!! 10 Months Out !!

Hello Everyone!

I am excited to hear that your foot is doing well mom! :) I am excited that I have 8 and 1/2 months until I come home so then you have more time to heal. 

My house in Loomis, CA!!

 I hope you enjoy Kentucky! I SOOO wish I could go... :( 

Take pictures please!!!!!!!!!!!  Have a save flight! 

So Brandi is on date to be baptized for the 21st of May and she is super excited! We had a lesson with her and with Sister Robins and with Sister McCune (Relief Society). We watched President Thomas S. Monson's talk in General Conference. She was really happy to see and hear the prophet who is on the earth today. She asked a lot of deep questions and it was so refreshing to answer questions for people who are actually curious and who want to know. One question she asked was, "If I get baptized, will I be Mormon?" We all said yes and in return she was beaming! We have a church tour with her and her husband today and the Robins are coming as fellowship! Did you know that if a church tour is done right 80% of them always lead to baptism? The spirit is amazing!!

Karidja Bamba is doing good. We had an appointment with her last week but it fell through because her apartment caught on fire and so we had to reschedule for this week. We have an appointment with her this Friday at 4 and the lady who lives in Cheney and speaks French is coming. We are excited and so is Karidja because she gets to meet someone who speaks her native language. 

Korielle is doing FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday she met with the Bishop and got her temple recommend to go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead! She is super thrilled that she can go inside the temple! We are most likely going this Friday! So pray that everything will go well and that the adversary will not do anything that will prevent this spiritual experience from happening. Thank you!:) Our ward mission leader's wife loves family history and she is going to get together with Korielle to do family history so hopefully Korielle can take family names to the temple. 

Cory is on date for the end of this month! We watched "Finding Faith in Christ" yesterday. Cory and Korielle loved it so much! We discussed it after watching and got into a really deep conversation and they were understanding all of it! How do I know that? Because they were saying what we said in their own words. That is how we check for understanding. We don't ask, "Do you understand?" because they will just nod their head yes when really they don't. It was just a really good teaching experience.

On Sunday, Sister Sherwood and I both witnessed a 7 year old pulling out a tooth in the women's bathroom. It was so enthralling. Weird. Then we met a guy after an appointment and we talked to him and he told us that he is a grower.... He had it all over him... What a way to end a spiritual Sunday. So I am most likely leaving so I had people start writing in my transfer journal (missionary yearbook). Oh and Korielle and Cory's little girl, Nadalina finally gave me a hug this week after seeing me for months. She liked me but was shy to give me a hug. So I finally got one!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Victory for Sister Schmidt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Love you all! Toodaloo!

Sister Schmidt

A Sister Schmidt Selfie!