1. What is your favorite thing to drink?
i like water. haha if it is cold and doesn´t taste weird. haha kinda boring i know
2. How safe do you feel as you proselyte?
i feel pretty safe prosleyting... we will see in my new area though. haha, the Lord keeps his promises. i am not sure how i would safe if i wasn´t a missionary. probably at least one person everyday tells us how dangerous an area is or where we are going.
so, we had transfers, and everything has changed like crazy!!!! it is pretty insane. the name of my new area is aldo bonzi. my companion is super sweet-hearted from Costa Rica named Hermana Alvarado. i am excited. i am in a different area. my comp from the MTC was here before me. it is so fun to have the district from the MTC here. when the missionaries reunite from the mtc, it is the best ever! it is fun to see how everyone has progressed in the language and their experiences. we are really good friends.
the last day in my last area was really good, and really really hard. i didn´t want to leave. it is hard for me to think that mostlikely i won´t see these people again. all these people that i have visited, spent time thinking and praying for, and the numerous and infinite amount of people that have helped me in some way, some form, i will never be able to repay.
the ward in Hurlingham is stepping it up. the last lunch we had with members, the couple (the man is the first counselor in the bishopric) told us how pleased he was with our hard work. he also said the bishop is super pleased too. in the meetings with the leaders and the missionaries (us) they are really starting to invite us to do stuff and to work as one with the ward and to have activities to help us with investigadores. It feels good to have more support from the ward. the first counselor has helped us a ton!!!! he is great and helped this lady in a wheel chair every sunday come to church. there are some really great members in Hurlingham!
Also, another member did a huge asado...kinda like a huge bbq for me leaving, and for his birthday. an asoda is where they cook all this meet and food. kinda like that place where they serve you hot meat on a stick....all you can eat, can´t think of the name of it...where Kevin, from teh colony, worked. he did that to say good-bye and also we had a cake for his birthday. it was really really nice.
we also had a baptism on sunday. the bishop changed the baptism from saturday to sunday because he wanted the ward to support the missionaries and the girl (named Celeste) to have the support of the ward. it was super neat to see! it was really hard to leave too. when we visited Celeste and Elvira, the two baptisms we´ve had, i cried a little bit in the prayer. they have changed so much and i hope they stay faithful in the church. they both love to learn and love the book of mormon. Elvira also cooked a pizza for us and ALWAYS thanks us for us visiting. a different change from before. i couldn´t tell them that i was leaving the next day. i don´t like good-byes. i hope they arent offended that i didn´t tell anyone or let my comp say anything about me leaving, i knew i would start crying if anyone said anything. it isn´t about me anyways, but the Lord. it was also hard to leave my comp. we had a really good last day together. probably the most perfect day in the mission! it is going to be hard without her.
Actually, the only person i could tell that i was leaving was Seba. we dont know who is going or staying until late saturday night. He baptized Celeste and i really wanted a picture with him cuz i didn´t have one with him. he has a lucky hat and doesn´t let anyone touch it...but he let me wear it! haha. i really hope he is able to leave on his mission soon. it is only because of him we found elvira and celeste. we also have two more baptismal dates for lucila and her brother ensol because of seba in a few weeks. they are going to have a ton of baptisms in the area soon!
so crazy! the one thing i dont like at all in the mission is having to leave.
wow, i wrote a lot!
love you!
hermana schneider
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