Mission Accomplished!

Return With Honor!

The mission has been amazing and difficult! 

But anything worth doing is not going to be easy. 

I have discovered more of myself here in the Washington Spokane Mission 

and I am excited to implement what I learned on this mission 

to the mission I am coming home to. 

I was an active member before I left but now I will be a pro-active member. 

Miracles happen all over and it is up to us to see them and recognize them. 

Life is difficult and hard and exhausting but through Christ anything is possible. 

Through Christ we can always smile and laugh even in times of difficulty. 

I love all of you and I am so grateful for your support and love. 

Sister Schmidt

This was a whirl~wind week for our family!  Monica returned home ~

Monday ~ January 16, 2017

She arrived in Sacramento at 1:34pm

Hello to Papa and Grandma Schmidt!

Becca and Monica's
Big/Little Sister Hug



We celebrated Monica's 21st birthday on Tuesday ~ January 17, 2017!
We took her clothes shopping for most of the day.
She was officially released as a full-time missionary at 6:30pm
then off to a family dinner at Red Robin and finally home for some cake and ice cream!

Thursday night she reported her mission to the Lincoln Stake High Council at 7pm.

And Sunday she gave her home coming talk in the Loomis 1st ward's sacrament meeting.

Monday ~ January 23, 2017 brought the start of a new semester at Sierra College!

She and her sister Becca are attending classes together for the spring semester!

Welcome home Monica!

My Last Week!

Missionary Leadership Training 1/3/2017

Hello Everyone!

The past 18 months have been a roller coaster! I am so grateful that I made the wise decision to come on a mission and to serve my loving Heavenly Father! So many thoughts and emotions are running through me at this moment and I have no idea what to write! 

I have loved every minute of my mission! I know I am biased ~ but I have served in the best mission in the world! The Washington Spokane Mission of Miracles is what we call it! I have had 10 companions, been in five areas, four zones and have been all over the mission. The gospel has changed me to be a better person than when I left. I am not perfect but I am on the right track. The best thing that I have witnessed on my mission is when people have opened their hearts to Christ and have changed their lives around! The gospel is so true and I am grateful to have been given the privilege and opportunity to share it for 18 months 24/7! 

I know who my Savior is now. I need Him everyday of my life and I am relieved that He wants to be. If it wasn't for Jesus Christ and His Atonement we wouldn't be happy. There would be no point to life. If we made one mistake and there goes our chance to live with our Father in Heaven again ~ BUT because of the suffering of our dear older brother, we can repent and get it right! Repentance, or another word for it is change, is the greatest gift that we have been given. We wouldn't be able to have the Holy Ghost with us or be able to live with God. Everything is possible because of Christ. I have discovered Christ's purpose in my life and I am glad that I found it out sooner than later. He changes people! He has changed me! I am sad to be leaving but I am excited for my new mission. I am going to be pro-active and move this wonderful work forward the best I can. I don't need a name tag to share this wonderful news! I need a testimony and I have that!  

I love you all and I miss you! See you in a week! Toodaloo!

Sister Schmidt 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I can't believe that it is a new year! I have been out for 18 months yesterday!!!!! I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ!

We had a lesson with Daron Geller on Monday and we taught him the Plan of Salvation. His neighbors ~ who are his member fellowshipers got him a large print Book of Mormon and large print Bible! He was so excited to have them because he can read it! He is already passed 1 Nephi 11 his first week. He is doing so well!!!!! His new year resolution is to no longer drink and smoke! He wants to be a better person! Continue to pray for him!

We had dinner with the Cazier's who live on the Air Force base! They got my number from the elders in their ward and they contacted me to have dinner with them! We had dinner with them on Wednesday! It was awesome to go back on the Air Force base and to see my past area and to see members that I love and miss! I am so grateful for all of the relationships that I have made on my mission! To think if I hadn't come out I would not have met them makes me sad. But luckily I don't have to think of it because here I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Cazier Family

We had a district meeting and then I went on exchanges with Sister Parker! She is awesome!!!!!!!!!! We had a dinner appointment that night in the boons and we called their home number and their cell multiple times and when we got there they opened the door with "deer in the headlights."  Yep, you guessed it. They forgot and we didn't get out of their until 8:30 and we got there at 6 and we couldn't go tracting in the boons because the people would pull their guns at us. 

On Saturday we went sledding at our Bishop's house with our ward and they have a really nice hill! We went down and biffed it and we both got a face full of snow! So that was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We went to a member's home for a New Year's Eve party.  We walked 2 miles on the road there because we didn't have enough miles to get home if we drove there. It was quite an adventure!

We didn't really do much on Sunday because there a was a really bad wind storm so we organized our apartment and our area! It felt so nice! 

I love all of you!!!!!! Miss you so much!  Toodaloo!!!!!!!

Sister Schmidt