e ai familia

Whats up Family and friends!

Man its been a crazy week!  I got transfered this past week (1 week before the actual transfer)  which was sort of caught me off guard so i had to hurry up and pack all my stuff up and leave the house to the mission office.  I was a little bumbed to say bye to Elder Trindade because he is the man!  But my new companion now is Elder Lemos from São Paulo.  My new area is called Lagoa Encantada which isnt too far away but its a lot different! 

This week, Elder Lemos has been showing me around and i have been meeting all the members and investigators and getting to know the area.  Its been really fun.  We live in a house and have a lot more space than the apartment in JD Atlantico.  This area has a lot of hills though!  it can be pretty tiring haha but everywhere you go theres a cool view!  The members are all super awesome and welcoming.  Im really likeing it.  Its a lot more poor here also.  Theres a few parts were not aloud to go to because its dangerous i guess.  But overall its a really sweet area.

This week was really good also.  We found 9 new investigators and we have 2 marked baptizms for 2 teenage boys who are pretty cool and fun to teach.  We should hopefully have 2 or 3 more marked baptizms at the end of this week so the work is going really good!  We have lots of people to teach and since the area is so big we have lots of work to do.  Im really looking forward to it though.  This transfer should be really really good! 

We were walking the other day and this old crazy guy on the street starts saying a bunch of weird things like Obama sent us to Brasil and that we were the CIA  and were doing secret stuff and he told my comp. that Obama wouldnt like his pants to be dirty hahahaha it was pretty funny.

But I think thats about it!  Its been a good week and this week should be even better!  Looking forward to it all!  Thanks again for all your support and love!  i love and miss you all! have a good week!

Love Elder Erickson