Happy Easter

How is life back home? It was so weird to have my first Easter away from home. It was my first Easter without an Easter basket! It was ok though because some of the members were so nice and loaded us up with Easter gifts! They are way too kind to us. They gave us Subway gift cards, Visa gift cards, and lots of treats. I almost cried because I couldn't believe how much they did for us.




Me and Kelani, one of the young women in our branch in New Iberia

Jeremy, you will be proud of me. I painted a ceiling and I also learned how to lay tile. I know all the technical stuff. We helped a couple in our branch paint their house and then after that we went and helped another guy lay some tile. I am pretty sure I can start my own business after my mission. I was thinking about all of the stuff I have learned to do since I have been out and I might as well be certified in gardening, tile laying, painting, cooking, landscaping, housekeeping.... in addition, I am a good secretary, teacher, counselor, psychologist, lawn mower, motivational speaker, personal assistant, professional organizer, housekeeper, CNA, addiction recovery therapist, occupational therapist, and librarian. I have got it all. I can't believe how much I am learning from my mission. I also am learning how to work with different personality types. I am pretty sure that my mission saved my future marriage. I can't imagine growing up without this mission!

On Saturday morning our branch had an Easter breakfast followed by an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Sister Maxfield, Sister Thompson, and I hid all of the eggs. We were seriously overflowing with Easter eggs.  There were so many that eventually we just started chucking them out on the field. It was fun to see all of the kids go crazy and run after all of those eggs. It made me miss the twins and all of the crazy cousins. One of the boys reminded me of Clayton and Carson when they were little because he kept doing these tricks and weird crawls when he was hunting for the eggs like he was Spiderman or something. It was so cute!

Easter Sunday was wonderful! After church we went to one of our former potential investigators (<--- yeah, don't ask) son's home and ate an Easter lunch! It was us two Mormon girls with a whole bunch of Italian Catholics! They had a crawfish boil. Those are fun. I personally do not care for crawfish but I like the whole experience. I was holding one of them before they killed and boiled it and I could not believe we were about to eat it. They are mud bugs. They literally live in the mud. CRAZY! It was fun though and everything else was delicious. We had meatballs, fudge, crawfish, and banana pudding. It was such a good day. They live in our neighborhood and told us that there has been an alligator problem in our neighborhood. There is an alligator that has been eating people's pets! We go running there every morning!


Me and Sister Maxfield with some of the kids on Easter

Remember sweet old Stanley?  I've talked about him a few times.  Last night we went to his house to eat pizza and he told us that he is considering serving a mission! He just came back to church a couple of months ago after being inactive for over 40 years! The gospel is changing his life and he is so happy! We are excited for him because he has been very lonely since his wife passed away in October. We just love this man so so so much and want him to be happy! 

 

I am sure everyone has seen this short two minute video called "Because of Him".  If you haven't seen it, watch it and share it.  I love this video!  Here is the link:  http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694

 

 Family, please read Moroni Chapter 7 this week.  It teaches us about Faith, Hope, and Charity.  After all that the Savior has done for us, how can we not have Charity?  In verses 45-47, it says:

 

45 "And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

 

 46 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—

 

 47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him."

 

Keep reading the Book of Mormon.  It will bless your life! 

 

Love Y'all! 

Sister Park