This past week was pretty productive, especially for Aitkin. My area
is a pretty big area, but we can't work a lot of it cuz we have
limited miles on the car. So we have to plan really well to meet
people that we haven't ever talked too before. So my mission has a
goal of getting 100 people to set a date for baptisms. This month we
hit 97 date sets, we were so close. But that's ok cuz it motivates us
to just work a little bit harder this next month to find a few more.
I'll tell you about the week by days cuz I think that will be the
easiest and less confusing haha.
Tuesday: We met with a lady named Sister Pecik. She is not a member of
the church, but she loves the missionaries. Once a week, she makes us
lunch and in return we mow her lawn and keep her company for a bit.
She is super nice. Everyone calls her the best Mormon Catholic around.
I think of her like the Aitkin missionary mom. She even makes all the
missionaries slippers. It's pretty sweet. After we met with an
investigator named Cece. She is kind of an eternagator, but this time
our focus was inviting her to be baptized. We set a date with her for
October 22, which is awesome. But she has a lot of word of wisdom
issues that she has to take care of first to be able to get baptized.
Also just learning the importance of being baptized, and the blessings
that come with it.
Wednesday: Probably the highlight was we go to this meeting at the
library called Virtues club. It's just a group of people who talks
about different virtues. Not many people attended, so instead of doing
the normal discussions, they decided to start asking my companion and
I questions about the church. It was pretty interesting and
entertaining to hear and answer some of these questions, cuz they were
pretty crazy. But we did get to teach about the plan of salvation.
They all seemed interested about that.
Thursday: We had district meeting, so that was fun cuz we actually got
to see other missionaries. Which we never get to see cuz we are so far
away. As a district we set a goal to get 30 first lessons in 13 days.
Every companionship said what they thought they could do, and then we
added them up. So our goal was 5. Once we got back into our area we
visited an old dropped investigator. They let us in, and we taught
them the restoration. It was super cool. They said they would go to
church, but they never made it sadly. But we picked up two new
investigators. And a first lesson.
Friday: The zone leaders came and we blitzed Aitkin. I went with Elder
Jones. We were able to get another first lesson, by meeting with a
less active part member family. So we are going to start teaching them
also. I learned a lot that day by working with someone new and finding
different teaching styles. The other companionship got another first
lesson and a new investigator. So that was a super productive day.
Saturday: For most of the day we did service for a member of the
branch. We helped with clearing branches, and then splitting wood and
stacking it. I'm grateful that my family doesn't live in a place where
you have to do that every summer to prepare for winter. It was fun
though, cuz it changed up our missionary routine to be able to do
something different. We had a first lesson set up with this lady named
Franny, but she wasn't home.
Sunday: Sunday's are great. I enjoyed it being fast Sunday, and being
able to fast with a purpose. It makes it more meaningful, and
enjoyable. Cuz when I'm hungry I just think about why I'm doing it,
and then it isn't as bad. We had a lesson with Sammy. It was really
good. She is getting baptized in a few weeks. We also met with Rusty,
Jason, and Michelle. They are super cool, and have some sweet beards.
We talked about the gospel with them, and they said they would read
the Book of Mormon. And that they want us to come back, so we can
discuss it with them.
It was a very good week, I'm still adjusting to being on a mission.
They hardest part for me is thinking that I'm doing this for two
years. It seems like a long time. But I know that I'm doing it, so
it's up to me to enjoy it and have fun. This week’s miracle was that if
you set goals, you will achieve them by working hard. It's been four
days since we made that goal, and we have already have 3 first
lessons, we have more already set up for this week. I know this church
is true, thanks for all the support and prayers. I can really see it
working. I miss you all.
is a pretty big area, but we can't work a lot of it cuz we have
limited miles on the car. So we have to plan really well to meet
people that we haven't ever talked too before. So my mission has a
goal of getting 100 people to set a date for baptisms. This month we
hit 97 date sets, we were so close. But that's ok cuz it motivates us
to just work a little bit harder this next month to find a few more.
I'll tell you about the week by days cuz I think that will be the
easiest and less confusing haha.
Tuesday: We met with a lady named Sister Pecik. She is not a member of
the church, but she loves the missionaries. Once a week, she makes us
lunch and in return we mow her lawn and keep her company for a bit.
She is super nice. Everyone calls her the best Mormon Catholic around.
I think of her like the Aitkin missionary mom. She even makes all the
missionaries slippers. It's pretty sweet. After we met with an
investigator named Cece. She is kind of an eternagator, but this time
our focus was inviting her to be baptized. We set a date with her for
October 22, which is awesome. But she has a lot of word of wisdom
issues that she has to take care of first to be able to get baptized.
Also just learning the importance of being baptized, and the blessings
that come with it.
Wednesday: Probably the highlight was we go to this meeting at the
library called Virtues club. It's just a group of people who talks
about different virtues. Not many people attended, so instead of doing
the normal discussions, they decided to start asking my companion and
I questions about the church. It was pretty interesting and
entertaining to hear and answer some of these questions, cuz they were
pretty crazy. But we did get to teach about the plan of salvation.
They all seemed interested about that.
Thursday: We had district meeting, so that was fun cuz we actually got
to see other missionaries. Which we never get to see cuz we are so far
away. As a district we set a goal to get 30 first lessons in 13 days.
Every companionship said what they thought they could do, and then we
added them up. So our goal was 5. Once we got back into our area we
visited an old dropped investigator. They let us in, and we taught
them the restoration. It was super cool. They said they would go to
church, but they never made it sadly. But we picked up two new
investigators. And a first lesson.
Friday: The zone leaders came and we blitzed Aitkin. I went with Elder
Jones. We were able to get another first lesson, by meeting with a
less active part member family. So we are going to start teaching them
also. I learned a lot that day by working with someone new and finding
different teaching styles. The other companionship got another first
lesson and a new investigator. So that was a super productive day.
Saturday: For most of the day we did service for a member of the
branch. We helped with clearing branches, and then splitting wood and
stacking it. I'm grateful that my family doesn't live in a place where
you have to do that every summer to prepare for winter. It was fun
though, cuz it changed up our missionary routine to be able to do
something different. We had a first lesson set up with this lady named
Franny, but she wasn't home.
Sunday: Sunday's are great. I enjoyed it being fast Sunday, and being
able to fast with a purpose. It makes it more meaningful, and
enjoyable. Cuz when I'm hungry I just think about why I'm doing it,
and then it isn't as bad. We had a lesson with Sammy. It was really
good. She is getting baptized in a few weeks. We also met with Rusty,
Jason, and Michelle. They are super cool, and have some sweet beards.
We talked about the gospel with them, and they said they would read
the Book of Mormon. And that they want us to come back, so we can
discuss it with them.
It was a very good week, I'm still adjusting to being on a mission.
They hardest part for me is thinking that I'm doing this for two
years. It seems like a long time. But I know that I'm doing it, so
it's up to me to enjoy it and have fun. This week’s miracle was that if
you set goals, you will achieve them by working hard. It's been four
days since we made that goal, and we have already have 3 first
lessons, we have more already set up for this week. I know this church
is true, thanks for all the support and prayers. I can really see it
working. I miss you all.
Love Elder Schauers
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