“God made all the perfect people bald.”
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“I don’t remember Jesus being bald.”
The kind of conversations we have with some of our members are hilarious! John is bald and thinks it’s the best thing ever, but Renee knows just how to shut him down.
Greetings from the ‘Caster! I hope y’all had an AMAZING Christmas because I sure did. I got to talk to my family, open wonderful gifts from wonderful people, and eat until I couldn’t walk. It was a good day.
I really reflected this Christmas on my Savior and everything He has done for me. I am so grateful to know about the gospel and know that I have a Savior who loves me unconditionally. Sis Mounteer and I read the American version of the Christmas story in the Book of Mormon and my favorite line (taken from 3 Nephi 1) is Christ saying to Nephi, “Lift up your head and be of good cheer… on the morrow come I into the world”. I love that because I relate it back to my own life. Whenever I feel like I can’t handle something, or like I have no hope, I can hear His voice in my head saying, “Lift up your head and be of good cheer, for I came into the world.” The message we share as missionaries is one of hope and happiness and light. Christ came so that darkness could be overcome and everlasting joy could be possible. Because He came to us we can go to Him. I strive everyday to live in a way that will let me return to live with Him. I am so excited to see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again and know that I am home.
I have only a few minutes to finish this email, so I’m going to speed through some stuff. We went on exchanges this week, which was a lot of fun because we were with Sis Jackman and Sis Sandorf who are both my previous companions. I was with Sis Sandorf which was really cool because she is going home this week, so it was our last hoorah. The last time we were companions was over a year ago. Crazy! We also had to be inside early on Christmas Eve, so Sis Mounteer and I built the Los Angeles temple out of graham crackers and it looks legendary. We’re going to figure out how to frame it.
That’s all folks! Have a Happy New Year!
Ciao,
Sister Schroeder
The STLs run 2 miles a day and the look on my face is exactly how I feel about it:
We found a bullet hole in the church:
Christmas breakfast with some members… and the elders:
My presents from the amazing people in my life:
Our beautiful temple:
