The Plan

Hello familia and friends!

Things are going well here in the heights! This week has been full of

random miracles!  Too many to write.. But I will share a few!! On

Tuesday We had about 30 minutes left of our day so we decided to head

to Walmart to find some people to teach! So... We get there and there

is literally no one there... Probably because it's a sketchy Walmart..

But it's fine. Anyways I we both felt like we needed to talk to one

more person before we left. We walked up to a man and started talking

with him... He was from Mexico and his mom is a member of the church

there. He said just last week he was talking to his mom and she had

told him to look for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

He said he tried but couldn't find it.. and that he felt that God sent

us to him to help him. Wow, it was a super cool experience!

On Saturday night we prayed to know where to go and felt prompted to

stop by a house. As we pulled up the door was open but the screen door

was closed. We walked up to the house and there was a woman standing

there. We introduced ourselves and she invited us in. She told us that

we could not have come at a more perfect time, because that whole day

she had been praying to know what the whole purpose of life is. We

introduced her to the Book of Mormon and read a verse of scripture

with her.. We felt prompted to share with her dieter f uchtdorfs talk

from this last general conference "O How Great The Plan of Our God" it

was an incredible and powerful experience. The spirit was there and I

can testify that God knows and loves his children!

On Sunday we had a lesson with Deborah and the bishop. It was AMAZING.

We talked all about the priesthood and organization of the church and

Deborah was just soaking it all in! My testimony of the restored

priesthood authority and organization of the church grew 10xs that

day! The timing is absolutely perfect with general conference... She

has been going through and rewatching all of general conference and

I'm pretty sure she is MOTAB's new number one fan!! Haha it is quite

hilarious. Oh my goodness I love this woman with all of my heart! She

is so incredibly prepared and has finally found the truth she has been

looking for. In sacrament meeting she got up and bore pher testimony

of the Book of Mormon and how she knows it is true... Because she

asked God and through the Holy Ghost she felt confirming witness!! It

was one of the most spiritual moments of my mission! I couldn't stop

smiling or crying!! I am so happy for Deborah! I can't wait for her

baptism!

We also met with David this week and had a great lesson with our new

ward mission leader and another member of the ward. He is progressing

well! He has been reading from the Book of Mormon and has committed to

come to church next week. We taught him the plan of salvation and it

was a neat opportunity to teach and testify of gods plan for his

children! Speaking of the plan of salvation, I have been studying up a

lot this week on God's plan for all of his children. I feel that my

testimony has been strengthened and I have gained a deeper

understanding of the plan and how central the role of the savior Jesus

Christ is to the plan. Everyone here on the earth chose this plan...

And chose to follow Jesus Christ. So many of the talks given in

general conference were centered upon Gods divine plan and how we can

make it back to live with our loving Heavenly Father. I love love love

the talk President Uchtdorf gave this conference. Especially when he

said, "Our beloved Father simply asks that we live by the truth we

have received and that we follow the path He has provided. Therefore,

let us take courage and trust in the guidance of the Spirit. Let us in

word and in deed share with our fellowmen the amazing and

awe-inspiring message of God’s plan of happiness. May our motive be

our love for God and for His children, for they are our brothers and

sisters. This is the beginning of what we can do in return for so

much." I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who knows and

understands each of his children individually. The gospel of Jesus

Christ is never changes... It is constant. Faith. Repentance. Baptism.

Holy Ghost.! The principles have been the same since the beginning! I

love how simple Gods plan is.

ahh, what else? Hmm. Visiting teaching has also been a little bit of a

struggle in the Chicago heights ward so we working on helping the

sisters get their visiting teaching done. We have especially been

trying to focus on how to help the members strengthen their

testimonies. This Saturday we will be having a visiting teaching

conference at our relief society presidents house. We are hoping for a

good turn out with that!

Well folks. Happy October. Enjoy the nice fall weather. Winter will be

here before you know it! Have a great week! Thanks for all your love

and support!!! ❤️

Love,

Sister Parke

Deborah at Church with me!