More than normal mission work

Thats good to hear sounds like a lot has happend this week!!! the
emails with pictures shouldnt take to long i have been getting them
from my friends all the time. i will try sending them with out the
drop box if they take to long to get to you i will use the drop box.
when you said dani got engaged for some reason i was thinking of Shay!
it kinda had me thinking but not anymore haha. i have been taking my
pills daily the only days i miss are fast sunday. because i have to
take food with the pills. its good that you found your ipod! so turns
out i could i have brought my ipod touch oh well!! to late for that!
wait what the garage is clean!!!! there is no way! I hope dads
surgery goes well. tell zach he can use the "bad" set of speakers (the
round ones) i want the others to be kept safe for when i get back
they cost a good amount. but tell him he needs to start emailing
me!!!! It is hot here and they say its the cooler season it gets
about 90f here sometimes hotter. cant wait for it to get
hotter......not!!! the investigators are doing really well they have
been learning a lot. I get to teach Mission prep, institute, and
primary. i havent been playing piano yet, i told the missionary
couples that if i could have a hour or 2 each day to practice i could
and they said they would think about it and would have to talk to the
new mission pres.

can you also get my COD sunglass's out of the pontiac? I still have a
little time left so i can tell you about one of the investigators he
was a J-dub when we first contacted him he knew a lot about the bible
and as soon as we taught him about the restoration he left his old church.
his name is christopher and he is learning lots, his family was also
baptised this last week. its really neat they say thats is really rare
to baptize families here. oh this is random but we run into a lot of
peachers of other faiths and they always try to tell us what we are
teaching is false and they start quoting scriptures from the bible and
we start to teach them they are wrong and they try to prove us wrong
but never can haha.
On 8/12/13, Traci Erickson 
 Dear Elder Erickson,Here are attachments for recipes and food ideas. I hope that you find better food to eat. Remember to take your vitamins so you stay healthy. I set you up a drop box account for your pictures, Dad says they will take for ever to send via email. So go to www.dropbox.com enter your name and lds email-your pass word is-really you thought I'd post it here?-no capitals. This way we can have access to them and transfer them on to our hard drive. It is very simple to use. I use it with my new phone.
 Speaking of electronics---Dad found my i pod that has been missing for about a year. He was searching for the t.v. remote and found it in the back of the newer brown rocking chair. I had searched it and so had some of the kids, maybe moving the chair into the family room and kids jumping in it moved it out of hiding, I don't know but Hope doesn't get to play with it.
 I got Dad to borrow Uncle pats trailer and we finally got the old couch and other stuff to the dump. Yeah, we can park in the garage now. I knew if we didn't do it this week it wouldn't get done cause dad's neck surgery is in 1 week and he can't lift stuff for a few weeks after that.
 Your cousin Dani got engaged and instead of having a reception, they had an engagement dinner for the adults. It was nice. Grandparent's Erickson's were able to make it and we also ran into dad's Aunt and Uncle Mike James.
 It was fun to get caught up on family things.
 Hope and I cleaned your room. All of your computer stuff is in the top of your closet. I moved a lot of your things up to the higher shelves in your closet to people won't bother them. Zach started moving his things into your room. He put his lizard cage on top of your dresser, so I treated your dresser with a wood moisturizer so it will stay looking nice. Don't worryit is still the same color, just a little shinier.
 Is it still really hot? How are things going with investigators and your area? Do you get to teach FHE? Dad said you might have to play the piano in church, do you? Aren't you glad you had lesson's?
 Know that I am proud of you and what you are doing. I love you with all of my heart.
 Love ya, Mom
 P.S. Hope says missions are way too long. She always asks me how many
 minutes I will be when I have to go some where. I think she is worried that I may be gone as long as you.