Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

I don’t know if you’ve read my email yet, but I have to tell you about Brooke. So our investigators are a mix of members and non-members, but we don’t know who is what. We make assumptions, of course, and Sis Jackman and I thought we had a pretty good idea of who was a member. We know that Chelle is (we saw her garment lines), we’re pretty sure Wan-Yu is but honestly she could be either, we think Margaret is not, and we think Brooke is not. That all changed when we saw Brooke at the temple today!

We decided to do initiatories and as we’re walking down the line, we see Brooke. I’m pretty sure it broke my brain. My first thought was “do they know she’s here?” then my brain caught up and I realized she must be a member. Her face when she saw us was so funny and she goes “I thought your P-day was Saturday!” We aren’t supposed to know if our investigators are members or not so she made us promise not to tell the boys (she’s also being taught by Elders Toone, Winder, and Bell). We went and sat down and we were whispering about her being a member and being so sure and questioning everything we knew about our other investigators when she came over to us. She said since her cover was blown, she could tell us: she doesn’t have an accent, she doesn’t live in Texas, she doesn’t have a boyfriend, she doesn’t live with her sister-in-law, and she wasn’t dressed up this morning to go to Temple Square. She told us everything was a lie and she actually served a mission in Germany and was going to BYU for nursing. I think the part about her not having an accent was what blew my mind the most because her accent was spot-on and she never slipped up once. I’m still reeling 5 hours later. It was cool though, because she told us that we did a really great job and she really felt our love for her. She said we teach with great power and will be awesome in Bakersfield. We only taught her 3 lessons, but I’m gonna miss her.

I’m not sure what else to tell you guys, it’s mostly in the mass email. We are having a movie night tonight as sisters because Meet the Mormons is on Gospel Library. We’re gonna put all the blankets and pillows on the floor and get snacks. We don’t have class tonight so we don’t feel guilty at all for taking a little bit of a break to hang out together. I got really sad the other day thinking about how I’ll have to leave them. They also aren’t going to BYU so it’ll be hard to see them again.

Also, have you guys seen or talked to Hannah recently? I’m really upset because she hasn’t emailed me at all since I’ve been gone. I honestly think it’s because she thinks I left her behind for Sis Jackman because before I left she asked me if I was going to get a new best friend, obviously I told her no, but she seemed really insecure. Alex also wrote in her email that I should email her so that “she knows I want her”. I don’t know if she’s said anything to you, but I’m really really frustrated. I think that’s the stupidest excuse in the world and I was crying in the shower the other day because I was so angry and upset that she hasn’t even said hi. I know I should probably email her, but I honestly don’t want to. I’m afraid if I do I’ll just yell at her for being dumb cause I don’t want to be nice and sweet right now. So if you see her, tell her to email me! I don’t have time for friend drama right now!

I love you both and miss you lots!

Sister Schroeder