February 10, 2013

Thanks for the birthday wishes i think my companion has something planned for me this Friday and the bishop is having a BBQ for me on Saturday ha the first time in panama so I'm pretty excited.  thants great Aaron made it to Spain he is going to love it.  Well today for p day we went to the boarder of Costa Rica and i did buy a few things for my birthday a dress and a soccer shirt and don't worry I'm working on buying some shorts i have a few but yea ill just say I'm trying to loose some weight so that i can wear them, anyways this week was pretty long lots of work we went on divisions where i went to a different area with another companion and its gringo land ha ha i loved it its alot cooler and i can understand the people but it was weird because a couple people i contacted it was in english and its alot different when you are used to speaking Spanish and then contact in english i forget some of the words in english but it was a fun day we hiked up a huge loma a hill that was only a dirt road for about 35 min just to get to one house the family was baptized last week but i don't know them since they are not in my area but as we were hiking down we saw a little girl that was 11 years old carrying a 45 pound sac of potatoes for the families food we told her we wanted to help hna bustamente tried to lift the sac but couldn't so i tried and could pick it up but couldn't get very far with it since it was straight up a mountain so we both carried it together and the little girl thanked us but wow the ngobe people are very strong i felt so weak.  We found 4 families to teach but none came to church we had 4 other investigators attend which we were happy finally a little bit more success.  This week i read from the liahona the talk from Neil L. Andersen What thinks christ of me?  i like the part where he says ´´We may not be at our very best everyday, but if we are trying´´ everyday i have the desire to learn something new from a lesson or something from my compaion and i know that as i try to share my testimony and share the love that our savior has for us i know that he is helping me along this journey and i can feel the love me has for me.  in his talk he also says ´´  Together we can lift and strengthen one another in the great and important days ahead.  whatever the difficulties confronting us, the weaknesses confining us, or the impossibilities surronding us, let us have faith in the son of god, who declared´´  ´´All things are possible to him that believeth,´´mark 9:23 i love the talk he asks the question ´´ what would jesus do´´ ´´when our pain and fear are calmes only by the conviction thqat he loves us and keeps his promises.´´ trust in the savior , promised miracles will occur always remember to love him, trust him, believehim, and follow him, you will feel his love and approval. as you ask, ´´what thinks christ of me´´ i love you all and if you have the time or your feel  like everything is going wrong read your scriptures and ponder on the words ansewers will slowly come love you mom and dad stay strong and be patient with eachothe and with everytyhing that is going on love you so much and im so grateful to have this time to grow closer to my father in heaven im doing his work and im so happy le quiero talk to you next week. 

HERMANA ERICSON