1. I got a hair cut last week and when you are in mexi land everything is automatically a fade unless you say you dont want one....so we went to this super ghetto barber shop and i got a fade. haha it looks funny but its almost grow out now.
2 we went to this training camp for a few days that they have in Kingwood, the rich part of my mission. So everyone there is super white and super prideful! it was a whole different world than being in DH! it was weird talking with White people about the gospel! but it was really fun! its so green here i feel like im in Oregon a lot of the time! but in kingwood they have trails with trees all around you and they cut all through the city so it was way awesome to ride those!
3. WE HAD A BAPTISM THIS WEEK! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so awesome! all three kids, Nicky, Nathan, and Lyric were all made clean on saturday! Easter Saturday couldnt have been spent any better! although i do miss me a good old easter egg hunt and grandmas and my orange eggs in the living room - this beat it! I got to baptize Nicky! that kid is such a stud! i would love it when we asked him questions cuz he always gave such awesome answers and they were deep but not at the same time! he is so cool! i love him! we had a full house when they got bapt. we had irma and the ortegas come who both have dates for the 28th! and then other missionaries and their investigators came along with President. It was sweet! I went last out of the three. Elder facer bapt. Lyric. Elder Robles Bapt. Nathan, he is our zone leader and was in DH two Transfers ago and him and nathan became good friends! and then i Bapt. Nicky! when i said the prayer the first time i messed up so that made me a little nervous. I forgot An "y" entre Hijo and Espiritu so i had to redo it. But when they told me to redo it is when i actually realized what was going on! I didn't even really realize what i was doing! I was in the waters of Baptism with one of Gods children! thats when i got super pumped! and super Nervous cuz i realized that there was a whole crowd of people watching me! but it was such a great day! I Love that family they are one of the best in DH. ill try and send some pisc of the baptism!
4. Sacrament! it was a bit crazy yesterday! we had Jesus, irma, the family Ortega, and another investigator family and some less actives we have been working with come to church! so we were trying to spread ourselves among them and sit by them so they felt welcome and get members sitting by them and all! and more people came than normal because it was Easter! and I had to give a Talk!!!!! and to make it even better there was the confirmation of the Morenos! i stood in by didnt confirm anyone! it was a great, busy sunday! oh and to make it better they didnt have enough Deacons there so me and Elder Facer got to pass the sacrament as well! so really we were everywhere yesterday! it was crazy! My talk went alright! i made it shorter because they wanted all four of the Elders to say something instead of just two! and i had to say something about an Easter message cuz really they asked us to talk on missionary work! it was a great day and i felt like a real missionary then! haha. but i loved it still! and i think i was less nervous giving my talk in spanish than i was when i gave my farewell talk! haha
The trip to AZ sounded like it was awesome! im so glad you got to meet Sis. larson and cottrell. They are bomb! i miss my MTC district a little! we were pretty close but i hope they are all doing well! and i hope you are all doing well back home! sounds like everyone is so thats good!
Best of luck this next week with everyones work and school! Sounds like finals are coming up so good luck to everyone with that as well!
I Love you all!
Con amor por todo!
Elder Erickson
Zone Leader, Nicky, Lyric, Nathan
Elder Erickson, Zone Leader, Elder Facer
Elder Erickson with Nicky
Missionaries with the Morneos Family

