Everything is so green and beautiful here! Trees are huuuuugggee here, they are like 50 or 60 feet tall everywhere! Its all green and awesome! anyways, since I haven't really emailed in like 2 weeks almost I'll get into that stuff. The last week at the MTC was so good! but sad as well. Sister Cahoon and Jarvis and Elder Downs and Hepner left monday morning it was so sad! We said goodbye at like 2:30 am, crazy morning stuff. but yeah. Tuesday we woke up at 3 am and got in line with like 50 thousand other missionaries and stuff haha, but i got my ticket and stuff thats whats up!!!! Flying was fun, I sat next to a member and a window so thats cool..it was raining in Utah and sunny in Seattle so that was weird...kinda flipped lol. I got here and the AP's came to find me at the baggage claim and then my companions showed up late to get me, but the AP's were way nice and then I met my comps, Elder Hess goes home in one transfer he is from Central California and he really slurs his words a lot haha, he doesn't talk like a californian. Elder Bird, has been here for 2 transfers and is from Springville Utah and he really considers everything he says before he says it, he is really quiet. Anyway, they're cool. We have 2 investigators, Brady is committed to baptism Aug 26th but he really has to work on some commitments still, he might not be ready on time, he is really stubborn and slow to change. And we have a new investigator named Andre who lives in a town called Sumas, right next to Canada that we will be going to tomorrow. I can't go into Canada but I'll be able to see it, first time seeing a new country!!! haha Umm lets see it rained once in the morning. Elder Hess said it was just mist, but there was water falling from the sky so you tell me...The rainy season doesn't start for a while though...The branch is really small, like 30 regular members, yesterday we had 54 though so that is good. Oh i gave a 25 minute talk so that was cool, Saturday night Brother Stratton called and said they needed another talk for yesterday and Elder Hess said, oh! Elder Schoemig can do it! so i did it haha, it was fun, but when i get in front of people my signing box (which is already tiny, sorry for being stubborn about it before Kenny) gets way small...like super small cuz i get really nervous...and "I sign like a Utahn" so I will be adjusting my sign language to sign like the people here, Brother Stratton really wants me to focus on that and be more like the people here so that is good! I'm excited to learn and grow! Sorry I don't do a day by day thing like Sister Schoemig, she is way more organized than I am...
President Schofield and Sister Schofield are awesome super friendly and supportive of ASL. Its tough being in ASL here because when you find a deaf person they're normally like 40 or 50 miles or more away so you have to drive to get to them and then they're just like oh i'm not interested...its tough because I don't really feel like I'm doing what the Lord called me to do, we are going to be making some changes though, the missionary work in the deaf branch hasn't really changed in a couple years and they only get about 1 or 2 baptisms a year..so I'm planning on changing some stuff. it'll be good..
Love you guys! I know the Savior loves you and so do I! read the scriptures and say your prayers! they really make a difference! I love you guys! Mom if you need anything else or want to know anything else let me know! I will tell you! Tell me about home everyone! I want to hear about it!
One last story, a miracle, i went on exchange in Mountlake Terrace and we were tracting in an apartment complex and we knocked on the door of a hispanic family, a little boy answered the door and we asked him if his family was here another man walked up, like a gangster guy who was very interested in the church. when we asked if we could come visit him later he said he was visiting from California, but we gave him a book of mormon. but just a miracle that we timed it so well to talk to him right when he walked up, it was really cool!
Love, Elder Schoemig!!
People from the MTC who want my emails I am sorry but i lost a ton of email addresses! Email me if you want to be added to the list! Also, one of the Hungarians tell Hess Elder that his cousin is my trainer!
Look at the bottom, theres emails there, my videos are taking long to send so i'm just going to save it and then we will get it to you to watch later.
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