Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Everyone!

This week was very fun! I had two exchanges with two wonderful sisters! I went on exchanges with Sister Hsiao who is from Taiwan and with Sister Paget! This exchange was the 4th exchange with Sister Paget! We have served around each other for 7 and a half months. I love her!!!!!! She came out with me in July! 

On Friday we had a church tour with Ryan, our 13 year old boy investigator. It was not a reverent church tour. Let's just put it that way. He was all over the place and was being crazy. He does have ADHD but in church he sits still...... he can choose to be quiet but that night he didn't want to. But we did find out that he doesn't really understand why we are baptized. He just wants to be baptized to get baptized for his family. That is a righteous desire but there is more to it that just that. So we are going to teach him about baptism with more details. I am excited! 

I am going to the temple on the 25th of November! When everyone else is doing Black Friday shopping I will be in the house of the Lord drawing closer to him! It will be Light Friday to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This morning Sister Andruski and I decorated our apartment for Christmas and it looks gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It feels like home!

Decorating our Moscow apartment ~ 2016
"Don't mind the beds, we were doing our laundry!"

Five families are feeding us on Thanksgiving! We missionaries know how to have a feast! haha :) I will for sure be stuffed!! Have fun with all of the family!!!!!!!!! 🦃🦃🦃🦃

This week we also taught a less active lady and she expressed to us that she is having a hard time with her daughter and we read 1 Nephi 6-7 and she received revelation as to what she needs to do. Once we finished the chapter where she got her answer her home teachers came in and shared a message with her as well and they, not knowing her situation, told her the same thing the scriptures told her!!!!!!!! Heavenly Father is aware of every single child of His. He loves us and wants us to know that we are loved and cherished and appreciated! We are not alone in this world and we never will be! 

Ryan, Isabeau and Mike Fielder all came to church on Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We asked Mike if we could call him in the morning and keep calling until he answers..... he shouldn't have given us permission ~ we called him 8 times in a row until he called us back. He came and we did everything we could to get him there and the Lord did the rest! 

I don't remember if I said this last time but the new stake president is our old Bishop and we are still waiting to get a new one. 

We have a new investigator and his name is Therman. We have an appointment with him next Saturday and we are excited! He is from North Carolina! Pray for him! 

I love you and miss you all! Toodaloo!!!!!

Sister Schmidt