Letter dated October 18, 2021

Dear all yall, This week was really good but it certainly had its own bit of trial. We commerce elders had a pretty rough cold go around which made it a little hard to set up lessons, but in an odd twist of fate most of our lessons ended up canceling so we didn't end up getting anyone else sick. Anyways, the interesting stuff. Last Tuesday was really uplifting and genuinely awesome! We had zone conference which was a wonderful opportunity to be able to receive some amazing trainings and to be edified by the spirit. One thing that was kind of funny was that I was asked to be the chorister and right when we started I realized I was told the incorrect hymn. After I finished frantically rummaging for the actual page number it ended up being a very sweet and wonderful rendition of 'I Believe in Christ". Right after Zone conference we had interviews which were very nice and it was great to be able to meet with the president of the mission (President Harris). On Wednesday we had a wonderful lesson with a man named Carlos right after our English Class. He is a devout Catholic, but he seems to be interested in our beliefs. On Thursday we did service for Bishop Walker and we helped put in new flooring in his house which took a long time, but it was good (at this point in time we thought we were going to stop being sick). Elder Schern also got his 2nd Covid Shot that day. Friday was kind of interesting because we had a surprise exchange with the Winder Zone Leaders. Elder Schern was not feeling well due to the shot and we had a ton of service and an important lesson we needed to go to that day so we asked our Zone Leaders if they would be willing to come over to Commerce to help out. They are also in a trio so it ended up being four people in Commerce and 2 people in Winder. I was the lucky guy chosen to go to Winder that day so I got to spend my first day in a duo. It was honestly pretty awesome and we taught some good lessons while I was over there. Other than that, I got this awesome portrait of myself at this Flea Market called La Vaquita. The artist was very talented and I love how it turned out. (it was also relatively cheap so that's always nice!) I've gotta go so I'll send photos separately again. Love you all! Elder Nicholas Nephi William Schindler