Letter dated 9Jan2023

Dear y'all, Transfers were crazy! We had about 4 hours of driving to different areas and it was genuinely hectic. It was on the other hand it was very fun and I am so excited to work in the Butler Creek ward! Monday This was my last day in Pilgrim Mill and Fowler Park so said some last goodbyes to friends and members. It was surreal saying goodbye to Elder Lind and Elder Elmer. Tuesday Like I said we drove for about 4 hours first to the mission office, then to my new apartment, then to the Rome (GA) to get a bed, and then back to the apartment to drop off said bed. Sadly we didn't have enough room in the car for a bed frame so I have been sleeping on the floor. Fun times. In the evening we met with our bishop and talked about the needs of the ward. A lot of the ward is inactive (only about 40 people come to church) so we will be helping the ward stay strong while we are here. Wednesday I went on exchanges with the YSA Elders (Elder and Horne and Elder Blake) which was awesome! We had a great time and found a ton of people. So many people are just down to listen here which is a very nice change of pace (most people in Fowler Park and Pilgrim Mill are pretty closed off to the message for whatever reason) There was also this crazy miracle that we had where we were looking for some members I hadn't met and then we started talking to this guy on the street and Elder Horne asked him if he knew about the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints. He promptly told us that he had been baptized in the church a few years ago and moved in just a month ago and that no one from the Church knew he was living in Georgia.. He took us in and he gave us his information in order to move his records. It was super cool and he wants us to come back and reactivate him. So cool! We also taught a young recent convert and his nonmember grandpa the message of the restoration that night which was really sweet. Thursday Elder Clancy had a very long district leader Council while Elder Scott and I called and texted people. We had a funny member meal and played soccer. I also realized soccer is a lot less fun when you add tackling into the format which sadly is the case in the ward soccer night. Friday We had Weekly Planning (which took so long that we had to keep pushing it back sadly). We taught this amazing lesson with our friend Clark and we almost put him on baptismal date because mid lesson he recognized that God was telling him that Jospeh Smith and Russell M Nelson were the prophets of God. We then got his address and he lives in the other ward sooooo that was tough. That evening we had the most competitive game of volleyball I've been in with a lot of swearing and other aggressive stuff so we are thinking of putting the brakes on sports night at the moment at the church. Saturday Literally everyone canceled that day (nothing else really happened besides we tried finishing weekly planning and writing our weekly missionary coordination email). Sunday We had church which was great and Elder Clancy and I will be giving talks and a musical number soon so I am excited for that! Lastly, Elder Clancy is currently sick so here we go again 🥲 I am excited for this week, I hope everyone is doing great! Sincerely, Elder Nicholas Nephi William Schindler Ps Elder Lind cut my hair nice so I am rocking a Buzzcut till I can grow out of it