Well I want to give everyone the thrilling news! I've
been sick with the cold since last Thursday! Wooooohoooooooooooooo! So
my birthday was actually kinda miserable however I did enjoy the rest,
relaxation, and awesome "Cars" birthday package I received. The
members here in Calvert ward have been very good to me however. For my
birthday dinner we went to the Summers home and had fajitas and birthday
cake and ice cream and they got me a real good lookin purple tie! I
wore it to church on Sunday and got tons of compliments. Then on Saturday night
we went to the S's, our ward mission leader, and they got me a
$20 Walmart gift card! Along with the gifts I've got a lot of birthday
wishes and "get well soon's" hahaha. It's been a good birthday despite
the sickness.
Saturday afternoon
we had the pleasure of visiting K B, the son of a member in
our ward. He was living with his dad in Pennsylvania before moving here
recently. He is not baptized so we started off by getting to know him
for a couple of weeks by inviting him to the turkey bowl and basketball
before our lesson on Saturday.
The Spirit was strong during the lesson. Elder M and I make a
good duo if it's ok to say so. We know K could feel the Spirit by
the way he listened, commented, and asked questions. We invited him to
be baptized on December 23.
He said yes. Then he asked us a question that I didn't see coming but
a question that I could answer honestly without a shadow of a doubt.
He asked us, "Is it worth it?" and we both responded with a
resounding, "Yes." I promised him that these next two weeks while he
prepares himself will be the best two weeks of his life. We committed
him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. It was
wonderful when we asked him if he believed if Joseph Smith did see the
Father and the Son and he said in effect, "yes, why would someone make
that up?" We have another lesson with him and his little brother, S,
who is 9 and not baptized tonight and we are eagerly awaiting it. Pray
for them, they are wonderful boys.
Last night we went to the temple for the first time
with the lights all up! Bishop and his family drove us and it seemed
like about half the ward was there! Brother S is a renowned opera
singer and he was performing so that's why a lot of people made the
trip up. The lights are beautiful, and what made it even more special
was the fog. The temple was truly a light on the hill, as the fog
carried an ethereal glow around the temple and Christmas lights. I got
to see one of my very, very best friends as well there! Elder J
P from the DC South mission was there and we shared a long embrace
and lots of smiles. He looks so good! We took pictures that I'll have
to send off to him.
This week will have some excitement to it as we have
our mission conference with Elder Packer of the Seventy coming to
inspect us or whatever he's gonna do. I'll get my Christmas packages at
that meeting :)
Love you as big as the universe! To the edge, Elder Schoemig
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