Aaron's June 8, 2009 letter

Hey family!
The weekend was great! We were able to see four baptisms and had a blast! Milette(50), Olga (79), Nancy (49), and Naomi (13) were all baptised and really had a spiritually good time. I was also pleased to be a part of Elder De Souza's first baptisms! Elder De Souza baptized Olga and Nancy. I baptized Milette and Naomi.

And way to go Dad with the ride! Are you losing weight? If not, well that picture sure makes you look good! I am just way happy that all of your are doing and looking so good over there! That makes the work over here all the better!

Oh, I got to call Pres. McIntyre the other day about our investigator who is moving to Kobe mission. It was way fun!!! He asked about you all and we had a good conversation!
Well love you!
Elder Parks

Elder Da Silva is three transfers younger than me.

Wow I can't believe Jason is almost done, thats wierd. This whole time things goes way fast!

Haha, Wow I haven't seen the Eskanders forever!!

John Quitaleg is our investigator that is moving to Kobe, Japan. I have no worries whatsoever about him being in good hands!

Tell Sister Powell I say hi!

SWEET! I am anxiously waiting for the package and know it will be soooo awesome! and of course I took pictures! Would I let you down like that? haha

WEEKLY:
Hey Family!
Well there goes another transfer already and the news is.....I am staying and Elder De Souza is going to Toyota!! Kind of interesting but hey, no complaints here, I love Inuyama! and I am getting another Brazillian companion, Elder Da Silva. I am way excited! He is from the Amazon and is way cool. We should have a great time together!

Also, the baptisms on Sunday were amazing! Milette (50), Olga (79), Nancy (49), and Naomi (13) were all baptized. Milette is Philippino, and the other three are a Peruvian family. Way amazing experience that I felt blessed to be a part of! And now I have officially baptized in English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese! (just a random cool fact)

I also felt privelaged to be with Elder De Souza on his first baptisms. He is such a good elder and worked great with me for the 6 weeks we had together. I have come to really rekindle my fire of missionary work with Elder De Souza from his fresh vibe and it will be fun to continue our lifelong friendship.

One thing I have really continued to learn with him is that the Lord really watches over us and with His and God's help, missionary work zooms! That was made so apparent with this Peruvian family.

Nancy had some contact with the church is Peru and even spend some time with a member family over there. Then over here in Japan she met other Peruvian friends who were members. Long story short, from the time we taught these three lesson one to the day they were baptized, 2 1/2 weeks! that is a miracle. They accepted everything, they did every commitment, they had the faith to take the step and enter the waters of baptism and will now be for ever more blessed for it.

The Lord really follows through with his side of made covenants. We really do have a Father in Heaven and an older brother who is the sSvior of mankind. May each of you remember that is my prayer and heartfelt desire!!
I love you!
Elder Parks