This past week has been a killer one. So many laughs. So many people I love. So many good things.
Tuesday: The fourth of JULLLYYYy! (Can you believe its July again??) We went and got balloons for our investigators and less actives, and we went around and gave them out. Then we went and saw Brother Gordon Cupit, hes a recent convert. (We had called him Monday to check and see if it was okay if we come over on tuesday and he was like "don't you know its a vacation day?' we were like Brother Cupit! Please let us come over!! haha!) We grabbed a diet pepsi for brother cupit and then went to President Lindhardts house to pick up one of his daughters for his lesson. We drove up to their house, I had a pleasant surprise and I got to see some of my good missionary friends that i hadn't seen in a while, we picked up his daughter and we were off to brother cupits! We got to brother cupits and we told him that we had a present for him and he just started laughing! We gave him his diet pepsi and his balloon and that basically made his life. He has this super old bible from his mom or something and he let me look through it. He is the coolest guy EVER. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. During another lesson we had, the fire alarm started going off, that was fun. haha!
We had dinner with the greenwoods. They are a super adorable, amazing missionary family. We had hamburgers and potato salad. It reminded me of home. It was good. :)
Wednesday: MISSION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL!! AHH! How I love my meetings. haha. It was so different not having to get up super early to drive up to Charleston. But man. I LOVED IT. President Lindhardt is a man called of god, to serve this mission. I know that. He is super different than President Salisbury, but he is exactly what this mission needs. He was like cracking jokes while still remaining serious. He is awesome. He made me really think and feel that I could be a real person while still being a missionary. I needed a gentle reminder of that. I don't have to be perfect, especially now that I'm in Charleston, I just need to be me; an obedient preach my gospel, missionary handbook missionary. Plus I got to see the "dream team" Sister Rogers, Elder Ladue and Elder Stoneberg. I LOVE THEM ALL!
We ended up seeing Kayla Gordon, a recent convert here, shes so cool! If only her little girl wouldn't attack me while I was teaching, haha! We taught the Nathan and Felicia Moul, the law of chastity, that was an interesting lesson. They understood it, they are just really crazy humans! I love them! We had an amazing comp study that day, me and Sister Sorenson really got on the same page that day and the spirit was so strong. She is such an amazing companion. I am learning so much from her about teaching to needs and following the spirit. She is awesome. :)
Thursday: We went to try to find this new move in so we could introduce ourselves and welcome them. Turns out, its an abandoned house and no one lives there. Haha, that is West Virginia for y'all. People tell us all the time not to knock on certain houses because no one lives there. haha! We also helped this old less active clean her house so they could put new carpet in, shes a bit of a hoarder, so i was throwing things away and she was getting mad at me because apparently she needed everything, she made me just hold the trash bag while Sister Sorenson threw stuff away. Thanks mom for teaching me how to be clean! ;)
Friday: District meeting. And Dinner with the Whites. They made mac and cheese. So good! I love them so much already!
Saturday: We hadn't found any new all week, despite our hours of finding. We had a late night miracle. We tried this potential and she ended up not being home, so we decided to stay in the area and not even two houses later. We met Anne Marie. She is agnostic, but she has known mormons in the past. They had an impact on her and we taught her a little of the restoration and she wants us to come back. She is super awesome and I can't wait to see her again! Now you all know my fear of dogs, Well West Virginia is FULL of dogs, we kept walking down this street and this HUGE dog was standing in the street with its blood shot eyes. Sister Sorenson was like Just say a prayer. I said a quick little prayer and the dog paid no attention to us! Truly a miracle. Then the next door we knocked on, we gave the guy a Book of Mormon and he winked at me. Like NO.
Sunday: CHURCH DAY. I got to really get to know the Lindhardts and a lot of the ward members! IT was a really good Sabbath! Plus Nathan and Felicia came so #YES! We taught the Mouls a super bomb lesson on the spirit and they are both so committed to finding an answer for themselves. They are truly amazing. <3 #soblessedtobehere
I know that the Lord lives. That he loves us. He's beckoning us to come home. To keep his commandments and to love him, because he loves us. I know the book of Mormon to be true. I know The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be the Lords one and only kingdom on this earth. This is my pure and simple testimony. I am such a blessed soul to be serving as a representative of Jesus Christ, to be in the West Virginia Charleston Mission, to be serving in (the one and only) Charleston, and to be serving with Sister Sorenson, to have the amazing family I do, and to be a loved daughter of God.
My email title has to do with the fact that this week, I officially have six months left. And this song that i've been obsessed with this past week. Im sending it home.
I LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!!
Sister Schoemig
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