September 25, 2016
Hey everyone. I probably won't have a lot to write this week because I was sick and laying on my futon 95% of the week, but yep lets do it!
Only thing worth writing about is how much the Lord does love us. To be honest, I struggled a little bit the last transfer. I was consistently asking the Lord what he wanted me to do to become more happy, more lively, more grateful, etc... Well I think coming to kotoni was an answer to my prayer.
We are seriously killing it here. This last Sunday we had 6 investigators come to church. (In my whole mission that has been my biggest struggle.... I've never had more than one person come, and to be honest haven't had anyone come in a good long 2-3 transfers) this time we had 6!!!!!! I was sick, so it was a little rough faking lots of smiles and telling people I was okay, when I was low key dying, but it was so cool. I love this area so much and am having probably one of the best times I've had on my whole mission.
I know this is god's work. I know the 2 years might seem long from the way you look at it, but it is a small price to pay for God sending down his only Begotten Son to suffer and atone for up our sins. The mission is seriously the greatest life changing experience I have ever had. I am learning so much!
I promise everyone that if you study the atonement of Jesus Christ with an intent to learn how to apply it in your life, your life will change in ways you won't even imagine. Take the challenge. Everyone have an awesome week!
Love you all
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
[Don't have any recent pictures, but my little sister shared this with me. Look at it, think about it, apply it]
9.26.2016
Transfers just got real!
September 18, 2016
It's pretty rare to do a one and done in this mission, but i did it back to back to show off, jk I actually didn't want to transfer at all. Asahikawa had some awesome people I wanted to continue meeting, and sick places I wanted to go :( oh well
Anyway, my new companion is elder Bateman. He is from Seattle, Washington. He came on a mission right out of high school and is on his second to last transfer (15/16), so about 3 more months left on his mission. We are the same age and he is a straight bro. We are getting along great and are legit working the hardest I have ever worked on my mission. Up until now the most lessons I have probably taught is around 14-15 in one week. Elder Bateman and I taught over 65 this last week. We literally talk to everyone and he is way good with people and it gets people to listen to us a lot. I am ready to learn a lot from him and just have the best transfer of my mission.
We also have some sick progressing investigators and recent converts. The elder before me (elder israelsen) and elder Bateman were streeting one of the first days last transfer just talking to everyone they see. They talked to this guy named Uchida San who didn't seem to have a ton of interest, but came to church every week since getting called out to, and he got baptized last week. elder Bateman and his companion found him in the beginning of the transfer and he got baptized in 6 weeks! He is a walking miracle, and I was suprised how much faith he has when I first met him. Solid guy for sure!
I'm really hoping Elder Bateman and I can keep things running. He was a former AP and really knows his stuff, so we are just killing it right now!
This last week a lot happened. I made handmade sushi for the first time, I transferred back to Sapporo again (I do this back and forth transfer to Sapporo and asahikawa a little too much), had a talk first week in sacrament meeting, had a sports night and whooped everyone in ping pong. Made me think about my buddy Nathan the first time we Hung out at BYU when I spanked him hard in ping pong.
Yep, honestly life is good right now and this is one of the best areas in the mission! I'm having a blast and working as hard as I can. The lord is blessing us so much right now
Ok I will send a couple pics of what I have right now kk bye bye
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
Soooooo.... I transferred again! I was seriously not expecting it at
all and this will not make my 3rd area in 3 months! To put it in
perspective:
1st area (shinkotoni) 2 transfers
2nd area (shinoro) 2 transfers
3rd area (suehiro) 3 transfers
4th area (higashi) 1 transfers
5th area (asahikawa) 1 transfers
6th (....... KOTONI!!!!!)
all and this will not make my 3rd area in 3 months! To put it in
perspective:
1st area (shinkotoni) 2 transfers
2nd area (shinoro) 2 transfers
3rd area (suehiro) 3 transfers
4th area (higashi) 1 transfers
5th area (asahikawa) 1 transfers
6th (....... KOTONI!!!!!)
It's pretty rare to do a one and done in this mission, but i did it back to back to show off, jk I actually didn't want to transfer at all. Asahikawa had some awesome people I wanted to continue meeting, and sick places I wanted to go :( oh well
Anyway, my new companion is elder Bateman. He is from Seattle, Washington. He came on a mission right out of high school and is on his second to last transfer (15/16), so about 3 more months left on his mission. We are the same age and he is a straight bro. We are getting along great and are legit working the hardest I have ever worked on my mission. Up until now the most lessons I have probably taught is around 14-15 in one week. Elder Bateman and I taught over 65 this last week. We literally talk to everyone and he is way good with people and it gets people to listen to us a lot. I am ready to learn a lot from him and just have the best transfer of my mission.
We also have some sick progressing investigators and recent converts. The elder before me (elder israelsen) and elder Bateman were streeting one of the first days last transfer just talking to everyone they see. They talked to this guy named Uchida San who didn't seem to have a ton of interest, but came to church every week since getting called out to, and he got baptized last week. elder Bateman and his companion found him in the beginning of the transfer and he got baptized in 6 weeks! He is a walking miracle, and I was suprised how much faith he has when I first met him. Solid guy for sure!
I'm really hoping Elder Bateman and I can keep things running. He was a former AP and really knows his stuff, so we are just killing it right now!
This last week a lot happened. I made handmade sushi for the first time, I transferred back to Sapporo again (I do this back and forth transfer to Sapporo and asahikawa a little too much), had a talk first week in sacrament meeting, had a sports night and whooped everyone in ping pong. Made me think about my buddy Nathan the first time we Hung out at BYU when I spanked him hard in ping pong.
Yep, honestly life is good right now and this is one of the best areas in the mission! I'm having a blast and working as hard as I can. The lord is blessing us so much right now
Ok I will send a couple pics of what I have right now kk bye bye
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
[Working so hard my shoe fell apart]
[Treated ourselves to a buffet after killing it first week together (it's only been 4 days)]
[Made sushi one of my last days in asahikawa]
[Members threw us a big party at the end of the transfer. I ate soooo much]
Hey hey hey
September 11, 2016
What up everyone? Honestly this week was just a normal week of missionary work.
Here's a couple highlights:
We had zone training meeting where me and my companion
threw it down hard on everyone. Jk it was pretty nice. But, there
actually was one point where my companion yelled out 悔い改めなさい！(meaning
repent! In command form) he said it as a joke, but then everyone kind
of got quiet and things got awkward fast haha. That was funny
We taught a good amount of people and had lots of lessons
about what people are expecting from meeting with us. I think we need
to weed how the people who like missionaries from the people who
actually have interest and want to follow Jesus Christ.
We gave out a couple of book of Mormons
Wow this email sounds more boring after actually writing it out. Tbh,
I can't remember anything amazing that happened recently. We have just
been hitting the pavement and getting big spiritually.
I ripped my paints on my bike chain, but I'm a pro at sewing and did a
good job. I'll send that pic this week.
Kk sorry for the waste of time and boring email. Not too much to talk
about, but I will try and be more positive next week and find good
things to write about ha
Transfer calls are tomorrow so that should be interesting. I'll let up
everyone know what happens ;)
Elder Isobe and Elder Askew are reading this .... Haha
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
[Can barely tell it ripped right? I hope you're proud of me mom haha]
[Ate this meal with a member on Saturday night. Sick Chinese restaurant. First time I ate with a member in a long time. Idk why, but just haven't had any members feed us recently. I don't mind, more time to go find people prepared to listen ya know?]
[Sometimes I use this to house and tell people it's a survey. Depending on the situation it is more effective than, "can we talk about Jesus with you?"]
What up everyone? Honestly this week was just a normal week of missionary work.
Here's a couple highlights:
We had zone training meeting where me and my companion
threw it down hard on everyone. Jk it was pretty nice. But, there
actually was one point where my companion yelled out 悔い改めなさい！(meaning
repent! In command form) he said it as a joke, but then everyone kind
of got quiet and things got awkward fast haha. That was funny
We taught a good amount of people and had lots of lessons
about what people are expecting from meeting with us. I think we need
to weed how the people who like missionaries from the people who
actually have interest and want to follow Jesus Christ.
We gave out a couple of book of Mormons
Wow this email sounds more boring after actually writing it out. Tbh,
I can't remember anything amazing that happened recently. We have just
been hitting the pavement and getting big spiritually.
I ripped my paints on my bike chain, but I'm a pro at sewing and did a
good job. I'll send that pic this week.
Kk sorry for the waste of time and boring email. Not too much to talk
about, but I will try and be more positive next week and find good
things to write about ha
Transfer calls are tomorrow so that should be interesting. I'll let up
everyone know what happens ;)
Elder Isobe and Elder Askew are reading this .... Haha
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
[Can barely tell it ripped right? I hope you're proud of me mom haha]
[Ate this meal with a member on Saturday night. Sick Chinese restaurant. First time I ate with a member in a long time. Idk why, but just haven't had any members feed us recently. I don't mind, more time to go find people prepared to listen ya know?]
[Sometimes I use this to house and tell people it's a survey. Depending on the situation it is more effective than, "can we talk about Jesus with you?"]
One more week
September 4, 2016
Hey everyone sorry I didn't send out an email last week. I was putting
pictures on a flash drive and it took a lot of my email time, so....
Anyway, nothing super exciting happened this week
Here's a quick summary:
Went on splits with another Elder in my apartment. We did some good
streeting and it was awesome to watch his dendo fire (wanting to work
harder) increase, as well as his confidence. He's a good missionary,
just had some hard transfers with very little teaching. After teaching
a bunch with him, he got way excited to be a better missionary. It was
an awesome day. Saw lots of tender mercies of the Lord.
Went on splits with members looking for some less actives that live
too far for us to visit on bikes. All 4 elders splits with 4 ward
members. Me and the ward member I was assigned to visited 2 people and
they were both not home. He chose to get married rather than serve a
mission when he was 21 years old, and he doesn't really know how it
feels to try people who aren't home or really just do missionary work.
He seemed a little sad that we spent 1-2 hours trying people who
weren't even home. I then proceeded to explain how that was normal
missionary life and that's why working with members is the best
method. I think he kind of realized how important members are more
than he had before. At least I think so....
Had a meeting with all the zone leaders and sister missionary leaders
on Saturday. I love those meetings so much! I get to hear awesome
workshops from the mission president and his sick assistants (shout
out again to Elder Stevens)
Other than that, just lots of knocking doors and people not being home.
Me and my comp are doing okay. We are both polar opposites, so we
don't talk a whole ton because there's nothing to talk about....
However, we are still teaching a lot and feeling the spirit and that's
all you can ask for. Okay
Thank you. Have a great week!
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
[Our district last week before we ate lunch together]
[We were all companions with a guy named Elder Birch at one point, so we took a picture of us hugging a birch tree]
[My mom bought two puppies and I got so puppy trunky]
Hey everyone sorry I didn't send out an email last week. I was putting
pictures on a flash drive and it took a lot of my email time, so....
Anyway, nothing super exciting happened this week
Here's a quick summary:
Went on splits with another Elder in my apartment. We did some good
streeting and it was awesome to watch his dendo fire (wanting to work
harder) increase, as well as his confidence. He's a good missionary,
just had some hard transfers with very little teaching. After teaching
a bunch with him, he got way excited to be a better missionary. It was
an awesome day. Saw lots of tender mercies of the Lord.
Went on splits with members looking for some less actives that live
too far for us to visit on bikes. All 4 elders splits with 4 ward
members. Me and the ward member I was assigned to visited 2 people and
they were both not home. He chose to get married rather than serve a
mission when he was 21 years old, and he doesn't really know how it
feels to try people who aren't home or really just do missionary work.
He seemed a little sad that we spent 1-2 hours trying people who
weren't even home. I then proceeded to explain how that was normal
missionary life and that's why working with members is the best
method. I think he kind of realized how important members are more
than he had before. At least I think so....
Had a meeting with all the zone leaders and sister missionary leaders
on Saturday. I love those meetings so much! I get to hear awesome
workshops from the mission president and his sick assistants (shout
out again to Elder Stevens)
Other than that, just lots of knocking doors and people not being home.
Me and my comp are doing okay. We are both polar opposites, so we
don't talk a whole ton because there's nothing to talk about....
However, we are still teaching a lot and feeling the spirit and that's
all you can ask for. Okay
Thank you. Have a great week!
敬具 (sincerely yours)
ー シャイト長老 (Elder Scheidt)
[Our district last week before we ate lunch together]
[We were all companions with a guy named Elder Birch at one point, so we took a picture of us hugging a birch tree]
[My mom bought two puppies and I got so puppy trunky]
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