Dear Family,
It's been such a crazy week but
oh so amazing! My first area is in North Baton Rouge and yes, our
apartment is really close to the office. But the mission home is a
little bit aways. President and Sister Wall are the best. It's weird
because I've only just met him but I also feel so close.
The ward and people here are
absolutely amazing. They're all so dedicated to the work of the Lord
and so friendly. It amazes me how some people will give up so much for
the Lord. And I've realized that nothing will happen in the ward if it
wasn't for the members. So my advice to you guys is to become involved
in the ward, it's so important!! Only being at church one sunday it
already feels like home. The ward is very diverse and the people are
great.
So about the area...we're the
first Sister missionaries in this ward for I think like twenty years or
something crazy like that so everyone's so excited we're here! My
companion, Sister Calderwood and I are basically opening up the area
because there's so many single ladies that the Elder's couldn't visit so
it's all up to us. It's crazy because we're both brand new to the area
so this past week we've just had to start fresh and go around visiting
tons of people. There's a couple hundred members in the ward except
most don't come to church, actually hardly any do. So that's our main
goal, the less actives.
We do have a car and guess who
gets to drive? I do! Haha the first couple days were weird driving
because everyone drives so differently here and it's so easy to get lost
with no mountains. Seriously if we didn't have a GPS I wouldn't be
able to find my way anywhere. It's been raining a lot but it's not
humid yet. Everyone says in the summer it feels like you can cut the
air it's so thick. It's interesting though because the grass never
fully dries. We go running every morning and there's always little
puddles and the grass is always, it's different.
Sister Calderwood is from
Alaska and she's actually a temple square missionary but she's been here
for the past couple transfers and will be heading back there in a
couple weeks to complete her mission. You'll have to go down and see if
you can see her because she's amazing. I love how your companion
always knows exactly how to help you. She says that your first transfer
there will always be miracles and there definitely has been.
The other day this guy named
Andrew called the mission office saying he met some missionaries
in Mexico and he went to church with them once and he wants to be
baptized!! So they referred him to us and we got to teach him once and
he came to church yesterday. Truly it's a miracle. He has a lot to do
before he can get baptized but I love how it's all up to him and he
decided to do everything himself.
Oh and another miracle, listen
to how crazy this is. Our zone leaders, Elder Burch and Elder Franke
have been showing us around the area because they're also serving in our
ward. We went to teach a less active family with them and get this,
they left their car on with all the doors unlocked for the whole hour or
what not we were inside and miraculously their car wasn't stolen. The
family said that they were so lucky because it wasn't the best
neighborhood in town. The Lord really does watch over all the little
things we do.
Anyways I love hearing how you
guys are doing! And yes, I haven't even been in Louisiana a full week
and I already went to an LSU game. That's awesome that you got the
picture of me. The Elders in the picture are our zone leaders. The
sister that sent it to you is from another ward but yeah.
I love you all so much and hope
you're doing well. Sarah and Emily be sure to write me next week you
little stinkers, I want to hear about everything.
Love Always, Sister Schmutz
p.s. I absolutely love it down here. :)
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