are still on the search for new investigators, but at least we now<br />have a few that are actually progressing:)<br />Can I just rant for a minute on how stinkin great Texas is! I<br />seriously love Houston so much.. If my heart wasn't so set in living<br />in Mantua, Utah... I might just consider living here. The people are<br />so incredible:) I love them so much:)<br />As many of you know, the great Texas Houston Mission lost one of her<br />Alumni's this week. Please keep the family of Sister Jeppson in your<br />prayers. <3<br />Well I'm not sure where the rest of the week went.... But that is all<br />that is coming to mind.<br />I love you all! Have. Great week. :)<br /><br />One of the recent converts made us friendship bracelets.... My heart=full<br /><br />Hermana Parslow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8foe5Mk1fZrcaGuoKkYE65ECaMLMKEsZ5oaIc7fWX7ILgQ02bJ08_ZFxWj_kX076F7i6ifCC0H3QdkXxlGMP3u7ha-T5nfkDFWMSuhYHgR0aGGnWLLiCmc7mTgkb_kVULDLU7KpN3es/s1600/Week+68.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8foe5Mk1fZrcaGuoKkYE65ECaMLMKEsZ5oaIc7fWX7ILgQ02bJ08_ZFxWj_kX076F7i6ifCC0H3QdkXxlGMP3u7ha-T5nfkDFWMSuhYHgR0aGGnWLLiCmc7mTgkb_kVULDLU7KpN3es/s320/Week+68.JPG" width="311" /></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-44166248656782097092016-02-08T16:16:00.001-08:002016-02-08T16:16:01.187-08:00Newsletter Week 67<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
This week was so full of the spirit!<br />I have some big news.... Ready for it???<br />I SHOOK THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUOROM OF THE 12 APOSTLES HAND!!!!<br />He even told me "Buenos Dias" :D<br />I was literally so happy... I swear I could feel his testimony through<br />his hand. ;)<br />So we had a special missionary conference with him this Saturday, the<br />three Texas Houston Missions gathered together (all 700 of us) to hear<br />him. He talked to us for an hour and a half. It was the coolest thing,<br />when President Nelson spoke he spoke with such a surety of the things<br />of the gospel, that it felt impossible to be around him and not<br />believe too.<br />He was taking to us about the importance of family history work, and<br />he shared and experience he recently had. If you all remember his last<br />conference talk, he mentioned him performing heart surgery on the<br />little girl, the surgery was not a success and the little girl passed<br />away. Well a few years later the same parents brought their other<br />little girl with a similar heart problem for President Nelson to try<br />and perform a lifesaving operation. The little girl did not make it<br />either. He talked to us about the hardship that was for him and the<br />two little girls parents life. President Nelson than went on to tell<br />us that those two girls have recently visited him from the Spirit<br />World. They told him that they were not sealed to anyone. President<br />Nelson went on his way to help those two girls be sealed to their<br />parents. They got sealed this past November. Over 50 years since they<br />left this life.<br />He went on to tell us that there are so so so many people in the<br />spirit world wanting to be helped, and to have their ordinances done<br />for them, but they do not know how to get help.<br />We have the key, we can help them! He said something really funny too,<br />he said that they are very much alive and don't like to be called<br />dead.. Haha. Never thought of that:)<br />We also had stake conference on Sunday, and President Nelson spoke to<br />us all in Spanish! It was the cutest thing in the world! I love him so<br />much. He spoke to us about the how to have stronger more united<br />families. He said several things that I really liked, I'd like to<br />share a few:)<br />He taught that the Gospel does not replace parents. Taught that<br />parents should inspire their children, rather than control them. There<br />was something else I really liked, he said your standing at the bottom<br />of a ladder, you look up and see all these blessing at the top... Then<br />he said, blessings don't have feet.... But you do! :)<br />Well that was pretty much the highlight of my week:) life is super<br />good:) I love this Gospel, I love my mission.<br />Have a great week!<br /><br />One of the missionaries drew this:)<br /><br />Purple tongues after eating an entire package of blackberries... Yummy! :) <br /><br />Love them sooo much! :) <br /><br />Hermana Parslow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TbB2d_x47nsmpYqcAUINrONarTFeyV5AIgxyzQkprN29byAUc3KB9bIUYmmcGd6ukm7qXE8HLaLknFeZKWE2hILDsj8NuUdwAUkojrj_V1xDeaRnASYhu6l5_bvMXLVjXLK8OqZm4zE/s1600/Week+67+%25231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TbB2d_x47nsmpYqcAUINrONarTFeyV5AIgxyzQkprN29byAUc3KB9bIUYmmcGd6ukm7qXE8HLaLknFeZKWE2hILDsj8NuUdwAUkojrj_V1xDeaRnASYhu6l5_bvMXLVjXLK8OqZm4zE/s320/Week+67+%25231.JPG" width="216" /></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-73103762285404242902016-02-08T16:12:00.003-08:002016-02-08T16:12:38.533-08:00Newsletter Week 66Hey y'all!<br />I hope that this week was a good one for ya:)<br />What a week we had here! To start of we had this awesome world wide<br />missionary conference. We met as an entire mission to watch it. We<br />received a lot of revelation on what we could do better. The theme was<br />"we teach repentance and baptize converts" which reminds me of<br />something I found in my studies today that says:<br /><br />"When we bring people into the Church, we are not baptizing them into<br />the Church of a man, whether that man be Joseph Smith or Brigham Young<br />or Thomas S. Monson--revere those prophets as we do. And we are not<br />baptizing them into the Church of happy families or of the Mormon<br />Tabernacle Choir.<br />When we bring people into the Church, we baptize them in the name of<br />the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. In doing so, we are<br />leading them back to the presence of the Father through the ministry,<br />Atonement, and grace of His Son, with the influence of the Holy Ghost<br />guiding them to this goal. We must always keep uppermost in our minds<br />this preeminence of the Godhead as both means and end as we undertake<br />the work of salvation." Elder Holland<br /><br />I really loved that! I sometimes feel that I am trying to sell the<br />church to people, showing them all the cool programs and organizations<br />the church offers, but really what we are offering is the way and the<br />path to eternal life through the gospel of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />This week we also went to the temple with a recent convert. Our<br />mission is starting this thing where every 4th Friday of the month the<br />temple is reserved for recent converts who are going to the temple for<br />the first time with their own family names. It was such a beautiful<br />night to be able to see so many recent converts there doing the work<br />of the lord. Their testimonies are so strong!<br /><br />Also we had transfer calls last night... And guess what! I'm staying<br />in Jersey Village with Hermana Gayler! So that is fun:) haha this<br />place really feels pretty much like home, I have been serving with<br />most of these same members for like 8-9 months now:) haha so my<br />address is still:<br />10919 west rd. #414<br />Houston, TX 77064<br /><br />Love y'all! Hope you have a great week:)<br /><br />This morning eating breakfast with one of the wars members:)<br /><br /><br /><br />Hermana Parslow<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-72127506654513889672016-02-08T16:10:00.001-08:002016-02-08T16:10:52.572-08:00Newsletter Week 65<br /><br />This week I learned "it's all about the attitude"<br />So the beginning of this weeks I'm gonna be honest things were not<br />going as planned.<br />There is an investigator we have been working so much with, praying a<br />fasting for, calling and helping with reading, literally doing<br />everything we can to help him with his testimony.<br />Well the whole time he has been struggling with something concerning<br />the law of chastity.<br />On Thursday night we went to our lesson with him, and he told us that<br />he wasn't going to be able to get baptized because he isn't willing to<br />change his lifestyle to live in harmony with the commandments. My<br />companion and I were literally heart broken. You could see in his eyes<br />that he had received his answer from God and that he knew the church<br />was true, but he wasn't willing to change to live in harmony with it.<br />We bore strong testimony to him that we know these thighs are true..<br />He said that he was still going to come to church, but he ignored our<br />texts and didn't come on Sunday. He is a good person, I really hope<br />one day he will accept the gospel.<br />So with the baptism of Fernanda, Victor and Theodora and then him<br />dropping us we are running super low on investigators, like really<br />low.<br />So after feeling super sad all day Thursday, we decided that on Friday<br />we weren't going to say anything that wasn't positive. And in our<br />prayers we couldn't ask for a blessing until we had thanked him for 4<br />things. And our day was great! We knocked so many doors! It was<br />great:) we honestly felt so happy.<br />Sunday we decided to do a gratitude fast. The lord blessed us so much.<br />My testimony grew so much on the power of gratitude. :) I love the<br />mission so much! I hope y'all have a great week.<br /><br /><br /><br />Only in Texas do we see... On a nearly regular basis.. People riding<br />horses down the rode.<br />Our cute little district! + Suamy <br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #06082c; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;">Hermana Parslow</span><br />
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Hey! This week was such a crazy one!! Super stressful, but super good.<br />This Tuesday I had MLC, and we learned about how are mission is doing, and may I just say that I am in the best mission in the world!! He showed a graph of convert baptisms, and the mission is doing significantly better than it has done in the past 15 years! We have such an inspired Mission President. He really pushes us to be our best, but it is definitely worth it:)<br /><br /><br />Some exciting news is that President Russell M. Nelson is coming to our very own little Spanish Stake at the end of this month!!!!!! I am so excited:) We are the last pure Spanish speaking stake in the United States... so we are expecting something pretty big to be happening.<br /><br /><br />This week I was feeling pretty stressed, we had a baptism to plan, I had zone meeting to plan, I had to speak in Sacrament Meeting, annnd we had to teach Gospel Principles, on top of that were struggling getting many of our key indicator goals for the week, and honestly I was just feeling super duper stressed with all of it. I honestly just wanted to give up, but I decided to say a prayer for help instead. I felt prompted to open the scriptures and I opened up to Mosiah 24:14<br /><br /><br /> "14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.".<br /><br /><br />It gave me the comfort I needed, and the Lord did help me through it. I was able to teach and example role play in Zone Meeting, He helped me give the talk, we taught the class and we achieved many of the Key Indicator goals we were trying to reach. And Fernanda had a beautiful Baptism:)<br /><br /><br />I honestly love my mission so much. I have learned and grown more than I ever could have imagined. It has been the hardest, best thing of my life. I love the Hispanic people. I love Texas:) I love my Heavenly Father.<br /><br /><br />I hope you all have a great week!! :) <br />-- <br /><br />Love, Hermana Parslow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-90380012029226189682016-02-08T16:03:00.001-08:002016-02-08T16:03:35.865-08:00Newsletter Week 63<span class="swb" style="background-color: white; color: #06082c; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br />
Hey yall:) This week flew by so fast! It was truly a week of miracles.<br />We have been working a lot with the unknown members (trying to find them and get to know them) of the ward and have seen so many miracles through it this week:) We have found that many of them really want to come back, they just need someone to reach out and invite them. This week, we had 3 new Less active families come to church, and 2 of them brought their neighbors!! It was such a miracle. <br />I hope yall had a very happy new years, and put some good new goals. I am excited for 2016 and all the things it brings:) And to grow even closer to Heavenly Father.<br />I went on exchanges this week, with one of the Hermanas in my zone that is still in training. I love being around the new missionaries and feeling of their excitement for the work:)<br />Well love yall, hope ya have a great week!<br /><br />Pic: We made these flowers out of Jolly Ranchers with the Young Women in the ward and delivered them to our 15 year old investigator with them:) <br />-- <br /><br />Love, Hermana Parslow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-4548288090286310672016-02-08T16:01:00.002-08:002016-02-08T16:01:49.850-08:00Newsletter Week 62<br /><br />Hey ya'll! :) I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. <br /><br /><br />This week we had the Baptism of Victor!! yay! It was definitely the highlight of the week:) He is so awesome and is going to be such a great member. <br /><br /><br /><br />So I got to try my hand at making some homemade corn tortillas this weeks. The Hispanics use nothing but their hands.. at first they weren't very pretty... but I eventually got the hang of it.. and can now say that I am pretty good at making homemade tortillas, even the Hispanics approved :) haha <br /><br /><br />The other day one of our investigators had us over for Lunch and he pulled out these TINY peppers. Like the size of a seed. He told us to try one. The only thing is... we didn't know you weren't supposed to eat it plain! So right away our faces turned red and our eyes watered. It was SUPER spicy, I will most definitely not be eating those again any time soon. <br /><br /><br />We had the Christmas conference this past week! It was fun to have all of the missionaries in the whole mission gathered together. We never gather together with so many of us at the same time. We sang Christmas Carols, ate dinner, and watched the Nativity. There was a part called Christmas around the world where President Mortensen had the foreign missionaries talk about what Christmas is like in their countries, it was really interesting to hear missionaries from all over the world share their experiences.<br /><br /><br />I learned something really cool there that I wanted to share:) <br />So we all know the gifts that the three wise men brought:<br /> Frankincense: used by those who were able to enter into the temple, it was used at the alter of sacrifice. When they burnt it it would emanate a sweet smell that would drift into the entire city. Which would draw and invite others to go to the temple.<br />Myrrh: Used in burials.<br />Gold: The finest metal that could be given.<br />Our Mission President went on to deepen our understanding about the symbolism behind each of these gifts, and how these are still the gifts that the Lords wise servants still give.<br />Frankincense: Represents sharing the sweetness of the gospel with others, and helping people find their way to the temple.<br />Myrrh: Is doing the work for the dead.(Family History/Temple Work)<br />Gold: Our very best efforts, doing all we can to keep the commandments and be faithful members of his church:) <br />I know as we love the savior we will strive to give him our best gifts! <br /><br /><br /><br />Christmas Day was pretty good, we opened our presents, and my mom sent like this scripture chase thing, where on each gift there was a scripture written, and you had to look up the scripture and guess what the gift was. We had a blast. And we made Gingerbread Houses with our District:) It was really fun too, And then I got to talk to the family. It was so good to see them all:) I have truly been blessed with a great family:)<br /><br /><br />Then Christmas Day we went out to do some Missionary work, we ended up finding 2 new investigators! I am really excited to work with them, we went back to their house on Sunday:) <br />Christmas day we also got to have a lesson with some new investigators that we had found earlier in the week, they said the didn't have family here.. so they decided the invite us over:) <br /><br /><br />Well life is great!!! I love you all!! Hope you have a great week :)<br />Sorry this week's is so long... haha just had a ton to share:) <div style="background-color: white; color: #06082c; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-37068447930777844592016-02-08T15:54:00.001-08:002016-02-08T15:54:45.040-08:00Newsletter week 61<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys! I hope you have a very merry Christmas!<br />Things are going really good here, I got a new companion. She is the<br />cutest thing in the world! We get along great and work really hard<br />together... The only problem is that she also a gymnast.. So instead<br />of sleeping we stay up practicing gymnastics and seeing what we can<br />still do:) haha it is great fun:) but man we are tired....<br />This week has been a week of miracles! The investigator we have been<br />working with finally got an answer to her prayers! Heavenly Father<br />gave her a dream as an answer, and on Sunday she came up and told us<br />she received her answer and is ready to get baptized! My heart is<br />full:)<br />Victor is getting baptized this Saturday, his conversion has been a<br />long time coming, but he has trusted in his faith and gotten over his<br />doubts. God is good:)<br />We have a big week coming up, tomorrow I have a special training<br />meeting, Wednesday is our missionary Christmas conference, then<br />Christmas Eve... And then I GET TO TALK TO MY FAMILY!!! :) I am super<br />excited. Well I love you all, and hope you feel the Holy Spirit this<br />Christmas season:)<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS!!:):)<br /><br />Love this family!<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-73316528555136935452016-02-08T15:51:00.001-08:002016-02-08T15:51:17.708-08:00Newsletter Week 60<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey y'all! So I don't have very much time today, but thinks have been<br />so good here!<br />I feel so blessed to be able to see Belzazar baptize his son! He has<br />come so far in the past 5 months. Watching him baptize his son really<br />put a new definition of my joy being full. His life is so different<br />now.<br />Also Theodora entered into the waters of baptism! What a blessing! I<br />seriously feel like she is my 2nd grandma. She is super awesome:)<br />Transfers came this week, and I getting my new companion.<br />Love ya all! Have a great week.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-65042810133610075612015-12-08T16:04:00.000-08:002016-02-08T16:04:01.930-08:00Newsletter Week 59I got to go on exchanges to canyon lakes.. My baby area and it was so<br />
fun to see all of the people again, because last time I was there over<br />
a year ago I didn't know any Spanish, and now I could actually have a<br />
conversation with them:)<br />
Theodora is getting baptized this Saturday! I am so so so excited for<br />
her:) I just have so much love for her, I feel like she is a second<br />
grandma to me.. She is 70 and so ready to get baptized, man she is<br />
pretty awesome 💕💕<br />
So cute story, we have this part member family that we go visit often<br />
and this Sunday at church the little boy (he's 6) was begging us to<br />
come over to his house that night.. But we were stocked that night and<br />
didn't know if we could make it.. We told he we might not be able to<br />
and his little face was sooo sad. So later that night when one of our<br />
appointments canceled we decided to go stop by for 15 minutes.. We<br />
knocked on the door and when little Edwin answered his jaw dropped in<br />
awe and he exclaimed "I knew you would come!" And gave us the biggest<br />
purest hug I have had in a long time. It warmed my heart. I imagine<br />
the world if we all loved with the pure love of a child.<br />
This week we are doing a week long no speaking English fast... So we<br />
only speak English to people who don't speak Spanish. And only Spanish<br />
to one another. at first it took a lot of effort but now it flows a<br />
lot better:)<br />
So a miracle for this week:<br />
We were out putting up some English class posters (we are trying to<br />
build up the class) and as we were driving away an older man drove his<br />
car up to ours and asked if the classes were in a church. We told him<br />
that they were and then he said "En su iglesia, alguien podria<br />
bautizarse?" (In your church, would one be able to get baptized) We<br />
were so blown away by his question we almost couldn't find the words<br />
to tell him yes. I know the lord blesses us so much! He told us he has<br />
been atheist his whole life, but now that he is getting old in age he<br />
thinks it time to draw closer to God. A little ironic.. Haha but at<br />
least he is finally ready.<br />
Well I love you guys and hope you have a great week!!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-51989056212588461662015-12-08T16:01:00.000-08:002015-12-08T16:01:07.433-08:00Newsletter week 58Hey y'all! I hope y'all had a great thanksgiving! Mine here was really good. We went over to a part member house. And it was delicious! They fed us a steak thing and beet salad. Not exactly traditional, but delicious none the less:) <br />So we set two baptismal dates this week! Super exciting stuff:) both of them were "eternigators" which is someone who investigates the church for a super long time before making the decision to be baptized, so it is super awesome that they are taking this step to be baptized:) <br />Also Suamy got baptized this week! It was really good and I was asked to speak on the Holy Ghost. The more I learn about the Holy Ghost, the more grateful I am to have Him as my constant companion.<br />Let me tell y'all a little about Suamy. He came here from Honduras a couple years ago and has completely changed his life around. One day while I was serving in Louetta he found a English class flyer and started coming to our English Class. After a while of being in class the elders started to teach him, but then the ward got split and he came down to the new Ward Jersey Village. And then at transfers I followed him down here! I feel so lucky I got to meet him. He is one of the happiest people I have met, we asked him why he is so happy and he said because he keeps the commandments of God. Me and my companion are trying to convince him to go on a mission:) <br />Today is the last day of November! Super crazy. The church has this website called <a href="http://christmas.mormon.org/">Christmas.mormon.org</a> and it is the coolest site ever! And if y'all ever post any social media and #asaviorisborn I can see your post on that sight! It is awesome. And the new videos for Christmas is great. I just love the new website.<br />Well I love y'all! Hope ya have a super great week:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-84409417069372679842015-11-25T11:50:00.002-08:002015-11-25T11:51:18.949-08:00Newsletter Week 57Hey y'all! Another great week here in good old Texas(:<br />
This week we had a thanksgiving activity for the ward and it went so<br />
well! We had 12 investigators come and many less actives! It was<br />
really fun:)<br />
This week we also got to go to an elementary school and teach dental<br />
health to 2nd graders. They are so cute, and it made me super excited<br />
to be a teacher(:<br />
We also helped one of the part member families in the ward with her<br />
baby shower. We got put in charge of making Panes con Pollo, they were<br />
super delicious and it was really fun(:<br />
I am super duper excited for thanksgiving this week! There is a<br />
scripture that I think is great for the occasion. It is in alma 34:38<br />
"....worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit and in<br />
truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies<br />
and blessings which he doth bestow upon you."<br />
Well things are going great here, I hope you all have a great<br />
thanksgiving day with your families. We are such a very blessed<br />
people(: I am very grateful for y'all and all you do for me! I<br />
wouldn't be here without you(: Les quiero muchísimo! 💕❤️💕<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-13776398497364842882015-11-17T16:54:00.001-08:002015-11-17T16:54:45.596-08:00Newsletter Week 56Hey y'all! We have pday today because yesterday Elder Packer<br />(president packers son) toured our mission. It was great! I learned<br />various things.<br /><br />"To be grateful is an acquired trait, you train yourself to be a<br />grateful person."<br /><br />"The spirit can cover a lot of weaknesses and mistakes"<br /><br />He also counseled us on marriage and love.. Which was a little<br />awkward, but I am grateful nonetheless. He said something that really<br />stuck out to me. He said:<br /><br />"Real love expects the people they love to BE THEIR VERY BEST!"<br /><br />I was thinking about that and how that is not what the world teaches<br />at all. The world tells you that those who love you accept you how<br />you are. He then compared it to the Savior, who loves us more than<br />anyone. And what does he say? He says "Be ye therefore perfect.."<br /><br />True love pushes the other person to be better, and should "expect and<br />accept correction"<br /><br />I just wanted to share that with you because I really liked it:) so<br />please give me all the correction you can:)<br /><br />But anyhow.. This week has been GREAT! Gloria got baptized Saturday<br />morning, and then Julio got baptized Saturday night:) the Lord has<br />been blessing us so much. I feel so blessed to see first hand how the<br />Lord is preparing his people.<br /><br />And just one little miracle I wanted to share. So last night we went<br />to an appointment with an investigator we are trying to help progress<br />towards baptism. And he stood us up.. So we were like.. Darn it! But<br />we both felt really strong to go contacting in the apartment complex.<br />And my comp was like choose a number between 1-15.. And I chose 11 (my<br />fav number). So we went and contacted that complex and nearly EVERY<br />DOOR let us in! We ended up getting 6 new investigators. It was such a<br />blessing!<br /><br />I love you all! I am so grateful to out here on my mission! Hope y'all<br />have a great week(:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hermana Parslow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13224181105011024308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294016346385611549.post-66327471057311367732015-11-17T16:50:00.001-08:002015-11-17T16:50:57.097-08:00Newsletter Week 55Hey yall! So I got transferred! I don't know if yall remember how I<br />told ya that Louetta (the ward I was serving in) got split? Well I got<br />transferred the the new ward that they made. Called Jersey Village..<br />So that's great:) I get to stay with the same ward members I've been<br />with for the past 6 months:)<br /><br />My new companion is Hermana Sumsion. She is super awesome I love<br />working with her! Haha she is always full of energy, it's great. And<br />she goes home in December.. So in missionary terms I'm (killing her<br />off).<br /><br />The work is going great here! We are working with Julio, and he is<br />getting baptized on the 14 of this month! And also Gloria who I was<br />teaching in Louetta is getting baptized on Saturday. So I get to go<br />back for her baptism:) yay!<br /><br />And this week we were teaching Suamy, (he had been coming to English<br />class but is super ready for this gospel) the Plan of Salvation and<br />extended a baptismal date of Nov. 28 and he accepted! He is so<br />prepared! He was like "yes! What do I have to do?" I am amazed how the<br />Lord prepares his children to accept the Gospel.<br /><br />This week we had Regional Conference which was super awesome. Here are<br />some of my favorite parts:<br /><br />Lynn G. Robins talked a lot about how when we simplify our lives we<br />are happier and healthier. He encouraged us to lower the number of<br />credit cards we are using, get rid of the clothes in your closet you<br />don't use and stop worrying/over using social media. He told us<br />something my sweet mom has always told me growing up that I love.. He<br />said it In Spanish.. So the translation won't be perfect but the idea<br />was along the lines of: when you have tons of things, you stop being<br />able to be the owner of them, and they start being the owner of you.<br /><br />Elder Dallin H Oaks taught us the four first questions we should ask<br />ourselves to know if the gospel is true. He said they should be:<br />1. Does God exist?<br />2. Is Jesus Christ our Savior and Redeemer?<br />3. Was Joseph Smith a true prophet?<br />4. Is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the kingdom of<br />God here on the Earth?<br />Any other questions we have can all be resolved if we know the answer<br />of these 4 questions.<br /><br />He also gave us four tips about how to help less active members return<br />to activity:<br />1. Be their friend<br />2. Listen to their problems<br />3. Show them Gods love<br />4. Give them the confidence they can change.<br /><br /><br />I heard this quote this week that I really loved:<br />"Everything people do is either an act of love or a cry for love."<br /><br /><br /><br />Hermana Parslow<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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