August 29, 2016
Hey everyone, this has been one crazy week. Ok
so first I'll report on the Tower challenge because I know you all have
been dying to hear about it. So my district completed it. I eat 8 bowls
of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Which was the most out of my district, so
I'm pretty proud of myself ha-ha. Everyone felt horrible after it, cuz
it started getting so gross and we eat so much.
So to kind of finish off what happened at the MTC, on Sunday my companion and I taught District meeting, we talked about how relying on the spirit is crucial to missionary work. That night for devotional the Nashville Tribute Band came, which was super cool. If you haven't ever listened to their music, you should look it up. The choir sang three songs with them they are called, “John’s Song", " I Was Born", and " When the son of Man (Comes Again). Listening to the songs and reading the lyrics, testified to me how important music is to bringing the spirit. The last song of the night was "Hardest Thing I Ever Loved to do" it was referring to his mission. Such a cool song. (Mom fill free to send me some of their music ha-ha) after they left we got to watch two Joseph Smith videos about the translation of the Book of Mormon that have never been seen before outside of the visitor centers. I'm not sure which ones though. It was really cool to watch how Joseph smith and Oliver Cowdry were translating the Book of Mormon and then realized they haven't been baptized like they have been told to do so.
I'll just skip Monday, it was a good day, but nothing super exciting. On Tuesday the 4 Minnesota elders including me were the only ones left in our district, cuz everyone else left for Gilbert Arizona and West Virginia. It was cool cuz this district became a family. It was tough to say goodbye to everyone. Tuesday night we had a devotional by Juan A. Uceda of the Seventy, he talked about his conversion story it was really cool.
Wednesday morning, we got up at 3:50 and we left the MTC in a nice bus around 5. They dropped us off at the train station, and then we took two trains to the airport. At the airport we called home, and I also eat Cafe Rio since we don't have them here in Minnesota. Even though it was at like 8:00 in the morning. It was still worth it. We flew to Minneapolis, met President Forbes and his wife and then went to the mission office in Bloomington. We all met with him for about five minutes, ate lunch, did a little introduction, got our iPads, mountain bikes, and then our trainers/ companions. So my companion is Elder Wilson from Standsbury Park Utah, he has been serving for 6 months and this is his first time training. He is a cool guys. Our area is a small town called Aitkin. It's about 3 hours away from Minneapolis. The Aitkin branch is a big area but it's a small area that we can actually work since we are limited on miles for the car.
These past few days we have been meeting with a lot of less actives since the branch consists of a few big families that had sons and daughters that have fallen away. Sunday was the best day so far because I met the people in the branch, they are all really nice. They asked me to bear my testimony and then give the closing prayer during sacrament. We had our first lesson on Sunday with a 15 year old girl who is getting baptized at the end of September. We taught her the plan of salvation, she received it really well. It's sad though, cuz her dad is less active, and we don't know who will be baptizing her since he probably isn't in the position too at this time. Hopefully everything will all work out.
Adjusting to the field has been really tough for me. My MTC experience was great, I loved the spirit that I felt often, I gained a lot of really close friends, and everything was really up lifting. The field is a lot different, you only get one friend, the spirit depends on if you can invite it to the lesson, the people are pretty crazy, and it's hard to find my purpose being here. I know it will just take time for me to adjust to this new environment.
So to kind of finish off what happened at the MTC, on Sunday my companion and I taught District meeting, we talked about how relying on the spirit is crucial to missionary work. That night for devotional the Nashville Tribute Band came, which was super cool. If you haven't ever listened to their music, you should look it up. The choir sang three songs with them they are called, “John’s Song", " I Was Born", and " When the son of Man (Comes Again). Listening to the songs and reading the lyrics, testified to me how important music is to bringing the spirit. The last song of the night was "Hardest Thing I Ever Loved to do" it was referring to his mission. Such a cool song. (Mom fill free to send me some of their music ha-ha) after they left we got to watch two Joseph Smith videos about the translation of the Book of Mormon that have never been seen before outside of the visitor centers. I'm not sure which ones though. It was really cool to watch how Joseph smith and Oliver Cowdry were translating the Book of Mormon and then realized they haven't been baptized like they have been told to do so.
I'll just skip Monday, it was a good day, but nothing super exciting. On Tuesday the 4 Minnesota elders including me were the only ones left in our district, cuz everyone else left for Gilbert Arizona and West Virginia. It was cool cuz this district became a family. It was tough to say goodbye to everyone. Tuesday night we had a devotional by Juan A. Uceda of the Seventy, he talked about his conversion story it was really cool.
Wednesday morning, we got up at 3:50 and we left the MTC in a nice bus around 5. They dropped us off at the train station, and then we took two trains to the airport. At the airport we called home, and I also eat Cafe Rio since we don't have them here in Minnesota. Even though it was at like 8:00 in the morning. It was still worth it. We flew to Minneapolis, met President Forbes and his wife and then went to the mission office in Bloomington. We all met with him for about five minutes, ate lunch, did a little introduction, got our iPads, mountain bikes, and then our trainers/ companions. So my companion is Elder Wilson from Standsbury Park Utah, he has been serving for 6 months and this is his first time training. He is a cool guys. Our area is a small town called Aitkin. It's about 3 hours away from Minneapolis. The Aitkin branch is a big area but it's a small area that we can actually work since we are limited on miles for the car.
These past few days we have been meeting with a lot of less actives since the branch consists of a few big families that had sons and daughters that have fallen away. Sunday was the best day so far because I met the people in the branch, they are all really nice. They asked me to bear my testimony and then give the closing prayer during sacrament. We had our first lesson on Sunday with a 15 year old girl who is getting baptized at the end of September. We taught her the plan of salvation, she received it really well. It's sad though, cuz her dad is less active, and we don't know who will be baptizing her since he probably isn't in the position too at this time. Hopefully everything will all work out.
Adjusting to the field has been really tough for me. My MTC experience was great, I loved the spirit that I felt often, I gained a lot of really close friends, and everything was really up lifting. The field is a lot different, you only get one friend, the spirit depends on if you can invite it to the lesson, the people are pretty crazy, and it's hard to find my purpose being here. I know it will just take time for me to adjust to this new environment.
I know this work is true, and that Jesus Christ
is my Savior, and that He gives us strength to overcome these
difficulties. Just like how Grandma Moore would say, "We can do hard
things." This is that hardest thing that I have and ever will do.
But I know it's the right thing for me to do. I say these things in the
name of Jesus Christ Amen.
I miss you all,
Love Elder Schauers
P.s here are some pictures from the MTC. This is my district leader.
We got these sweet Momma boys shirts haha.
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| Cereal Tower Full |
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Cinnamon Toasters - his cereal of choice
So great to received this text taken at the SLC airport by someone obviously who
knows how much their momma's needed to receive it.
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| New arrivals to the MMM |
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