Well, that is one heck of a cabin, if I do say so myself... I want to visit it! Sounds super awesome! That's awesome that they let you guys use it! And what were all the pictures of in church? with Casjen? And who's lap is Bronson on?
Well, this has been one really really slow week... the grand number of progressing investigators we have has moved from a fat 0, to a decent 1. But this one is super awesome! His name is Kevin, and he's from Cali, Colombia. We met him on Saturday, barely, and had a really awesome lesson with him of the restoration. Apparently, he has been looking for a while for a church that has an actual claim on authority and claims to be God's only church, and can actually back it up. That was cool. But even better was when he was telling us that it not only all made sense, but that he felt like what we were sharing is true! The Holy Ghost is the teacher! We are but messengers! When the investigators accept what the Holy Ghost is telling them, only then do they really understand the importance of the message! The best part is, the next day he actually came to church! He completed with his commitment! It was super good sitting with him in church! He got a little irked when he learned that it as actually 3 hours instead of 1 (oops) but he got over it, and really liked the class with the young men. The ward welcomed him perfectly!!! I have been trying so hard to teach them exactly how to make someone feel loved there in church, and they did it all. I loved it! He said he felt very welcomed, and was excited for next week. He gon' get baptized!
Other than that, we have just been spending a lot of time walking, looking for news, and planning with the members a lot. I made the goal of visiting everyone on the ward counsel and making specific goals and specific plans for the mission work there in their own organizations. I began making plans for two aspects of missionary work for the ward, inside the chapel, and outside the chapel. We have been making a lot of plans for inside the chapel for things like fellowshipping investigators, bringing friends, and knowing how to talk and teach to someone who has no knowledge of the gospel. Outside the chapel we have been planning things like activities, members leaving with us, and references on our missionary portal. Over all, I am trying to plan a big ward activity to introduce them to how we can work together better to have more succes as a ward, and to help improve the amistad (friendship) there inside the chapel as a ward family. The ward here is a little seperated, and is lacking a little love, a little peace there in church. We're going to fix that. I am excited to get these plans moving! I know it might take a little time, but once it starts happening, this ward is going to fly!!!
Today we went as a zone to the beach. I put on a butt-ton of sunblock all over my face and arms and neck... but I forgot my feet! You'd think as a missionary, I would be worried a little more about my feet! Oops! My feet are burned... burned burned burned. But that's ok! My face isn't! If anything, I got a little tanner! Woot woot! But while there, we played a bunch of little games, like capture the flag, or soccer, or skipping rocks contest. Lots of things! It was super chill! It as interesting trying to teach the latinos how to play capture the flag... after a few rounds, they got the concept down that they should not let me grab their flag in front of them! Heehee! But it was super fun! I just looked down and realized the tan line of my watch got a lot more intense! That's weird!
Oh, also! I went with the zone leaders this week to the leadership council with president, along with all the district leaders of the mission. It was a good council! It was all about finding news! Did you guys know, that over the past decade, the mission work worldwide has had around the same number of baptisms yearly? Even with an insane increase in the number of missionaries? The mission department is trying to change drastically. At least, that's what Elder Oaks said... I don't know exactly what that means. But I suppose we'll find out, right? We talked about the goals for this year as a mission. I liked how he changed the view of baptising weekly to baptising one person for every week there is in a month. So if we baptize 3 people one week, it'd be like baptizing three weeks in a row. I think it will make the missionaries baptize only people who are ready, and not rushing a baptism just so we can have that number this week and be able to baptize weekly.
But anyways, things keep moving forward here! There are always good days and bad days. It's just important to make everyday a happy day. The work is moving forward, slowly, but that's ok! I am giving it my all, and what more can I do! Take care, all of you!
Les amo a todos!
Elder Schmid
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