“Well you see, this is kind of awkward… you want to talk about Jesus and I have a beer in my hand.”
It’s funny the things you hear as a missionary. People come up with the best excuses and say some weird things. This guy didn’t want to have Jesus and beer happen in the same moment.
It’s interesting to me that people do things, even when they know deep down that it’s wrong. It’s the human in us, I guess. But at the same time, it’s the Spirit in us. I’ve talked a lot this week about how deep down, we know that we are more than this. Our purpose in life isn’t to come, live, then die. We came from somewhere, a place where we were surrounded by love and light and family. We are here on the earth to prepare to have that and so much more. We are truly sons and daughters of loving heavenly parents who want us to come home. We are divine beings that have the potential to have eternal life and exaltation.
I get so excited talking about this because it makes me feel bigger than I am. I’m not insignificant. I truly do have worth, and no matter how much I don’t believe that at times, or how far from God I feel I have traveled, or how much I feel I need to improve, that is an eternal truth that no one can change. I wish everyone could feel the power and love that comes from the statement “I am a child of God”.
Now for some exciting news: Steph, Persa, and Diego moved into my ward! If y’all don’t remember them, they’re my recent converts from back in February. I’m so excited to see them again and get to visit them! We had a funny moment the other day when we went to go visit Steph. We saw her and her friend Jake through the partially open blinds as we walked up to the door, but when we knocked on the door, Jake was the one who answered. We looked around and couldn’t see Steph so I said, “Hi! Is Steph here?” He gave a look down the hallway and Steph came around the corner and let us in. Later she told us that she had thought we were someone else so she quickly put her plate on the counter and ran to her bedroom. We laughed and told her that if she was going to run away from people, she should close the blinds. Jake said she deserved getting caught because she abandoned him. She’s so funny and I’m so glad I get to be around her again!
I think that is it for this week. We’ve been pounding the pavement, but so far we haven’t found anyone who wants to hear more. We were talking about it to one of the elders and he said “if they can’t handle the awesomeness of missionaries, they won’t be able to handle the awesomeness of the gospel!” True statement!
Ciao,
Sister Schroeder
Someone wishing it was fall:
We didn’t close the freezer all the way so everything got frosted (yes that’s a lot of ice cream, but stress on the mission is a real thing)
We reached our goal of talking to 20 people one day this week (and no one yelled at us!)
I’m not sure what I’m doing in this picture, but that’s a big tree!
Here is another big tree and the reason people should cut dead leaves off their palm trees:
Someone had a school bus in their driveway and Sis Stockdale was very confused:
Pretty flowers we saw (there were many wasps so that picture was very risky to take)
