Hey, What's up?

Hope things are going well and that it isn't getting too hot there.

Any baptisms lined up?

Today in church they announced that we have 5 missionaries from our ward out. I could only come up with 3-Dallin will be 4 in December, wonder who I'm missing.

So nothing exciting happened this week.  I did take Hope to get her hair cut. She kept saying that she needed it short Mulan. I was afraid that she would find the scissors again and try cutting it herself.  Her hair is now shoulder length and she likes it.

Today was my last ward conference for the year YEAH! It was our ward. The talks of course were great.  Bishop Gooch talked about how our lives could be like a roller coster ride. Their maybe hard, scary times but there is someone next to you to help you out.  President Spencer talked about our role as parents to teach our children who they are.

Oh, I guess one not so exciting thing did happen this week.  The stake Relief Society was invited to the Spanish wards visit teaching training dinner on Thursday night.  The Stake RS president had offered to talk. Guess what? She thought is was next week and went out of town.  So I hurriedly, while eating dinner, came up with a talk on Visit teaching and the importance of it.  It went well.  It is quit interesting having to stop after every sentence so an interpreter can translate.  All of the women were so kind and thankful. I think I need to brush up on my spanish, so I can at least bare my testimony in their language.

Live life so those who don't know Christ, will want to know him, because they know you.

Love ya lots, Mom

Hey so i have been trying to get on my other email so i could read and email you from there but it has taken about a hour and i still have not gotten on it i think that the church is having issues with there emailing or atleast with mine because i should not take a whole hour to  try to get on it. oh well this will have to do. so i dont really know what you said from your last email so i will just give you fast lay down what has happend recently and what will happen so.

So this is the last week of the transfer i dont know if i will be staying with my same companion he only has 1 transfer left. I do know that i will be staying in the same area though. it seems like i get transfered about every 4 1/2 months which i have no problem with expecially where i am now because it is really hard to fine new people.  My companion is doing great i can kinda see that he is dieing but thats no problem he knows the buisier he is the faster time goes so i dont have to drag him out of bed everyday. Elder Cunningham and i have been working out at a gym every monday, wednesday, and friday and lets just say its a good kind of pain :) We have found a lot of good families that have been learning very fast so hopefully they last a few weeks so we dont have to go finding.....I hate finding...

I am still eating good and i dont think that will stop anytime soon unless transfers come and my next companion doesnt want to do what my companion wants to now. the area i am in is good but i have to walk really far just to get to members houses and also the investigators. we are going to calculate the distance we walk tomorrow. i bet its close to about 15 miles a day. 

I am getting really annoyed with the ZL's here they like to pester me and its getting really annoying, its a good think i have a lot of patience other wise i probably would have yelled at them by now but if they keep doing it and they/I are still around next transfer I probably will yell at them. I hope it doesnt come down to that but i might.

hey so i just loaded i will finish the email on there.

oh zach log on to battle.net and look up the new game coming out its in beta right now its a mix of starcraft, warcraft, world of warcraft and diablo 3 thought you might like it.

Hey sounds like a boring week for you guys, its been the same here.
but like if going well, the gym that elder cunningham and i are going
to is getting us in shape i guess is what you could call it. we
workout every monday wednesday and friday. How ever i am getting very
annoyed with talking on the phone with people here its like they
forget all the english that they know and you have to repeat yourself
20 times. Oh how i hate repeating myself over and over again. but its
worth it sometimes. sorry to make this short but it took way to long
to get onto this email. I am still looking forward to the packages
that are coming the ZL's are going to Kampala next week so i should
get the camera then. all is going well i will type more next time.

Braden,
 How is it going? How many investigators do you have?  Are you keeping your companion going?  Did you get the package?

So about sending packages, Another one is on the way with Christmas gifts and the stuff you asked for.  I was wondering what to hide stuff in and then got a email from another missionary mom that has a son serving in Africa, telling us NOT to hide things inside of food boxes etc.. Another Missionary Mom hide some allergy medication in a stuffed animal thinking that it would make it to her son. Instead, when it was scanned in Africa, they found the pills inside the stuffed animal and thought that they were trying to smuggle drugs into the country and the missionary ended up in jail with his mission president explaining to the police what it really was and why the mom thought she needed to hide it.  Since, that would be fun for any of us, I'm going to just mail things in a post office box and put pictures of Christ on it. Hopefully, they still make it to you.

This week was pretty good, Not much different has happened, well except that Paige put her 2 weeks in at Wingers, I'm sure she will tell you all about it.

Today, I went to the Spanish speaking ward for ward conference.  All of us non-speaking spanish people got to wear head phones.  A man there interpreted what was being said and we could hear it in english. It was pretty interesting.  Their Bishop spoke on paying tithing and to pay more fast offerings and they would be blessed for it.  Then President Spencer got up and spoke in English and a man stood next to him and translated into spanish.  He also spoke on tithing and being blessed. Then we went to Sunday School and the man conducting looked at me and the other councilor and asked in spanish, if we spoke spanish. I replied no. So a sister came over and sat by us and interpreted the lesson for us.  When it was over, the same man asked if I or Jennifer would say the closing prayer. I told Jennifer to go ahead.  It was then that I realized that we stood out, there where lots of men from the high council there and they didn't get an interpreter or asked to say the prayer.  For the last hour the RS sisters and the Elders had a combined meeting. President Bunnel taught a lesson on missionary work and how we as members can help the missionaries.  Yes, he speaks spanish, but I understood bits and pieces of it. Guess I need to brush up on some spanish. 

Hope loves the movie Mulan, a you know, today, she decided she wanted short hair like Mulan and actually cut pieces of her hair. I got mad at her and she cried herself to  sleep. I haven't looked too closely to see what damage she has done. But she may be getting a hair cut tomorrow.

Hope also, set up a picnic for the whole family out side Saturday. She did it all herself(mostly). She needed a cooler with ice to keep food cold.  We all went out to her picnic and laughed and thanked her.  We ate, cookies, grapes, donuts, frozen hot dogs (yes, right from the freezer), and a can of vienna sausages.  YUM! She had also poured every one a glass of water and taken them out in little baskets.  Good thing that the weather was actually warm. Could you see us having a picnic in our winter coats and gloves?  Yes, Hope keeps us on our toes around here.

The gospel is true and changes lives for the better.

Keep on trucking.

Love, MOM

Hey everything is going well here. I am still keeping him moving haha but hes not that bad most of the time i dont have to push him. Sounds like that family had some fun haha.  Sending the christmas package with christmas pictures is probably not the best idea in the world seeing how they will know its a christmas present but oh well hope it makes it.  i didnt get the other package yet it must not have made it it here. the ZL's are going down at the end of this month so it should be there by then.  It sounds like your going to have to keep a close eye on hope for now on hehe. shes a funny girl. elder cunningham and i ahve been going to the gym here and have been working out really hard, i come back really sore and tired but recover enough before we have to go and teach.  we have also been eating a lot more healthy but thats need if you work out the way we are. sounds like you have been really busy lately.

LOL Braden, I said Christ-not Christmas.

Pictures-finally

Dear Elder Braden Erickson,

How has your week been?  Have you found any investigator'?

This was a good week for us.  First, I had Dad help me empty out all of the boxes that were in the garage.  We found some pretty funny things since they are from 8 years ago.  The funniest thing we found was your old retainer!!! Yes, it was in a box.  How it got there, I will never know.  I remember tearing your room apart trying to find it when you lost it. It must have been inside something and then fallen out during the move.  We found toys that are going to the D.I. and stuff for the trash.  The second funniest thing is, we found your 24 hour emergency back pack.  Wow-it was very old. It had pull ups in it and dried wet wipes.  I'm sure the food was very gross. We tossed the whole thing.  It wouldn't have helped anyone in any emergency.

Halloween was fun and laid back.  Dad's work had trick or treating for the younger kids, so I took Parker and Hope over, after we helped out at Parker's class party.  The kids just walk from cubicle to cubicle and collected candy fast.  Hope's little bucket she brought filled up quickly and soon she was putting her candy in Ethan's pillow case.

I didn't think that Hope would care about going trick or treating around the neighborhood. Boy, was I wrong. Dad took her up and down the street and she loved every minute of it.  Then when Parker went later, when it was dark out, Hope wanted to go again.  I bought her a girl pirate costume to wear for the halloween party we had.  Ellie next door is afraid of the scary mask.  Hope was fine with the idea. She liked the costume so much that she wore it for halloween.

Today, we had a Tea party. Hope set it up at the kitchen table and invited everyone. We had punch, milk, fruit loops, chips and bread and butter. For some reason, we had to have lit candles. It was pretty funny.  After, Hope told me that she wanted to hold a candle in her hand. I had a long talk with her about fire and dangers. I then went to the bathroom. When I came out, there she was holding a lit match. Oh MY Gosh! I can't let that girl out of my sight now.  She got a stool and found the matches and lit it herself. She was very proud of herself! Now, I'm going to have nightmares about fires. 

Jacob Squire get his mission call to Thailand. He leaves in December.

Keep up the good work. We are proud of your service.

Love, mom

Hey speaking of containers you should send me the one that i use now before my teeth start to go in every which direction again in the next package you send i have not recived the camera yet but it might be here today the couple missonaries have gone down to kampala and are coming up with the packages so hopefully it is there! i will find out around 8 Pm here or in other words 10am for you guys. 

Wow sounds like hope is turning into a danger girl.

thats funny that you found all that stuff .

 Can you believe this is with a point and shoot camera? WOW

Killin mice in their house.

Braden,
How was your week? How are you getting along? Have you figured out your new area yet?

Grandma got a tip from a neighbor that went somewhere real hot on his mission-to put water proof sunscreen on your nose. He said it helped him stay cooler. Don't know if it works or not. Guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

A few nights ago, Hope was being loud and I told her that she needed to be quiet because everyone was trying to sleep.  She asked,"Even Braden?". I told her yes, She said," Oh, why is Braden on a mission?". I told her you are their to tell people about Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father because not everyone knows about them get them to come to church.  She said, "You mean he gets to tell people where to go". Oh my gosh, she cracks me up.  She then said that you have been gone way to long and maybe someone else should go on a mission so you can come home.  I'm sure 5 months is a very long time to a 4 year old.  You won't believe how big she is getting. she is at least a good head taller all of the kids in her church class and preschool.  She weighs 60 pounds and is wearing size 7 clothes. She needs to slow down.

So, the first semester of school is over for the kids. Ethan is doing amazing all A's and B's.  He comes home excited about something every day and could talk to me for hours. Paige of course has straight A's and just retook the ACT test. She is trying for a 24 to get into BYU, she'll probably get it cause last year she got a 23.  Zach started out great and then didn't keep up on turning in homework and retaking tests, so he had a busy week doing make up work and retaking tests.  We told him that if he wants to drive your car, he has to get good grades. We'll see what happens.  And Parker, oh sweet Parker. He still is in his own little world.  But he is doing his work and getting good grades. However, his teacher has to keep him on track, he daydreams.  I was a little worried about his teacher this year, she wears hearing aids and speaks like she is deaf.  But I have been in her class helping a few times and she is on top of things.  The kids all love and respect her.  So, I'm not worried about her anymore.

This week should be fun with Halloween. Of course the weather is going to be yucky. But it is that time of year.

Hope you are doing well and working hard.

Love ya, MOM

The week was kinda boring this time not much has happend, we played soccer with some of the locals and we beat them...i dont know what they are going to do if we beat them at basketball next week they will probably not be very happy at all. there were some people laughing at the locals because we were killing them point wise it was really funny. i guess we missionaries are just to good for them.

Elder Cunningham and i are getting along just fine we have a great time together he is almost done with his mission he has 1 transfer left to so i might end up "Killing" him but that will be cool! right now i am just keeping him alive so he is not lazy you know how they are haha. I have almost got the area down hopefully i will have it down this week.

Hope makes me Laugh she is a funny girl, and very smart. i think that in kindergarten her teacher will be very suprised with her. is she still rockin out to the eye of the tiger?

I will give the other elder the camera.

Can you send me Headphones (Apple ones) that way i can listen to the conference talks. The mission pres doesnt mind us having headphones as long as we dont listen to bad things. can you send the watch that grandma gave me as well the solar one.  i forgot to bring my watch. Thanks so much!

First transfer and a new companion

On 10/21/13, Traci Erickson 
 Hey Brad, How are things going? Anymore baptisms? Is it any hotter or the
 same?I'm sure it is frustrating to work with leaders that are still learning
themselves. I mentioned it to President Spencer. He said the same thing
happened to him on his mission. To just be patient and teach with love.Did
 you get a new area or new companion?
We had an open house for the new Stake center on Thursday and Saturday. We
 had 2 large groups of 8+ people show up from other religions to see the
 building and ask questions. One of the people that came Thursday came back
 Saturday and went through the tour again and then took 3 Book of Mormons
 home with him. The stake presidency told us to keep all of our signs and
 posters because we may do it again in the next year. I guess it is great
 for the missionaries to show investigators and to find new investigators. I
 went to ward conference at the PP6 ward. (the other half of our old ward).
 It was fun seeing people again and getting caught up. By the way Dallin
 Zollinger got his mission call to Washington D.C.. He leaves the middle of
 December.
Ethan and Dad spent the morning at BYU so Ethan could earn merit badges.
 Zach had already earned the ones they had available, so he didn't go this
 time.
 This last week went by fast! I guess things are getting back to normal
 around here. I am getting another package ready to send you. I told the
 extended family that if they wanted to send you something, that now is the
 time to get it to me, so it can all be shipped together.
 *Doubt your doubts
 before you doubt your believes.

 Love, Mom

I guess my name got changed hu, good to know, I guess i will have to
inform my mission president so he knows my real name now, hehe JK. We
haven't had any more Baptisms lately because a lot has been going on
here. But we have a few people that should be baptised soon if they
keep going the way they are. It is getting a little hotter now its
funny because I know for you its getting COLD and here its getting HOT
and I also am back to walking again hehe. At least I will stay in shape
still. All is going well still here.

I did get Transfered to a new area I am now in a place called Bardege
its a great place i am Still inside Gulu just no longer in pece
anymore. i did get a new companion his Name is Elder Cunningham yes
another person from UT haha. he is almost going home he only has 1
more transfer left after this one. he is great guy and is fun to be
around I have to keep him moving for the most part so he wont be lazy
but thats alright.

The area i am in is good but its REALLY Hard to find new people!!! I
also have to learn the area again at the same time but thats they way
you learn the area the fastest.

Hows the new church Building? How was the ward conference? yeah i wish
they didnt have to split us up but the ward was getting to big.

Really Dallin is going to have a fun but difficult time for the first
few weeks because the place is so HUMID. i remember walking off the
plane and being drenched already from all the water in the air. but he
will enjoy it.

I hope that they had a good time getting their  badges there.

Cool, i cant wait to get it. hey so one of the elders here doesn't have
a camera and so i was wondering if i should give him the one i am
using now. He said he doesn't mind dealing with the issues because he
will at least have something. Do you want me to give it to him or do you
want me to send the camera back home in a package?

We went on lock down for a day because of some of the things that are
going on here but we are still fine and we still go out teaching we
just have to be careful. but its has been a lot of fun here in uganda.

Who wants to be a missionary? A guy we baptized!

Braden, 

How are things? Is the weather any warmer? Did you get rid of the mice and roaches? Any baptisms?

Hope you are doing well.  You really should eat more than one meal a day. That isn't very healthy and hard on your body. So, eat two.

This week was pretty good. Dad even made it back to work on Wednesday.  The end of this week is fall break but Dad has no time off. So, we will have to find something fun to do around here. 

Conference was great. A lot of good messages.  Hope even sat pretty quiet through most of it.  She did ask if one of the speakers was a bad guy. Wow, she makes me laugh. Yeah, we invite bad guys to talk to us at conference-that might be interesting.

I bought you a new camera and food and other things that I am sending to you on Monday. I was going to do it Saturday but forgot the post office closes early that day. Let me know if you like the soup mixes. I will probably send another box of things in mid November.

Love you lots, MOM

Things are going well here a lot has happend this last week one of the elder got food poisoning and we had to take him to the hospital and he has only been here in Uganda for 3 weeks i was nervous but who wouldnt be. The weather here is getting a lot Warming but now that i get to drive everyday i dont mind haha i am lucky haha. it stays in the mid 90s in the middle of the day and drops to about 70 in early mornings and let evenings. we have cought about 10 mice and have killed about 200 Roaches haha. we know there are still more mice but they are in hiding now they fear us a lot. and let me tell you we have come up with some very clever ways of catching them and even killing them. haha. We have been doing a lot of serves lately and doing a lot of digging. I know eatting one meal a day is not good so i havnt been doing it. its hard to make good food because it all takes time to cook and time is something we just dont have unfortuneatly :(  Thanks for sending the Camera and food :) i cant wait! Oh and if you havnt sent the package yet can you send my Call of Duty Sun glass's as well oh and in way they wont break :) thanks :) they should be in the my car unless you took them out. it might be good to send a case for the camera as well so it wont get scratched. THANKS SO MUCH!   Its also good to hear that dad is doing better! if i get time i will send you another email but i need to email Mission Pres really fast.

OH and the Mission Pres. is coming to work with us this week! its kinda scary oh well. there is nothing to fear. he did say in one of his meeting that we should not be supprised that he would just show up one day and work with us. but that was like a week ago i didnt expect it to be that fast. He is a great guy. he even know the area where we live. you know the Days that lived in the old house on the corner on 3200? he knows them, i dont know if he knows that the days moved though guess i can ask him when he comes and find out.

Braden,

So, how did it go spending the day with the mission president? You get to drive in that crazy place-wow. Be careful. I am putting a second package together to send to you. It will have your sunglasses, knife, card games and food. If you think of anything else you need, let me know.

We find out in church today that our ward gets to go to the new stake center just down the hill from us. We are supper excited.  We are having an open house Thursday night and Saturday Morning. The stake presidency for each organization are in charge of telling about that organization with short talks, video's posters etc.  So, of course I will be in the Relief Society room.  We then get to start attending that building on Oct. 27th.  We still don't know when the building will be dedicated.

It sounds like you are finding good investigators to teach. Martin sounds like he would be a good ward missionary.  I bet he can find you more people to teach.  It is amazing how many people you have been able to teach and baptize already. Keep up the good work. Remember to take time to rest and get plenty of sleep.

This week was fall break. We just hung around home and did fun things together and with friends.  I'm taking the kids to the $1 movies tomorrow for the last day of break.

Paige received her patriarchal blessing today. It was very inspiring and long. I can't wait to see just how long it is typed on paper.  He even talked about what an amazing teacher she will be on her mission.  You are such a good example to your siblings and to me.  Hold strong to your believes and your testimony, it will get you through the hard times.

Oh, and if it is hot, drink lots of water.  Even drink some on fast Sundays if you are out about for a long time. I know God understands the human body. Better to be safe than to get dehydrated.

*When you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!*

Love, Mom

October 14th 2013

Sweet Thanks so much for sending the Packages it will be very nice. the elder that wants the rings has been bugging me for the past few weeks about them haha, i told him he is just going to have to be patient and i told him patience  is a virtue haha he laughed for a few minutes and then said alright. i have seen a lot of amazing things here in uganda but they have all been to far to take pictures of. for example i saw a bald eagle in a tree to day that was not to far i pulled out the camera to take a picture and on the camera it looked like a small dot haha. i am going to buy a card reader so i can send pictures next week if i still have some money from the allotment from the email i got to day it sounds like i will still have enough. but not by much. I didnt get to tracted with President i did however with the AP's that was very interesting they said we are doing well and to keep up the hard work. the Mission Pres is a great guy he is really funny and is doing a great job.  you the Todds of course well the people that lived in the house before they did (the Days) he knows them!! we got into a discussion about where we lived it was really cool and scary HE KNOWS WHERE I LIVE!!!! haha just kidding its really cool.

You know i thought that dad would end up taking my car to work when i left seeing how it gets better gas mileage on it haha is the knife really in the car? hmm i dont remember putting it there but if the leatherman is there i guess that it is there. i cant wait to get them. so i am asuming that you took over dads car from what i understand from grandmas E email haha.

You would laugh at the email she send me from what you tell me she didnt do a lot of work and from what she told me she did i love hearing 2 different sides of the story haha. 

Yeah driving here is a little hectic but there is not much i can do about that. i am going to have a hard time again driving a automatic car again....oh well cant help that.

For the package i could use a few needle nose pens and some regular ones as well i have had 3 of them die on me already and i found out that 2 of them are art pens that bleed through paper like crazy.

Thats Awesome that you get to go to the new church building i bet it will be very nice in it. The branch here where i am NEEDS A LOT OF WORK!! the branch presidentcy are the Sunday only type of people and i guess you can say the us elders end up correcting a lot of things and then end up recorrecting the same misstakes i guess it will just take time.

I always have 4 liters of water in the fridge so when i get home every night i drink a lot of water. we are about to go into the dry season here where it gets a little hotter and it doesn't rain as much. my allergies are starting to act up as well but thats why i have all the different kinds of meds. haha.

I will probably get to watch Conference with in the next few weeks.  Transfers are also happening on tuesday cant wait.

Hope all is going well for you guys and thanks so much.

Sounds Great, to be honest i never really liked the old bishop I know its bad but i cant help it. oh well at least i dont have to worry about it. Sounds like it will be a good bishopric. So we do get to watch confrence here but not when it is brodcast we get to watch it a month after we get to watch it on a DVD and they they play it on a projector at the church. We went to Chobi again today thats the 2nd time i got to go to a World First Class area. I have so many pictures to show you i just need a way i can send them. Hope would love some of them!!!! i know she would.  Oh Ugandas Independence day is coming up on Oct 9 and from what i have been hearing from ward members and investigators is that its going to be full of parties and lots and lots of drunk people and they also tell us that is a not a really good day for us missionaries to be out teaching people. People are going to be doing some crazy things! oh and i am starting to devlope some ugandan habits i guess is what you could call them. i am starting to roll my R's (i had help with that in spanish class) and i have fugierd out a finger thing i will just have to show you when i get back  AHH at the end of next transfer i will be 6 Weeks on my mission or in other words 1/4 of the way done with my mission! i am learning the language here really fast its close to spanish so its  easy to learn.

sorry for the bad english time was running out so i didnt have time fix a lot of stuff and i started to just start typing thats why words are spelled wrong. hope you have a good day

Oh and watch my Facebook for a little see if there is any unusal activity going on with it, thanks. Have you sent the Rings and the Christmas presents yet? next week i will resend the list :)

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Traci Ericksonwrote:

Oh, and we got a new bishopric.  Bro. Gooch is now bishop. His councilors are Bro. Bullock and Bro. Clark.  No one even knew it was going to happen.  We went to church and the Stake Presidency was all there and we wondered what up.

> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:18:21 +0300

 so me and the elders decided to play vollyball with some of the locals
 and we were slottering them. they wernt so happy about that. it was a
lot of fun seeing them get upset, we had to tell them many times we
are just playing for fun. after the first few games some more people
 came and played with them and they got a lot better. close to the end
of the last game one of them spiked the ball really hard hit me in the stomach it hurt for maybe 4 seconds and then i was fun.....good thing i have been working out me stomach a lot! almost every day. i guess
 you could say that i have a 6 pack. we will see if i can keep it on
 the mission.

 On 9/23/13, Braden Erickson  wrote:
wow still sounds like life is busy huh. is good that dad is home now
but hopefully he will get better soon. hope things slow down for you.
good the you are getting some help. of course as soon as i leave you
 make salsa...just my luck haha just kidding. life is going well here
 the house is infested with mice and cockroaches but we are killing
 those things off like there is no tomorrow. Uganda's independence day
is on the 9 and i have good feeling that we will be stuck inside all
day that day sorry to make this short but the internet is being slow.
> > On 9/23/13, Traci Erickson  wrote:
Glad to hear you are doing so well. Just retract what has been done
before, you always find someone that wasn't home the first time or has decided to
 let you in. So Dad decided he missed the hospital so much that I had to take him to the ER last Sunday-they kept him in the hospital until Thursday.
 He is home now and doing better. He has to be on oxygen 24/7. So we have a machine in our house that changes the air to oxygen and he has a long cord
 that makes it around the house, even to bed. He has a doctor's appointment tomorrow and hopefully can get off of it.Grandma and Grandpa Erickson came to help out.
Grandma and Grandpa R came and helped do yard work. They picked buckets
and buckets of tomatoes, a few green peppers and hot peppers. So I went to the store to buy onions and a few spices and made 18 pints of salsa. It went pretty fast with the help of Grandma E. Maybe I'll hide a bottle so you can have some when you get home.
The kids are still doing well in school and helping out extra around the house because of all of the craziness that has been going on. Hope has
the hospital pretty much memorized now. But hopefully we won't have to go back for a very long time.Love, Mom

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:45:46 +0300

Not much new has happend Transferes happend and i am still in the same area. if i stay much longer i will not know where to go tracting anymore i know if i go to far out in my area the people wont come. I did get a new companion and he Really funny and is a great guy he comes from Utah as well! so far both of my comps have been from utah i wonder how many times i will be put with a Utahn haha. His name is Elder Halladay. We have had 3 Baptisms and next week we might have 3 or more depending on how people are. Driving here is Very Crazy there are no stop signs and the need less to say the bigger the vichle you have the right of way. traffic is also a flowing traffic everywhere there is no stoping or you will get stuck. But boy do i miss driving stick cars. i havent been able to drive yet because i dont have Mission Pres. permission to drive yet. but i almost had to drive to the Zone meeting. Wait Dad is back in the ICU that cant be good! he needs to get better not worse. Thats cool that Parkers car did well. Hope is SO funny
 she makes me laugh a lot. What mask The death eater mask? Paiges name will change to Pibz soon just you wait haha.

 On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Traci Erickson wrote:
So has anything new happened? How are your investigators? Any baptisms ?
Most of all, is driving crazy over there? I haven't sent your ctr rings yet.
I special ordered them and they came in the mail. With all of there craziness going on here-I haven't made it to the post office. Dad was doing well until last night. I took him to the ER after I got home from church.
 He is back in the ICU. The blood clots in his lungs have gotten bigger instead of dissolving. So he is on new blood thinners and they are
running
tests to see why this happened. Maybe he just loves the hospital so much that he had to go back. Me- I'm pretty tired of it.
 Parker and I made his pinewood derby car and it actually did well. He
 took
1st place between the cars he was on the track with. He came in 8th place.
Not to bad. There where 18 cars entered. I send a pic.
We all laugh at Hope. Her new favorite thing is watching "don't mine at night" songs on U tube. She knows all the words to 3 of them. And for Halloween she wants to wears dads scary monster mask . She is such a hoot.
Paige said that was funny About something. Hope said,"No, that's hilarious.
Paige told her, your a hilarious being-Hope replied, I know. Also, Hope
 was trying to get Paige's attention and kept saying Paige. Paige didn't
respond, so Hope called her Pibz and she answered. Too funny.
 When I figure out the pictures stuff I will send them.Love you, MomP.S.
Here's a big HUG!