60th Epistle From Elder Kaleb Erickson serving in Brooklyn, New York

The Funky Week     written October 21, 2013

This week was funky. We had President's interviews last Monday, so that switched our p-day to Tuesday. Which in-turn just threw off the whole week. But it was still a good time.

We got to work with another Brazilian visa waiter on Wednesday. We had a number of people to visit and somehow it turned out that nobody was home. Not one of them. So we ended the day at Taco Bell. Not a bad substitute. Disappointing, but it happens. We gave out some English class advertisements along the way, so it went well.

Thursday was an interesting day because my companion had his temple trip. And Elder Goates' companion also had his temple trip. So Goates and I got to be companions for a day again. Those are always fun days. It was a pretty slow day, but we had a good time just chatting about life. The other missionaries taught English class that night while we went to an appointment. But that one cancelled as well, so we ended up coming back to help out for the last bit.

Friday I had an exchange with the zone leaders. Because I'm district leader, I have an exchange with them once a transfer. So I went over to their apartment and stayed the night while one of them came to our apartment and stayed there with Spencer. It might have been a more exciting event, except the zone leaders were prepping for a big less-active blitz the next day. And since I was in their area, I spent most of the day helping him put together these papers and assignments to hand out to people. Not a bad time, just not the most exciting. Somebody's got to do it, right? We had a correlation meeting that day with our ward mission leader. Those usually end poorly. But last Friday, we had the most successful correlation meeting I have ever seen in this area. It was a miracle. He wasn't angry with us, he didn't repeatedly tell us things to do better, he actually told us that we're good missionaries. And he bore this sweet testimony about how grateful he is for all the missionaries and how we're going to be blessed and our families as well. It was really cool.

Which then brings us to Saturday. All of the missionaries in Brooklyn came to our area for the epic less-active blitz again. We did it in the morning this time. We actually found people for a change, so that was exciting. Of the 6 houses we knocked, we found people at 5 of them. I call that a good day. The rest of the day involved playing soccer with some members and an investigator and visiting with a less active member.

Even though it wasn't the most exciting week, it was still a good one. I always enjoy my time with the people here. It is fun to work with people and see them progress over time. Life is good, hope all is well with you guys.

Love you!
Elder Erickson