This week was pretty tame. We were missionaries all day every day, and lived the mission life. We did have one experience that was cool, though.

One night we went to see someone we had been teaching but hadn’t seen in a few weeks. We would text her quotes everyday, but her life has been super crazy so we haven’t been able to actually meet with her. We decided to stop by one night and she was home! And moving the next day! She invited us in for a few minutes and we just talked about what was going on. She had been looking for a place to live ever since we met her, so we were super excited she found a place, but sad that she was leaving our area. We talked her into letting us help her move and then were getting ready to leave because she had somewhere she needed to be. Before we left, she told us how much it had meant to her to have us support her. There was one time we put inspirational quotes all over her door and we learned that that day had been just horrible, until she came home and saw the quotes. We were sending her a quote early in the week and couldn’t think of anything to say with it, so we just sent the quote and felt super lame. She said it was exactly what she needed to hear, and she made the quote the background on her work computer. It was really amazing to get the opportunity to know that the little (to us) things that we had done for her made such an impact and helped her get through one of the hardest times of her life. As we were saying goodbye, she hugged us very tightly and said that she could feel God as she hugged us. She said, “this right here is the closest I have ever felt to God” and thanked us for helping her feel Him in her life.

I think more often than not, we don’t know the impact we make on people’s lives, especially as missionaries. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father let me see that the imperfect, insignificant things I’m doing are changing people’s lives. It’s a testimony to me that letting Christ into our lives can change us and empower us and help us become who we have the potential to become. We have a loving Heavenly Father who wants to help us, not an impassive God who simply watches us struggle.

That’s all I have for this week. I’ll tell you more amazing experiences for this upcoming week next time!

Ciao,
Sister Schroeder

Sisters’ dinner:

The Sister Williams Applebees dinner date:

Sis Williams dropped her chapstick on the floor:

The best missionaries in town:

Our comp unity on point:

On the staircase outside the dentist’s office (it was on the outside of the building):

When Sis Stockdale decided I didn’t need to breathe: