May 3

hey guys, nice to hear what has been happening, sounds like you guys are having quite the spring.  No I am not getting transferred, Elder Elkins is, and that means that I am going to have to see if we can get this ward more involved in the missionary effort.  At the meeting with elder Perry, Pres. Cook had our mission come early so he could speak with us about some changes that are happening in our mission.  First our mission boundary is being changed, originally the farthest east our mission went was the peniscitos and poway stakes, but now those are part of the San Diego mission, and we gained the tameckula stake(now one of the farthest north parts of our mission).  The mission specifics regarding music have been changed to only music that is either related to misionary work, inviting of the spirit, mild in tempo/beat, and aprroved by the mission president, and a few other things but they are not really important right now.  It looks like I will be needing to purchase a bike soon, but some other elders are selling theirs for about $150 max.  With what is already on my card I may only be needing another $75-$80 dollars to cover it if anything changes I will let you know.

Also, about mothers day, can dad skype with his web cam?  according to what I have heard you can do a video call using skype, and we would be able to see each other.  If not we will still be able to call, the time that I will most likely be calling at will be possibly at 7pm or around 2-3pm, if you need to do it at a different time, please let me know via snail mail as soon as possible before hand, I won't be able to check my email before next tuesday.  As a final note, I will be sending you a package for mothers day soon, it should contain much of the letters I owe you guys, and a present for mom;-), I love you guys very much, I am praying for you always, gotta go,

LATER ;-P

Elder Edward C.D. Parker