I AM SO HAPPY TO BE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA AT THIS EXACT MOMENT. <3
Wednesday: Me and Sis Sorenson went to say goodbye to Sis Morgan, that was really sad. Nothing else really happened that night besides Sis Sorenson packed some more. :)
Thursday: So we got up, packed up three sisters luggage in our tiny little corolla and headed to transfers! I dropped off Sis Sorenson and met my new companion Sister Paulson!! Sooo she is like the coolest and we are exactly the same. SHES A RED HEAD. She is from Saratoga Springs UTAH! She hasn't gone to school yet. She loves EXACTLY the same things I do. It's seriously so weird but so awesome!! <3
We left transfers and went to Sister Paynes house. :) I love that lady. We talked about missionary work and how it blesses us as families and individuals. We weekly planned. I had to explain everything that was going on in our area, ward, zone, mission, world, universe. It was a lot. My mouth was very dry! We went and taught Shirley about the plan of salvation. She has so much potential!! I love her. WE TAUGHT THE MOULS. It's literally been fiveever since we've taught them but we had a killer lesson on the gospel of Jesus Christ and baptism is coming for them! This is for real.
Friday: This was like a teaching and preaching day!! SO many killer lessons taught! But more importantly...I WENT TO THE WART DOCTOR. This was like the weirdest experience. First off, this man was like amazed that I was from Utah. We went in and the doctors there were THE NICEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET. They were so kind and made sure I was happy and comfortable. They gave me three options for my wart. 1. plainly just chop it off 2. get some weird african beetle juice stuff to put on it 3. numb it, chop it off, freeze it, and then get this more normal paste stuff to put on it. I asked which one would get rid of it fastest and he said the last one so we went with it. It hurt to be numbed on my hand but then i didnt even notice when they chopped it off! It hurt throughout the day though...im just glad its gone!!
We taught Bro Carr about the plan of salvation, We taught Debra Jones bout the 10 commandments, we taught Sis Scott about service (she asked us to find a reference in the Bible about iron floating), we taught Sis Minnich about the Gospel of Jesus Christ (this was an amazing lesson!!!), and we tried some potentials! It was such a good day!
Saturday: So we drove up to Sissionville and waited for it. ELDER COOK. This was truly one of the best meetings EVER. He walked in and then President Lindhardt got up and said Elders and Sisters Elder Cook wants to greet each one of you. SO I GOT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH AN APOSTLE OF THE LORD AND TWO SEVENTIES. #solucky
notes from the first meeting:
-urgency in the work
-life is a learning laboratory!
-we ALL work together; members and missionaries
-we NEED to be prepared
-fix it now and stay the course and become the missionary the Lord needs you to be
-"If they have more faith, they will see more success." President Hinkley
-there are no perfect investigators
-when you teach by the spirit they will always remember
-connect: be authentic
-we dont care if we are rejected or not, we are here to find the elect
-how do we know what to teach? we listen.
-be ready to open your mouth at any second
-Do you have your jersey on? "a more effective team"
-Our responsibility: be a witness of Jesus Christ
that was only a few of the things I really loved from this meeting with him. It was amazing. <3 #handsdowncoolestguyyet
We taught Sis Mullins, Sis Jarvis, and we saw a miracle.
The other day Sister Paulson and I were going to go visit a referral by the church building. We noticed that there was a young man chilling on the church grounds and we were really confused by it. When the referral fell through we decided we were going to go talk to him since HE WAS LITERALLY AT THE CHURCH AND HE HAD TO HAVE BEEN GUIDED THERE FOR A REASON. He kind of avoided us at first but once we got talking he opened up and started crying telling us about how he was going through a really hard time and didn't have a place to go that night. We weren't sure how to help him, but we started talking to him about the gospel and he was really really interested. We sat down in the parking lot with him and taught him the restoration, and about the atonement of Jesus Christ- how he can be cleansed from sin and become new. He was so much happier when we left him and we set up to visit with him there again this week. Miracles!!!
Sunday: We had stake conference with Elder Cook!
notes from stake conference:
-we have the advantage of knowing what exactly is happening
-in the end be in tune with the spirit and it all works out
-if we only touch one person, we are successful
-we always continue preaching the gospel, no matter where we are in the plan
-can you see them as i see them? Heavenly Father
-faith=move your own mountains
-become the child of God he wants you to be
-build zion in our hearts and in our homes
-homes are and should be safe havens
-when people know who we are, they help us live our faith
-no matter WHO we are, we have a responsibility to take the gospel to the world
-if the saints would honor the sabbath, many problems would be resolved (THIS IS A PROMISE DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD)
-do things that are precious but make them enjoyable
-when you want the blessings of the temple for you and everyone else, everything else falls into place *hint hint: eternal perspective*
-when the Lord wants his will to be known, we are SURE witnesses of him and his will
THEN afterwards we wanted to get another handshake from him so we went and waited. AND HE TOOK A SECOND TO TALK TO US. He asked us where we were from and we said Utah and he said where so we told him and he said oh utah county girls. Well thank you for your service. ALL THE WHILE HE WAS HOLDING MY HAND TALKING TO US.
I am a blessed soul.
Then President Lindhardt approved for the missionaries who drove themselves up to stake conference to go to a members house for lunch altogether. That was crazy stuff, but really fun! We split up elders and sisters but it was fun to get to sit with the sisters and talk to them. :)
We went out that day and taught Sis Gordon, we saw the stones, sis morgan set up a time with us to come back, and we tracted some in the dark! It was fun! (we found out we both REALLY love Gilmore Girls so we were freaking out about that the whole night)
To explain my email title: we were tracting and someone was trying to bash Joseph Smith but we all know that he is HANDS DOWN, THE COOLEST GUY EVER, so we didnt let it get to us. :)
Then today, we've just went to a creperi and went shopping at Target. :)
But im so good here in Charleston. Me and Sister Paulson have been talking a lot about things we really want to achieve this transfer and how we want to push ourselves. We want to "be comfortable being uncomfortable". WE ARE GOING TO SEE MIRACLES. Im so excited!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!
Sister Schoemig
ps. get ready for some wart pics
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