My Brother Eric

My little brother is probably one of the few people i look up to, i may be 6 inches taller than him, but Eric towers over me!

Eric is currently on a Mission in Madrid Spain!! and is loving it!! Eric had a hard time deciding if he was going to go, but in the end the Lord always wins, and Eric is serving him with all his "heart, might, mind and strength"

Here's alittle back ground on my brother and his story.

Eric attended Riverton High School, and was on the track team, he did Long Jump, High Jump, 100 m,and 200 m and excelled at every event. Long jump was his baby, as a sophmore and junior he took second in State. Colleges from all over the state and a few from out of state were recruiting him. As the outdoor season began, Eric Tore his Groin before region started and it was a really bad tear! he wasnt able to jump in the region meets. The Region Championships came up and were held at Copper Hills that year. well if Eric wanted a chance to go to State he had to place at region. haha we wrapped his groin so much it made his right leg look deformed. haha. Eric's turn came up, as i was by the pit i noticed him grimicing as he was running down the runway and again as he jumped. it was a ok jump, but it was enough to get him to State!! as i went up to give him there were tears coming down his face, i hugged him and asked what was wrong? he just said it hurts like hell! haha, yeah i could only imagin!! haha. usualy when Eric would jump, he would do a front flip for fun, haha but he could barley walk after that. As the State Meet came up we tried everything known to man to get his groin to just hold for the meet. The night before the meet my Dad gave him a blessing that he would be able to perform the best he can and that he would be free of any pain for this meet. Well Sat morning arrived and we headed down to BYU, i walked around with Eric, threw the football around, just chilled and joked around, trying to keep him loose. Eric's First Jump was Incredible!!!....well considering his condition! haha. but with his fist jump it put him in first place, and it would be that jump that he won State with!

Eric Decided to sign with UVSC, and he attended there for a semester before moving back home and working on getting ready to serve a mission.. Before Eric got his call, my mom had him write down where he would like to go, and number one on his list was spain. haha we all had a good laugh when he received his call and it said "you are hereby asigned to labor in the madrid spain mission.. Man! what an exciting time.!!! Well, Eric is Serving in Toledo spain at the moment and loving it! Its been amazing to see the transformation that has taken place with my little bro. He read the Book of Mormon for the first time just before he left, haha and before that he didnt know the difference between noah and moses. and know he talks of the Gospel as if he's known it forever! If there is one thing us Goldhardts pride ourselves on its knowing the Doctrine! and now Eric is right there as well!! Eric has been an amazing example to me! the last year and two months i have seen a young man grow into a man! ive seen a cocky teenager who only cared for himself , learn to absolutely love the people of Spain! Hahaha he has also learned to get along with with companions he didnt care for! haha. This last week i asked Eric to tell me the most important thing that he had learned so far.. and here it is..oh. his grammer is ten times worse than mine.. sorry...

"hey bro well i got some time realy fast , the bigest thing that i have learned on my mission is the atonment of jesucristo and the power it has to changs peoples lifes it has help me in my life to forgive people, as well as love others, and i have seen it works milagros the other peoples life its the best thing that we can have in our life right now coupled with the gospel of jesucristo and a livivng profeta. it is only throught the atonment me can go back into the prescen of the father , i now that when jesus washed the feet of the apostals that the law of moises was fullfulled and that it was then the dead were able to be ressurected with christ and recive the blessing s of the gosple brit this is the church of jesucristo i know it to be true i love my mission i thought i would hate it , its taken almost a year to like it , i have struggled early on with the language, but i know Heavenly Father listens and answers prayers. as i continued to move forward i can say i now love my mission. Brit i loved hearing your stories of your mish, the trials and crazy experiences you told helped me know that i to could overcome and come out on top. and you know what...i have. i will always be greatful for your example in serving the lord, i hope that i can to come home knowing i worked as hard as i could and had no regrets just leaving everything out there! i know that by inviting people to come unto christ that they too can live a better life and be saved and receive the belssing s that are waiting them we have a living profeta i have felt the spirit testify and tell my hes called of god and same with the 12 apostles britt i leave this testimony with you in thy son name Jesus Christ amen "

Eric, if you ever read this, know that i love you! you have turned into the man i knew you were always capable of. Your Testimony has helped me in crappy times, it has also strengthened my own testimony. Eric, i miss ya bud! more than you will ever know! but im grateful that your serving the Lord! its where you need to be at this time in your life. You will have experiences that no one else will ever have and learn more than someone who didnt go. Remember bro, No regrets, oh, and most importantly, Give em' heaven, Baptize the hell outta them!! :-)

peace out little g.