What a week it has been!! Not even joking; this week has been remarkable!! I have sooooo much to tell y'all!
Sorry it's taken so long to get to y'all today. Left early this morning to drive about an hour with a bunch of other missionaries to drive 6 new Chevy Colorado trucks to our mission home! Pretty sweet stuff!
First I will start out by sayin' I learned a VERY VALUABLE lesson this week from the young man that we stay with! Haha
So he was staring at my shoes when I was in his room and was like,
So he was staring at my shoes when I was in his room and was like,
"Elder Parr, you tie your shoes wrong!"
Of course, because of my natural self, I tried to defend myself,
Of course, because of my natural self, I tried to defend myself,
"No I didn't! Doesn't look like they are untied to me!" He continued to tell me I was wrong.
Finally he said,
Finally he said,
"Untie your shoe and show me how you tie it!" So I did.
"That's wrong Elder Parr."
"Nawww! I've been doing it that way my entire life! I know it's not wrong! Works all the time for me."
"When you tie your shoe, do your laces turn up and down or horizontal?"
"Well looks like up and down."
"Does your shoe come untied quite a bit or get loose on you?"
"Well yeah, that's why I tie a double knot!"
So then he untied my shoe and then walked me through how to tie my shoe right. When he finished I was amazed! It was perfect! He told me to try it out and see for myself and then come tell him how it worked out for me. So I did. It definitely took conscience effort to tie my shoe right but when I did it worked like a charm! No need for a double knot, never comes loose and looks better too! All I had missed my entire life was one simple step. One step that made everything that much easier and more productive for me! As I thought about it deeper I realized that's a PERFECT analogy with me sharing the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! People get offensive and don't like being told they are wrong. We naturally want to believe we are doing it right. We don't want to try something new. What we have or what we've been doing works just fine for us right? Well, we never know until we just try it! I show people everyday how they can do it and then invite them to experiment. Try it out! See for yourself how it works for you! I know it will help you and improve what you've been doing! Some try and realize how much easier it makes their life or helps them through certain things. Others try, but don't like to put the effort into doing it right and continue where they were before. Then many don't want to hear it at all because they know how already. So this week I learned just one thing to do that much better... tie my shoe ;) hehe
This week it seemed that everyone was a bit lazy for some reason and didn't want to do much :/ I thought to myself, "When has the Lord ever allowed His people to remain idle? NEVER!" We have to be doing something to develop our talents, receive understanding, accomplish something, etc.! 'Idle hands are the Devils tools', Grandma always told me :)
So the family we are staying with, His mother passed away last night at about 6:19 pm. It's been a little rough but it has been a blessing to be there for them. She had aspirated on chocolate cake and had filled her lungs with chocolate cake and she could no longer breathe. What a way to go, huh? It's now their family joke to say that she passed away on chocolate cake and they are going to have chocolate cake at the funeral! We have moved into the mission home for the time being with all their family coming into town.
So keep their family in your prayers!
Had the opportunity to go to the temple again this week with one of our recent converts! He attended the temple for his first time to do baptisms for the dead! It was such a sweet experience :) I added a picture with him outside the temple.
I want each of you to know that their are people out there who need what you have! This week a gentleman called us up and wanted us to come over. He explained that things had just gotten overwhelming and he couldn't deal with it. He said the only thing that brings him happiness is when we come over to visit him. People are suffering out there in the world! They have REAL problems they need help with! They need you to not walk past them and go on your way, but sharing what you know can help them! I pray each of you will seek for multiple opportunities to help others this week!
Matthew 16:25
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."
Sure do love y'all!!!
-ELDER PARR
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