Letter #2 - Second Week at the MTC

Hola mi familia y mi amigos!

Life is crazy here. It’s just one thing after another, but it is great. I have only about an hour on email, so I’ll get started right away (in order to save time I will not be paying attention to grammar/capitalization. and I'm lazy.) :) Okay so this week was a little more normal and I'm starting to fall into a routine. Basically every day we wake up at 6:30, at 7:00 we go to class. And then the rest of the day we go to class and eat occasionally with some time for exercises. I'm still getting used to it, but it is awesome here! I really do love it, and it really does have a strong spirit here. 

So today is my p-day and we get to go to the temple, it is awesome! 

Then we have Sunday which is also a nice rest from the chaos of the week. Last Sunday was awesome! We get a devotional every Sunday and Tuesday, and last Sunday was so cool! For the devotional the mission presidency here decided that we should watch an old devotional by Elder Bednar called "The Character of Christ". (If you can somehow find it I would strongly recommend studying it.) It was a really great talk and it was very inspiring. Then at the end... all of a sudden Elder Bednar walks in unannounced and does a question answer session with all the missionaries and gave a short lesson. I was so cool and the spirit was so strong. Being a District Leader is hard but it is working out with a lot of help and guidance from the Lord. We continued to teach our investigator. Every time Elder Turner and I are doing better and better with our Spanish. the funny thing is that I really only know how to say stuff that pertains to the Gospel and stuff like that, so I have pretty much no idea on how to say everyday things. But I'm sure I’ll learn. I'm still getting along great with Elder Turner, and things are going well. The district is improving and we are all moving forward in our purpose to invite others to come closer to Christ. 

So back to our investigator… it turns out that he is our other teacher! We found out when we came to class yesterday after our first lesson and he was there. He is a nice guy and he got off his mission to Chile three months ago! Not much else happened this week. It is all pretty normal now for me, so if you have any specific questions, shoot me an email and I will try to answer either next week in the big email! I love you all and I really appreciate all that you do for me. I can feel your prayers and thought and they buoy me up! I know that this Gospel is true! I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior! I am trying to come closer to him every day! I love him and I love you all! Have a great week!

Love Elder Erickson

Wearing the Moroni Tie passed down from his four uncles who wore it on their missions.

Elder Batman! - Now that Josh knows it's a real last name he might be changing his last name.