On Friday July 14th, we had the mission tour in Charleston. The missionaries met President Lindhardt. (Me and him are best buds so I was basically like Sup Pres. See you at church sunday?) Us, the zone leaders, the assistants and the cowen elders were outside decorating their car when the assistants decided to talk to us. Bad idea. Never talk to the assistants. They always ask you to do stuff. We had a brand new Chevy Malibu and they asked us to give it up. Being who I am, i said no. Haha! SOOOOO they had to barter with me. The elders had a minivan for the mission tour that originally is from Morgantown, West Virginia. I've heard so many stories about this minivan. Legend missionaries have driven this van. So they told me we could take Big Booty Judy for the day if they could take our brand new car. I gave in. It's BIG BOOTY JUDY for heavens sake. So saturday morning at 8, we met the elders at the mission office and we gave up Francesco (the malibu). I drove her around for the day, had the time of MY LIFE, and even got an aggressive driving from the tiwi. (its a device that monitors speed and all sorts of stuff) Twas great. #noregrets #eventhoughsissorensonhatedit #sorrycompanion THHHENENNN at 8:30 pm that same day we met them back at the mission office and they gave us a 2014 subaru legacy. This car is #old in missionary years. So we are enjoying it. A lot. (Can you hear the sarcasm in my voice?) Anyways, moral of the story, never give your car to the assistants!
Well TBH, this week has been a killer. In lots of ways.
We went on exchanges with the Cross Lanes. Sister Condie and Sister Thorsteinson. I was with Sister Condie (I came out to the mission with her) here in Charleston! Well, to sum up the exchange, we got lost a couple times. (im still learning), we found a turtle, named it Larry, and then Sister Condie dropped him, we talked about Blacksburg a lot (because she took my spot there), and we talked about when we came into the mission and how we had changed. (It was one year ago that we were sitting in the same house as brand new missionaries) It truly was an amazing exchange and I loved it! I love getting to share the things I've learned and trying to help other missionaries. ITS SO FUN.
Yesterday we saw a deer by our house and we took the classic bridge picture. #swagstls
We have this one less active, Sarah Morgan, that has committed herself to stop smoking and we've been trying to come up with ways to help her. She says all it really is is for the hand to mouth motion. And lately, because of how much stress me and sister sorenson have been under, we've been blowing A LOT of bubbles in our free time, so we told her to start blowing bubbles instead of smoking. She loved the idea! Hopefully she actually does it!!
There are these weird trees here that grow really BIG GREEN BEANS. (okay, they arent actually green beans but I'm basically in love with them because they are HILARIOUS. I even asked one of the office missionaries about them.
So weekly planning is my absolute favorite, as you all know. Well, the other day, I got sick of having to sit on the hard chairs for a long time, so i moved half the couch into the kitchen. Sister Sorenson is basically the best and she let me do it! So now we have half a couch in our kitchen and half a couch in our living room. #classicsisterschoemove
So yesterday, we asked President Lindhardt to come and give us blessings, it was just a really stressful week and so he and Sister Lindhardt came to our house, he probably thought our couch in the living room was super weird but oh well, and we got blessings. Truly amazing, he is my mission president and the Lord told me what I TRULY needed to know through that blessing. He told me to follow the promptings of the spirit and pretty soon they will become a lot stronger and that through that I will be an effective missionary. He told me my leadership in this zone is needed and that I will bless this zone. So i got some work to do here but I am PUMPED.
We had 2 amazing lessons with Nathan and Felicia Moul! We taught them the Word of Wisdom and they totally accepted. We were flabbergasted. AND THEN we read the book of mormon with them and talked about getting answers. We read 1 Nephi 2 and talked about how the Lord asked that family to leave all that they knew and were comfortable with to go to the desert and go through a lot of hard change. But the Lord promises them if they just stick to it and do what he's asked them to that he was going to lead them to a land that is beyond what they could imagine. THE PROMISED LAND. Let's remember he does that with us. He asks us to leave what we are comfortable with to go and do something hard, but the blessings that come after AMAZING. Let's stick to it my family and friends because THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU. You have his promise. I know you do.
I LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!
Sister Schoemig
ALSO SHOUT OUT TO MEGAN ROWLEY FOR BEING MY COMPANION ONE YEAR AGO. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I MISS YOU!! <3
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