Hey hey my loved ones,
Yes today there is SUN! There has not been sun for a whole week. So yes I am walking on sunshine! Well what a whirlwind of a week. Well it is official Yulia did it she got baptised! I am just so happy about it. It was an incredible baptism. She sat ans cried and cried as we sang Hark All Ye Nations which was the song of her choice. It was such a touching thing to watch her with a smile on her face sitting in white wipes her tears of joy with my scarf. I love her so much. She then got the holy ghost yesterday and texted me how excited she was and that she truly is grateful for the help and excitement for making htis step in her life. she is so incredible. She is already going to choir and giving the missionaries her referrals! She is adorable. I am trying to figure out how to attach pictures so you can see. Also while we were there a great friend of mine that i worked with a lot in center told me he was getting baptized on Saturday so yes she got baptized as well! I was so excited. I am ready for one here in L'viv. I think that referral you all gave us will be it. I am excited. Thanks for the referral. We will contact her this week.
Well I hope dad was able to contact we on that map I gave him all the directions to know where I am. I have a next companion. She is a sweetheart. I am excited to work with her.
This week I taught young womens, Sunday school and relief society. The joy that comes from little branches. We have one investigator and she didn't come to church but I really think she could be our next baptism. We are spending time meeting with members less actives and trying to find through them as well as doing our own contacting. I am excited to just start going. I feel like I am a little stuck in the mud and I can't figure out why. I love L'viv I am loving the mission and I am a happy person. I am grateful for the optimism I have been blessed with from my parents. Thanks mom and dad!
We are now eating better I am not on a two week diet of mashed potatoes. i think I lost about 10 pounds from that. But now We have food and are eating. Unfortunately that means I will probably now put that weight back on. Too bad : ha ha Hey if you all have any favorite talks that just really made you be like wow! please forward them to me. I feel a little stuck in a rut . I would love something great to read! :) I love you all. I love his work, Sorry That I couldn't focus on this e-mail. Oh Bree howe is engaged
Love
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Letter #40 April 11th
Guess what I have lots of fun surprises! First I am in Kiev! Weird right. So here is all the great news I will tell you highlights then give detials!
I am in Kiev
Yulia is getting baptized
I just went to the temple
Conference was awesome!
Okay Why am I in kiev? I am getting a new companion today. I will be serving with Sister Kaekaoha? She is from Hawaii she is in her 4th transfer like sister Whitney. I am officially on my 8th companion. So here is how my week went. Yulia Texted me and said sister schmidt I love you I have a huge desire to get baptised. I said thats great when will you do it. She said I dunno I want you there. So I said well I know I will be in Kiev for only one day. I know it will be in the next two weeks, its possible that you could get baptised when I am there if you truly know it is right and you want to. She said YES I want to! So I called President immidiately and asked if that was possible if I was in Kiev if I could go to her baptism. He said if it works out he will let me go. So I called her and told her and then president called the assistants to find out when. Well they planned it when she would be in a completely different city. I was so sad so I told the assistants it doesn't work out but thanks. Then President told them to do what they had to but get me at that baptism! :) I was SHOCKED so they changed the date. At first I thought next tuesday so I told her that it would be in a week and a half and she was like cool I am excited then The assistants called when they got the text about her baptism and told me they ment tuesday in 5 days. My jaw dropped I texted her right as I fond out which was right before bed and she said okay i still love oyu. so she agreed to get baptized in 5 days! So Now it is five days later! I am in Kiev and she is getting baptized tonight. She even was in L'viv this weekend and we met togheter and watched conference and it was so great. Everything is going great with her. I don't want her to get baptized because of me and I made it VERY clear that she has to do it because it is what she wants to do. But I think that this was a miracle and just what she needed to get her to puch and just do it. I am so excited we talk lots and I don't understand how I help her so much but we truly have that relationship. When you come t Kiev you will meet her and love her just as much as I do! I will send you pictures soon! So Yesterday we had Zone Meeting in L'viv with President. He was excited fer her baptism and glad it worked out for me to be abel to go. So We jumped on a train last night at 8 and then got her int he morning at 6 it was the worst train so far. I couldn't sleep at all. If it wasn't for such a great day today I would have beenin a mad mood! :) So we got up ate some McDonalds (yes I must be getting fat!) and headed to the temple. We did a sessiona nd I saw my old mini it was great and lots of members that I never got to say good bye to. We then will go see a lady that I adore in Center and have dinner with her then head to the baptismm where we will arrange our own sisters transfer. (All the sisters are being moved except the trainee and trainer and sister whitney and her mini. President did this because he was trying to avoid lots of white washes) So tongiht at the baptism all of the sisters in kiev will meet watch Yulia get baptized then head to the train station with new companions. So now flash back..... 4 weeks ago I was supposed to go on exchanges with Sister K to L'viv I had a freak out because I had a dream we were getting white washed in L'viv. Last secong I went with Sister Robinson instead. So Now I am serving with sister K and have the closest thing to a whitewash. Funny huh!
So there you have my news. Okay next conference. Oh my heck. It was crazy I loved it so much buit I was shocked on so much about families. I feel like I got put in my place by the prophet and the apostles. I was a little to focused on NOT getting married for quite a while after my mission. And of course I still have plans and things I want to do but I think I have to be a little more open to the idea that marriage can happen even if I am not 26 yet. So I am leaving it up to the Lord but I am just grateful that I have lots of time on my mission and I really don't need to think about those kind of things. Trunky? Maybe? ha ha nah! I love my mission just too much! I am excited for life with a family and all of that but I still have to learn how to be a good person and to be the best me so I can be the best for somone else. Oi so much to do and to become! Good thing we have the Lord's help right!
Zone conference was awesome! We are writing a letter to the prophet signed by every single one of us that we will do everything in our power to get 200 baptisms in 2011. So we all have asacrifices that we are working on I have a few 1 talk to at least one person on every transportation 2 be in my missionary clothes at 8 (sometimes I liked my sweats too much) 3 ask for 200 baptisms in 2011 in every prayer and a few others but I feel like I truely need a spiritual one that will show the Lord I really want it. I would love any advice that you can give me. What would really be a great sacrifice for me?
I want to be uch an incredible missionary. I feel like this is truel the place to start froma new. We both will be so new don'treally have investigators and have the potential to blow L'viv out of the water (actually we want to blow them into the water.... of baptism) So I am trying to truly do everyting I am supposed to do. I also want to do it because of the love I have for the work not just go through the motions. I want to love it and thrive on the work. I wan to eat seep and drink missionary work. I wnat it that way but then something little happens and i get a little distracted or a little tired. Thyen I am just going through the motions. So I am committing now to all of you to do eveything I can to have my heart in this work. I love you al. I love this work, ukraine, missions, temple, baptisms. Gee Ijust loev Life all toghether! ha ha President Told me I am just one really happy missionry! Yep! Thats me I loveto be happy! Love you all pray for L'viv to be ready for Sister K and I!
Sister schmidt
Ps not checking my spelling good luck with the gift of tongues to be able to read it!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
letter #39 April 4
Family!
Hello from L'viv/ So thing are a little more normal now. It is officially I finally understand what Dad meant when he said Ukraine is like Romania. It really is! I am not even joking. I love it so much. The city is actually really big. I always that that is was little. Which is good and bad. It's rough because the whole area is ours. We are in charge of all of L'viv and all the celos (villages) by it. This week we went into our to a celo and I thought I was ion Romania again. There were men driving those little wooden wagons with horses pulling them, animals everywhere, stinky and dirty, but in the way that it warms your heart and makes you love the people and the place because it is familiar. Well it is also like Romania in the smell. remember that AWFUL smell that we always smelt in Romania and that if you smelt again you would instantly think of walking to the house in hatseg. Yup that's the smell here. Sure did miss that smell (wink wink) It still makes me gag every time I smell it. I at least know where it smells the worst and I just hold my breath and walk REALLY fast. Oh it's such a joy.
L'viv is getting green and I can't wait to be here when it is truly summer and it's green and beautiful. I love it so much. I think that I am going to buy a new camera because I really want pictures of this place and it has been broke fer 6 weeks now and I know I will be so sad if I don't have anymore pictures of my mission. I hope that's okay. You can get money out of my account from the credit union. It will probably be about 100-150 dollars. Sorry!
So did I tell you that I am on a fast track to learning this are because my companion is leaving soon. She is actually staying longer that she was going to because she was asked to by president. It was pretty much going to be a whitewash and I just lucked out and now it's not. She is ready to go which is a little rough because the area is just crumbling we don't really have any investies and don't really plan on making time to get any because she wants to see people before she leaves. It's a little rough but I love her and this are and I know that I will totally be able to do it, of course only with the Lord's help!
Dad those pictures were crazy I already know some of those members in the pictures! cool huh! I am a little nervous with getting to know the members. sister P is a native and can talk and help everyone and she teaches piano and I am just still fumbling in the language. I really gotta start studying better. i am so excited to be here in L'viv where they speak Ukrainian it is going to help my language so much.
Saturday we had a service project across all of Ukraine it was cool. The smells all reminded me of Romania. Waho to paint thinner! ha ha It was great. Well I am sorry this is not so great I love you all so much! I always want to write so much more and never find the time. If I get a new camera I will include pictures so you can L'viv!
Love you all
Sister Schmidt
Hello from L'viv/ So thing are a little more normal now. It is officially I finally understand what Dad meant when he said Ukraine is like Romania. It really is! I am not even joking. I love it so much. The city is actually really big. I always that that is was little. Which is good and bad. It's rough because the whole area is ours. We are in charge of all of L'viv and all the celos (villages) by it. This week we went into our to a celo and I thought I was ion Romania again. There were men driving those little wooden wagons with horses pulling them, animals everywhere, stinky and dirty, but in the way that it warms your heart and makes you love the people and the place because it is familiar. Well it is also like Romania in the smell. remember that AWFUL smell that we always smelt in Romania and that if you smelt again you would instantly think of walking to the house in hatseg. Yup that's the smell here. Sure did miss that smell (wink wink) It still makes me gag every time I smell it. I at least know where it smells the worst and I just hold my breath and walk REALLY fast. Oh it's such a joy.
L'viv is getting green and I can't wait to be here when it is truly summer and it's green and beautiful. I love it so much. I think that I am going to buy a new camera because I really want pictures of this place and it has been broke fer 6 weeks now and I know I will be so sad if I don't have anymore pictures of my mission. I hope that's okay. You can get money out of my account from the credit union. It will probably be about 100-150 dollars. Sorry!
So did I tell you that I am on a fast track to learning this are because my companion is leaving soon. She is actually staying longer that she was going to because she was asked to by president. It was pretty much going to be a whitewash and I just lucked out and now it's not. She is ready to go which is a little rough because the area is just crumbling we don't really have any investies and don't really plan on making time to get any because she wants to see people before she leaves. It's a little rough but I love her and this are and I know that I will totally be able to do it, of course only with the Lord's help!
Dad those pictures were crazy I already know some of those members in the pictures! cool huh! I am a little nervous with getting to know the members. sister P is a native and can talk and help everyone and she teaches piano and I am just still fumbling in the language. I really gotta start studying better. i am so excited to be here in L'viv where they speak Ukrainian it is going to help my language so much.
Saturday we had a service project across all of Ukraine it was cool. The smells all reminded me of Romania. Waho to paint thinner! ha ha It was great. Well I am sorry this is not so great I love you all so much! I always want to write so much more and never find the time. If I get a new camera I will include pictures so you can L'viv!
Love you all
Sister Schmidt
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Letter #38 March 27th
Hi!!!!
Is everyone sitting down because I got news..... I am in L'viv. Was it transfers and I just forgot to tell you? No Did I have any idea? No So what happened... I will tell you but I will tell you everything leading up to that and all that happened in this week. And there is a lotto tell so i am sorry if my spelling is terrible and if It doesn't make sense but there is just a lot to say! So here is goes.
Monday good Pday i can't Even remember what we did but i am sure it was good. Tuesday we had some great lessons with my favorite investigators. Well if I had favorites but I don't because that is mean :) but we met with Yulia and not her boyfriend because he works a ton now. And then we met with Miroclava the pregnant one and then with Natalia. yulia mentioned that she knows with all her heart baptism is right so i asked her when and she panicked and said that she didn't want to set a date she just wants to do it. She asked if she could just get baptized on Saturday if she wanted to. Of course I freaked and was like YES you can. That's when it begun. i became obsessed with her getting baptized Saturday. Then with Natalia she said that she wants to but wants and answer and it is just not coming. We are so confused because i know that Heavenly Father answers prayers and I know that he will answer hers too. We have talked about the ways He would/could and she hasn't. i never meat someone that wants it and just hasn't gotten any answer.
Wednesday after sending a text to the whole zone about praying for Yulia we went to the temple(already planned) and went with the purpose of finding out what to do and say to have a miracle baptism with her. We also were fasting for the purpose too. Well the day went on everything was going good and then Thursday we had a meeting with her. and at the point i am convinced. I have never had and exercised faith like this before. I just knew it was happening. So then Thursday comes and we have it planned for her to have an interview with bishop after we have lesson with her. (She didn't know how intense we were planning her baptism) So bishop is on the lesson and we talked and she said randomly she didn't have a testimony of prophets and Joseph smith. I am bummed but didn't show it. We left and My faith was shattered. i know there was still time but my heart wasn't in it anymore. So Friday was planning and I decided I was going to excercise faith and plan her baptism. Did what we could and had a good Friday but didn't have any contact with her which wasn't a good sign.
Saturday come and my faith is gone. I just didn't know how we could have a baptism with her. We had a meeting with Andre and her that evening so we toughed well maybe we can get hte interview and then rush to the font there was already baptisms going on we could just add in. THEN (this is where it gets good) 8:00 AM rolls around. I start to study at 7:45 because i got ready fast so I get a phone call from the assistants. Normally that is really weird but i had talked to Elder sorenson the past two days in a row because I was trying to find a mini for the mission. Well he calls and I answer and he asks me how my area is and I said good and then....
he says hey I have bad news....
uh... okay like what?
You are going to L'viv
(thought hm why is he telling me a bout what's going down at transfers if thats a week away) uh okay.. when?
How fast can you pack up your stuff
( oh stink! What is going on?) Elder what are you talking about?
You are leaving today
Wait what? are you just messin with me? You can't be serious
Other Elder- Surprise
Sorenson- (with a very sad and straight voice) Sister Schmidt I am way sorry but I am completely serious
Okay... I am going to L'viv when? can you be ready by 11( that was in three hours)
ha h no I can try
Well we will try to see what we can do but you are leaving either at 11 3 or tonight so get packing
i said thanks bye and hung up
My com yelling from the other room sister what was that hey what was that. Sister? Not answering because I had tears splashing down my face and could talk. So I stood up grabbed my bags and started throwing my clothes in.
Elder sorenson then called me a half our later and said I had till the night and I would be going on a train with a Senior couple to L'viv. So i got packing and President called me and told me this wasn't going to e a short term thing. That i needed to pack my bags they would figure out what was going to happen to sister Whitney and that I just needed to get ready to go. (then it gets better) and says oh and you have to learn the area of all of L'viv as soon as possible because he is trying to avoid a whitewash and Sister P will be leaving in 3 weeks or so....... with a nervous giggle in my throat I agreed and kept packing. I was so confused. I din't want to leave We had two of the geatest girls getting ready for baptism. i know they will get baptized I am so sad I won't be there. I started calling people and figuring out what members could be in the area with sister Whitney and what she was going to do I had to teach her the area because she had not paid attention at all because she was 100 percent sure i was staying. Bless her heart i think she is going to stress out a bit just like I did! when I was left without Larsen. Well I texted Natalia to tell her i was leaving and that she would have to tell me when she gets baptized and she said she was nervous to do it wit out me and wanted me to be there with her and that she doesn't know where she will be wih out me :( then we cancelled all meetings except with Yulia and we met and I told them and they were both so sad. They said that they didn't know what to do andre even prayed and asked Heaveny Father why he would do something so bad. It was sad and interesting. Then we were leaving and were al the street and yulia tarted to cry and i told her she had to tell me about he baptism and all of that and they both promised and then I got ready to go another investigator friend came to say good bye by our house that night and then I was packed ny 9 PM and ready to go in the Taxi. We met lada sister Whitney's companion till monday and then I went with the senior couple. At the last little bit yulia and Andre came to the tracks and said bye Sister Whitney and yulia both cried we hugged lots and then Andre tried to hug me i felt so bad but so awkward as i was trying to pull away. Yulia gave me a cote lock and locked it on my purse and told me that she won't tell me the code until we meet again. It was so cute and now I have it with her all day everyday. She is so sweet. they watched me in the traine and then waited and the window and blew my kisses. I know that she will be okay and taken care of my sister Whitney. i am grateful hat this happened before her baptism so that we know she gets baptized because it is right now because of any relationship she had with missionaries. So endless to say no she didn't get baptized but maybe my great faith was to prepared me for other things that were to come. Missions are so crazy. So I am in L'viv i got here at 5:30 and went to church and walked into the smallest branch I have ever seen. There were 20 people and that was a lot i guess I am used to 80. I talked to sister P and she sayd I have to learn the members and area as fast as possible and said she knows she won't even be here for 3 weeks. So i am on the fast track and have to exercise a lot of faith and then roll with the punches on whatever comes next. It is crazy how my life changes in a week and you have no idea what is happening until after it has all happened. As i was in a panic packing i kept having the urge to call mom and tell her all that was going on. But thats not allowed :) Well Thats all my story. I am sorry it was so informative but thats great too right! I just wanted you to feel a little of what has been going through my head. I am so excited to serve here in L'viv I know it doesn't matter where I serve but just that I am serving i know that i will be blessed where ever I am al long as i am obiedent! i love you all have a great week. hopefully i don't have anyhing crazy to write next week Like I did this week!
Love from L'viv
Sister Schmidt
Is everyone sitting down because I got news..... I am in L'viv. Was it transfers and I just forgot to tell you? No Did I have any idea? No So what happened... I will tell you but I will tell you everything leading up to that and all that happened in this week. And there is a lotto tell so i am sorry if my spelling is terrible and if It doesn't make sense but there is just a lot to say! So here is goes.
Monday good Pday i can't Even remember what we did but i am sure it was good. Tuesday we had some great lessons with my favorite investigators. Well if I had favorites but I don't because that is mean :) but we met with Yulia and not her boyfriend because he works a ton now. And then we met with Miroclava the pregnant one and then with Natalia. yulia mentioned that she knows with all her heart baptism is right so i asked her when and she panicked and said that she didn't want to set a date she just wants to do it. She asked if she could just get baptized on Saturday if she wanted to. Of course I freaked and was like YES you can. That's when it begun. i became obsessed with her getting baptized Saturday. Then with Natalia she said that she wants to but wants and answer and it is just not coming. We are so confused because i know that Heavenly Father answers prayers and I know that he will answer hers too. We have talked about the ways He would/could and she hasn't. i never meat someone that wants it and just hasn't gotten any answer.
Wednesday after sending a text to the whole zone about praying for Yulia we went to the temple(already planned) and went with the purpose of finding out what to do and say to have a miracle baptism with her. We also were fasting for the purpose too. Well the day went on everything was going good and then Thursday we had a meeting with her. and at the point i am convinced. I have never had and exercised faith like this before. I just knew it was happening. So then Thursday comes and we have it planned for her to have an interview with bishop after we have lesson with her. (She didn't know how intense we were planning her baptism) So bishop is on the lesson and we talked and she said randomly she didn't have a testimony of prophets and Joseph smith. I am bummed but didn't show it. We left and My faith was shattered. i know there was still time but my heart wasn't in it anymore. So Friday was planning and I decided I was going to excercise faith and plan her baptism. Did what we could and had a good Friday but didn't have any contact with her which wasn't a good sign.
Saturday come and my faith is gone. I just didn't know how we could have a baptism with her. We had a meeting with Andre and her that evening so we toughed well maybe we can get hte interview and then rush to the font there was already baptisms going on we could just add in. THEN (this is where it gets good) 8:00 AM rolls around. I start to study at 7:45 because i got ready fast so I get a phone call from the assistants. Normally that is really weird but i had talked to Elder sorenson the past two days in a row because I was trying to find a mini for the mission. Well he calls and I answer and he asks me how my area is and I said good and then....
he says hey I have bad news....
uh... okay like what?
You are going to L'viv
(thought hm why is he telling me a bout what's going down at transfers if thats a week away) uh okay.. when?
How fast can you pack up your stuff
( oh stink! What is going on?) Elder what are you talking about?
You are leaving today
Wait what? are you just messin with me? You can't be serious
Other Elder- Surprise
Sorenson- (with a very sad and straight voice) Sister Schmidt I am way sorry but I am completely serious
Okay... I am going to L'viv when? can you be ready by 11( that was in three hours)
ha h no I can try
Well we will try to see what we can do but you are leaving either at 11 3 or tonight so get packing
i said thanks bye and hung up
My com yelling from the other room sister what was that hey what was that. Sister? Not answering because I had tears splashing down my face and could talk. So I stood up grabbed my bags and started throwing my clothes in.
Elder sorenson then called me a half our later and said I had till the night and I would be going on a train with a Senior couple to L'viv. So i got packing and President called me and told me this wasn't going to e a short term thing. That i needed to pack my bags they would figure out what was going to happen to sister Whitney and that I just needed to get ready to go. (then it gets better) and says oh and you have to learn the area of all of L'viv as soon as possible because he is trying to avoid a whitewash and Sister P will be leaving in 3 weeks or so....... with a nervous giggle in my throat I agreed and kept packing. I was so confused. I din't want to leave We had two of the geatest girls getting ready for baptism. i know they will get baptized I am so sad I won't be there. I started calling people and figuring out what members could be in the area with sister Whitney and what she was going to do I had to teach her the area because she had not paid attention at all because she was 100 percent sure i was staying. Bless her heart i think she is going to stress out a bit just like I did! when I was left without Larsen. Well I texted Natalia to tell her i was leaving and that she would have to tell me when she gets baptized and she said she was nervous to do it wit out me and wanted me to be there with her and that she doesn't know where she will be wih out me :( then we cancelled all meetings except with Yulia and we met and I told them and they were both so sad. They said that they didn't know what to do andre even prayed and asked Heaveny Father why he would do something so bad. It was sad and interesting. Then we were leaving and were al the street and yulia tarted to cry and i told her she had to tell me about he baptism and all of that and they both promised and then I got ready to go another investigator friend came to say good bye by our house that night and then I was packed ny 9 PM and ready to go in the Taxi. We met lada sister Whitney's companion till monday and then I went with the senior couple. At the last little bit yulia and Andre came to the tracks and said bye Sister Whitney and yulia both cried we hugged lots and then Andre tried to hug me i felt so bad but so awkward as i was trying to pull away. Yulia gave me a cote lock and locked it on my purse and told me that she won't tell me the code until we meet again. It was so cute and now I have it with her all day everyday. She is so sweet. they watched me in the traine and then waited and the window and blew my kisses. I know that she will be okay and taken care of my sister Whitney. i am grateful hat this happened before her baptism so that we know she gets baptized because it is right now because of any relationship she had with missionaries. So endless to say no she didn't get baptized but maybe my great faith was to prepared me for other things that were to come. Missions are so crazy. So I am in L'viv i got here at 5:30 and went to church and walked into the smallest branch I have ever seen. There were 20 people and that was a lot i guess I am used to 80. I talked to sister P and she sayd I have to learn the members and area as fast as possible and said she knows she won't even be here for 3 weeks. So i am on the fast track and have to exercise a lot of faith and then roll with the punches on whatever comes next. It is crazy how my life changes in a week and you have no idea what is happening until after it has all happened. As i was in a panic packing i kept having the urge to call mom and tell her all that was going on. But thats not allowed :) Well Thats all my story. I am sorry it was so informative but thats great too right! I just wanted you to feel a little of what has been going through my head. I am so excited to serve here in L'viv I know it doesn't matter where I serve but just that I am serving i know that i will be blessed where ever I am al long as i am obiedent! i love you all have a great week. hopefully i don't have anyhing crazy to write next week Like I did this week!
Love from L'viv
Sister Schmidt
Letter #37 March 20
okay 12 minutes and counting! Here is goes.....
Hi again, I feel like I was just at Internet yesterday weird! It was great to here from everyone. I love you all so much and It means so much to me that you all write me. Thanks so much! Confession M and D still haven't sent that letter but it's written. Big updates, I think this week was a great and eventful week hooray!
Uh... hit my 9 month mark.... how did that happen!? Bad news I am still not the missionary I want to be and I have a lot less time to change and completely be a new better and improved sister Schmidt! AH
President Larry H. Lawrence is the man! He was incredible and so is his adorable wife. I would love to marry an amazing man that is so powerful in testimony and just a powerhouse of the gospel, but the problem is I don't make the cut in what it would take to be the wife of that find of man. Seriously she was outstanding. She gave and incredible talk about the gather of Israel and opened my mind. It was awesome, all i want to do is study about the tribes of Israel.. There was so much I didn't truly know or understand. I have so many subjects that I want to study and learn throughout my life. I want to be a wealth of knowledge about the gospel. There is so much to learn and to know. I know I will spend my whole life studying everyday and then at the end of my life I will get to heaven and think, wow Still didn't know about..... Oh well all we can do is try. After all we only have 10% brainpower on this earth.
I had three opportunities to hear from President Lawrence. He got me all fired up about the work. I think I find myself going through the motions to much and when I stop and look I have forgotten my heart somewhere along the way. If my heart is not in these work them I am just running through the motions and it is all for nothing. It is my obligation to be a testifying and challenging missionary. If I am not doing my part then the investigators we are teaching and suffering because I am not doing what I am supposed to do. I am so grateful for this gospel. We need to truly see what we have. I took advantage of the gospel of the gospel my whole life. I didn't read the scriptures everyday and I would even forget to pray every morning and night. It's about the little things. If we think we are on the right track because we have a temple recommend and go to the temple once a month or even more often but fail to read the scriptures everyday and truly pray with all the energy of heart then we aren't getting it. In order to endure to the end we have to feast upon the words of Christ everyday. We have to love God and our fellow man. 2Nephi 31:20 We can't just say we are doing the big things and everything will work out. It's in the little things. My small and simple means great things come to pass. Alma 37:6. So ready for the missionary challenge. Be what we preach. Read your scriptures everyday, Love those around especially when it is hard and pray to your Heavenly Father and communicate with him. He wants to know how you are doing he doesn't just want to bless your food that it will nourish and strengthen you. Find your heart in it and don't just go through the motions. i love you all. Have a great week!
Sister Schmidt
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