Fleas

Well, if there never was a title more West Virginian than Fleas.

So this week was an adventure with fleas because, well, our church has them. Apparently its INFESTED with fleas. Needless to say, I am never going back to that church. Jk. I will.

The story goes, and this is just what we've heard, there is a stray dog (you know its never good when it starts out with a stray dog) who is wandering around south charleston, and some neighbor of ours decided that it would be a good idea to set a bowl outside OUR church so it can eat. Very christlike, we need to find them and teach them the gospel. But this dog has fleas and so the fleas decide to hop off the dog and hop onto the people walking into church. So basically the whole church was jumping with fleas. The nursery and the gym were the most affected. If you ask me, I think that is NASTY.

Monday: I don't even remember. It was pday and I think I told you our pday adventures last week. #hotsardines

Tuesday: We had interviews with President Lindhardt! He is sooo cool. :) I was the first interview of the interview schedule so that was pretty daunting. But we went into his office, said a prayer and then we just started talking. He asked me what he needed to know about me, what kept me up at night, what I think I'm good at, what I'm not good at, what I wanted to see or do in the rest of my mission, the future, how me and my companion are, and how much he loved us. It was such a good first interview with him. I'm super grateful that he has come to serve with me and my fellow elders and sisters. Super cool compliment, he told me he could tell I was worthy to serve because of how my countenance was glowing. #thespirit that was really cool. :)

 

We went on exchanges with Teays Valley. I was with Sister De La Cruz. :) SHE IS AWESOME. She's a keeper. She loves to laugh and have fun and man we had a killer day. We started out with seeing Debra Jones, an investigator, we had an awesome lesson on the gospel, then we went to see Wanda Gore, another investigator we havent seen in a while, and when we went and sat down she said "girls ive been doing some research" and when you are a missionary you NEVER want to hear that. So im sitting here with this brand new missionary and when wanda left the room to get her "notes" I looked at her and we both just started laughing! So that was lesson was crazy, as you can imagine. She said at the end, hopefully i haven't offended you girls with all this. As a missionary, you don't have room in your life to be offended, nor should you ever be offended for anything, so we just said dont worry, we'll talk more! :) haha then we tried this potential investigator and he tried to give us back the Book of Mormon, and on our way home, now this is WV for ya, we saw four cats on a rooftop having a meeting, a fat beagle with its tail sticking straight up, and the ALBINO DEER. I legit stopped the car in the middle of the road so she could take pics of the deer. Luckily everyone around us was taking pics too. I was laughing sooo hard. It was a crazy night. She's gonna remember this exchange for the rest of her life.

Wednesday: well this was kinda a boring day, nothing really exciting happened. Just talking to everyone and being rejected. Same old same old

FELICIA MOUL HAD HER BABY. She was born at 11:28 am and she was 7 lbs 13 ounces and she is 19.5 inches long. 

Thursday: Weekly planning. Ya know. Then we went and saw Felicia and man, she looked exhausted. She was telling us about epidurals and what it's like to have a baby and we were standing there like  we are never having kids. jk haha. I love her though, and I can't wait for this family to get baptized now!! There was a football game going on at the high school, so we were stuck in a lot of traffic a lot.

Friday: We had district meeting. I taught about Faith UNTO Repentance. :) And the office couple, the scotts, took us out to lunch! :) They remind me of my grandparents. Then Sister Sore got super sick. So we stayed in.

Saturday: We did stuff in the morning, then she still wasnt feeling good, so we just did missionary work from inside basically.

Sunday: We switched to the stake center in Sissionville for church, because of the fleas in our church. We got some potatos from a member, so we stuck them on the assistants and zone leaders car for them to have. HAHA! Then because Sis Sore was still sick, I built a fort with all the beds downstairs. It's pretty awesome. 

We are gonna play volleyball with the zone leaders, the assistants and the sissionville elders today. Wish me luck haha!

Lately I've been reading a lot from the Book of Mormon (i know, real shocker right?), with a different outlook on it, and its been unfolding before me. I'm understanding more of what God needs of me, and what he's done for me. The spirit has come tenfold into my life. I don't understand how anyone, when truly wanting to see God's answers and wanting to know if its true, couldn't see or feel of how true this is. It's a real pleasure to be a representative of Jesus Christ and have the opportunity to share God's truth with all those around me, no matter where I am. Let us listen to the Prophet Thomas S. Monsons last message, and read the Book of Mormon daily. I promise, as a representative of Him, that you will feel him, you will recieve guidance, you will change. Because I know I have. I know him. I feel him daily. I LOVE HIM. I can't wait to KEEP shouting it from the roof tops. I am soooo happy. :)

Let me know what I can do for YOU! :) ​

I LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!!

Sister Schoemig