Another Week of Good Times! Written September 3, 2013
I really don't have that much to report on this week. The most
exciting thing is that tonight will be our first day of English
classes. I could not be more excited about it. We are finally going to
start making things happen around here!
In other news, we had four less actives at church on Sunday. That was
awesome to see. It's so great when people you're working with come
back because then you can see that your efforts are actually having an
effect on someone. It was a good Sunday.
Fun facts you can share with your seminary class: the Seven
Eleven in the jewish communities will sell Kosher slurpees. Didn't
even know that was a real thing. They taste exactly the same as non
Kosher slurpees. But you can tell your class that I've now had Kosher
slurpees. And they can be jealous of me. Hahahaha.
Yes, I do love the people of Brooklyn. You have to after living with
them for so long. They are a bit rough around the edges, but they're
really good people. I have seen some awesome interactions among people
here. People will always give up their seat in the subway for an
elderly person or a pregnant woman or a mother with small children.
It's really cool to see. They're just good people. Albeit a little
scary sometimes. I find that New York is really only scary late at
night. And we don't hang out late at night, so that's not an issue.
I wish I had a cool story or something. I think the best part of the
week was yesterday evening. All six of us missionaries got invited to
a family home evening at a member's home. She made us all dinner and
we taught a lesson and played a game. There were six youth there and
two mothers. It was an awesome night. We all had so much fun. We got
some legit Dominican food and one of the missionaries taught a lesson
on continually trying our best, even when we mess up. It was a fun
night for all.
Also in exciting news is that yesterday it was announced that we are
all going to get Facebook as missionaries. It won't be mission-wide
until October, but we are going to start using Facebook, Twitter,
blogs, and Skype to start proselyting. I have no idea how it's going
to work. It will be an adventure. We're also all getting mini-iPads by
December. Things are changing rapidly, it's crazy.
Here's to success with English classes, it is going to be a great week!
Love,
Elder Erickson
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