Welcome to Oregon!

So today is my second P-day and day 21 of the mission. I have been assigned to labor in the Sutherlin Ward of the Roseburg Area in the Oregon Eugene Mission. It is very HOT here. Apparently they haven't had rain in awhile!
The Last couple days at the MTC seemed like they were a blur. We woke up late and just barely made the bus to the Airport. I got to call my mom and dad and it was amazing! I literally cried the entire call. 

Being greeted at the airport by President and Sister Russell

After we got to the mission, we spent that evening tracting with some Elders from the Eugene area. I had five doors slammed in my face☺️!  One of the doors was answered by a guy who said, "Let me make this easy for you, no!" and slammed the door. But anyways, we finished the night and then I was assigned to be companions with the amazing Elder Thomas Scott. I am his first Son (trainee) and he has been out for about a year, and seems pretty good at this whole missionary thing.  We had New missionary training on Friday Morning and then we went tracting unsuccessfully. We then had our full schedule on Saturday all cancel on us... So we went tracting, again unsuccessfully. Yesterday was pretty good we went to church, a lady walked up to us and said,"I want to be baptized. Teach me more!"  Another person, who has mild autism, who had never wanted us to teach him but
would hang out with us and go to church with his mom who is a member, said he wanted us to teach him and that he was open to being baptized. So yesterday made up for everything else. 
Sutherlin is a strange town. Apparently it is the culture to have a very cluttered house and not really let the missionaries in. But it seems cool, and clearly there is a reason for me to be here because President Russell said that I was supposed to be in Eugene but after meeting me felt that I needed to be in Sutherlin. I'm actually very happy to be here, I know I'm in Sutherlin, Oregon for a reason that someone has the need to hear the word of the gospel from me. And I'm glad to be doing the Lord's work.

Elder Parker Nash Fleming