Aug. 11, 2014
Hi there,
I won't try to
summarize everything I missed, but I would like to bring you all up to speed on
what has happened recently. Elder Kerr and I have been busy spreading the
Spirit of the Lord all over Cape
Cod. We were teaching many
people and preparing them for baptism while they were here for their short
summer stay. We, in unison, testified boldly of the Lord Jesus Christ and
his gospel that we might bring them to know of the plan the Father has in store
for them. We saw our small Branch grow in the spirit and we became a
crucial part of the workings in the Branch even to the point that they were
going to give us callings. But the Lord had a different plan in mind.
It started
with a call from President Packard (our mission President). He said, "Elders
it is time for the dream companionship to come to an end. Elder Kerr, the
Lord has called you to be a Zone Leader in the Boston Massachusetts Mission and
Elder Erb, the Lord has called you to be a trainer. We thank you for the
work that you have been doing out there on the Cape."
And so the Elder Kerrb team, as the members of the Brewster Branch called
us, was put to an end. Then there were a lot of goodbyes with all of
those that we were teaching. The end of all the goodbyes was our own goodbye
where we did what all good companionships should do to bond together - make
crêpes.
Enough about
Elder Kerr though, my new companion is a very motivated and hardworking
missionary fresh out of Utah. Hopefully, as time goes on I will have some stories to
tell you about him but seeing as we have been together for only a couple of
weeks there is not much to talk about yet. He says that as a new
missionary, he has been having a lot of firsts. I try not to think about
the fact that all of his firsts are many of my lasts. It came to my
realization how long I had been out when I watched the Elder that trained me go
home. For now, that is all I've got time to write - until next time.
Elder Erb
