New area Akonfudi July 23, 2018

Well I've been transferred up to the other far corner of our mission in a place called Akonfudi. It's in the Assin Fosu zone. My comp is Elder Kainesie from Sierra Leone. He is a stud, a super nice guy.  He has been out since March 2017. Our area is pretty crazy bush. It's like walking trough the jungle and coming up on a mud hut or bamboo house every once and a while. Our apartment is really big and nice. It's far away from everything except for our chapel. It's about a 25 minute taxi ride to go into to Fosu to get the internet cafe. We're the only two in the apartment. It's a ward here but It only has 70 active members. We started sacrament meeting at 9:35 with 7 people in the congregation yesterday, but its a sweet place. So yeah, hopfully everything will go good here!

 at the mission home for transfers...

I'm Leaving Tarkwa July 16, 2018

Well sadly I've been transferred from Tarkwa so this is my last day here. It'll be nice to go somewhere else but we have three people that will probably be baptized this transfer. Other then that I had snails for the first time. They were a lot better then I expected. The best way I can think to describe them is they taste like beef fat.

 snail soup.. 

Also on Saturday I was getting out of a taxi and my pants got caught and ripped really bad. We were really far away from the apartment so i just untucked my shirt to cover is mostly and we went and taught a lesson, luckily it was the last one of the day haha. But yeah everything is going good here.

saying goodbye to members of my branch in Brenu Akyirim

Here is a little part of Elder Browns letter home from today.

here is what is left of my pants ;0

4th of July July 8, 2018

I just have a minute!  Doing great.  Transfers are coming up next week and I'm afraid I'm going to be leaving.  We have the possibility of 3 baptisms coming up, one for sure.  Her name is Sima and she is away in Accra and will be baptized as soon as she's back.  She is a members wife and has been very stubborn but now she's not. Elder Owens and I made tin foil dinners again to celebrate the 4th of July.  They tasted so good. We can get potatoes at the market but they are tiny and not that good and kind of expensive. They're grown in Ireland.  Hope everyone is doing good and had a good 4th of July.

Back to Axim for Zone Conference July 2, 2018

On Tuesday this week we got to go to Axim for a Zone Conference. It was super cool to go back.  Elder Hess is back in the Tarkwa Zone so he was there too.  So after the meeting me, Elder Hess (who trained me in Axim), and Elder Owens (who trained Hess in Axim) got to go around and see a bunch of people we know there.  It was super cool.  Also this week me and Elder Owens decided to try to make tin foil dinners.  It worked out pretty good.  They tasted great but not quite like at home ha ha.  It's been raining tons lately so we didn't have a very productive week, but this next week should be good.  I'm still doing good and the work will go on.

Elder Owens posterity...

June 25, 2018

I don't have long.. I'm doing great!  Elder Owens is awesome and we're on fire!

Tight Tro Tro June 18, 2018

Hey, it's been a busy week. On Tuesday, Elder Owens had to go to what is called finish strong, which is a meeting for the group of missionaries going home in 3 months. He didn't get back until Wednesday evening. Then on Thursday morning I got a call saying I needed to be in Takoradi as soon as possible to renew my not citizen card. So it was three and a half hours there in a tightly packed tro tro, then 30 min of getting my card renewed, then another three and a half hours in a hot dusty tightly packed tro tro. Friday we got a full day but Saturday we had chapel cleaning late so only a half day proselyting so we got one and a half days in our area. So hopefully this week we will get more time in our area, everything is still going good and I'm doing great!

Elder Brown and I on exchanges

New Comp Elder Owens June 11, 2018

Hey mom, it's sweet my new comp is Elder Owens. This will be his last area, he'll be heading home in 10 weeks. He was my trainer, Elder Hess' trainer so he's kind of like my grandpa ha!  Our days consist of walking around all day and a few lessons a week because the area is dead. There is one lady named Celestina but she has a hard time coming to church so we're having a hard time getting anyone serious. This area has always been pretty slow, they're very business minded here and travel a lot so it's hard to get them to commit to coming to church. It's the same stuff everyday and every week so I really don't have anything new to write, but don't worry I'm still doing good, I love my mission. It's crazy I'm at 9 months..it feels like maybe 4 months.

Me, Elder Owens and Elder Brown

Elder Kacher from the Seventy June 4, 2018

Well, the rainy season is in full swing. It rains about 90% of the time and its always super muddy. We really didn't get much done this week because of the rain and my comp is having problems with his knees. We also had a mission tour with Elder Kacher of the Seventy on Thursday. It was super good and after I was 1 of 4 in three combined zones that was chosen to have a 1 on 1 interview with him. It was really cool to get to talk to a general authority, he's a powerful man. He asked questions just about me, the work, the mission and few other things.  He said to tell my mom that she should be very proud of me! :) Well we got transfer news on Saturday and to our surprise my companion is leaving. So I'll be getting a 3rd comp here in Tarkwa. I'm glad to stay in Tarkwa though.

Here is an email Elder Kacher sent to my mom and dad...

(Parker is definitely a man of little word...but Elder Brown's mom was so sweet to share with us Elder Browns letter.  He tells the experience from his perspective and I want Parker to be able to remember some extra details! :)
FROM ELDER BROWN'S LETTER HOME:
On Wednesday we had the mission tour with Elder Kacher of the Quorum of the Seventy. I learned so much from him. The church here in Ghana is struggling a bit. He told us that at the time the saints left Nauvoo they were spiritually stronger then the Ghanaians are right now where the church has been established for 40 years plus. He said that West Africa is the highest baptizing area in the world right now, but that Cape Coast and Ghana in general are the lowest. He said this is partly due to the negative mindsets of missionaries and encouraged us all to stop focusing on ourselves and put our faith in the Lord. When we do this miracles WILL happen! Afterwards President Hillam talked to us about sacrifice and how everything in this church requires some type of sacrifice because the Lord requires it of us. During the mission tour Elder Harris and I noticed that President and Sister Hillam kept looking at us. After lunch Sister Hillam gave us both a note that said Elder Kacher would like to meet with us. I’m not gonna lie, when I read that I started to freak out inside! haha. The interview with Elder Kacher was soooo cool. When I walked into the room I could just feel he was a servant of the Lord. After my interview Elder Harris and I were talking to President Hillam and he told us that before the mission tour had started Elder Kacher asked him to pray to know what two elders and sisters he could meet with. President told us he kept feeling the spirit tell him it should be me and Elder Harris. President then told us how rare and special of an occasion it is to have a one on one interview with a Seventy. It was special indeed!!”

1- Vincent, one of our members who proselytes with us

2- Elder Aluse and Chukuneku, Sarah and Lefe