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