Letter from Elder Nick dated 3Oct2022

Dear y'all, This past week was fun because I had to walk around with a pretty nasty poison ivy rash! I think I got it last pday when our district went on a hike together. I highly recommend not touching poison ivy for any curious people back home, it isn't as awesome as you would think. Other than that we had a pretty sweet week. One of our friends who had been progressing had her kids over when we came to teach. Sadly due to some legal issues we are not allowed to teach about specifically the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with them so instead we just studied the Bible with them which was kind of fun. The following day we went on exchanges and we got Bible bashed pretty hard by a lady who's mother was a member. Fortunately we have the gift of the Holy Ghost so we testified boldly and set up a return appointment. We will see if it gets any better the next time we visit and if she gets back on the covenant. Sadly a lot of our visits have turned into bashes recently but I appreciate every prayer anyone has given in regards to my missionary service because our friend Timothy Paul Buckalew is back from being sick! He wants to get back to church and be baptized so we are very excited for him! We also met a new friend named Joe who is very interested in the message of the restoration and he was going to watch conference with us and our mission president but sadly he had to cancel. General Conference was still such an amazing event to have and I loved the talks that were given. I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Hurricane Ian has not affected northern Georgia very much so we have been okay. God be with you, Elder Nicholas Nephi William Schindler