“I travel so much… sometimes I have to ask people where I am!”
President Ballard came to our mission!! For those of you who don’t know, President Ballard is one of the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which means he is one of Jesus Christ’s Apostles here on the earth. He’s a super cute old man and really funny. We took a picture with him and then all of us got to shake his hand. I wanted to ask him what lotion he uses because his hand was so soft, but that didn’t really seem like the moment to ask. He talked to us for less than an hour, but it was really powerful. He has amazing faith and I hope I’ll be able to have that kind of faith someday. The main focus of what he talked about was to be more spiritually aggressive. What we have to say is really important and we should act like it is. He said he doesn’t want anyone to come up to him in the spirit world and ask him why he didn’t share the truth with them when he saw them. I’ll admit I have walked past people and not tried to share our message. It seemed awkward, or they were too busy, or they were kind of far away. There was always some excuse. But what we share is bigger than any of that. Nothing is more important than eternal life, which is what we’re offering. These last few weeks that I have, I’m going to work on boldly testifying of the truth. I know what I know and no one can change that, so why should I fear? I know that President Ballard truly is a representative of Jesus Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church upon the earth that has the power and authority of God. I’m grateful to be a member and a missionary.
There’s nothing much else to report. I’ve been sick this week so we’ve been inside a lot. I got less than an hour of sleep Saturday night, so I was a little out of it on Sunday, but I drove to Bakes and back and nobody died so that’s good. Hopefully it’ll clear up soon because it’s no fun to be sick as a missionary. My new companion is super cute and I’m excited to work with her!
Ciao,
Sister Schroeder
We roped a bull last Monday:
Ate papusas for lunch:
Our last comp selfie:
My cute new comp Sis Hart on a hoverboard (those things are harder to ride than they look)
