Week 11
Well, I’m on week 11! I’m almost done training! Yes! This
week was hard. But I guess they all are. It was super up and down. I swear a
mission is just to throw your emotions in a loop. Cause your mood can change in
like 5 minutes out here. One minute I’m angry and depressed and then another
I’m as happy as can be. I guess that’s just how it is when you're learning.
The progress of our work is not really going anywhere. And I
used to tell myself numbers don't matter, but it gets really hard when you're
trying your best every day and there isn't a whole lot of progress made. But me
and elder Wylie have really broken down our teaching and kind of discussed what
we need to improve on. So we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We see
what we can do to improve and we get better daily. So I know that success will
come eventually. And the better we teach the more likely we are to get into
someone’s home for the second time. And that’s the key, if you can get into
their home with another member and teach a powerful lesson, because doorstep
lessons are hard to do. But we are figuring things out like I said. And I
actually look forward to go out and teach because I have the opportunity to
practice what we learned. I see lots of success in our future.
Some funny stuff has happened this week too. Sometimes when
you're just tired from work and you're tired of rejection the littlest things
can make you laugh. For example, we do service for the Library every Wednesday.
And one of our jobs is to pick up a ton of these little crab apples that fall
off of the tree they have. So we picked up a ton of these little apples and put
them in a plastic trash bag. And this bag was loaded. So were like, how
are we going to get this bag over to the trash can? so i was a dunce and
thought it work if I just ran with it really fast. And so I take off with it. I
get half way through the parking lot and then the bag rips open, apples all
over the parking lot. Normally I would get angry but I was just so sick of
annoying things that all I could do was laugh. And now we have that funny story
behind us. And sometimes people just make me laugh. I meet some crazy
Montanan’s.
In all things are still great. At times I get homesick but
it usually passes in not too long. I think the best thing I can do is just stay
busy. We had exchanges with some of the assistants last Monday and that helped
us a ton. They taught us how to be way more successful. We now know how to plan
way better so that our day is full of useful things that are actually
important. So things are looking up and I'm excited for the future. My teaching
is still pretty rusty but I'm improving. I need to learn how to teach to meet
people's needs and help them understand why the things we teach can bless them
and how I can show them it's true. Once I can figure that out it will be a lot
better. I just have to go by the spirit. And in the end, everything we do as
missionaries should be by the spirit. The lord always has a place for us to be
and someone for us to go see. We just need to ask him and he will show us.
I'm still so grateful for the opportunity to be in this
mission. I don't know if there is another mission with so much integrity and
truth. The leaders of the Billings Montana mission are leaders of God and they
know how to lead a successful mission. Obedience is standard here and I
appreciate it so much. It shows how obedience brings success too. I'm pretty
sure that the Montana mission is one of the highest baptizing missions in the
US. The members here are awesome too. Sometimes they slack on their missionary
work but they are so loving. It feels like home. The area I'm in is awesome
too. There is so much potential for success here too. I just want to reach it
so bad because there haven’t been very many baptisms lately. If we can get the
members to get going on their work it would help a lot. But anyways, that's
all. I hope you all are doing well and are finding answers to life. I love you
all. I'm keeping you all in my prayers.
Here are some pictures too! And the nasty pictures of the
meat hanging is in Bro Guptils garage. He butchers elk and stuff for people so
I thought I would send it to you.
-Elder Schneider
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