Wow, very eventful week for everyone! That's so awesome that you all got to travel! Aiden's comment made me laugh so hard!!! He has no idea! Send him to the Atacama desert! Alto Hospicio! He thinks Mexico is ugly! Hah! I am very very grateful for the beautiful state we live in! We are truly truly blessed, and I hope Aiden doesn't forget that lesson! God has blessed us. And because he gave us so much, we must expect that he will require something big of us in his work! I loved that comment you made, mom, of how everyone in the past had their part in the restoration. I will add on to that. Has the restoration ended? Did it all end when the saints reached Salt Lake? NO! It is happening TODAY! We are a part of the Restoration of the True and Complete Gospel of Jesus Christ! We all have our very own parts! It's true we are not required to give nearly as much as the early saints, but God is requiring of us even today, and will until His church is established completely on the earth and everyone is a part of his fold! So we need to ask ourselves, what job does God have for me in order to help him restore his gospel?
This week was excellent. We are starting to get our groove, Elder Aparicio and I. He has remembered almost everything from being a missionary before, and it's great. He is a solid teacher. We are just working on our contacts. From the raised standards, it is obvious that President wants us to set a baptismal date in every contact. So we are working hard on that, but he still struggles with it a little. Haha his people skills are different, but it's fun! We're getting better! We found a few awesome new people! Like an excellent family with 5 generations all living together! That's insane, huh? But they are so golden! The grandma (Jaja I say grandma when she only is mom's age) is super awesome! She drunk in every word we were saying. When we asked her ''Will you read the Book of Mormon?'' She said ''Yes!! I'm gonna start right after you leave and read every night!'' Haha it was fantastic! But listen! After, we asked, ''Will you pray to know if it's true?'' and she said, ''Yes, I will pray, and I will keep praying, every day until I receive an answer!'' That's called a sincere heart!!! It was fantastic! And so we are going back tomorrow to see what happens!
María José got baptized!!! WUT WUT! It was such a great ordinance! We held it at 7:00! (So in reality, it started at 7:45) We had an excellent assistance of so many ward members! It was the biggest assistance of any baptism I've had! So that was super awesome to see. María José was super excited! She asked me to baptize her, and right before we got into the font, she started freaking out a little, trying to back out, but then we got in, and it was calm, peaceful, and very spiritual! As she came out of the water, I could see the change on her face! It was really amazing to see! Her mom tried to take a video, even after the bishop told her to put her phone away jaja, but she ended up listening and just watched. She also gave the last prayer in the service, and was freaking out! Jaja she told me if I put her name down, she would leave the building and not come back until it was over. But I put it anyways. It was an awesome prayer, probably my favorite part of the service other than the baptism!
We're still struggling with two things, leaving with members and bringing investigators to church. I think the two are actually very connected. So during the first hour of Sunday school, I made a calender, and the next hour I passed it around to all the priesthood so that they could set up a day to come out with us and teach! I didn't think too many would sign up, but a ton did! And a lot of jóvenes (young boys)! So we are going to start flying in terms of lessons with members haha! But I am also super excited to be able to introduce more members to investigators and really ignite the missionary work here in Caliche. We are going to fill our chapel until we need to stand in sacrament meeting because there are not enough seats!
Anyways, again not too much happened this week. The stuff that did happen was big and awesome, and now it's hard to remember the rest! Dang it! But I'm happy for the email! Take care, everyone!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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