Those Left Behind

August 6, 2014

We received our phone call from Elder Erickson this morning.  He sounded so good! We consider the phone call a gift from our Heavenly Father from the last week of not knowing.  He has had quite the adventure the last few days.  On Wednesday of last week they were told to stay inside their apartments.  They couldn't answer the door or phone.  On Friday they were told that they were all going to be reassigned new missions.  They went to leave the country on Saturday and were denied their flight so had to return to their apartments and told to wait.  Sunday they got the call,  they flew from Liberia to Brussells waited four hours, hopped on a flight to London waited 2 hours then flew into Ghana.

He spend the night in Accra Ghana on the temple grounds.  He said he took a real shower for the first time in a year and a half. It was the best 15 minute ever!  Early this morning he arrived at his new mission,  The GHANA KUMASI  Mission.  He is ready to get to work after a week of @#** as he described it. He is so saddened to leave behind the people of Liberia.  He has grown to love them so much.  He is so saddened to leave his fellow brothers whom served with him.  May we all continue to keep the countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone in our prayers so that the Missionaries may soon return and continue the work these wonderful young men have started.


As of today Elder Erickson has been called to three different missions,  Sierra Leone, Freetown   Liberia, Monrovia    and   Ghana, Kumasi  Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers in Elder Ericksons behalf.    I thought I'd share a few pictures of the land and people he left behind.