Newsletter Week 20

Hey! So this week was good, it rained a ton!!

We went to get to know a lot more of the English Ward members, they are all so kind and all have such a great spirit. Some of them told us about some of the trials they have faced in their life with death and sickness. While listening to their story I was so touched by them. It really put into perspective how small my problems and worries are. It amazed me how just a different view could make my problems seem so small. I truly was reminded how very blessed I am this week. I have been given so much and have so much to be grateful for:) 

Also this week we got involved with all kinds of service activities! Now several times a week we are going to do service at local locations. This Saturday we got to pass out food to struggling families, it was such a blast! and then we have 3 more service activities planned for this coming week working at non-profit thrift shops. We get to organize clothes and all kinds of stuff, I am so excited! :)
So this week we had Zone meeting and we were reading in Alma 58 and there were some things that really stuck out to me:) 

So in this part of the scripture the 2000 Stripling Warriors are fighting against an innumerable amount of Lamanites. It talks in verse 9 how they were embarrassed because they were such few. We know the story how they fought the Lamanites and the Lord gave them a great victory.
Sometimes I think we often feel like a raindrop of good fighting off an ocean of evil, but just as the Stripling Warriors had a great victory so can we. And the Lord has told us how, in chapter 57:21 it talks about them obeying every commandment with exactness. Can you imagine what kind of blessings we would receive if we obeyed every commandment with exactness?? That would be pretty awesome I think:) And then I love 58:10-13; if we pour out our heart to the Lord, he will give us strength, peace to our souls, hope for our deliverance in Him, courage, determination, and might:) I love the scriptures so much! :) This scripture helped me a ton:) I hope it can help you guys too.

So ya.. life is pretty great here in the field:) I love it here in Waller and Sister Clement is the BOMB.COM!!!

Love, Hermana Parslow

Newsletter Week 19

Well another great week has gone by, and I have more great experiences to share.

So this week was transfers and I got Hermana Clement!! She is the sweetest thing I have ever met and has such a strong testimony! I really am so blessed to have her as my companion! she is awesome:) She is from a town near San Diego, CA and has been on her mission for 14 months! :) She's pretty much the best thing ever. 

Annd we also got some crazy news about our area. So the Texas Houston mission had like 270 missionaries when I got here, but so I've been told that they are capping all missions off at 200 missionaries. So as our missionaries are completing their missions, they aren't being replaced with as many new missionaries. And over the next months our mission is going to go down to around 180 missionaries. 

The area of Waller had 2 setsf Spanish missionaries.. (Hermanas and Elders) and a set of English missionaries. But because of the lack of missionaries they dissolved the English Area and put the Spanish Missionaries over it. So we now work with both the English and the Spanish Wards. Which is awesome! So I can now teach in Spanish and English, when before I only taught in Spanish.
So this week we spent a lot of time meeting with the English Members and trying to figure out their needs and how we can help them. So this week has been a lot of meeting new people and getting to know them.

This week we were planning on visiting a lady who had just lost a loved one. We were looking for scriptures that could give her peace and decided to share Mosiah 16:8-9. I love this scripture so much, it talks about how because of Jesus Christ, death has no victory or sting. Because we know the Plan that our Loving Father in Heaven has prepared for us we can all find comfort in times of difficulty. How blessed are we to know that life doesn't end here, that this is only a probationary state. But with that knowledge brings great responsibility. We learn of the things we must do to return to live with our Father. Sometimes doing those things isn't easy, but if we look at the eternal prospective of things it makes it so worth it.

It was a blessing to be able to share this incredible plan Father has for us with her, and strengthened my testimony so much. I am super grateful for this opportunity.

The people here are so so so nice! They really make you feel so at home and loved. I love it here so much. I hope you all have a great week and remember to have an Eternal Prospective this week. Love you all!

Ps. One day we got super lost.. and looked over and saw Zebras... so that was pretty cool.

Tiffany's fourth companion Hermana Cement

Zebras!!

Tiffany's First Companion Hermana Hammer.

Tiffany's third Companion Hermana Coley

Love, Hermana Parslow

Newsletter Week 18

What an incredible week! 

So I went on a ton of exchanges this week, which was super fun!!

So on Tuesday Hermana Tui came here to Waller with me for the day, and then on Wednesday Hermana Reese came here :) It was great. I love exchanges, I always learn so much. We had a lesson with our investigators from Cuba, Georqui and Lorena and it was really good, but he has been googling about what Mormons believe... -_- so that's a problem. But we just explained to him that the only way we can truly come to know what is true is by asking God.

But the real miracle of this week was TOMASA'S BAPTISM!! It was great and the spirit was so strong there. It is so crazy to see how much someone changes after they enter in to the waters of Baptism. My testimony has grown so much by seeing other peoples life change by the Gospel. President Mortensen came and baptized her, it was incredible. After the Baptism the Relief Society had made Tostadas and all kinds of food. So that was great and then Sunday she got the Gift of the Holy Ghost :)

But then to make this week even better, Sunday night we were having a lesson with V, he is from Honduras, and he is awesome! He has been making so many changes in his life and is trying to follow Christ so hard. We had talked about baptism before, but before we went in we felt inspired to ask him to be baptized the following Sunday, we started the lesson with teaching him the five main steps in The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and then we committed him to be baptized the following Sunday and he accepted! I am so excited for him and for the changes he is making in his life!

The Gospel is great, it is the only thing that can fill people with true happiness and quench their spiritual thirst. I am so grateful I have been raised with it in my life.

The bummer part of this week, is that transfers are tomorrow, and Sister Coley is getting transferred. I am gonna miss her tons, I have learned tons from her and feel super blessed. But I'm excited to see what is coming next! I love my mission so much and I am so grateful for this incredible opportunity to help people come unto Christ. Love you guys! Thank you for all your love and support!

Love, Hermana Parslow

Newsletter Week 17

Well another great week in the Mission Field! :)
This week we had Zone Conference, we learned how to better teach The Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was super awesome:) We are so lucky to have this Gospel in our lives:)

annnnd HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! :)
I hope you all had a great one, I seriously had one of the best Valentines day's I have probably ever had. First we went and visited our Investigators and Members and shared the scripture
2 Nephi 1:15 : "But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love. "

I love this scripture so much! In Spanish the end part is "envuelto entre los brazos de su amor" I love this because in Spanish "un brazo" is a hug, so it is saying that the Lord is hugging us in his love. I hope we all feel the love that our Savior is giving us, He is our biggest fan, our number one valentine, he loves us purely and perfectly in a way that we cannot comprehend. We truly are in the loving arms of our Father and Savior.

Then later on Valentines day, we went to Walmart and bought some cookies, then we went to a park near by and handed out cookies and pictures of Christ:) It was the Best Day Ever! Every single person excepted the picture of Christ! That never happens! Christ was blessing us so much, I could really feel his love. :)

Then to finish off this wonderful Valentines Day, we went and sang at Stake Conference, the Spirit was so strong :)
We were asked the question "Where is your spiritual GPS set at? Are we wasting miles? As I was thinking about this it made me think where my end destination is? I want it to be the Celestial Kingdom and Exaltation, I'm sure we all do. Are we taking the right roads to get us there? Are we taking detours that is wasting our precious time here on Earth? If we are I hope we turn around and get back on path, in Alma 34:32 it says that our purpose here on Earth is to prepare to meet God. This is our purpose, if our Spiritual GPS needs some adjusting, let's adjust it.
He also talked about when we go to the Temple we shouldn't be going alone, be your brothers keeper, ask yourself, or call your Bishop and ask him, who would be blessed from a Temple Trip this week. Lift others and you are being lifted yourself. I loved this so much:)

Highlight: TOMASA IS GETTING BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY!!! :)
I love this work so much:) The mission is great, I am learning so much about my purpose here on earth and how I can be a better servant for my Savior:)

Love, Hermana Parslow

Newsletter Week 16

So this week was seriously the BEST WEEK EVER!!!

We had miracle after miracle it seemed:) 

Monday I tried "Carneasada" for the first time, which is basically just Mexican BBQ.. But it was delicious!! :) Loved it so much:) We had it with a family that are Investigators and super awesome:) 

Every Tuesday and Thursday we teach an English Class at the church, and usually we have like 4-5 people there... alright well this week there literally was 19 people there!!!!!!!!! We were so excited! We didn't even have enough chairs:) The English Class is super fun to teach:) and then after English class we had a lesson from Georki and Lorena, they are from Cuba and they are way awesome! I just have a super hard time understanding them.. haha.

This week we also visited the Albaron family. I love them so much! They have a special needs boy, and he is just the sweetest soul:) His birthday passed, so I got him the little toy on his lap in the picture:) He makes me heart happy:)

Alright and then Saturday was the Best Day of my mission!! :) Definitely. So we were visiting the a family, the Husband Alfredo was baptized back in December, but his wife Tomasa and his daughter Coral didn't feel ready yet. But Tomasa told us about a dream she had about being baptized and she committed to be baptized the 21 of February!! :):) BEST DAY EVER!!!!! I am so excited for her to take this step in her life:) 

The mission is great! and then also this week while we were driver sister coley gave me a list of people to text to see if we could come visit them. Anyways.. so one of them was Hna Ariceli, well I heard Mariceli, so I texted Mariceli instead of Hna Ariceli on accident. Well she responded that we had the wrong number, but that she had been praying to find a church to go to!!! It was such a miracle! It's amazing how God can take our weaknesses and turn them into miracles:)
Then Yesterday we went to the temple with the Olmos family:) They are a part member family, the daughter is a member, and the mom wants to be baptized but she has to work on Sundays :( So we are trying to find her a new job:)

The mission is great! The true joy I felt when Tomasa decided to get baptized couldn't compare to anything else. I love the work. The Gospel is true.

Love Hermana Parslow