weekly update

Hey!

We had a really good week.  We got a reference on Tuesday and we went and contacted the person on Wednesday and we get to this house and ask for Lucas and this lady invited us in and was really nice and stuff which was cool and we talked to this teen who is 13 and he has gone to church a bunch of times in another ward and told us he wanted to get baptized which was really surprising to us.  We found out that the lady who passed this reference was a member in my last area which was cool.  she’s a relative of this family.  A bunch of members of the family are inactive members but like the church.  They left because of issues with rumors and drama.  But they like the missionaries which is good!  so we marked his baptism for this week and we went back on Thursday and he told us he wanted to get baptized this week so we had to teach him everything in 2 days then he got baptized on Sunday after church and it went really good.  His Mom came and watched which was sweet.  But he’s a really cool/smart kid.

July has been a really good month for us as far as work goes.  I hope August is the same.  We got 2 people marked next week to get baptized.  I’m pretty stoked about that.  Transfers are also today and I’m staying (my 3rd) transfer here with Elder Gustavo.  I was pretty happy because i wanted to stay one more.  So hopefully everything goes good!  I think I’m going to end my mission with 4 areas haha.

We had a family night at a less active members house which was really fun.  We gave the message then after as an activity we all sang karaoke. But it was pretty fun. I took a couple vids of everyone singing.  We also bought a sweet bug zapper racquet thing that works really well!  There’s a bunch of mosquitos at night so its nice to have this zapper thing. it even has a built in light!

I went and did a baptismal interview this week for another area.  It was this girls who’s 20 who lives with her Grandma and she used to attend another faith since she was little but she was really excited about her baptism the next day and the interview went really well but i guess she never mentioned her baptism to her grandma who also attends the faith that she used to attend and on the day of the baptism the grandma showed up at the church during the baptism and was saying that God revealed to her that she had to go stop the baptism and all this weird stuff. but long story short, everything went fine haha.

One morning we were studying and we started hearing this shouting from the street so we went and looked out the window and this old guy was holding a bible in the air and shouting that Satan was in the street and all this really weird stuff.  It was pretty crazy!  So basically that’s my week haha.

Oh and congrats to Brayden on his farewell and everything. I’m super stoked for him!!!!

I love you guys! Hope you’re having a good week.  Love you and miss you a ton!

Elder Erickson

Update

hey!

This week was super super awesome! we had the baptism for Edivaldo and Mauricéia!!!  We went over everyday and talked with them and i was nervous the whole week that it wouldn’t happen but everything went smooth and it was a really nice  baptism!!!!  I baptized Mauricéia and my comp baptized Edivaldo.  It was super nice because we have been working with them for a while and they have come a long way.  They are really nice people.

We also have a baptism this week for a kid named Vítor.  Were teaching him and his Mom (Kézia) and they are both really cool.  The Mom needs to get married first and she’s working hard on that because the guy she’s living with is unsure about it. They have been living together for 10 years so i don’t think splitting up is an option for her but she’s really trying hard and we even talked with the guy so pray for her!!!!  But were going to baptize her son this week.  He’s really excited. He watched a baptism this week of a girl in our ward and he really wants to get baptized.  Its cool because he’s really smart for 9 years old.  I hope that his baptism will help his Dad have more of a desire to get married.

We got a couple new investigators also who were working with.  Its been an awesome week though!  July is going to be super good.  Hope everyone had a good 4th!  I’m reading Jesus the Christ right now and its such an awesome book.  I don’t like to read that much but i cant stop reading this book.  I have learned a ton!!!

Okay so there’s my week!  I love you guys!  thanks for all your support!!! have a great week! love you all.

Elder Erickson

Baptismo

hey!

This week was super super awesome! we had the baptism for Edivaldo and Mauricéia!!!  We went over everyday and talked with them and i was nervous the whole week that it wouldn’t happen but everything went smooth and it was a really nice  baptism!!!!  I baptized Mauricéia and my comp baptized Edivaldo.  It was super nice because we have been working with them for a while and they have come a long way.  They are really nice people.

We also have a baptism this week for a kid named Vítor.  Were teaching him and his Mom (Kézia) and they are both really cool.  The Mom needs to get married first and she’s working hard on that because the guy she’s living with is unsure about it. They have been living together for 10 years so i don’t think splitting up is an option for her but she’s really trying hard and we even talked with the guy so pray for her!!!!  But were going to baptize her son this week.  He’s really excited. He watched a baptism this week of a girl in our ward and he really wants to get baptized.  Its cool because he’s really smart for 9 years old.  I hope that his baptism will help his Dad have more of a desire to get married.

We got a couple new investigators also who were working with.  Its been an awesome week though!  July is going to be super good.  Hope everyone had a good 4th!  I’m reading Jesus the Christ right now and its such an awesome book.  I don’t like to read that much but i cant stop reading this book.  I have learned a ton!!!

Okay so there’s my week!  I love you guys!  thanks for all your support!!! have a great week! love you all.

Elder Erickson