Goodbye Texas

(top) The Infiniti Sign being put up, (middle) The finished product with the owner, my bro, now Infiniti really looks open, (bottom) The inside of Infiniti, top-of-the-line equipment!!

Well, its been wicked fun here in Texas: hiking and getting poison oak with D, eating at Zaza's (celebrities eat there, had a Kobe burger), meeting loads of neat people (including Jerry Seinfeld's cousin), eating at a Turkish restaurant, watching "Conversations with God" (I don't agree with everything in his book, though), doing Turbo-Kick, hanging with my awesome nephew H, driving the Audi A4 my brother is leasing, loads of good memories were made since I've been here from Nov.1-13.

Adam

Texas!!

(My little buddy ^)
Thats weird, I made a post about being in Texas, but obviously, it wasn't posted for some reason?

So, I'm here in Dallas, Texas, visiting my brother D, his wife, A, and their son, H(whose two years old and loads of fun). I got here on Nov. 1st and will be here till the 13th. I've been hanging out and helping at my brother's gym that he started here in Dallas called Infiniti Health Club. Yesterday I hung out and helped at a place here in Dallas called Juice Zone.

Sunday I visited D and A's church here in Dallas, Fellowship Church. They talked about Being the person God made You to be and don't look at others and try to be like them.

Last night D and I visited a guy at a hospital here in Dallas, he's related to Jerry Seinfeld.

Its fun hanging out with my brother, yesterday we put on some Cammys and went hiking in the area of where he lives...

BTW, the other day I did a group work-out, it was called something like Turbo-kick, interesting, I tell you. If you ever need humbling just go to a gym and do a group work out ;-)

Well, ttya'll later :-)

ADP
(Jeremiah 29:11)

Summer Missions Continued

Hey Folks, just wanted to post my support letter for God's mission trip next summer. Here it is.


Dear Friends

As you probably know I went with Teen Mania's Global Expeditions to Okinawa, Japan in 2003 and India in 2004. Those were some awesome experiences!! My goal is to one day be a Medical Missionary, so, this trip is right down my alley(plus I love to act!).

On this trip to Peru we will be based in Lima, Peru. Our ministry will include helping a team of doctors with ministry to thousands of people coming for medical attention. I will have an opportunity to take temperatures, blood pressures, and administer basic medicine, while sharing Christ with large crowds of people through drama and personal evangelism. We'll also do VBS, visit schools, plazas, churches, and orphanages around Lima, presenting the Gospel at each site through dramas, assemblies, and interactive ministry. This trip also includes drama ministry in Cuzco, Peru.

I will be leaving on June 10th and returning home on August 4th. In the meantime I will be working to raise funds for my trip. The total cost of this trip is approximately $3602 , which includes: airfare, accommodations, food and training. I know that I cannot accomplish this task alone and I trust that God will provide the finances needed for me to go on this mission trip. I am asking you to be a part of this trip with me by making a donation towards my trip cost.I have several financial deadlines to meet; the first is April 30, 2007, when $1801 is due.

If you would like to support me in this exciting opportunity, you can by going to http://www.globalexpeditions.com/ and click on “Donate” at the top of the page. Any support will be greatly appreciated!If you have any questions please call me at (540)635-1302. Also, for more information feel free to call the Global Expeditions Missions Support Hotline at 866.5.GLOBEX

Thank you so much for you time and consideration. I greatly appreciate your prayer and
support!

God Bless,
Adam Parker
(Jeremiah 29:11)

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Ladies and Gentlemen, drumroll please. I am happy to announce the new arrival in the Parker's Parking lot. Presenting Adam's new aquisition, the Green 1995 VW Jetta III GLS. 4 Door Sedan, 2.0L, Front Wheel Drive and almost 127,000 miles, sunroof, Cd player, Cruise Control(I can't figure out how to use it though). Here's some pics. What d'ya think I should name this car???

So, okay, I know I haven't done a post for a long time,

Sorry!!! Ok, let me tell you the story of "Our CARS".

One day I was driving the family Grey Toyata Camry

with a friend in the car too. I saw the Oil light come

on. Checked the oil, added some and kept driving

(the oil light stayed on). The car started making some

funny sound, ut-oh. The sound started getting bad so

I pulled off to the side of the road a put my hazards

on. I got out of the car and a little later someone I

knew pulled ahead of our car. They ended up giving

my friend and I a ride to our destination, thank God

for these people!!! Come to find out this car's engine

has basically had it. So now we no longer have a Grey

Toyota Camry.

Now lets talk about our Tank, the Blue Suburban. A ways

before the incident with the Camry we had quite the

adventure with the Suburban. I was driving with dad in

the vehicle, and we were headed home from work.

We had gotten into town, by Pizza Hut when the Suburban

started to skid and feel like it had blown a tire. I was

able to pull into the Pizza Hut parking lot. Come to find

out, the Tie-rod(I think thats what it is, the bar that

connects the front two tires so that they move together)

had broken. Imagine what would have happened had we

been on the highway doing 70?? Hey, God still has things

for us to do here on earth, He ain't finished with us yet.

Okay, so after the incident with the Camry I had another

problem with the Suburban. I was driving (notice when

each of these problems so far happen, its when I'm driving)

the Suburban on our long an windy road and it didn't "feel"

right. After I got off our road I pulled into a parking lot

by a restaurant and was able to call my parents. Turns out

that the rear end of our Suburban is messed up.

Now we'll talk about the Dodge Durango, our newest vehicle.

Dad and I were drving to work, he was driving this time.

When we started to loose power. We were able to "limp"

to an exit where our mechanic(I tell you, I think he will be

able to retire on our family alone!!!) was called and he later

came and picked up the Durango. Turns out, the fuel pump

had gone. So now, the only car we had to use was my sister's

'86 Honda Prelude, the one I sold to her (I still don't have a

car yet). We had only her one car for about four days.

Thats the Parker's CARS story, hope you enjoyed it :-)

Adam (Jer. 29:11)

Just a couple more pics from our trip to the Zoo :-) (I tell you, with all those politicians in D.C., the whole city is a Zoo).

(Here is a freaky fish from the zoo)
(Here are two elephants, mom and child, on a scale at the zoo, look times at how much they weigh!!)

Well, here I go again...So, last weekend (July 14-16), my family was in D.C. Here we stayed in the Wardman Park Marriot and my parents attended meetings concerning their internet business. While they were in meetings, my little sister and I hung out. The first evening we meandered down the street and found a Chipotles' Mexican Restaurant(Caleb, is you mouth watering?), I actualy had never eaten at one before. Also, they were not bloomin expensive:-) So, I got a ummm...thing-a-majig...a tortilla with beef, lettuce, and stuff...pretty good...Mexican food...we ate and visited, good
times!!


The next day(Sat.) mom, dad, my little sis, and myself took a Metro into the Mall area. We went to the Art Museum and hit the Natural History Museum where we saw the IMAX, "Aliens of the Deep". They kepton referring to the earth being Billions of years old. I don't think so. *that reminds me, remember Ken Ham and the song that guy would sing, "Millions of dead things buried in rock layers, laid down by water, all over the earth...* Ok, excuse the tangent (Eh, Mr. P;-)

Mom and Dad had to leave for some more meetings so they headed back and my sis and I hung around a bit. We then had the adventure of taking the Metro all the way back, no problem. That night we ate at a chinese restaurant.

Sunday morning we packed up. That morning the people running the meetings that mom and dad had been going to had a Church Service, lots of people were there. We got there to the meeting kinda late, but what we saw was neat. The host and his wife gave their testimony and then had an Altar Call, alot of people went forward. After people went forward my dad sang "Watch the Lamb"http://www.rayboltz.com/project_pages/WatchTheLamb/watch_the_lamb.php... Awesome!!!

After the church service, my sis and I went to the Zoo:-) It sure was HOT. We walked allot...saw animals...walked...saw more animals...and got hot.

Well, that was last weekend...I'll do another post for this week. Until then Adios, Sayonara, Tata...

Memories :-)

Here today I am going to relate to ya'll some funny memories from my life.

Memory #1) When I was in 3rd grade I went to a public school in Maine. There they made quite a big thing about Earth Day. I remember memorizing songs for an Earth Day program. One song went like this:

Earth Earth baby, your the only one, the only Earth I've ever known under the sun
I'll fly with you wherever you go, I want, I want, I want to tell you
I love you so, I love you so.

Earth Earth baby, I love everything about you, Earth Earth baby, I couldn't live without you
You are so awesome, your a dream come true
Earth Earth baby, I will always love you...

Isn't that a riot. I remember that when we performed this at the Earth Day program I had a jean jacket on with the collar flipped up and sunglasses.

Memory #2)
My sister will love me for this one:-)

One day my sister and myself were on our way to a soccer game. We were driving on the high-way when I saw a truck pulling a car. I said to my sister, "Look at that". And she replied, "Thats not very safe". She didn't notice that one was towing the other, it looked to her that one car was tailgaiting the other.

Memory #3)

You may remember from my first post that I went to Okinawa, Japan in 2003. Well, while in Okinawa my mission team visited an English classroom at a primary school. Here we were split up into small groups and went to different "stations"(one group did origami). My group went to a "station" where some girls showed us the Shumisen(something like that). It had 4 strings and no frets, kinda guitarish.

After these "stations" we performed a funny skit for the students called the "Catch All" (I wont explain it now, but if you want to know what the "Catch All" skit is then post it in the Comments and I'll explain). After that 10 of us missionaries made a line facing 10 Okinawan students. We then took turns playing "Jon, Ken, Pon"(Rock, Paper, Scissors) with the person right across from us. The winner would ask the other a question in English(we had a sound box, so the Questions and Answers were said into the mic).

*This is where it gets interesting ;-)*
After we had gone down the line, the teacher of this English class asked, "Are there any more Questions?", and me, with my Western ear thought she said, "Are there any Christians?" (remember, this lady had quite the Japanese accent). I saw a few of the Okinawan students raise their hands and thought it sad that there were only a few Christians in this group.Of course, all of us missionaries raised our hands. Then she said, "Okay we are going to go down the line and say our Questions" (and I'm thinking she's saying, "Okay we are going to go down the line and say we're Christians.").

So, I was first in line. I took the mic. Stood up. And I said, "I Am A Christian!!!"

I will never live this down. I remember our Team Leader gathering us all together and saying, "Hey guys, guess what, I Am A Christian."

Don't be surprised if someone says, "Any Questions?" and I say, "I am a Christian" :-)

Memory 4.)

You might not think this very funny, you just had to be there!

Well, it was my first year of Bible School up in NH. Also, I am one of those people who like to Scare people. One evening I was heading up to the dorm and I knew my buddy was behind me(and the dorm was dark). So I went into the dorm and sat right by the door. When my buddy came in I grabbed his leg.......he let out an AWESOME SCREAM!!!!! LOL, he was heard by a guy in the main house (where we have our dinners)....

Ok, thats all for now, hope you enjoyed it.

Adam Parker <><
(Jer. 29:11)

I am waiting here for my image to upload. Man, sure takes a bit, probably don't help that we have dial-up. We might get to have DSL in 6ish months, hurray!!! Hmmmm...so, church was good today (7-9-06). The pastor talked about how God brings us through tests (like God asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac and then providing a ram{Gen. 22:1-18}) to see where our relationship with Him is or to see if we understand what we have learned from Him. Also, God will provide whatever you need in your "Test" to accomplish His will. Good stuff huh?

Still waiting. I tell you, this is going Slower Than A Slick Slug on Salt!!!

Got a new Cd recently by Mercy Me called "Comming up to Breathe", I'm enjoying it!! (please forgive me as I keep on blabbing on about random stuff as I wait for my pic). Test drove a BMW on Friday. The engine is Awesome, quiet and powerful. The bad things about it are 1.)Its a low rider, thus driving it over back roads will eat it up 2.)The sunroof needs a new wire to make it work 3.) One panel with the speaker is off one side and on the other side the panel is real loose.
I'm thinking I probably wont buy this one, we'll see?

Well, the picture isn't working for me tonight, I'll try some other time, until then, Hasta Luego.

(Hiking to the Waterfall) (The Waterfall)
So, this week from Wed.-Sat. I was planning on going to a HUGE Christian gathering in Penn. called Creation. There was supposed to be about 20 Christian bands and 10 speakers and over 100,000 people. I was pretty excited about it, some people from church (about 20) were gonna go and camp. Than :-(....it was
CANCELLED because of
the rain. I think we should just go up
and kayak.

I tell you, this computer is ANNOYING. I was working on this blog and just lost a whole lot, RATS!!!!! Oh well.

As I was saying. As a result of not having Creation there was a get together at our house. Friday night we ate some food that was going to be used at Creation. I also set up our Big sound system and a projector and watched "8 Below" in our "outdoor theater(our neighbor did call saying it was too loud). The movie was good; courage, bravery, sadness, loyalty, good stuff.

The next day some of us went hiking to a BEAUTIFUL waterfall near our house, lots of fun. I then jogged back gome (lots of sweat).

Well, dad and I are pretty close to finishing up the "rough-in" of an addition which is bigger than the original house. The owner is a plastic surgeon too. Dad says that this is the most difficult or complex job he has done in his 25 years of electrical (there's all these dimming systems, and we're using wire wrapped in metal, etc...). Ok, enough.

Pray for my sister who is heading off to Thailand to teach in a school with refugee children. This is a mission trip, and she leaves on the 5th.

Happy 4th of July, God Bless You ALL!!!

Adam Parker (Jeremiah 29:11)

Isn't this an awesome pic? I took it yesterday after tons of rain. See the mist, nice!!!

Look at me, I'm taking my first baby-step in Blogging!! So, my name is Adam, born on Dec. 19, 1985 in Brunswick, Maine. I am a born again Christian, I love God so much and desire to follow Him all my life and do great things for Him!! When I was 10years old my family moved down to Northern Virginia in B-town because my dad was called to be a pastor here.

Since being down here in VA I have gone on two mission trips with Teen Mania's Global Expeditions, I think that every Christian should GO on a mission trip sometime in their life!! Check out this web-site, http://www.globalexpeditions.com, it may give you some ideas. The mission trips I took with GE to Okinawa, Japan and India really opened my eyes to other cultures and places.

Well, the last two years I have been at Bible School at a Place known as F.B.I. in New Hampshire. We are right next to Mt. Manadnock, very beautiful!! Here I learned about the Bible and also learned other useful things (its a work-study program) like how to Chain-Saw, change window panes, DJ a low-powered Christian radio station, etc... The School sport is Volleyball and I have learned to really enjoy volleyball!! This is a 3 year program and I'm still unsure if I'll be going back next Fall, I'm still praying about it.

Hope you enjoyed my first blog...See you later unless I see you first. And if I don't see you again, Good Morning, Good Evening, and Good Night!!! (Jeremiah 29:11)