Germans, Crying, And much much more

So to start off, all of the Germans left this week, on Monday morning
and that was really tough, they were super awesome and we're going to
miss them so much!!!!

Ok so this week was pretty much same old same old, and I'm not going
to do a day by day email cuz I'm not entirely sure what happened on
what day so I'm just going to tell you guys what's up!

So first, shout out to the big sis Amanda for being awesome and being
born! Cuz I forgot about it and I feel really guilty! So my birthday
present to you, since I'm in the MTC, is me leaving for two years so I
don't bug you all the time! Yay!!!!

Ok also, how is black belt testing going? I miss it so much! That is
such a special thing to be a part of, I'm super sad I'm missing it!
Additionally! How did demo team do?? I'm super excited to hear about
the demo! I'm sure it was amazing, if someone wanted to send me a
video, it would not go unappreciated!

Umm let's see, shout out to everyone who saw Spider-Man homecoming,
I'm super jealous, but I'm gonna be honest the MTC is a lot better
than a superhero movie, I'm sorry if sent anyone into shock with that
last comment because me, Elder Schoemig said that, but it's true, but
let me know how it was! No details please but how was it! Heard it was
amazing, I would love to hear about it, but no spoilers! Haha
Lets we what else, oh also happy birthday to Kendyl and Maili! I think
that's it, if it was your birthday and I forgot about it I'm sooooo
sorry.

Shout out to Andy and my new cousin Whitney, you guys are awesome!
Remember to always put the Lord first and he will bless your marriage!
Umm we had a good devotional last night kinda centered around the
quote, "I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity on this side of
complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other
side of complexity" I would love to hear everyone's thoughts about
what that means in relation to church, anyway, it was way good, I've
given two blessings this week and it's going great, Thuringia to
figure out how to be a better leader as a missionary and I've been
asking brother peck tons of scriptural questions, we're really similar
so we like to talk about scriptures and stuff like that, it's way fun
when the scriptures teach you new things with other people, super
cool. We have four investigators and 2 member lessons a week, so we
teach about 10 lessons, a week, it's a lot but it is really cool to
study for other people and not myself. Umm what else, yeah the Germans
left, super sad, but I get my flight plans Saturday!!!!!!! I'm super
excited, right now there are 13 days till I leave! Crazy!

Just wanted to let EVERYONE know how much I love them and how much the
Lord loves them, everyone is important to our savior Jesus Christ and
he will always be there to support us! I've seen that more than ever
in my district! Things are going good with my companion, he's still
just a quirky quiet elder but that's ok! I went on a run the other
day, that was cool I guess, it was pretty fun. Umm we discussed the
Book of Mormon and stuff one day, I led the discussion, we focused on
one chapter, for us it was Mosiah 27, and we each chose a Christlike
attribute to focus on and it was way awesome! I would invite everyone
to try to do that!

Ok, I think that's mostly everything, love everyone at home! Keep
striving to grow and find truth and love in your life, I promise it's
there even if you can't really see it!

-Elder Schoemig