Gladys Knight Concert!

Hey Y'all! How is everyone? This morning I could not even focus because I was way too excited to find out where Kendall was serving  her mission! SOUTH DAKOTA RAPID CITY MISSION! That sounds so cool!  There is a beautiful Native America girl from South Dakota named Sister Pipe who is serving at Temple Square.  She goes home in September so maybe you will get to meet her! 

I have an investigator who lives in that mission. She is in Louisiana temporarily but she is getting ready to go back to North Dakota. Her name is Tammy. She has been here taking care of her grandkids for awhile. Anyway, I have all of her information so I can continue teaching her from Temple Square.  For some reason, She LOVES me so she will LOVE you. She thinks every sister missionary is named Sister Park so it won't be hard for her to remember your name.  I cried when I read your call because I love this woman and I have been praying that Heavenly Father would
find the perfect person in North Dakota to work with her.

I am so proud of you, Baby Diddo! You are going to love it! You will need to wear like 20 scarves and wrap up in an electric blanket every night!  I am excited to see the fam in August then when they bring you to the MTC! You will get to see me in the busy season. 

On Tuesday we went to the Gladys Knight devotional/testimony/concert! It was incredible. We went with Miss Pat, Shilay, and Derion! We had a blast! Gladys and her husband had incredible and bold testimonies. Gladys even talked about her grandson who is serving his mission in Little Rock, Arkansas with Rulon.  She is so happy that Heavenly Father kept all of the missionaries safe from the tornado. I was like "AMEN." My cousin is over there! Everyone was saying AMEN after everything she and her husband said. It was either "Amen" or "Praise Jesus." It was a treat!

Me, Miss Pat, Shilay, and Derion before the concert

We actually got a new investigator out of that whole experience. Shilay is Miss Pat's friend who offered to drive all of us to Baton Rouge so we could see the show.  Shilay loved it! Now we have an appointment to
teach her the lessons tonight because she was so interested. We also get to teach  Jamal tonight. One of the Louisiana Baton Rouge mission goals is to work in the African-American community and boy are we achieving that goal!  They are some of the most spiritual people I have ever met.

I am just stressed because so many amazing things are happening and now I have to leave. I know I have work to do in Utah though. I love it there a lot and I am excited to get back to healthy eating. Stanley gave me a Cajun cookbook.  I am so excited about it.  I can't wait to make everyone Gumbo. It is my fave. And red beans and rice. Oh and Pralines. But they pronounce them as Praw-line. I love it!   

Summertime is coming and I have just a week and a half here in Louisiana. I am so sad to leave because this is basically my home! I have been here for awhile and I just love it! I bore my testimony in church yesterday and I had to hold back the tears. I love New Iberia.  I am so grateful for this wonderful experience.  I will miss all of these people so much.










Last night we went over to the Davis family's house and watched the CES Devotional given by Elder Ballard. I loved it! There was a small part where he talked about being still. When I think about being still I think of accepting the Lord's will. That is a hard thing to do sometimes whether we realize it or not. This is something I have learned a lot on my mission. Things are not going to work out the way we think they should. Sometimes good things have to fall apart so that better things can come together. I have been sad about leaving New Iberia because I love the people so much but I know that Heavenly Father has other plans for me and things I need to accomplish over in Utah.  

Sometimes I get discouraged with the people we teach because I just know that the gospel will make them so happy and yet they don't always keep commitments; but that's when I just need to be still. Yesterday was a very wonderful Sunday because I have had a lot of questions and the answer I received several times throughout the day was "Be still and know that I am God"- Psalms 46:10.
 

I love everyone so much! I am excited to see y'all in August! I can't believe I wont be able to hang out with my little sis til 2016. That's such a long time.  Three Christmases away from each other. Sadness but happiness all at the same time! Have a wonderful week.

Sister Park