Letter dated 20Mar2023

Dear yall, Crazy week this week, here we go! Tuesday We were able to meet with a member who has been inactive for the last year named Loretta Lamberg. Her son is actually in the hospital at the time, his name is Mike and if anyone can pray for him please do! Afterward we visited with our friend Ursula who has not met with the missionaries for a long time because of a difficult family situation. We were able to visit with her share a few messages from the Book of Mormon and we are currently sending her a scripture every day! She seems to be doing well with all of those things going on. That evening we went to institute and unfortunately were the only young singular adults there. We did however meet with the members who teach it which are in our ward and it was a good meeting. Afterward we dropped off some muffins to Sawyer who is going to be baptized soon! Please pray for her and her mom Kelly as they prepare for this special time! Wednesday We were able to teach our recent convert named Aubrey a new member lesson and that was really positive! She is about 10 years old and for that night for young mens and young womens as well as activity days, we did a pinewood derby! Aubrey actually invited one of her friends which was really awesome to see and Elder Ray and I made a Book of Mormon Pinewood derby car. Everyone really loved it and surprisingly we did not get last place! Thursday We did a lot of service this day starting with the Henderson family and then we moved woodchips for Sister Kennedy. I love being able to do service and to help others when they need it. It's always a hilight of my week. Afterward we visited with the Coopers. The Coopers in recent years have had their children not come to church and fall away from the gospel. We shared a message with them and they needed it at that time and we are actually going to be teaching their daughter who has not been to church in a very long time period we are excited to see her and her children progress in the gospel. After all of this service we were feeling pretty grimy and explained to the members that were feeding us (the lynns) that we would need to change at their house instead of beforehand to which they offered us the shower in their bathroom. We were a little apprehensive but then we saw that they had a very fancy shower and they were very eager to show it off to us so both Elder Ray and I had a very wonderful experience and I will say it was nice to feel refreshed! They were very charitable, shared a lot of music, and fun memories with us. It was amazing to be able to meet with them and see their kindness and allowing us to use the bathroom! You were going to meet with our friend Mykhailo that night but after waiting an hour and a home at his home he texted us and said that he did not see us even though we were parked right in front of his house and went to home depot instead. We're not sure what the disconnect was there but we are hoping for this next week! Friday We had a good district council and we focused on the gift of the Holy Ghost and each training was focused on feeling, using, and having the Spirit with us constantly. Everyone was also 30 minutes late so we had to condence it quite a lot but it seemed to go well even still. Afterwards we had dinner with the Fifes who gave us bacon wrapped chicken which I must say was delectable. We were also invited to a birthday party that night surprisingly and it was fun to be able to show up and make Lindsay Duces birthday special and it was just a lot of fun! Saturday We were able to meet with our friend Vania after a couple of weeks of trying to get in contact with her and she's going through a lot. If anyone can pray for her she would greatly appreciate that. We were also able to spread some mulch with! That night we had an Elders quorum activity where we played pool and we actually had one of our friends Paul there at the activity! Everyone loved to talk to him and most of them didn't even realize that he wasn't a member and it was just an overall great experience for us to be there and to see him get fellowship. Sunday For Ward council this week we met with the Sunday school president who is the father are the Bishop's wife in my last ward. It was fun to talk to him about their family and to check in with his grandson who I was expecting to see when he came home from his mission. We were talking about the Easter program at one point and he threw me under the bus and said "Elder Schindler can sing, my daughter told me that!" and so I will most likely perform a musical member on Easter. I'll send the link to anyone who would like that. Afterward we had the sacrament. It had been two weeks since I had partaken of it because of Stake conference and let me tell you, it was sensational. I love being able to renew both the covenant of baptism and the covenants that we make in the temple. The sacrament and partaking the bread and the water is such a wonderful experience. If you haven't been to church in a long time please go. The Lord wants you there and He wants you to be strengthened in His power and His might. We later went back to sister Loretta Lamberg's home and were able to meet with her , her cousin who's not a member, and her mother who's not a member. We shared a good message about the tree of life and they really enjoyed it and they are planning to come to church this next Sunday! It's wonderful to see everything moving in our area. All in all it was good week, I've got to get going, I don't have much time left of my Preparation Day. God be with you, I love you all! Sincerely, Elder Nicholas Nephi William Schindler