[Dear family and friends, this is the letter we received from Joseph yesterday. He certainly sounds happy and busy. We are back in Michigan - after a very nice visit with family and friends in Utah and Idaho. We enjoyed seeing those we were able to see while we were out there!
We are anxiously awaiting Weston's mission call. We will let you know when we hear!
Joseph loves and appreciates your notes. Send me any note that you want him to receive -- and I will make sure he receives it.
Wishing you all peace and happiness as we begin a new school year!
Love, Joseph's editor - BWS]
Well first of all, before I forget, my next preparation day will be on Saturday, so please send me a message before then. That way, I have something to read on Saturday.
We were in Prague twice this past week. On Tuesday we went to Prague for our Zone conference and then we went back up to Prague on Saturday with Brother M is order to see a baptismal service there. He is preparing for baptism himself, in about three weeks and we knew it would be a good idea for him to see the service. He has changed so much in the past while. He actually is happy. [He is suffering from Leukemia.] He is focusing on the good things in life. It is so interesting that so much of our happiness depends on how we react to things, and not so much on what happens to us. We can either choose to be happy and to have faith in God, or we can choose not to be happy -- and thus we choose how we will approach life.
We have been meeting with several new people and we have also been setting up appointments with people who have met with missionaries in the past this week as well. We thus have been quite busy and I think we have quite an exciting week in front of us right now. This is the last week of the transfer and we really do not know what will happen next week, but we are going to be working hard in the mean time and doing everything we can to help the investigators and the members with whom we are working. This has been quite a great week and transfer.
This Friday we are hopefully having two baptisms in the Sisters' area -- assuming that the one investigator quits smoking and the other receives approval from his wife. This week is certainly going to be a rollercoaster.
Well, I love you and hope you enjoy the week. Good luck with school starting soon and be happy.
S laskou,
Elder Schindler
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