Goodbye...but not really....

I'm sure you've all heard by now! I am staying in Blacksburg, Virginia! But my dear trainer is leaving...to Roanoke YSA! My new companion is Sister Sackett and she goes home with Sister Rowley. She sounds super awesome and I can't wait to learn from her! She comes here tomorrow! I'm super excited to teach her the ways of the YSA and the bus!!

This next transfer is gonna be super fun and interesting! Because of the schedule of Virginia Tech, the YSA ward is canceled for several weeks for Thanksgiving and Christmas Break! So I'll be going to the family ward but still working with the students, its kinda funny! 

We have had a good week! We have three investigators getting baptized on December Third so please pray for them! I'm so excited for them! 

This week, we were at Panera and the cashier paid for me and Sister Rowleys treats, in exchange for a visit to her mom. People are so nice. 

So funny story for y'all. I pray in my sleep. Sister Rowley one morning was like you kept me up for twenty minutes because you were praying! So I told her at least I pray in my sleep and I don't do anything weird! haha. So that was interesting! 

There was frost on the ground here! It's so stinking cold! The humid cold is pierces you to the bone! But it'll be fun to walk in the winter haha!

I'm becoming versed in Chinese! I now know how to write water and my name in Chinese! Yu has been teaching me and he was super surprised on when I told him that I knew how to write water! He was laughing so hard and he just started teaching me so many things that I cant remember them all! 

Im gonna send pictures of the ward, the bishop and a few other people so you can see the amazing members I'm working with here!!

Next week will be a busy week for me and Sister Sackett! We have a seventy (elder muers) coming to the mission on Monday, so p-day will be Tuesday, and then thanksgiving is on Thursday! Im super excited for the holidays on the mission! Everyone tells me they are so fun! I'm excited to be serving god this holiday season! 

Try to share the gospel this week! Whether its sharing a Mormon message, texting a scripture to someone in need, or bearing your testimony on facebook, DO IT! Bring others to the light of Christ, I promise it will bring you more joy than anything else in this world!

I love you all to the moon and back! Go Hokies! 

Sister Schoemig

ps these pictures encompass everything that its like to be serving in a YSA ward.  hahaha​