This last week has been FANTASTIC!

March 19, 2014

Hello Family and Friends

How grateful I am to write to you again................ :)

Wow This last week has been fantastic, Being a Zone Leader is great, and Helps me to work hard and fulfill the Responsibilities I have been given.  We have  had many Experiences Finding.. We were able to run into, okay let me say we walked to him.   We had nothing happening for us one morning, so we went to a members house in a quiet place and offered a prayer of guidance, asking quite earnestly of the Lord and for his Direction on who we need to see, and where are they? Also to have a very productive day, and after we left from that prayer we immediately started to find and teach people, we were able to see 7 wonderful people this day, and made a wonderful contact with a man, brother Brown.   He works at the supreme court, and wow he is super prepared for us.  He has been seeing missionaries every where and hasn't had the chance to really sit with them, he has heard about the Church small.   We left him with our testimonies and the Restoration pamphlet, before we met him he was acting lazy, after he was full of energy and very excited for us to come and visit with him again.  The other day we met again with him, a perfect member, Brother Brown, and taught him about the Restoration, he loved Joseph Smith and his Experience and is very excited to learn more and to follow Christ..  HE really wants to be baptized into the True Church, I know if we didnt listen to the promptings to ask God where to go we would have missed meeting with Bother Brown entirely.  Which wouldn't have been Cool :) but I am Grateful for the Still small voice and how sharp he can be to the Human soul.... Investigator or Missionary, which all of us are after we enter into the way.   There is no way we would make it back to God if we didnt have the Holy ghost.... We met with one man named Benadict a week ago, and last week we sat with him and introduced our selves and also taught him about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, he really was full of light.   After our last meeting with him, we invited him to church, and he said next week.   We felt like he didnt think he had clothes appropriate for church, so we responded to the Discernment that we had and told him Christ Looks on the heart and he wants us to be clean in our dressing and to wear our best for him, and was Bold and told him what he was wearing was Good enough for God. Sunday we didnt lose hope in him coming but we didnt think much about it, when after the sacrament had been administered he walked in with a brave look on his face ready for war, than his eyes met ours and a big smile entered into his face. Benadict is a deep Catholic, who got his mind blown all of Church as the focus was on Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost. It turned out good for him and he has questions but said he feels happy here more than anywhere else. Awwww can I just say I love Missionary work and seeing the Smiles and happiness that the Gospel Brings to all Gods Children who follow Christ by acting on their Faith. So I heard Benton is outlined with a great Job, I am Jealous, I want to be working for the Forest Service when I get home on clean up or on a wildland fire crew, or something like that... :) Do work lil bro, Do work... well sounds great family,  I love you all, All i can say is this Church is true, and if it is not than God does not Exists but he does and it proves with all truth that we are the One and Only way back to our Father in heaven. Love Elder Erickson

 A couple serving in Liberia with Elder Erickson posted a video on their blog of a drive between Harbel and Kakata ( Elder Ericksons area in the bush)  Its pretty awesome to see the homes and country where he is serving,  Check it out!

http://peh-africa.blogspot.com/