Modern day loaves and fishes!!!!!!!!!

Dear Family and Friends,

So the snow.... I like it to an extent. Oh and I am the new designated driver! I drive really well in the snow. Sister Griffith is teaching me and I am a pro.  Sister Griffith lived in Centennial, CO - right by the temple. (Before I forget Sister Lovell is from St. George, Utah. She has four siblings, one older brother who is also blind and one younger brother and a younger sister. Her family didn't know that she was blind until she was 3 or 5 I can't remember. She has been out for over 14 months. She is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss her!!!!!!!!!!!!)

 I have yet to get any information from President about skyping this Christmas. We know that we are going to Skype but we don't know the details yet. I will try before next week when I email you. I am so excited to see all of your faces and to hear your voices!

Barr's Humongous Christmas Tree

Monday we went to the Barr family for FHE and it was fun. Their tree is 18-20 feet tall!! Holy smokes!  That is one big tree. We took a picture with it so I will send it to you.  

We had a church tour with Greg Jensen with his girlfriend, Joyce, who is less active but who is being reactivated. It went really well and he loves how we do things. AWESOME BLOSSOM!  

Tuesday Sister Griffith and I went to the AFB (Air Force Base) and we helped decorate for the annual Base tree lighting. It turned out really good. They appreciated our help. Oh and something funny happened when we were on base. It might not be funny to you but at the time is was hilarious. So the Air Force police were looking inside of a truck and another Air Forceman walks over and says, Hey, that is my truck, and the police say, we know but we got a call that you have weapons in your truck. The Air Forceman then said, those are Nerf guns!!!!!!!!!! Sister Griffith and I were dying. 

Wednesday we had a lesson with Greg Jensen and we told him if he dies during heart surgery that God knows his heart ~ but he is stubborn and he says that he will push his open heart surgery until after his baptism. That is one crazy old man. 

Thursday was fantastic! Nicole Hall who is a recent convert went to the temple and did baptisms for the dead! She was so nervous but after she had a massive smile on her face. It was so cool to see a recent convert do baptisms for the dead because I was unable to see Brittany Harrison do them. Hopefully I can see her do them for her first time in February. The spirit was felt! The temple is just a good place.  When we got home around 9:05 (because there was traffic) we pulled up and checked the mail and some random girl comes and sits in our car thinking that we were someone else. Once she realized that we were not the people she thought we were she got out and her face was bright red and she was so embarrassed. We told her it was alright. (I remember when I did that in elementary school. So many people had the same car and color as mom. I met a lot of people though !) :-) 

On Friday we had a crazy referral. His name will not be mentioned but in the note section he wrote, "I think that I am falling in love with Satan and I am now starting to be a white supremacist." That is exactly what he wrote. Don't worry we are not going to go see him. We also had zone training on Friday and it was amazing. I received so much personal revelation it was spiritually draining. Then we had our ward Christmas party that evening and it was so much fun. It was also physically draining because everyone wants to talk to the missionaries. I just wanted to sit for a few seconds and eat the food that was on my plate. I am not looking forward to my wedding day when everyone wants to talk to me when I just want to eat my food and sit for a second. But that will be an exciting day whenever it happens. So a miracle happened at the party if you couldn't tell by the subject of this email. So the Relief Society underestimated how much food to bring and so there was not going to be enough chicken for everyone who came. There were 24 tables set up with 8 chairs around them, and during the party we had to set up three more tables with 8 chairs around them. But after everyone was eating there was left over chicken. Modern day loaves and fishes!!!!!!!!!! We were given a lot of it and so I am excited to have green beans, mashed potatoes, and chicken parmesan for a few dinners this week!! 

On Saturday we had a lesson with one of our investigator couples and it was rough but very good at the same time. They asked questions that I would never have thought about before so we are going to look up references for them. So I am excited. We also contacted another referral and she is so sweet. Her name is Rickie and her husband's name is Jordan. Her cousin referred her because her grandma just passed away. So we just talked to her for a little bit and we are going to see her again sometime this week. While we were there a Kirby salesman came by ~ I thought of you mom. 

Then on Sunday Greg came to church and Janette who is another investigator of ours. Then we had another lesson with one of our investigator couples. This one was rough because the lady was trying to prove our church wrong. Some things she asked I didn't know how to answer. She wants to know where it says things in the Bible. She is very educated with the Bible. So it was an interesting lesson. She asked us about our temples and asked why people outside of our church can't go inside?  She thinks that goes against what it says in the bible. She talked about the temples in the bible and how Jesus took the veil off so people can go inside and worship. Where does that say that in the Bible? I want to know. She is very hard~hearted but her husband is more open. They believe that if you believe in Jesus Christ and live a good life that you will be saved. Then we had dinner with the Tippets in our ward and Brother Tippets served his mission in the CA Roseville Mission! He is in his early 30s and he knows Matt Johnson. They are good friends. Small world!!!!!!! 

Well I love you all and I hope you have a great week! Toodaloo!!!!!!!!!

Sister Schmidt