Letter dated 10 April 2023

Dear y'all, Gotta fast with this one, I was playing some intense games of volleyball and poetry with Neanderthals for toooo long! Tuesday We had MLC (Mission leadership council) and DLC (District leader Council) combined this transfer which was dubbed "THE SUMMIT"! It was a lot of fun seeing friends/old companion and feeling pumped to help my district members out and helping their friends get closer to baptism! We had our final lesson with Sawyer that night and she had her baptismal interview and she passed with flying colors and actually taught elder Peterson (the interviewer) each question with an object lesson. What a champ! Wednesday We burned a ton of wood for Sister Kennedy again but this time I cinged my face so now I have a cool battle scar! Afterward we had some awesome visits with Roy who is heading to Florida (sad) and Sunny who is so awesome! She sought out the missionaries and wants to come to church this next week and we are excited for her. Thursday We had to stop at pepboys and we did some more service afterward. I also officially have an undiagnosed illness so that's fun so if you start coughing blood you may have the rare illness of "Elder Schindleritis". Side affects may include coughing up blood and burning your face slightly. We also called John, he is not well but seems to be getting his feet under him. Please send him some prayers. Friday You could way it was a... "good friday".... For reals though district council was amazing, we talked about Easter and everything that came along with Christ's atonement as well as how to our studies more effectively, finding joy in the work, and really figuring out more in depth who the Holy Ghost is. Everyone canceled until our friend Paul and we had a beautiful phone call with him. He is doing soooo well! We discussed Easter as well as how he liked general conference and the talks we shared from were from Elder Renlund, President Nelson, and Elder Juan Uceda. He was touched and we were glad he could feel the Spirit and God's love. Saturday Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁🥁 SAWYER GOT BAPTIZED!!!! Yayayay! It was such a wonderful service and Sawyer was jumping and dancing the whole time from excitement! She also thanks everyone for praying for her and wishing her well! We then had some good but short visit to finish off the day Sunday One more drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁🥁 SAWYER GOT THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST!!!! yyyeeeeessss! Fortunately she was able to contain her joy during sacrament meeting and was jumping but was still so excited! I am so proud of her and am glad I got to see her to this point. We finished weekly planning and did a little bit of finding and that was the week! I also wanted to share that I loved Easter and this beautiful season that we have been given. I took what Elder Gary E. Stevenson shared to heart and I've really been focusing to make Easter really really special. I saw a lot of fruits from it and I must say this it is just as special as Christmas and I would even dare say even more! This is really the greatest holiday of all time, it's the day we get to celebrate the resurrection and atonement of Jesus Christ. How fitting to see a completed baptism on this day. God be with you, 30 more days till I am forced to say goodbye. I have loved my service and don't want to finish yet. However, life must go on. I'll push even harder these last few weeks! Love, Elder Nicholas Nephi William Schindler