Our daily routine is to study then get ready to go out, where we put on two or three layers of tights, shorts on underneath our skirts, two pairs of socks, our boots, a cardigan, a jacket, a coat, our gloves, our hats, and we are still cold! I guess you just cant layer up enough.
I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT START OUT WITH THIS! So transfers happened last thursday and my dear trainer Sister Rowley left to go to Roanoke YSA with Sister Butts. Lets just say, I cried. And Sister Sackett was here! And we hadnt been together for 24 hours when we got a call from the Assistants to the President. It was very scary. I didnt want to answer. They asked how we were and then they informed us that we were going to be INTERVIEWED by Elder Meurs. The seventy that was coming to our mission. So that was very exciting. Our companionship unity was very strong as we freaked out together! and then this happened. Saturday morning we got up and the wind was blowing so hard and it was so cold. We layered up, and I mean like REALLY layered up. (we looked like marshmallows) And we had knocked doors and knocked doors, we had tried potentials and worked on our fireside we had been planning and we had seen very little success. But we knew we were going to find someone. We felt all odds going against us but we knew we had to stay out and keep working to find people. We decided to go knock some townhouses we hadn't knocked before around seven to seven thirty that night. And then we found Peter. His friend actually answered the door and told us he wasn't interested and so we asked him if he knew anyone that is, when Peter stuck his head out from behind him and said I AM!! He told us that he met missionaries last year and he went to church with them a couple times but lost contact, and he told us that he wanted to come to church with us the next day!! We gave him the address and the time and he asked if someone could pick him up so we found someone later that night to go pick him up, and he stayed for all three hours!! During gospel principles, he raised his hand and asked if he could say something, he told us all that he has been praying for someone to teach him about Christ and that he is so excited to have us come over and teach him. The members invited him to Thanksgiving dinner and he loved church! He is so ready for the gospel! My faith was definitely strengthened in diligence. We could've easily just done something else but we were diligent and we saw a big miracle happen right in front of our eyes!
Then Monday rolled around and we were interviewed by Elder Meurs. Wow. That is something that does not happen with everyone. Out of 120 missionaries in the southern half of the mission, President Salisbury chose me to represent them. What a privilege to sit down with a servant of the Lord and talk about my mission, my family, and Christ. It has always amazed me of how my Heavenly Father knows the things I need to talk about and how he gives me situations to do so. Elder Meurs answered all my questions without even knowing it. I am so thankful for that opportunity and basically I'm just freaking out because A GENERAL AUTHORITY KNOWS MY NAME.
My testimony has been strengthened this week by him. To sit under his voice and feel the promptings of the spirit of the things I need to do better was incredible. Through all I am grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ and his atonement. I was reading this morning in Doctrine and Covenants 19 and I love these scriptures because it tells us of how importance repentance is. My favorite says ..."Which suffering caused mys
We as imperfect as we could not even imagine all the suffering that Christ went through to give us the atonement. Christ got nothing out of that, he did it all for us. Jesus Christ, a son of God, bled from EVERY pore to give us the most important gift of all. We cannot survive that. Thats why we need to repent. He has given us a free gift and he wants us to partake of it. He's pleading us to partake of it. He doesnt want our souls to be in ETERNAL torment. Repentance is something we tend to look at in a negative way but it is so good! Repentance helps us change! to be forgiven! to be relieved from our sins and pains and transgressions. There is NO sin that the atonement cant cover. The Lord is pleading with you. Repent, and be forgiven. He loves you so much. He wants you to be with him forever. To be a forever family is something you cannot give up. It is something so freely given if you live by his commandments. Its you that chooses not to partake of something so amazing. Use your agency for good and repent today. Be happy you can repent and you know of the gospel because a lot of people don't. Share the joy and happiness that comes from it. You NEVER know who might need it. You NEVER know who is struggling. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. Never be afraid to share the gospel. That is our duty as elect sons and daughters of God. To share the beauty of the gospel and how repentance is something that brings us to God. Share it everyday with someone new. God will bless you. I testify that God the father lives. He loves us. Our Savior, Jesus Christ has taken upon himself all our sins and all we need to do is repent. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know it it to be true. If we read it daily and pray to our Heavenly Father, much peace and happiness will come to us. Even in the worst of times. I've seen it. I know of God's love. I know of eternal families. I know of my Savior and I love him.
I hope you all know of him too and can see him in your life. HE REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.
I am pleading with you all. Read the Book of Mormon daily, pray, repent. I cant even begin to tell you how much happiness there is in living the gospel and leaving it all up to the Lord. LEAVE IT TO HIM AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. Trust in god and much as he trusts you. I don't know why I feel prompted to share this but I know its true. I love the Lord. I hope you can all see how much he loves you and wants you to repent and rely on him in ALL things.
I love you all so much and hope you are doing well. Read the Book of Mormon. Talk to those around you. They love you. They want to help you. Turn to Christ and to family. All will be well. I promise. Though I may be far, I want you to all know that I love you. You are incredible and I look up to you all in each and every way. Be strong and Rely on God. He does a lot more than you think he does.
Love Sister Schoemig
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