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Hey everyone!

Sorry i wasnt able to get on last week.  We went to Olinda for the day and we got back a little later than planned so we didnt have time to email.  So hopefully i can cover the past 2 weeks in this email.

Alright so these past 2 weeks have been pretty good.  We got some good investigators with a lot of potential which is awesome.  Were just working on getting them to church and all that stuff which is super important and hard for some people.  But i think we should have a `baptism this upcoming Sunday for a kid named Ivan.  Were teaching his family but hes progressing a lot so hopefully everything will work out for that.  Were still teaching the family of Adalberto which is super fun.  His family is so cool and receptive.  His sister seems really interested also.  His Mom has been with the Catholic church for a long time so were just taking our time with her.  She also works a lot so its hard for her to come to church but she really likes talking to us and watching DVDs of the church and she also makes the best fruit juice which is a plus.

We went to the temple this past week with another area from our zone and one of their investigators who is 15 and it was really cool to go with them because he was amazed by the temple!  he loved it so much and didnt want to leave haha it was cool to see the impact on him.  It was really nice just to be there though.  its so relaxing and awesome.  It was a good trip and sent us into the rest of our week with a good spirit. 

We did a little service project for a member on the morning of 16th and i made the horrible mistake of not putting sun protection on my neck since i was wearing a regular shirt so now im paying the price of the Recife sun.  But its all good its starting to not hurt as bad haha.  But other than that the service went good and we cleaned her yard pretty well.  Its getting so hot here though!  Its crazy. 

But this week were really going to focus on getting our investigators to progress and hopefully get a baptism for Ivan.  This saturday is the missions Dia do Batismo (baptism day) so the whole mission is going to try and get a baptism for Saturday to go into December on a good note.  Cant believe December is coming up!  Wait, did Thanksgiving already pass??? I forget the date.  But yeah this transfer is flying by!  So hopefully we should have some good success these next 2 weeks to end on a good note.  Oh yeah i forgot to say that when we visited Olinda last Monday i got to see my last comp Elder Trindade!!! i was so stoked. I love that guy.  Hes going home in January so he is pretty weirded out.  But it was fun to see him for a bit.  So i guess thats the past 2 weeks from what i can remember!  I miss you guys hope all is going well with everyone!  I appreciate all your support.  have a good week and i will talk to you all then!

Com Amor, Elder Erickson