This week
has been crazy! On Thursday we had to do divisions with the sisters in a city
that was about 2 hours away from ours. I went with Sister Johnson who is the
other sister training leader. It was at about 9:00 at night when all of a
sudden the Elders told us we had to catch a bus back to Curitiba because of a
strike that is going on here where the truck drivers have stopped bringing
products into Brasil because the gas prices have gone up dramatically. So
literally Brasil is stopping everything. People don’t have any more gas to get
around so everything is running out. This has been going on for 8 days and I
hope it will stop soon. Anyways at 9:00 at night Sister Johnson and I took a
bus back home to Curitiba. There was no one on the bus--only a couple scary
looking people and this old lady who wanted to know what bus we were gonna take
home. We ended up getting home at almost 11 pm.
On Saturday
we had the chance to see ELDER HOLLAND. He came and talked to our mission. We
all got to shake his hand!! I haven’t washed my hand since..............Just
kidding! It is so awesome to see an apostle in front of you!! I got to sit on
the front row. We were so close we could see his spit hahha. He is such a man
of power and authority. He helped us feel so loved. He motivated us to be
better. He shared a poem that talked about how God always pushes us to be
better and the poem goes like this:
"Come
to the edge.
No I
might fall.
Come to
the Edge.
No
it’s too high.
COME
TO THE EDGE.
AND
THEY CAME.
and
he pushed us.
And
we flew. "
I love
this poem and it was exactly what I needed to hear. God pushes us to be better
and to trust in Him even more. He will always be by our side to help us in
everyway.
We were
supposed to have transfers today but because of this strike that Brasil is
having we are extending the transfer one week. I think this is the start of the
Second Coming (haha). This is why it is so important to always be ready.
Sorry
this is sooo long this week! I love you all! Everyone pray that we will be
alive to talk to you guys next week! hah
Love,
Sister
Erickson
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