So crazy couple of days I guess! Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday were all pretty cool, we just tracted around a little bit but we haven't really found people. Its tough because Elder Hess has been here a while and hes used to doing the same old stuff. But I suggested some things that I thought would be a good idea so we are going to be making some changes! Hopefully for the better! Brady, one of our investigators is trying to quit his smoking and pornography still so we're working on improving that and working with him. We had a really good meeting with him and we are having him read a lot of scriptures so hopefully that helps. During the meeting, it was in the church building, but we left the room and told him to pray and talk to God, he seemed like he was doing a lot better after that. But he said he knows that he is sinning but he can only quit when God allows him to, that its all up to Gods timing, and we told him that God is always ready for us to stop sinning, which was news for him I guess. Ok so we also met with a less active named Michael who is having a lot of trouble with sins and repentance and forgiveness so we are trying to help him with those feelings of repentance and guilt. And Darryl, also a less active but he might be moving to Utah so hes been asking me so many questions about Utah and he is very nervous about moving, so we will see how he deals with that and try to help him as much as possible.
Oh! Our trip to Canada!!!! I didn't actually get to see Canada because we didn't have enough time but I got super close!! We met with 3 less actives and Andre, an investigator who is so cool, he is from Russia and he's got lots of different churches who are trying to convert him, mostly Jehovah's Witness, which is apparently a big problem up in Washington, but anyways.
Church is good, the Deaf-Blind guy named Roy in our ward is like a straight up baller, I love him so much. Hes so funny and crazy, and so fun to talk to! For those of you who don't know with deaf and blind people you sign and they feel your hands as you sign so its way cool to talk to him. I interpreted during priesthood session for him, but it was cool!!
Ok, now time for some MIRACLES!!!
So Thursday we went out and were going to contact a few LAs and go tracting as well, but we went to a man that Pres. Knox (Branch Pres) wanted us to go to, so we went to this man, Torenzas house and we went and walked up, he lives on the fourth floor, and he saw us and kinda shooed us away, but then this other dude comes out and says OH the missionaries! come on up!! so we went up and met these two black guys, both deaf, and both are smoking, both members, it was pretty funny. But we talked with the other guy, Robert and he was like, oh yeah! I'm gonna repent I'll repent i promise! and we and Robert convinced Torenza to come to church yesterday! and they both came! and brought two non-members! I mean, what??? so cool. and Robert and Torenza were both so happy and excited to be at church, it was truly inspiring to see the Light of Christ in their eyes, AWESOME!!!!
Another miracle! Last night we decide to visit a former investigator from the area book named Sierra, so we go to this house and we figure out that its actually the home of a less active in the branch. So we're like, well the spirit guided us here so lets do it. We knock on the door, start chatting with the less active and her parents, who are a older and the less active is about 30 something. But we ask about Sierra, who is the parents grand daughter, and they say, actually Sierras mom is here, and so we talked with her and she and Sierra have been having a really tough time lately. Like super tough but it was so awesome! We just talked and helped out and invited to read the Book of Mormon and we're going back for dinner next week!!! It was so cool!!! it doesn't sound super cool, but it was just the best!
To explain some things, yes it has been "hot" here, but people here are just wimpy when it comes to heat haha, its only been like 101, and the humidity doesn't make that much of a difference, but I think we broke a record for most days without rain in recorded history so thats cool. Elder Bird actually showed up the day the rain stopped so he hasn't even seen rain, we think he broke the weather here.... No mom I'm ok on shirts. But the smoke! oh my the smoke! There has been a fire in British Colombia the past couple weeks and that smoke is all down here now, and a fire started in Northern Washington as well...so we actually really need rain here bad cuz its way smokey!!! We always joke that the Canadians are to nice to put out the fire and they're just letting it do its thing. LOL anyways! I think thats it!
Love you guys!!! You're the best!!!!
Tell me more about UTAH!!! LOVE to everyone! Keep trying to be super awesome!!!
-Elder Schoemig
and i forgot to tell you I was part of a baptism! haha thats Lizzy, shes awesome! I helped because she cant walk, so me and Elder Rees held her as Elder Gois baptized her, twas cool. Love ya! Elder Schoemig!
and i forgot to tell you I was part of a baptism! haha thats Lizzy, shes awesome! I helped because she cant walk, so me and Elder Rees held her as Elder Gois baptized her, twas cool. Love ya! Elder Schoemig!
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