That time we found some deaf people

This week was cool! We found two deaf people in Renton on Monday night and we are going to be trying to follow up with them so we are excited! One is a young boy that doesn't do sign language apparantly but his mother was interested and we are probably going to go back to try to teach him sign and the gospel!

We visited a part member family in Bonny Lake this week, the mom is a member, the dad and two kids are not members. But we taught them about the Book of Mormon and shared experiences about how it has blessed our lives and it was really cool! They said they will read it! We just need to be patient with them because they are kind of slow going but we are really excited!

Everything is going great here though, it has been really cold, and sunny too, which is weird but its all good. Yesterday it hailed/snowed/slushed all over, it was pretty fun to drive in, no one here really knew what to do though, and they don't have snow plows and since the temperature kept changing it would thaw a little and then freeze again on the roads so it was cool. We went down to Olympia and just walked into an apartment complex office and we asked them if there was anyone deaf there, there was. And they can't tell us exactly where they are but now we know they are there and we gave them our information so that was cool. 

Pictures

1. by the way thanks mom for the Valentines package.

2. The other Elders liked it too

3. Snow...99% is already gone

Love you all! This week I have been studying all about God as our Loving Heavenly Father and oh my goodness it has been amazing! God TRULY LOVES US! Isn't that cool? I would encourage everyone to study that doctrine because it is really cool!

-Elder Schoemig

What do most people do for work in your area or is it pretty mixed?

Everyone in my area? meaning deaf people? Or in Seattle in general? I guess a lot of people in general work for big computer corporations like Microsoft and Amazon, those two are the biggest here, also Facebook, T-mobile, and other smaller ones. Deaf people here, quite a few work for Boeing, thats really big up here in general as well, or for the Post Office, Fedex and UPS, its pretty random I guess.

Share with us how has your testimony grown since leaving home? (In your mission language if you want). How has the atonement strengthened you as a missionary?

Testimony? I guess it wants me to sign it, i'll share that video with you. But I can do it in German!

Ich werde mein Wissen teilen. Ich weiß, dass das Buch Mormon wahr ist. Ich weiß, dass Jesus Christus lebt. Ich weiß, dass Joseph Smith ein Prophet ist. Im Namen Jesu Christi Amen

What should we do to be better missionaries at home while you are gone?

To be better missionaries! Just don't be afraid to share the gospel with people, it is such a precious gift and "a city set on a hill cannot be hid". Be a friendly smiley person and find the people in your life who need what we have and don't be afraid to share it with them. I think in Utah we always think oh there are so many members around here someone else will share it with that non member, but its not that way. Help people discover the power in the Book of Mormon, go on splits with missionaries! I wish I would have done that before, when Dakota turns 16 have him go with some Elders to do some work! It will be a really cool experience I promise!

anywho, love you mom! I'll share me signing my testimony growing with you soon!