Last Transfer, Another Baptism and 22 days left!!!


Sept 28, 2015

Dear Family

This week we have had a baptism. that was fun. The biggest thing though is that I have been on three exchanges the last week so that I'm hardly ever with my companion. It has been really weird. The work of course has been really good. twenty three days is still a tonne of time. We also had a zone conference. Which means every elder in the zone slept over at our apartment and ate all our food. This zone actually does a lot of sleep overs. Weird Other than that this has been a good week. love you guys.

Dear Nick

   I hear you are a dance master. that's awesome. i can't wait to see you in a few weeks buddy. I love you, even though you didn't write me...how is school going? I bet you are making lots of friends, am i right. Love you buddy.

Dear dawson

  I'm sure you'll make the team. you are an amazing athelete. The game I played was shining force. Its pretty good. i have heard about the new star wars. whenever we buy groceries we take a glance at the magazine covers and i noticed a picture of this guy with a weird light saber. i'm looking forward to seeing it with you guys. love you buddy.

dear Dad

   lots of politics in the business world I see. I hope that goes well. I Recently got email from the ysa stake. that was a little weird. One thing that all the missionaries in my zone have been trying to do is guess who the new 12 will be. any guesses? love you dad

Dear Mom

     Twenty three days is sooo much time. i don't see why you're so excited. I have heaps of time left. My companion has been out for just about a year. he's pretty cool. You could just cut ryan's hair when he's sleeping. I'm surer he wouldn't mind. Have fun at school. I bet you graduate before i do... love you mom

I love you all. see you soon ;) Elder Erasmus

 

Sept 22, 2015

Dear Family

   This week we actually went to the trenthills branch for sacrament meeting. we cover two areas, I don't know if I mentioned that. there were only about 25 people there but Elder Pumford says that that was actually the most he's seen there. Makes you really grateful to go to church where they have to put seats in the gym. we also had an investigator to pass he baptismal interview. That was fun. went on exchange with prince lowry again. That was interesting.

dear Mom

   I decided to write you first this week. What do you need from school again? an associates or a bachelors? am i the last in my group to be out on my mission? i hear of a lot of people coming home already. Elder pumford is from michigan. Sometimes he complains that the mission boundries are only an hour away from his house. i laugh at him for that. keep up the good work in school. love you mom

dear Nick

   mozzarella sticks are delicious. Foe your birthday, you should ask for a puppy. you like dogs right? Puppies will teach you responsibility and stuff. Thats what you should ask for. love you buddy

Dear dawson

   You are a champ at football. I'm sure you will be equally champ like at lax. When comes to helping gain a testimony after they read and prayed, if they still don't have one its usually because they aren't keeping a commandment which distancing themselves from god. so we invite them to repent. The things you learn right? Love you bud

dear dad

   Did ryan take my car to school? I don't remember agreeing to that. The week seems to be good then. I guess the rain is a really good thing. people have been telling me that lately america has been on fire. Long hair isn't against the honor code. at least its not as long as it doesn't touch your shirt collar. you also can't have a beard but you can have a mustache. Love you dad

I love and miss you all. Elder Erasmus

Sept 13th 2015

Hello family
   Trenton is awesome. It is a really tiny town that is also part military base and has a river that goes through it. The awesome part is that there are so many prepared people here who want to hear the gospel. We have about three people who are preparing to be baptized this transfer. thats awesome. Elder Pumford Is a really cool gut. he sings pretty well. he apparently was some famous big shot singer in his school. He makes fun of my singing. That is the low down for this week.

 Dear Nick  37 is a lot of days nick. I have loads of time left. i'm glad you have a lot of respect. that will do you good in life. What is the first thing we are going to do together when I get home? love you buddy ;

dear dawson    You're tutoring? Thats pretty cool Do people pay or do you just volunteer for extra credit or something? Anyway, great job on being awesome.. love you buddy.

dear Dad   I try to give as much details as i an, there just isn't a lot to talk about. The biggest challenge/difference between areas is there are either to many people to talk to or not enough. but such is the life of a missionary. you can read all about it in volume three of my mission journals:) i jest. is astronomy a required? I'll talk to you soon love ya dad

dear mom
  yaya ryan is in school! I got to go getting kicked off love you
 I love and miss you all
 Elder Erasmus


 Sept 8th, 2015
 Sorry i didn't email last week. The district leader showed up right as we started and took us downtown to eat legendary pizza from this place called albion's(it has shwarma pizza). They promised that we would have enough time to email when we got back. we didn't. I got transferred to trenton. Its a branch. I have never served in a branch before. should be fun. my new companion is elder pumford. he's from detroit. Trenton itself is a pretty small town. should be fun

 Dear dawson
   Dude that is like the longest email you have ever wrote me. the first thing i want to do is probably watch frozen. i know you don't like it but it is seriously everywhere up here and i hate being the only person who doesn't know what its about. don't worry, i'll teach you how to drive when i get back.

 dear nick
You get to run the ball? thats pretty cool. What is your favorite movie to come out since I've been out? Is it guardians of the galaxy? we'll watch it together in six weeks. love ya!

Dear dad
  Vacation must have been fun. I swear though, every other week someone goes to bear lake since i have been out. I didn't know you can watch highschool football online. My companion is rushing me so I have to go. Love ya

 Dear mom
     Hi mom sorry about your foot. Brock has a job at bear lake? thats weird. I really have to get going now sorry. i'll talk to you soon though. love you guys bye.

UPDATE - wow so behind

August 24th

Dear Family.

  This week has been a tough one. We have had a hard time finding anyone to teach. This sunday was especially eventful. We had to go early to help the other elders set up the font for the baptism. It overflowed and water was all over the meeting house. i didn't know fonts could overflow. Also this crazy recent convert from the don mills ward showed up. She has a bad habit of picking a missionary in the zone and stalking them. So I had to spend a good chunk of the meetings dealing with that. She tried to pass the sacrament with me. Finally after church these two people came to the church ant told us they had a bit of a family emergency and needed help moving. There wasn't enough room in their cab so got to ride in the back of the truck. That made us miss the baptism. Fun Day. We also went bowling...

Dear Nick

   What was your favorite retro disney movie so far? Does corner canyon have a little league football or do you play for alta? What grade are you in by the way. Fourth? I don't remember. What color is your crayon robot? is it blue? Love you body

Dear dawson

   How is football going? I hear you're taking a tonne of honors courses. Thats awesome. I remember that i took a ton in my freshman year but when I went alta I was a little overwhelmed. Make sure you stay on top of your homework. Love you bro.

Dear Ryan

   College is fun. Do you have a roommate? Do I have to email you at a different email now that you live somewhere else? Are we still going to hang out? I guess we'll just have to see. You haven't told me what you want to be when you grow up. How about a fireman? love you champ.

Dear dad.

   I'll probably be here the rest of my mission. I only have about a transfer more. Is dawson on the varsity team? Dawson's a big kid but he's not that big. i couldn't play on the line in highschool because I weighed under 190. I don't know. I'll definately eat mom's cooking but i don't really like cheese cake. Love you dad

Dear Mom

   Exactly at what time do I have to apply for school? I assume I have to do it before december if I want to go in january. The thing with missionaries is that we do very weird things to predict transfers. For example, any picture with nick in it probably meant they would baptize a 9 year old. Weird things like that. By the way, DON'T RESPOND TO ASHLEY! SHE'S CRAZY! love you mom

Elder Erasmus. Love ya

August 17, 2015

Dear Family

    You guys want to hear a funny story? So in our mission we have a lot of areas that don't have cars so to help missionaries get around they have something called a transfer van. I've never got to ride in the transfer van before but I have heard cool stories about it. One of them is there's these weird pictures in the back seat which have been cut out. You pick one of them and that helps you predict your transfer. This week we had a zone meeting and since only about four areas in our zone have cars, we got to borrow the transfer van. Naturally i was curious about these strange pictures in the back seat. So i sat in the back to look through them. They were the christmas ornaments you guys sent me my first transfer. I'm officially old enough that I accidentally created a legend in the mission. Yay. Also there was a baptism this week.

dear Nick

  You got to be the very best, like no one ever was. keep being a champ bro. Sand castles are also fun. i also am a slow typer. Which is why I don't write very much. it takes too long. Love you bud

Dear Dawson

  Yeah, typing is the worst. But at least you have super fun things to type about. I hear you went off the line this year. How is that going? Do you get the to run with the ball? Why is johnny black? Love you dude.

Dear Ryan

 There was a mountain lion that came to bridle point a few years ago. I remember that they made a big deal out of the footprints. What courses are you taking in school? what are you majoring in? Will you still be dating highschool girls? Thats creepy. Love you buddy.

Dear dad

    How are things? I have two months left I have less weeks than my companion has transfers. It feels weird. But what are we going to do when we get home? love you dada

Dear mom

    Sergio is doing fine. How often do you guys go to bear lake? it seems like every other email i get says you've gone. i think what I'm going to do when i get home is just find a job and work till january. then go to school. I might just go to slcc because its cheap but who knows. I know i won't have any friends BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MARRIED!!! Love you mom

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

ps. sorry its short. shelby rushed me.

   

    

August 10, 2015

Dear family

    I have had a rather stressful week. You would think that the wrd would be excited to have a baptism, but sine it was on a Friday morning... I guess to many people just have jobs and things. we ended up having to do it all. i was also called to give a talk on thursday. Between the baptism, our zone meeting, and our other missionary meetings I had no time to prepare anything. I guess the gift of gab is a spiritual gift, because i was able to give a pretty good talk for about twenty five minutes. The week all in all has just been tough. but at least now its over!

Dear Nick

   WHY IS JOHNNY BLACK!?!? Sorry but there are a lot of Fantastic four posters over here and I never understood that. I'm not a racist. i don't mind having a black super hero, but his sister is white. What the heck. what position of football do you play? I bet you're going to be great. love you bud.

Dear Dawson

   i get it, you're busy. I'll just assume that football has been really tough. just remember that you are tougher. you can reach your dreams man YOU CAN REACH YOUR DREAMS! Have fun at football practice.

Dear Ryan

    You guys play smash bros at the office? Thats cool that you are the best. that's only going to make me feel better when I beat you. Also You may have a head start on school but I have direction. What do you want to be when you grow up anyway? Love you buddy.

Dear dad

  I don't have travel plans yet... Thats weird. Is nick better than me at football? Second counselor huh. What does the sunday school presidency actually do? I've been to several wrd councils in several wards and I'm still not entirely sure. Love you dad

Dear Mom

   We are actually told specifically NOT to do any ordinance ourselves if we can get a member to to it. That being said the we were in the circle while bishop rae was confirming. When am I coming home by the way? Wait don't tell me. it will be a surprise. tell Dawson and nick I'll be rooting for them. Love you mom.

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

August 4, 2015

Dear Family

    Well sergio is getting baptized this weekend. Thats super fun. This week we have been having quite a few rain storms. I'm all about the water this week. We've been soaked. A little bit about my new companion. He's from idaho, youngest of five. First missionary in his family....Thats it. This week has been lacking in the diversity the mission usually provides.

Dear nick

   YaY! Scouts is fun. Why did you get a whip a t star wars camp? They didn't give out lightsabers or blasters? Here is a bit of star wars trivia for you. Which member of the jedi council can breathe under water? Love you bro.

Dear Dawson

   I'm really excited to be back...but thats still a few months away. Did you go to the tetons camp or some new one this year? Camp is always fun. But how does lighting a forrest on fire make it look better? More exciting maybe, but better? Love you dude.

Dear Ryan

    My heaps and heaps of natural talent will surely make me the best smasher almost instantly. Being friends with a leader is always fun, but remember not to get too close. Remember when brothe shane tried to "fix" your hat. Good luck finding a car. Love you bro

Dear dad

   I thought Nick was your favorite? Do you know who josh got married to? You know with shelpby ryan and myself going off to school, the house will be a lot more quiet. I'm sure you'll have a lot more free time. Love you dad.

Dear mom

   Have you tried using the pearl of great price for your lesson? Thats where most of the temple stuff is. Its easier to believe she has been married that long when you have the mindset of "shelby got married, then I went on a mission, and now I'm almost done. ARRGGGHHHHH!" But yeah. Every one I know is old and married now, I get that. Who am I suppose to hang out with when I get back? Love you mom

July 27, 2015

Dear Family.

    Transfers happened. I'm staying and Elder Munoz is going to kitchner. I don't like this whole stating places longer business. I feel like it is sucking some excitement out of transfers and the area. My new companion is elder ray. I don't know anything about the guy. Sorry this letter is so short.

Dear Nick.

    Bear lake sounds really fun. Sunburns suck though. It seems like you go to bear lake alot since I started my mission. I look forward to spending some time with you guys there when I get back. love you buddy.

Dear Dawson.

   Tubing is always the best. I'm super glad you had fun. Give nick a little bit of a break. Things hurt alot more when you're ten. What are some of the coolest movies/video games that i need to experience when I get back? keep being awesome bro. You're a stud!

 Dear Ryan

   Montana sounds fun. Are you doing rock climbing and horse back riding and other adventurous things. Don't spend too much money on your new car. You want to look good but as long as it gets you from point a to b you should be fine. love ya.

Dear Dad
     Makenna is a hero. Now if only I could be at bear lake and get some memories. So your the fun uncle in the family. Thats cool. My mission is doing awesome. I don't like staying in areas too long but I guess Scarborough is as good a place to stat as any. Love you dad.

Dear Mom

  I did indeed buy shoes last week. I'm pretty sure they're nice because they are rather pinchy. I emailed papa joe, grand mother, ouma, and oupa but then I ran out of time last week. Temple prep was a good class. Too bad i went after I went to the temple...oops. Love you mom

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus 

July 20, 2015

Dear family

   

    This week has been... kinda uneventful. We only got to teach a handful of lessons and didn't get any crazy tracting stories or anything. We did teach our progressing investigator sergio. That was really spiritual. Transfers are coming up. elder munoz has been here awhile but Sergio speaks mostly spanish, so if he gets transferred i better get another spanish speaker. my shoes exploded again. I can literally see through my heel. It kind of hurts to walk in them. We had the steak. We marinaded it in dr. pepper and those flavor packets that come from instant raman. it was delicous, but i think we might have under cooked it. Exactly how much blood are you supposed to leave in them?

Dear Nick.

   I have sent all the pictures i have taken. i'm just not that photo happy. I play this game on my mission where we look at movie posters on the sides of busses and stuff and try to gues the plot of the movie. I thought the dinosaurs would accept one of the humans as one of their own. did that happen? Also the new fantastic four poster looks silly. I'm glad you are one of the big boys now. Love you bro.

Dear Dawson

    Foot ball boot camp is always fun. I remember my sophomore year everyone just fell asleep on the football field right as the whistle blew because they were too tired to move. how powerful is your laser? can you see it on the moon? Keep being a champ bro?

Dear Ryan

   You are going to school before me...Thats weird. so is your plan to do one year then go on a mission or you just going to graduate first? is the new starfox more like starfox adventure or starfox assault? If its like assault, AWESOME. If its like adventure meh. Love you bro. Thanks for taking care of my car.

Dear mom

     I still only get thirty minutes to email. Writing you guys takes almost the entire time. mostly because I keep getting distracted but still. so far i haven't had any baptisms. they are the Lord's, not mine. but I have helped five people be baptized so far. I plan on getting that up to at least six before i leave though. Also i forgot you went back to school. It's weird not being in school but that will come. Love you mom

Dear Dad

   I don't speck car. It has been really hot lately. Like, 46 degrees. And its super humid. How does nick do at sports. better than the dandylion picker? How are things going with work and stuff? can't wait to hang out when i get back. Love you Dad

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

July 13, 2015

Dear Family

   This week I learned an important lesson on cleanliness. A member was gong to be kicked out of her apartment for lack of maintenance. She wanted our help cleaning it. It took three days. It is important to be tidy. I also got to give an instruction in one of our zone training s. How to receive answers to prayers. That was fun. I used the story of the two disciples on the road to emmaus who didn't recognize Jesus even though their hearts "burned within" them. The spanish investigator is doing well. He speaks pretty good english so I can communicate with him but the lessons we teach in spanish. Also this week elder Munoz lost his bus pass so we had to walk everywhere. Not so fun but it was an adventure.

Dear Nick

  I sent pictures last week. How many do you want? I'll make you a deal, give me a fe months and you can see my face whenever you want :) Your new game sounds fun. I'm sorry you had cavaties. I actually chipped a tooth this week(don't tell mom). We were playing kickball on p-day and this elder who used to be in the military ran into me. Luckily its one of my back ones so no one noticed. love you buddy

Dear Dawson

  YAAAY lacrosse. GO FIGHT WIN. I bey you had a good time. love you champ.

Dear Ryan.

     I was actually planning on buying a motorcycle when i got back because I thought Dad would make you give the car to dawson. But i'm totally ok with keeping it. What do you do for work again? You don't work at that grocery store do you? Keep being a champ. love you dude.

Dear Dad

    I'm still working hard don't worry. It is getting kind of weird looking at the missionaries in the district and thinking "Wow, I have less weeks than you have months." but mostly I'm good. Dawson should keep the scar. Scars make people look cool. love you dad.

Dear Mom

    Too many people are getting married. Its weird. I still feel like i just graduated high school.

July 6, 2015

Dear Family

       I didn't go to Africa, but i did go to the zoo which is almost as good. I'm not very good at taking pictures. I looked through my camera and all I had was pictures of monkeys and that. oops. Cool stories from this week. We talked to this one less active member about repentance. He told us a story that about ten years ago he was living with the hopi in Arizona and they took him to one of their sacred messas. When no one was looking he snatched a tonne of broken pottery with pictures of temples on them. He belives that the hopi are descendants of the anti nephi lehites because of the weird traditions they have. As part of the repentance he gave us his box of pieces and now we are working with the byu archeology department to date them and get them back to the hopi. That is cool...right? Other things that happened, During fast and testimony meeting this visitor from mexico asked Elder Munoz to translate her testimony for her. In it she exclaimed that her brother wanted to be baptized and that was why they were visiting the ward. Little miracle for us right there.

Dear Mom

   I am confused how much detail you want. our days are pretty much exactly the same so if I told you everything it would be the same letter ovoer and over again. Do you remember those little poppers that you told me not to take with me when I left on the mission. I took them. We celebrated the fourth of july by throwing them at eachother. I don't know what viviant is but I like the idea of having a job lined up. As for school, I have no idea what to do there but i think I'll have time to think about that since I come home in october...Which is three months away. Yikes. Love you mom

Dear Dawson

    how much do those three plates weigh? How much can you bench? I know you do a tonne of sports lately. What do you do when you are not doing sports? Do you still hang out with brady? Just keep being a little champ. Love you bud.

Dear Nick

   Is splatoon the game where you throw squid looking things at people? I saw that at a frozen yogurt stand. Sounds like you had tonnes of fun in Affrica. It was probably nicer that you raced the kid for your hat. It allows him to keep his pride. Don't get so excited about the cavaties thing. I never feel like I have them but I always do. Which sucks cause I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who actually flosses in the family. keep being a super star though. love you dude.

Dear Dad

   Fire works in the pool. Yikes. I understand what you mean with people not taking time to enjoy life. As a missionary it seems like everybody you talk to is in a hurry even if they are just chilling at home. I look forward to just spending time with you guys... NOT THAT I'M TRUNKY!! LOve you dad.

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

June 29, 2015

Dear Family

  This week has been an interesting one. We had a zone conference in sudburry. That is about six hours north of toronto. It was fun. We had an instruction on family history work the importance of keeping the Sabbath holy, and flossing. Apparently too many missionaries come home with less teeth than they came out with. We  also have been doing alot of service with yard work and helping people move. The problem was that people aren't really ready for us when we get there so we ended up cleaning their entire house. Yay. Also it has been non stop raining all week so our finding hasn't been too effective. We don't really celebrate too many patriotic holidays in this mission(4th, canada day0 but I hear the ward might do a barbecue so that should be good.

love you guys

Elder Erasmus 

June 22, 2015

Dear Family,

Well I'm glad affrica was fun. I didn't hear from you guys so I was scared. Not everyone can be in nice cushy countries like canada. 

    This week has been an adventure. I lost my companion and it took two hours to find him. He didn't get off the bus with me and then he got on the wrong one trying to get back. I also went on exchanges into mandarin work. I do not speak mandarin. But i figured out that if you give a pass along card with two hands they think its some sort of present. And that was pretty much my week. Love you guys.

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Mary Erasmus <erasmusmary@comcast.net> wrote:

Dear Nathan

Hello from Africa!   Sitting at the airport waiting for our night plane!  We have had a wonderful time!  You would love it here, we have seen so much and done some fun things!  We will send you pictures as soon as we get home!, I only have 5 min of wifi, so just know I love you tons - so proud of you, you are the best!

Love,

Mom

June 15, 2015

Dear Family

   How is Africa? See any rhinos? So transfers were this week. I am still in scarborough. Not too sure how I feel about that. I feel like i am falling into a pattern of staying in places for too long. I don't like it. I'm also still with Elder Munos. I just realize i have two transfers after this one then i'm done. Kinda trunky but I'll work through it. I look forward to reading how your trip went. love you guys

June 7, 2015

Dear Family.

  We went to the zoo as a p- day activity. It is apparently the biggest zoo in Canada. It was ok. The main attraction was these two panda bears. I'm still not entirely convinced that they weren't just two guys in panda suits. Maybe Panda's just have very human like movements. I would send you a tonne of pictures, but I don't have time this week. Sorry. Shelby tells me you guys are in Zimbabwe. How many elephants have you seen? Our week was pretty good. One of our investigators had to be rushed from the sacrament meeting because she  had some severe stomach pain. Crazt stuff. But all is well now. love you guys.

Elder Erasmus

June 1, 2015

Dear Family

   I swear I get less time every week. The area only has one library card(we are in the process of getting another one. These things take a lot more effort as a missionary) so It's Elder Munoz's turn to use it. That means I have a whopping five minutes to type. Yay. This week it has been really rainy and really warm. That is a terrible combination. We have these two really awesom investigators named mikka and kevin that are doing well. I went on exchanges into cantonese work. Had no idea what was going on since my companion didn't speak english.And we planted like four big ol pine trees. That was my week. now I have to write to the mission president. Love you guys.

Elder Erasmus

May 24, 2015

Dear Family 

   We're at a different library this week so we have even less time. Yay. We fasted this week. It wasn't fast sunday but we felt like it. I have never fasted before my mission but now I feel Like I understand it better. That was my spiritual experience. This week we did a tonne of service and yard work for non members. that was fun. the only problem is that sometimes we stayed out till 9;45. our curfew is 9:00. OOPS! 

Dear Nick

    I'm glad you had an OK time this weekend. But hey weddings are fun. I saw an advertisement for tomorrowland on the side of a bus. At first I was like WAAAAAA but then I got really curious. How does it end? Love you bro

Dear Dawson

    Sorry your sick bro. I hope you get better. Remember that you are not a senior that doesn't have to worry about school next year. Keep up the good work.

Dear Ryan

   Love you bro. Happy summer

Dear Dad

   I'm not sure if peter was just following the plan. In the garden he had loads of adrenaline going on that gave him courage but at the trial it was a much calmer situation. Its just like when he walked on water. Right after the storm and seeing the LORD he had no problems leaving the boat. Once he took some time to think about it he started to sink. Just my two cents though. Love you dad

Dear Mom

   First rule of school. Do the minimal work nesicary to get a good grade, otherwise you go insane. Weddings are fun though. I still can't believe people I went to school with are married. Thats so weird. I hope you have a fun time at africa love you say hi to Grandmother and papa joe for me. I'm getting kicked off.

I love and miss you all. Elder erasmus

May 19, 2015

Dear Family.

   Being in a bus are is hard to get around. It's not so much confusing as it is bothersome to wait for twenty minutes just standing there. But i have a good attitude...I promise. I'm back to having language study with Elder munoz. To help him learn english, I've taught him the basics of constructing jokes and then grading the ones he says through out the day. We are meeting with some pretty cool people. One of them is named xiomara and is from Jamaica. She's awesome. I can't wright for too long today. I'm back to using library computers so i only have a limited time.

Dear Ryan

   Senioritis, am i right? Hunting would be fun but given the history of our family and the nature of your visit, they'll probably won't let you anywhere near a gun. But yeah, elephant rides and stuff. Love you bud.

Dear Dawson

    FOOTBALL!!!! You gonna be a running back? Or a line backer. You look like a linebacker. Big but fast. Have fun in africa. When do you leave again? love you champ.

Dear Nick

    Wow. your coach seems rich. Are you excited for africa? I bet you a thousand dollars its cooler than canada....At least not counting your super cool brother. Love you bro

Dear Dad

   A projector from japan you say? Is that where you guys watch arrow and the rest of those shows. Dawson tells me that is now in like its third season and i vaguely remember you talking to me about watching it near the beggining of my mission. Father son camping trips are always fun i have always found the actual "camping" to be unenjoyable. sleeping on rocks and all that. But it sounds like a good time. love you dad

dear Mom

   i'm sorry about your arm. Double shifts are hard too. But hey, Africa. not many people can say they have been there. has Shelby really been studying for that long? It seems like yesterday she went to byu for the first time. Brock is now married. Thats so weird. have fun in africa. Love you mom

i love and miss you all  Elder Erasmus


5/11/2015

Dear Family

   Happy mother's day by the way. I always forget that part. So we talked yesterday....Love you bye.

May 4, 2015

Dear Family.

    So transfers are this week and I finally got the call. Did you know that one third of the entire Canadian population lives in Toronto and that Scarborough is the most ghetto section of that city. Guess wher I'm going. SCARBOROUGH!!! Sorry i can't have to long of an email today. Packing and stuff. My new companion is a native to panama named nephi munoz. Thats about all I know about him and the area. Should be fun. Love you guys.

Elder Erasmus 

April 27, 2015

Dear Family

    Well it snowed. So much for spring. But other than the week has been really good. Right after our district meeting we ran into a member who needed service. We helped him out and he bought the entire deistrict lunch. thats pretty swanky. We actually Didn't have a normal sunday service this week. The church did a broadcast for the entire north east north america region. It was really good. We also went waterfall hunting today so pictures pending.

Dear Nick

  There is a second Paul blart ? Thats weird. I'm also pleased to hear sports are going well. I also went on a hike but i didn't get a penalty...Or watch disney movies. I'll see you soon bud

Dear Dawson

   You kick jackson's butt, you hear. Also have fun watching avengers. I always like your emails. They're so packed with detail its riveting. love you buddy

Dear Ryan

    Happy B-Day bro. You are going to be an official adult. That is so cool! You get to vote, and pay taxes, and be charged as an adult instead of a minor, and have to be responsible. Being an adult is the best! I'll cath you on the flippity flop bro.

Dear Mom

   Car crash oh no. Mother's day is on the tenth this year, yeah? That will be next transfer so I have no idea where I will be. Maybe I'll still be here. Its good to hear nick is now being introduced to some of the classics of disney. Thanks for the prayers. Kris is really coming along well. Love you mom

Dear dad

   YAY No more sickies. being sick is gross. Man, I haven't had steak in so long. I kinda want some. Would that be weird to mail me steak? This week for me has been great. Thanks for being aawesome. Love you Dad.

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

April 20, 2015

Dear Family.

  We went bowling today. I forgot to bring my camera but another elder said he would email me pictures. Patience is a virtue. This week has been up and down with the weather. Good news, its up to 20 degrees. Bad news, it won't stop raining.  We did find out that chris's mom is actually a less active member and that Chris doesn't actually live with his grandfather. The plot thickens. We did find a few new investigators. That was also fun.

Dear Nick

   Wow. Another math wiz. Yay our family is smart...Kinda. I'm glad you had fun this week. just got the picture.

Alright keep writing. Its pretty cool that you got to compete and stuff. I also can't believe it snowed there more than here. Thats crazy. Love you bro.

Dear Dawson

   I think in canadian...Its not that weird. So How are you doing? what's new with your life. Avengers sounds fun. We'll totes watch it when I come home.

Dear Ryan

  Prom! according to every disney channel movie that is the most important event in your teenage life. But thats just disney. Who you gonna take? try to find somewhere fun to work at like seven peaks or a movie theater so you can get discounts during the summer for friends and family. Love you dude.

Dear Dad & Mom

  pretty cool how you got out of a speeding ticket. You might have to teach me how to do that someday. I can also concur that most European food is gross. Lots of European people live in Canada. So many cool movies members try to talk to me about that I have no idea. Even my companions have seen a tonne of movies I haven't. I miss it a bit. Love you 

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

April 13, 2015

Dear Family
 I had to buy new pants this week. I've been wearing the same pair of pants my entire mission, but this week I spilled soup and ruined them. Oh well. On the plus side of life, The weather has been really nice. That only means in a few weeks, I will be more sweaty and miserable than you can possibly imagine. YAY CANADA!!!!! Not alot happened this week but i have been having a good time.

Dear Nick

    I'm sorry to hear you got sick bud. That sucks. How was joseph's home coming? I Bet bu the time I come home you will be the best bowler in the family though. I love you bud.

Dear dawson. 

    I'm sorry your week was uneventful. Maybe this week will be better though. You could go and have an adventure. Adventures are fun. Love you dude.

Dear Ryan

   I'm glad that you had a swell time at St, george. Did you know that even though canada has 711 they don't have slurpees? Thats ridiculous. Did you have help finishing off the whole thing or did somebody help you? Love you bro.

Dear dad

   Being sick is never fun. I hope you feel better this week. I'll definitely be praying for you. How warm is it in utah right now? I bet the sun is really shining. I'm sure soaking up some vitamin d will get you back on your feet in no time. Love you Dad

Dear Mom

   yay Joseph is home. I feel like I haven't talked to him in over two years. I hope You are feeling better. being sick sucks. Thanks for all you do mom. Your the best. Love ya

I love and miss you all.

Elder Erasmus

April 6, 2015

Dear Family

   I LOVE CONFERENCE! It was so spiritual. The only problem was that all the saturday talks were about parenthood and stuff and now i really want to get married. I have to wait six months for that though. Bummer. The rest of the week was ok too. We got to meet with our mission president on friday. We had a zone council with skills and interviews. Some guy just moseyed on in and thought it was an easter meeting. Missionaries, easter. pretty much the same thing. We did have some issues. We still have trouble finding new investigators or even meeting with the ones we have. While we were watching conference the satelite signal died on us so we missed about three talks. but its cool. Someone had an ipad we could crowd around. So yeah. Fun week.

Dear Nick

   What do you want to know about missionary work? i pretty much just walk around and talk to everybody I see about the gospel. Its not like everytime is this huge experience where I have to overcome my own self consciousness. i just talk to everyone. How's bear lake? Did you go swimming or is it still too cold for that. Keep me posted on your week. Love you bud.

Dear Dawson

   I don't really see how bowling is supposed to help your lacrosse game, but it sounds like you had a good time. How many more games to you have this season? is it a year round thing? Also, THERE'S THREE SEASONS OF ARROW!?!? I guess thats what happens when you are gone for two years but I didn't think I would get that far behind. Also, Also Ras al ghul is a batman villian, What is he doing there. Love you champ

dear Ryan

    How was st george? Do anything fun? Did you at least watch conference? Email me about your week when you get back. Love you

Dear dad
 real jack rabbits you say. That sounds exciting. Was Uncle noel and his family there the entire time? that wasn't really clear. I'm sorry about your cough. Maybe teaching Dawson about driving is just what you need. Love you Dad

Dear Mom

   I really like president uchtdorf's talk on grace and commandments. It really put everything we do in perspective. According to Nick and dad, you seem to be a pretty extreme sportswoman. The family seems to be doing ok. I'm sure ryan will make the right choices in his life. he's a good kid. Love you mom

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus

March 30, 2015

Dear Family

   My new companion is Elder Smith from tremonton Utah. I don't know where that is but he says its close to Logan. he seems like a pretty cool guy.He's new. he has only been out six months and he spent all of that in downtown Toronto. This may come as a bit of a surprise, but Niagara is all farm land. i don't know exactly how well he will adjust. This week has been really good. we are in a bit of a rebuilding phase right now and we were able to find an awesome new investigator. We were dropping by some less active members and they said they would love to come back to church and have their grandson baptized. Little miracles and stuff. 

Dear Nick

   Hey bud. Sorry I you felt tired. How are you doing? I heard you did good at your lacrosse game. Is football still big in the family? I know its winter but i still feel like it has not been talked about that much. But at least you are still having fun. Love you dude.

Dear Dawson

     How goes it my brother? Turning fifteen this week, wow. You are gonna be able to drive soon.  How pumped are you? Just remember to check your mirrors. And put up the barking brake when you are on a hill. that one always gets me. Love you buddy.

Dear Ryan

   You guys don't have spring break till April. We already had it here...it was snowing...Yay. Welcome to Canada. Thats what people say here. So you plan on going to St george? Very cool. You going rock climbing and stuff or just hanging out with friends? Does that count as senior trip? We're going to have to have a hobbit marathon when I get back. How many movies are there now? Anyway, Love you champ.

Dear Dad

   I have no idea who lanny is but good for her. Also, AI LOVE ANGEL FOOD CAKE!!! That stuff is delicious. How is work going? I imagine with the sunny arizonaesque summer you've having there haven't been too many car accidents to get you patients. Do you and applegate split the money fifty fifty or is there a commission thing going on? I hope its all going well. Also it seems like india is becoming the new affrica when it comes to movies. Especially when all the people here in canada talking about the staring children... in india. weird. anyway , love you dad

Dear Mom

   That was indeed the first time I went on my mission. Pretty cool, eh? We always watch conference at the church. Its kind of a missionary party. Sometimes members show up too. The majority of your children will be graduates by the end of the year. man, how time flies.love you mom.

I love and miss you all

Elder Erasmus