Letter dated Wednesday, January 19

Good day friends and family, These last two weeks have been crazy because I have not had a preparation day until today! Since the last time I was able to write (Jan 3) a lot has happened. I had a zone conference, I got out of quarantine, I was not given a pday last Monday because I was supposed to go to the temple later that week, I got emergency transferred COMPLETELY out of the blue on that same Monday which was not my pday, I came to a completely new area called the paper mill ward, my new comps are also awesome, I broke my toe with an ax, I went to Golden Corral for the first time (so good!), church was canceled due to minimal snow, I almost broke into an x-ray room, I got my toe x-rayed thus verifying that I broke it, went on exchanges with the assistants, went on exchanges with the zone leaders, went on exchanges with elder tymochenko, and played an awesome board game with my comps! First of all zone conference was fantastic! We discussed the importance of receiving and developing spiritual gifts and using these gifts to help others. Particularly we have been asked to develop the gift of charity. I know that it is often hard to consistently be charitable or to always love others, but as I have prayed about this spiritual gift and have begun striving for it I have seen some extraordinarily sweet blessings from trying to live with more charity. Getting out of quarantine was really nice. Monday the tenth was a very emotional day for me. It was not my pday since I was supposed to go to the temple later that week so we scheduled several lessons and meetings for that day. That same morning we got the call that I was being emergency transferred from the Chestatee/Azalea area to the paper mill area that same day. We had to quickly pack my bags in between visits and it was a wild rush of visiting friends, members, and having some very tear filled goodbyes to everyone. I grew so close to my brothers and sisters in Chestatee and Azalea and I didn't want to say goodbye. In any case the Lord needed me in my new area when I came because I have seen countless blessing in the papermill area so far. One of them oddly enough is that I broke my toe. During service one day we were cutting wood and at one point I hit a crooked log which redirected my aim directly to my foot. I found out on Monday that I broke my toe after attempting to find an urgent care with a good x-ray machine. With this toe, I have had to walk slower which allows me to talk to more people that pass me by which has been a cool and painful miracle. Recently me and my companions have gotten into a game called betrayal at the house on the hill which is super fun I highly recommend to people who love board games and who moderately enjoy board games Love you all, Elder Nicholas Nephi William Schindler