Sometimes Subjects are Boring
Family! How are you all? Good, I'm glad you're good. Another
week has flown by. So much to tell you guys but I never know where to start. I
guess I'll just start with the work and how it's going.
We have no one on date or progressing. But we have a ton of
potentials that we are working with. We have been finding a lot lately and we
are seeing a lot of hope for the future of the Belgrade. It feels like it is
about to blow up with investigators and baptisms but it's just not there yet.
Elder Wylie is doing good. He's teaching a lot more and we are learning to work
together. And we are learning to work with the ward better. We got some members
to come out and teach with us.
Our adventure of the week was intense. I was on an exchange
with Elder Demille, my district leader. We were going to a lesson to someone
who lived way out of town. So we put in their address into the GPS and started
driving. So it takes us to a dirt road. And we drove on it. Bad idea. We got so
stuck it was ridiculous. WE WERE THERE FOR 2 ½ HOURS! We had to have the tow
company come pull us out because a regular 4x4 truck couldn't come get us out.
So they got their special mud truck to come pull us out. They were so confused
how the heck we got a Chevy Cruze that far into some mud. It was hilarious and
super awkward at the same time. I took some pictures of it too. So after we got
it pulled up out we had to go straight to the car wash. It had mud in places is
wasn't supposed to have mud. We washed that thing for like 30 min straight with
a pressure washer. And now their car shakes, oops. But it was something to
remember.
One of our cool miracles of the week was someone we found.
It all started because I made a determination to not waste any time because we
had been wasting too much time that we could have been doing more effective
things with. So I had this determination so stay busy and work no matter what.
So on Thursday night we had two lessons set. And they both fell through. And
they were later in the evening so we didn't know what to do as a backup. But I
was determined to work. So I just called a member up to take us to River Rock
(which is big neighborhood of like 1000 houses). I didn't know what we were
going to do but we were going to do something. So we get there and just start
going around visiting anybody and everybody at like 8:00. And just so you all
know, Montana shuts down at 8. People just wind down and stick to themselves.
So tracting is a no go. In that time we usually go back to the house and call
some people and set some lessons up or something like that. So it was abnormal
to be out like this. And it just snowed so that makes it even more quiet. But I
was determined. So we are just walking along the streets and we see a lady
shoveling her porch. I'm like bingo. We go talk to her and she was just the
most prepared person. It was so cool. And it was like 8:30 almost 8:45. That
never happens in Montana! She told us how she was on her path of finding Christ
and was very open to learn what we had to say. So it was like bam, a miracle.
It may sound small but it was pretty big for me. I needed it. It was one of
those stories where something extraordinary happened.
Christmas is approaching and its feeling great. The holidays
are the best as a missionary. We get lots of food and we get to chill. Not much
more you can ask for as a missionary. But I hope that Christmas for you all is
about giving. See what you can give to the Lord and He will give you more than
you can imagine. It's a blessing to have the knowledge we have. We need to use
that knowledge to the best of our ability to serve and love others. Anything
you do to others is the same thing as do if to the Lord. So do something for
others! That's my advice :)
But that's all for this week. Thank you guys, love you all!
-Elder Schneider
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