This week from Sister Schmidt

The weather here has been pretty hot. When Sister Winsor and I park the car and say a prayer before we go knock on someone's door we are hesitant to get out because we have the AC on and we don't want to go outside in the blistering heat. But oh well, such is life. Oh and since it has been so warm and sunny I am starting to develop a tan line from my watch. I am still deciding if I want to keep it there to see how bad it can get, but then I realize that when I get a tan line it won't go away for awhile. So I immediately thought hmmm, better not!
Something funny that I have been wanting to tell you but I keep forgetting to is that it seems that half of the men in Lewiston go shirtless everywhere. I am not even kidding! One experience I had earlier this transfer  ~  we went to a less active members home and there were about 4 guys.  Sister Winsor has never met Josh, the less active, and when we got out of the car we saw an old man in a wheelchair and he had no shirt on and we could not tell if he had pants on... luckily he did! I about had a panic attack. But it turns out he is the grandfather of Josh and his name is Roy. Roy is awesome but he has no interest in the church... YET!  

So it seems like everyone here is a Seahawks fan and I just cringe. Everytime I see the number 12 or see a Seahawk flag I think of CJ when he said they are the Seachickens. But I don't think I would get into people's homes if I said that, but I am thinking it.  Many people tell me that they will not hold it against me or they are from California. But I am going to take pride in being from California, because I love California! It is one of the things on my list of things that I want to share. 

Every week my companion and I do service. We do service at St. Joseph's Hospital Warehouse where we sticker medical items and I get so giddy because I am looking at medical supplies. It makes me even more excited to be a nurse! We do that on Wednesday's for two glorious hours. Then on Friday's we go to the Food Bank where we make food boxes for the community. It is mainly homeless people who come in and I love working there. I get to meet so many people and they are all so sweet. 

Another thing that Lewiston has a lot of is cats. They are everywhere. Becca would have a blast. But the number one thing that Clarkston and Lewiston both have is stars. It seems that every other house has a star decoration. I don't get it.  But one day Sister Winsor and I decided to count how many stars we would see in 90 minutes. We saw 50 stars total on 3 streets. That is crazy! 

While I was in the MTC I was in pain because I had blisters all over my heels. Ya I have some pretty nasty scars. But they look cool. I also spoke my last Sunday at the MTC. They ask you during sacrament meeting so you don't know if you are talking or not until you are about to speak. I had a feeling I was going to be asked, a that feeling was correct. I talked about having faith in Christ and trusting in Christ. 

Mom when you said that you were doing yard work I was jealous. I miss mowing the lawn! I see people doing it and I want to stop the car and get out and ask if I can do it. But I haven't...YET!  My zone is awesome. Oh and I decided to count how many prayers I will say on my mission. I am close to 300 and that is only just from one month. Wow, I can't believe it has only been one month. Time goes by fast when you are having fun. 

Nothing happened with Walaa. He just had questions. But we have 2 new investigators!!! YAY!!! They are both girls which is nice because we can go inside.  Their names are Piper and Shilo. I am excited. Isaac is doing good. We had a lesson with him Saturday and he called us during our  dinner hour. I never got ready so fast for anything in my entire life.
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