Hey everyone.
It has been a good week. Funniest thing that happened
was we went to a less active family's house. And we were talking to
the parents and one of the kids were bugging them. So the dad told him
to go and grab his bow and arrow (little kids target practice ones)
and shoot the annoying chickens. Well his dad didn't think he had good
enough aim to actually hit one. Well he was wrong. The first grader
nailed two chickens. Didn't kill them or anything. But the chickens
definitely weren't happy about it. Well that was probably the
highlight of me week. Hopefully I'll think of something more spiritual
to redeem us from the level I just brought us too.
Monday: we went shopping for winter cloths, but nothing was out yet,
which is kinda scary since it's going to be a harsh winter, and snow
is right around the corner.
Tuesday: The highlight was that we went tracking that night and met a
senior in high school named Clayton. We gave him a pamphlet and talked
to him about the restoration. He seemed very interested in religion in
general, so hopefully we can teach him more. We also met an old lady
who wanted to read the Book of Mormon really bad. She thought that we
go around selling them, which made me laugh. That would make our job
even harder.
Wednesday: We had a New Missionary conference in Bloomington. But
since I'm the farthest missionary away from there (3 1/2 hours) I had
to Skype in. So that was pretty lame. But it saved us mile. My MTC
companion and I were the only two new missionaries that Skype in out
of the 23 that came out with us. After our district leader came down
and we went on splits. We met with a less active at a gun shop that he
is a co owner for. That was pretty cool, he said he was going to go to
church, but never made it. Also went tracking for the rest of the day.
Didn't get anything out of it, but we were planting seeds.
Thursday:all four of us missionaries went to sister Peicek and had
lunch and did service for her until it started raining, we also fixed
her lawn mower. After our lessons cancelled, the district leader
interviewed Sammy who is getting baptized on the 25th. That night we
went and met with Ray who is kinda an eternagator, and doesn't want to
get baptized. But we play chess with him once a week. I have yet to
see someone beat him. But it's still fun.
Friday: we had a pretty good lesson with Cece about how the Book of
Mormon can relate to our own life's today, and also how important it
is to go to church. She said she would go to church, but she didn't
make it. That night we went to a high school football game, cuz it was
the big rivalry between one street signal Aitkin vs. bigger small town
Crosby/Ironton. We stayed until half time since it started to rain,
but Aitkin won. Which we wanted since a kid on the branch plays for
Aitkin.
Saturday: I got my bike back finally, and it is working pretty well so
far. All of our plans ended up cancelling, so we decided to ride our
bikes 10 miles to rusty, Jason, and Michaels house. Right once we got
there, they were leaving. So that was really fun, but good exercise I
guess. After, we talked to a less active named Kyle. He was super
funny, and loves missionaries. He said he would come to church, but he
didn't make it.
Sunday: As you can tell, we had a bunch of people say they would come
to church, but never made it. So we will work harder on that. It was
the primary program Sunday, so I didn't care too much that the they
didn't make it. At church, a super nice blind lady in the ward named
Penny invited us to go the the football Jv football game on Monday to
support her son, and also to get to know her ex husband a little more.
So that will be fun. We had our last lesson with Sammy, and now she is
all good to go to get baptized this Sunday.
Quote of the week:-"Weaknesses become strength, challenges become
opportunities, trials become triumphs, and adversity becomes an
adventure in the service of the lord." -M. Russell Ballard
I like this a lot because I just finished reading a book from elder
Ballard. It's called Our Search For Happiness. It was a great book.
But I like this quote because missions are designed to be hard to make
the missionaries transform into a stronger, smarter, more obedient,
and refined young adult. To really shape us for the rest of our
life's. I know that this church is true, and that this is where I need
to be at this point in my life. Even though this is the hardest thing
I've ever done, I know it's worth it. And I can already seen the
change I've made from the first day in the MTC until now.
I love and miss you all.
was we went to a less active family's house. And we were talking to
the parents and one of the kids were bugging them. So the dad told him
to go and grab his bow and arrow (little kids target practice ones)
and shoot the annoying chickens. Well his dad didn't think he had good
enough aim to actually hit one. Well he was wrong. The first grader
nailed two chickens. Didn't kill them or anything. But the chickens
definitely weren't happy about it. Well that was probably the
highlight of me week. Hopefully I'll think of something more spiritual
to redeem us from the level I just brought us too.
Monday: we went shopping for winter cloths, but nothing was out yet,
which is kinda scary since it's going to be a harsh winter, and snow
is right around the corner.
Tuesday: The highlight was that we went tracking that night and met a
senior in high school named Clayton. We gave him a pamphlet and talked
to him about the restoration. He seemed very interested in religion in
general, so hopefully we can teach him more. We also met an old lady
who wanted to read the Book of Mormon really bad. She thought that we
go around selling them, which made me laugh. That would make our job
even harder.
Wednesday: We had a New Missionary conference in Bloomington. But
since I'm the farthest missionary away from there (3 1/2 hours) I had
to Skype in. So that was pretty lame. But it saved us mile. My MTC
companion and I were the only two new missionaries that Skype in out
of the 23 that came out with us. After our district leader came down
and we went on splits. We met with a less active at a gun shop that he
is a co owner for. That was pretty cool, he said he was going to go to
church, but never made it. Also went tracking for the rest of the day.
Didn't get anything out of it, but we were planting seeds.
Thursday:all four of us missionaries went to sister Peicek and had
lunch and did service for her until it started raining, we also fixed
her lawn mower. After our lessons cancelled, the district leader
interviewed Sammy who is getting baptized on the 25th. That night we
went and met with Ray who is kinda an eternagator, and doesn't want to
get baptized. But we play chess with him once a week. I have yet to
see someone beat him. But it's still fun.
Friday: we had a pretty good lesson with Cece about how the Book of
Mormon can relate to our own life's today, and also how important it
is to go to church. She said she would go to church, but she didn't
make it. That night we went to a high school football game, cuz it was
the big rivalry between one street signal Aitkin vs. bigger small town
Crosby/Ironton. We stayed until half time since it started to rain,
but Aitkin won. Which we wanted since a kid on the branch plays for
Aitkin.
Saturday: I got my bike back finally, and it is working pretty well so
far. All of our plans ended up cancelling, so we decided to ride our
bikes 10 miles to rusty, Jason, and Michaels house. Right once we got
there, they were leaving. So that was really fun, but good exercise I
guess. After, we talked to a less active named Kyle. He was super
funny, and loves missionaries. He said he would come to church, but he
didn't make it.
Sunday: As you can tell, we had a bunch of people say they would come
to church, but never made it. So we will work harder on that. It was
the primary program Sunday, so I didn't care too much that the they
didn't make it. At church, a super nice blind lady in the ward named
Penny invited us to go the the football Jv football game on Monday to
support her son, and also to get to know her ex husband a little more.
So that will be fun. We had our last lesson with Sammy, and now she is
all good to go to get baptized this Sunday.
Quote of the week:-"Weaknesses become strength, challenges become
opportunities, trials become triumphs, and adversity becomes an
adventure in the service of the lord." -M. Russell Ballard
I like this a lot because I just finished reading a book from elder
Ballard. It's called Our Search For Happiness. It was a great book.
But I like this quote because missions are designed to be hard to make
the missionaries transform into a stronger, smarter, more obedient,
and refined young adult. To really shape us for the rest of our
life's. I know that this church is true, and that this is where I need
to be at this point in my life. Even though this is the hardest thing
I've ever done, I know it's worth it. And I can already seen the
change I've made from the first day in the MTC until now.
I love and miss you all.
Elder Schauers
Out contacting with compaion, Elder Wilson
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