Author: Lily Aho
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sufficient is the day.
Finally out of quarantine!! But this whole week I was in quarantine so not much to say haha. Here are some spiritual thoughts tho hehe (just what you wanted) 》first off, proud accomplishment: we somehow taught almost 50 lessons this week despite not going outside once. (Social media, members, sending lesson videos to people) the work…
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mid-mission crisis.
So this week I sat inside my apartment every day. My companion is supposed to go home in 3 days but happened to get Covid right in time yayyy. BUT. The work goes on and here are some fun things that happened regardless of being bored. 》our members brought us food at least once a…
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hitlers hideout.
what is up my dudes?! let me tell you what’s going down over here. 》So last pday we (me and my district) went on a massive hike up to hitlers hideout during WWII which was awesome!! It is so high up and “unreachable” that we had to hike to the top of a mountain and…
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evidence that God is real.
》last Wednesday we visited a sweet older couple in our ward to bring by dinner because the wife has dementia, and the husband asked if we like music/can play the piano and I was like um yes pls. So I got to play the most out of tune and tender piano I’ve ever seen while…
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your mom goes to college.
This week was amazing but not any super exciting stories lol 》we went on a walk in the pouring rain to see the sweetest lady in our ward in a nursing home and everyone there was so happy to see us which melted my heart 》we started working a lot with the young women and…
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choose to stay.
STOP. Future Lily Parker or whoever is reading this. STOP doubting. STOP trying to control your lives in ways that God needs to control. STOP what you’re doing and rethink. Recenter. Reevaluate. Recommit. Remember. The church is true. From the beginning of time there have been doubters. There have always been people that have stuggled…
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cows & cucumbers.
This week was pretty much a lot of trips around Austria and Germany for legal documents and MISSION CONFERENCE!! ☆ The ENTIRE mission got together in Stuttgart for worlds best ever mission conference. I have no doubts that this is the best mission in the entire world and the people are even better. I love…
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rainy days.
So if the title didn’t make it clear, europe has been getting a MEGA downpour of rain lately. Like so much. I absolutely love the rain so it’s kinda my favorite thing ever, but there’s been a lot of damage from it too. Lots of places in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have been having extreme…
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fahrrad abenteuer & miracles.
heyo!! I know I said last week was the best, but this week was prolly one of my favorites on my whole mission. let me tell you why;) 》we set a goal to find a new person to teach on Facebook, on the streets, and a member referral and we somehow accomplished it and even…
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claim your blessings.
HEY!! so this week was like a DOWNPOUR of spiritual experiences and it was actually the best thing ever. so my apologies if this email is longer than you want it to be, but welcome to the brain of sister parker as a missionary hehe 》the story of my life changing exercise ball yoga. .…