Pictures and baptisms

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 

 I thought that these were shrimp-turns out they are fried grasshopper-Yes, Braden ate them-oh my.

Braden,

Wow,wow,wow, Thanks for the pictures. They are fun to get. You look very tan. Love where you were putting your water bottles. Shrimp with their heads-did you eat them?

How are thing going in your new area? Any investigator's or are you doing the dreaded tracting .? How close are you to the lake? Stay away from those hungry alligators or are they crock's?

This week went pretty well. Zach and Parker made it to their choir concerts. An old time friend of mine-Sheryl Maness- came from Mississippi to visit family and took some time to visit me. It was fun to catch up on all that is going on with her.

It finally SNOWED again. The younger ids were so excited. We've had a lot of rain lately. To bad it melted today.

So, I wrote my talk and was excited about giving it, woke up Saturday not feeling the best. By noon was running a fever and feeling crapy. So President Bunnel got to speak for me today. Oh well. Maybe the next time I speak, the topic will be the same and I can still use the talk.

Did you get the BOX?

Love, MOM

Enjoy the heat for me.

Well when i am in the sun all day there is no way not to get tan and also its the hottest parts of the year here so we get even extra sun haha. The area is going well we have had 4 baptisms and we have another 6 lined up for the end of the month, we havnt done any tracting yet we have a huge teaching pool for the first time ever. I am not to close to the lake my last area was not far at all from the lake just a 5 min taxi ride haha the people say that because it has been populated by people now the crocks dont come to that side anymore.

Why is it that when every there is an activity you always get sick i dont understand i think you might be allergic to it or something So that shrimp or what every you called it is not shrimp at all and yes i did eat those grasshoppers haha

 yes grasshoppers that have been fried in oil.

I got the christmas box and have been opening the letters one at a time. Sorry but i opened the wrapped stuff as well the thing is if there is food in packages the humidity gets to it some times so i open to make sure it will be ok to wait for some time haha. the chocolate was very good though! i have been craving sweet things for some reason and it is hard to find things that will get rid of the crave. Thanks!!! 

Never be ♯

Never be ♭

Always be ♮ 

Wow, I'm behind-and another transfer in the works

Re: Another w

On 12/8/14, Traci Erickson <tracirerickson@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Braden,How are things in way off Africa? Any baptisms set up? What is
> the weather like and what have you been eating? Anything interesting?In
> Dad's last email, he told you not to open the box we sent. He is WRONG-OPEN
> it! It has things in it to decorate with and letter from the family. Open
> one letter a day until the are gone. I got you and your comp. some fun ties
> to wear. I'm sure they will be quite a conversation starter.
> The busy time of year has hit. Christmas shopping for the family has begun.
> Christmas concerts for bot Zach and Ethan have already begun. Zach has 4
> performances this week. Hope that he can stay on top of his school work.
> Parker has one tomorrow for the school assembly and then Wednesday night at
> South Towne Mall.
> Another lady has been helping with the bells in Parkers choir. She won't be
> there Monday to help point to the notes and the rhythm, so I am going to try
> and do it. We'll see how it works out tomorrow, guess. I had Dad play the
> piano part so I could get it right--so hopefully it will go smoothly.
> I'm sure Dad told you about the speaking part that Parker has. And yes, the
> get to sing a song in Swahili. I told Parker that he would have to sing it
> to you when you call for Christmas .
> Have you heard anything about transfers yet? Do you think your staying? Or
> do you want to go to a new place?
> So Bro. Holland told me the wrong date for speaking at the Spanish ward. It
> is this coming week. So, the topic now makes a little more since. But now I
> only have 1 week to prepare my talk. I know procrastinating, isn't the best
> thing to do.
> We have had yucky sickness at our house the past week. One person gets
> better and some one else comes down with something totally different. I
> guess it is that time of year.
> I hope that you are staying healthy and Happy.
> Love ya tons, Mom
> Christ is the reason for the season!
>
>

Things are going well here in Africa, not much has really happened
though we do have a few baptisms lined up lets see if they go through.
The weather is very hot!!! in the end of this month and beginning of
next month it will be the hottest time of the year!! its time to drink
lots of water. So lately i have been eating burgers, soup, rice,
chicken, beef, salad, eggs, the sunday terdition and some others as
well haha. some times pizza on friday its expensive haha. The most
exciting thing that has happend was transfer news, i will be leaving
and going to Seeta maybe this will be my last area with the way i stay
in areas haha. i am kinda looking forward to the new area, the stake
pres. stays in that area. Sounds like you are moving around a lot
these days.
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:25 AM, Traci Erickson <tracirerickson@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Dear Braden,How was your week? Hope you were able to have a good
> Thanksgiving ! I don't know if Dad put more money i your account or not. But
> I'm planning on adding more soon. You should still have enough for what ever
> you need.This week was actually pretty good and low stress-which was nice.
> We had a small Thanksgiving with just us on Thanksgiving day. I baked the
> turkey, made mashed potatoes and rolls. We warned up some veggies and called
> it good.The next day, Ethan told me that I forgot to make the
> stuffing-ooopppss. That's his favorite part. So, for dinner we ate pizza and
> stuffing. Funny combo but we got it in.
> The weather was actually great on Saturday for the drive to Morgan. There
> were about 55 of us there. Mike and Teri invited the Loveland side of the
> family also. I know a few of them, so it was fun to catch up. We had it at
> the church so there was plenty of room. There was also lots of food because
> every family brought something. We actually left before it got dark. It
> was nice to not have to fight the cold icy roads like we have in past
> years.
> Kaderyn Kitchen gave her home coming talk in church today. She did an
> amazing job. But she still wears strange clothes. Okay, I think they are
> strange. Dad, Zach, Paige and I sang the special musical number today. We
> did an okay job. Next time Dad doesn't get to pick the song-Haha.
> So, tomorrow we get to go back to our normal routine, which will be nice.
> Keep on trucking and touch those around you.
> Love, MOM
> Don't just let your light shine so others may see it.But let others see him
> (Christ) shine through your light.

> so i looked at my card and guess what it is expired haha so putting money in
> wont do anything hehe.Never be ♯Never be ♭
> Always be ♮
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Braden Erickson
> <braden.erickson@myldsmail.net> wrote:
> Things are going well here, this is the last week of the transfer then i am
> left with only 4 more to complete!!!?!?!?! strange time is going way to
> fast!!! oh well. So i have pictures to send up the problem is the interent
> is slow again, i dont know i might go look for a new place to email we will
> see. but you wont believe the pictures if i get them sent day haha.Never be
> ♯Never be ♭
> Always be ♮
>

>

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> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Traci Erickson <tracirerickson@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Braden, Glad to hear that you are keeping busy. Good for setting some end of
> the year goals.Do you have any special plan for Thanksgiving? Do you think
> you will get to eat Turkey?We are having Thanksgiving on Saturday at Teri's
> with the whole gang. So we are going to do a small turkey meal at home on
> Thursday.The kid are out of school on Wednesday thru Friday. Paige and her
> friends are planning on going to the temple. Paige is trying to convince
> Ethan to go with them, since he just got his recommend renewed today. We'll
> see if he is brave enough to go.I found out today that the topic I get to
> speak on at the Spanish ward-right before Christmas-is the First Vision.
> That will be interesting. I thought for sure it would be on the Birth of
> Christ. Good thing that I haven't started planning my talk yet.Hope you have
> a good and busy week.Happy Thanksgiving, MOM
> What if you woke up in the morning and the only things you had were the
> things you thanked God for the night before?
>

> Sounds like you are about to shove your face full of food haha, i wish i
> could but i will be working and i dont know if i will have the money to do
> such a thing anyways. i might try to cook some chicken or something we will
> see. we dont really celebrate it here.
> sounds like a lot is happening thats good though that paige is planning to
> go to the temple lets see if ethan goes haha.
> will you be speaking in spanish?? haha just kidding i dont know if i would
> be able to do that anymore i am sure i could if it was not to long after
> school ended but now umm i dont think so. That is a strange topic for
> christmas haha.Never be ♯Never be ♭
> Always be ♮
>
> Things are going well, not much has happend we are trying to get atleast 4
> more baptisms for the year in our area, so we need to do a lot of finding!
> besides that not much has happend. they didnt even inspect the houses haha.
> i dont know maybe pres was trying to scare us or something.Never be ♯Never
> be ♭
> Always be ♮