Hi Mom!
It is SO HOT; I do a little bit of walking and I´m sweating like I weigh 900 pounds! But it´s good at the same time. We helped demolish a lady´s house on Saturday, and I kinda felt cleansed after all of the sweating I did. But the perspiration´s paying off; we had 10 investigators in Sacrament meeting this week! And a family of 5 who FINALLY came to church! Only the parents are old enough to be baptized but we´ve been trying the whole transfer to get them there and they liked it a lot. We´ve got a lady set for baptism next weekend who´s really progressing well, too, and it´s so great because you can see how happy she´s becoming. I love this gospel so much because of that!
Oh, and I got my package too! THanks so much. I think I gave myself a really bad stomachache though; three days of bathroom trouble with all that chocolate. Elder Lima likes milkshakes, so we added M&M´s to the mix to see how it would go over. Tasty, but I ate too much. No worries now though, they´re all gone.
We´ll see what happens with transfers, maybe I´ll end up closer to the office. It´s not really normal to be transferred after only 2 transfers in an area, but I don´t want to get too hung up on the people here because I know that I have one more area on my mission, so I want to get sent there soon and develop a good relationship with them. Finishing a mission in a brand new area would be pretty tough.
You guys counting days is making me think about how much time I have left! It´s crazy how the time flies, but I´m glad Nick´s on his way out after all this time. Will he be in the field on Mother´s Day? If he´s still in the MTC, unfortunately he won´t be able to call, but either way it´ll all work out. I´m so excited for him, and I hope he gets to have some games soon!
I think I´m going to make chicken salad for a family home evening tonight; last time I made it it was a big hit too. I´m here, to make changes! I love you mom, and I hope I´m still on when you reply! Have a great week! Love you!!!!!!!!
Love, Eric
Hey Dad!
Things are still hot, and I don´t think there´s any way to get used to it in a white shirt and tie. We´re doing our best though, and stuff´s going great; we had 10 investigators at church last week, and a couple of really great families we´ve been teaching! There´s one lady who´s got a really firm date for baptism next weekend, and a guy who we´re working with to get baptized by the end of the month too. We´re running like always, but it´s great to see how things pay off. The Zone´s great too; the sisters in the zone are going to baptize all of the members of a family of 5 this month! The first daughter was baptized yesterday, the other two are this week, and the parents next week! Isn´t that great? It´s so cool when families come into the gospel. That´s President Cordon and the Area Presidency´s big focus this year: men and families. It´s crazy to think how big of an effect we can have on a stake, but because of our efforts here 19 people have come into this stake in the past 2 1/2 months! And a lot of them were men too! It´s the best to see people you helped come into the gospel preparing, blessing and passing the sacrament, baptizing others and soon receiving the Melchizidek (I don´t remember how to spell in English anymore) priesthood. I´m so excited too because a family Elder Gill and I reactivated are going to the temple at the end of may! I´m so glad I had the opportunity to come out here and make a difference in people´s lives. The life I´ve changed the most was definitely my own.
I think I´m going to be really out of date when I get home; I don´t even remember how to text anymore! But it´s good because I´m focusing on what needs to happen here, and things are really going well. If we do things in the Lord´s way, they end up the way He wants them to! I love you Dad, and have a great week!!!! Love you!!!!!
Love, Eric
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