I MADE IT THROUGH FIRST TRANSFER! WHOOT WHOOT!
I dont have a lot of crazy stores this week because i only emailed you five days ago...but i do have some! So here goes!
We met the most prepared girl ever. We got a media referral and they didnt answer so we just decided to work the area and we met Noelle. Her roommate actually answered the door and was about to turn us away when we heard a voice from the back yell "ARE YOU MORMON MISSIONARIES??" and we were like yeah.... and this girl comes up and says oh my gosh. My best friend is on a mission and she said that whenever I see mormon missionaires that I should feed them! do you guys want to eat something? and we were like no...but we could use some water! so we went in and started asking if she was religious and gave her a book of mormon and everything and asked if we could meet with her and she said yes!! So we met with her and the spirit was so strong and she said shes been looking for something for a while and so we asked her to be baptized and she said its a big decision and that she would think about it and pray about it and she'd get back to us but we are meeting with her again this week so its tiny steps but they are at least steps.
But i am so excited for her. She is so ready for the gospel. :)
This week has been all about ASL. This is crazy. One of the girls in the ward suddenly knew that I know ASL but she doesnt know how I know so she was talking to me and was like you probably dont know the things I know but thats super cool that we both know ASL. So I just stood there and smiled and then afterwards Sister Rowley was all why didnt you tell her your two parents are deaf and you are fluent and I dont really know why I didnt. but it was pretty funny to me because i realized i dont want to make judgments about people I dont even know. Thats something the savior did that I think is one of the most amazing characteristics of him. That he goes up to anyone and helps them and talks to them. I realize now that I want and need to be like him, in every way. No judgments against people ever. I think I'd rather know someone than assume something about them. That was my crazy "what?" moment of the week.
Then my other ASL moment of the week was from my district leader, Elder Kitchen. He called us and sister rowley answered and he asked her if she knew ASL and she said no and he said well yeah i kinda already knew that. So by now me and sister rowley are confused as to why he asked us that and in my mind I was like he knows...how does he know? and so he started explaining about this less active they have in the family ward thats deaf and how they cant contact her because they arent sure how to do that, then all the sudden he says "Sister Schoemig, You know ASL right?" and my heart stopped mostly because thats not something I just tell people right off the bat you know? like hey by the way Im fluent in ASL... haha so i said yeah and he said he'd give us the information and everything so we can go talk to her so pray for me to remember all my ASL. I have forgotten a lot of signs since being away at school and then being on a mission. So I hope all goes well. Also, i asked Elder Kitchen later how he found that out and he just said he has telekinesis so apparently it must be going around that i know ASL. They are going to try and use my skillz out here apparently haha. Im excited but nervous!
So since not a lot happened this week, i decided I would share my testimony this week since transfer one is over for me. This week has been a real demanding week. But through it all I realized one thing. I need to be a missionary. Not one thats just here because she can say she went on a mission or anything like that. I have been thinking a lot about my family this past transfer and how they are adjusting to me being gone and if they were going to be okay without me and all this stuff that I should not be worrying about. Then this past week we have been talking about how the most important person in your life is the one right in front of you and then yesterday I came to a realization in church. That I am called of God. He has been the one to put me in this area and that I need to be WAY better than I am. I dont want to get home and not be a changed person. and the ONLY way i can do that is by focusing myself to the work. I cant have thoughts of home constantly be running through my mind and expect that things are gonna happen for me. The only way to come closer to Christ and his glorious gospel is by focusing on it. By putting all our time and attention on being like Christ. Thats the key word. BEING. be like christ. The gospel is so black and white. its either you believe it and do it or you dont. You dont just halfway follow the word or wisdom or law of chastity, you follow it to the end of your life and beyond. I want to challenge all those at home who are reading this to BE LIKE CHRIST. One thing that has become so important to me is reading his words. The Book of Mormon and the Bible are his worrds. Our Heavenly Father has given us so many resources and books. Why dont we use them more often? I cant stress enough how much our heavenly father is waiting for us to come to him and how much he wants us to BECOME like him. We can become like him by reading and using the many resources hes given us to know of him and his glory. After all we will be with him one day. We dont want to get up to heaven and say Oh well, I didnt have time for that. Thats my testimony today. the only way we can be with him is to become like him.
Well, I love you all so much. And I hope you can all see God's hand in your life. Focus on him and his gospel, through every word, deed, and act.
LOVE
Sis Schoemig
(Mom's note: When she was first called to West Virginia and after finding out that this mission only has one language and that is of course English. I told her that she would never know she may need to use her ASL on her mission or even run into deaf people. Well, it happened.....we are excited and very proud of her for trying to use her ASL. She doesn't tell people that her parents are deaf or uses ASL, she'll get the hang of it.)
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