I am called of God. My authority is above that of kings of the earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my master and He has chosen me to represent Him--to stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do if He personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me. My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my doctrine is His doctrine. My Commission is to do what He wants done; To say what He wants said; to be a living modern witness in word and in deed of the divinity of his great and marvelous Latter-day work. How great is my calling! • My Missionary Commission • Elder Bruce R. McConkie •

Monday, August 30, 2010

LETTER: Elder Schneider • August 30th, 2010

hey so the stillmans wrote me... tell them thanks!!! i was so pump when i got it! k but this week....... i dont even know where to start!!! this week was probably the crazyiest week i have had!!!! so you know how i said i was in a three some companionship... well my companion went home on Monday night because he has been having problems with his foot! oh man it was a crazy night! his train left at 3 in the mourning, so i didnt really sleep at all! But oh man it was sad seeing him go, cause he was my brother in the MTC, and me and him were way super tight! So that was not even cool!

ok but then we had a baptism in Maribor, and we had to set up the portable font... that was actually way fun. But this is where it starts getting crazy. So 2 days before the baptism we were calling old investigators and inviting them to the baptism. And we called tons and i hand this investigotor sheet to my comp and he was like, "oh come on man, i hate calling people if the drop the missionioaries within 2 lessons." so i just told him to stop being a baby and call her! so he calls her and just says hey wanna come to a baptism and she was like so so so excited to come. (which is weird cause Slovenians just dont really care about church). When he got done with the call he turns to me and was like.... wooo that was weird, Slovenians do care.

So then to make a long story short, we go to the baptism on Saturday and he shows up, and the baptism was awesome!!!! k then immediately after the baptism we start talking to her and she just says, I WANNA BE BAPTISTED, can i join your church!!! hahahahhaha crazy huh? so we get a member to come on a lesson with us and teach her! k then she tells us this story.... (its bomb) so she just starts crying like crazy.... and she said the night we called her she was looking for truth, she said she didnt really have a reason to live.... So she got on her knees and started praying hard, saying send someone or something!!! then she stands up and the phone rings!!!!!!! oh yeah, it was my comp!!!!! (its like a fairytail mission story) and then she just said i havent found a church that has christ in it, and that you missionaires are lead by christ, i know that this chruch is true and i want to be baptisted right now!!!!!! So you can probably imagine how we felt!!! So we said ok we have chruch tommorow and we will figure out a date tommorow!

So then we have church (she shows up early), and she was just as happy as they come..... then during the meeting we had the best talks, and everyone was nice (and she was agreeing with everything)!!!! it was just bomb!!! then at the very end of church she turns to us...... and this is what she said,"um thanks for everything.... but this church isnt true, BECAUSE, my stomach was making noices and nobody noticed that i was hungry, so you guys dont have christ and i am the only one who has christ!!!!!!" My comp just sat there in confusion! Then she just walked out and that was that. ( i know what your thinking what a dumb ending to the mission story) but then the whole rest of the day was not the funnest! but just shows that god can work miracles, and he does lead this church..... but that there are crazy people out there!

But otherwise everything was good! ps..... ask logan how jennie is doing? hahahaha Caleb wanted me to ask!

love you family, ps... did andrew get the letter i sent him? if not let me know! thanks love you!

Elder Schneider