Hey Mom and Dad! Written April 8, 2013
There's nothing like a good General Conference weekend. Just
posting up at the Far Rockaway chapel, listening to the Prophet and
Apostles speak the word of God. That's a good time if I've ever heard of
one. This has been a week of catching up. We had a lot of changes at
transfers last week. The district leader and his companion were both
taken out, so we have two brand new elders here in the Rockaways.
They're both great elders, one of them was in the MTC with me, Elder
Durkin. He is training and his companion was in the MTC at the same time
as my companion and his name is Elder Lavelle. They're good
missionaries and hopefully they'll bring some new ideas to missionary
work here in the Rockaways.
It's always nice to get new faces around, the only problem being
that since they're both new, they don't know the area at all. So we
spent a good portion of the week helping them out with learning the area
and meeting people. It's funny to think that about 6 months ago, I
didn't even know this place existed, and now I know it like the back of
my hand. We cover about 4 different villages of Queens and I can get
you to and around all of them without much trouble. So I'm just glad
that I can use this knowledge to help others out.
English classes are cruising along. We had a conflict because the
afternoon session of General Conference on Saturday is the exact same
time as our English class on Saturday. We tried to tell people about it
at the class before, but some people weren't there at the end of the
class to hear it. People were showing up for the classes, so I would
wait at the door and tell them that we were having a conference where
prophets and apostles talk to us and help us come closer to Christ.
Pretty much everybody bounced once they found out we weren't having the
classes. But one woman stayed and watched and she enjoyed it too. I wish
more had stayed, but I'm glad that one person took the time and
hopefully it sparked an interest in her.
General Conference was a nice break from the usual and now that
we've been spiritually edified, it's time to get back to work. Love you
guys!
Elder Erickson
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