Dear Family and Friends,
Greetings from....Barrio 4! I am still here in Resistencia in the very ward that Aaron´s current mission companion is from. Almost every day, it seems, I have a conversation that goes a little like this:
Person in ward: How is your family?
Me: They are doing well.
Person in ward: And, I forget, are you the first in your family to go on a mission?
Me: No! In fact my little brother is on a mission in Chile right now.
Person in ward: Really? Which mission?!
Me: Antofagasta.
Person in ward: Heyyy, that´s the mission of Lucas De...
Me: Yes, I know! My brother is actually his companion right now!
Person in ward: *freaks out*
So, anyways--things are grand here in Barrio 4. Saludos from the entire ward to Elder DePaoli.
My new companion is Hermana Pack from Las Vegas. She got here in December, so she is fairly new. I will miss Hermana Hobbs terribly. She has been my best best friend these last 3 months and she is a kind and kindred spirit. But Hermana Pack and I are already getting down to business. Really, the last few weeks with Hermana Hobbs were a little discouraging as we saw most of our most promising investigators drop out of the picture for one reason or another. So, we have been working to refresh our entire teaching pool. This has meant a lot of tracting and a lot of fishing for references. This can be tiring but it pays back eventually.
This week we were out with one of our amazing members, Pamela, and all of our appointments were falling through so we were scrambling for a backup plan and we ended up passing by the house of these young teenage girls we had taught a few times. Their older brother came out to tell us that they weren´t home and we started talking to him some. He started to seem interested in what we had to say so we invited him to church and...he showed up. And stayed ALL. THREE. HOURS. I can hardly convince myself to stay all three hours sometimes. Miracle of miracles!!! We haven´t even taught him a lesson yet but he seems interested. I will keep you posted.
Anyways, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. For such a Catholic/Christian country you would think Easter would be a bigger deal, but it hardly even seemed like anyone was celebrating. It was fast and testimony meeting here and I think only a couple people even mentioned the fact that it was Easter in their testimonies. Hermana Pack and I bought each other little chocolate eggs and sang "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" and ate egg salad sandwiches. That was about it for Easter festivities. Sad because Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Next Easter I will be home. That is crazy to think about.
Until Next Week,
Hermana Parker
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