This week has been a somewhat normal week. I had the chance
to go to the temple again and it was amazing as usual. I love the peace the
temple brings. The weeks seem to fly by and I am having a hard time remembering
everything that has happened. We invited one of our investigators to be
baptized this week. She is 10 years old. She really wants to be baptized but
the only problem is that her mom doesn’t want her to be. We are going to try
and talk to her mom this week and see if she will let her be baptized.
Wilkens passed the sacrament this past week again and he is
yet again an EXPERT. He also brought one of his friends to church with
him.
Our mission president asked the mission to read the Book of
Mormon in 6 weeks this past transfer. Let me tell you, it is hard work but I am
learning so much from it.
I have a story to tell. Just a warning if you love cats, I
suggest that you do not read this. If you don’t like cats then feel free to
read. On Sunday after church my companion and I were at our investigator’s
house. Reminder: our investigator is a 10-year old little girl. We were with
her and a member in front of her house just chatting. When all of a sudden the
member said, "What is going on with that cat?" I turned around and saw
that a cat was hit by a car and blood was coming out of its eyes and mouth. The
cat was still alive but was jumping up and down seizing at the same time. I
have never seen anything like this in my entire life. I watched as it took its
last breaths. Our investigator, the 10-year old girl started crying and was in
complete shock. I’m sorry if this is too much for some of you, but don’t worry,
I am sure the cat is in heaven now. We had to explain to Lousia that everything
was going to be okay and that the cat had gone to a better place.
Also, this morning my companion passed out on the
street corner. We had to rush her to the hospital. Don’t worry; she is okay
now. It was scary in the moment but all of us are laughing now. It is a really
good thing we had 2 other sisters with us when it happened because I didn’t
know what to do. It seems in the moment of stress I suddenly forget how to
speak Portuguese. This week definitely ended with a bang and started with a
bang.
Thank you for all of your emails to me and for all of the
support.
I love you all.
Sister Erickson
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