More Pics Week of August 6

Pictures From The Mission!

July 16, 2012

Well, tomorrow it is transfer calls. It's crazy this transfer went way fast. fdsauigfjdkafhsdjaefhuiso; a little bit of excitement that just came over me.　ゆり　姉妹 our super platinum investigator has now heard all the lessons and yes if she gets baptized I`ll be in the water too. Super excited for that. That day is the 4th of august. Today we went to an all-you-can eat steak event and ate a ton it was great. There is so much craziness going on with transfers right around the corner. Elder Endsley keeps hinting that I`ll go senpai (senior) this next transfer and the thought of that scares me to death. But I might be paired with one of my kohai from the MTC so that would be way fun. I'm so happy to be on a mission. I'm happy that your getting your eyes fixed mom. It`ll be a huge blessing that you will once more be able to see. The blessings that your family will receive from your missionary service will be greater than you can imagine. Keep that in mind. The Lord will bless us for my service and I know that you have a small army if not a large one praying for you. All will go well. The outcome of life is always what we make it out to be. Think of it like when I went in for wrist surgery. All will work out in the end. To quote harry potter ``What comes will come and we`ll meet it when it gets here.`` I love you very much mom. You`ll be fine. Life is good as a missionary. Love always, your one and only and possibly the chosen one, Elder Sims　シムズ　長老

July 23, 2012

Watashi no ai suru kazoku, konichiwa. im still in hakodate and elder endlsey is still my companion! SO HAPPY! All is going well with our investigators. We had THREE come to church yesterday. BANZAI! It was truely a great day. All of our investigators are going strong and we couldn't be happier about that. A lot of people are wanting to change their lives and it's a beautiful thing to see. I'm glad that moms surgery went well. We were praying hard. I know that you're doing hard work staying cheerful right now mom but it is worth it to be a source of relief rather than a burden of negativity. Times are tough but they always have a way of working out. I still love it here and even on my rough days I work hard to be genki and cheerful. I'm on my 6th transfer only 10 more to go. Each transfer goes faster and the end seems closer. Sometimes it feels like the end is right around the corner and others like it couldn't be further. But it's almost been a year, crazy huh. Being on a mission is so much fun. I love it. Lots of good times. I feel very content with life. I hope the feeling is mutual. Please stay strong in all things. Talk to you next week! I love you all and pray for you every night. Love, Sims Shimai

I got transferred!

Hey,
So yeah I got transfered to Odori. Its in the middle of Sapporo and I have a Nipponjin companion (a japanese comp.) and my area covers all of sapporo. We basically are the missionaries that help all the other missionaries in sapporo. I do have email now because I get to go to the mission head quarters each p-day. My new companions name is Elder Kogure. He is way cool and I help him study english. My japanese has improved a huge amount because now im speaking it all the time and hearing it all the time. Its way fun. I CAN SPEAK JAPANESE! Sorry time is short but I love you all very much. Elder Kogure sends his love too. Have you all been doing ok? Im fine. I love you tell everyone to send me their physical address so I can write them too.
Love you!
Until next time, your boy,
Parker

IMPORTANT PARKER UPDATE

Here's Parker's address in Japan. It will be his address the whole time he's on his mission. the mail will be forwarded to him from this address. The postage to send a regular kind of letter is 96-cents. It takes a week to two weeks for letters to go back and forth. The letter we just received from Parker today (the 19th) was postmarked the 10th. He did not make mention of any of the letters i've sent him, so I don't know whether he's received them or not. Anyway, for now it's snail mail or no mail. Here's the address:

Elder Parker Albert Sims
Japan Sapporo Mission
24-1-25 Kita-2jo-nishi
Chou-Ku
Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 064-0822
Japan

Love you,
---Frankie

MIA

So it's been a while since we've heard from Parker and I've just found out why. His Mission President in Sapporo says that the town where Parker is doesn't have internet access for the Elders. He says he knows Parker has been writing to us, but that snail mail takes two, sometimes three weeks to arrive, so I hope we'll get something soon.

---Frankie

Christmas Time in Iwamizawa

"The pictures of Parker with the family was 2011 Christmas party in Iwamizawa with branch members. Iwamizawa is the little town where Parker is now serving. It is a way outside of Sapporo, very cold, with daytime high temperatures around 20-degrees and snow 7-10 feet deep, maybe more. We have not heard from Parker in a couple of weeks, but I rec'd these pics from a mom who also has a son in the sapporo mission. - Frankie"