[Dear family and friends, I hope this letter finds you doing well. We are busy here in Michigan. Things are definitely cooler now -- we know that Winter is on its way. I hope we have a long and colorful Fall. We just finished with the River of Times -- where we reenacted the U.S./Mexico War of 1846. Julie and I demonstrated cooking over the fire. The tortillas we made were a HUGE hit! This year we added Mexican elements to our presentation -- along with our presentation about the Mormon Battalion. We are excited that Weston and Joseph get to see each other for a week before Weston leaves for Barcelona!
Let me know if you have any messages for Joseph. He LOVES hearing from you!
May you have a peaceful and productive week.
Joseph's editor - BWS]
Dear Family,
This week was interesting. We have been working very hard and found some wonderful people, taught some wonderful lessons, but nobody came to church and right now, we have no progressing investigators. We have been working so hard this week and giving so much of ourselves, but we still must be patient this week as I think we will start seeing the blessings of our work come around in the next couple days.
Here are some of the miracles that we saw this week.
Brother P, a boy we taught a couple weeks ago, but with whom we have been having a hard time getting a hold of, rode the same bus that we were riding last week, and so I was finally able to talk to him. It turns out that he has been reading the Book of Mormon that we gave him, that he likes it and thinks that it is interesting. We set up a meeting with him for this next week and are looking forward to that day. We rarely ride that bus, but it was just such an amazing miracle that we were at the right place at the right time.
Another miracle we saw was with a man we had met last week, and set up our meeting for this past week. He came to the meeting, told us he was firm in his own faith and that we would just waste our time with him, and then turned around to leave. However, we started talking to him, and after a few minutes of talking, convinced him that we still wanted to talk to him and explain more about what we believe. He turned out to have many questions for us, which we were able to answer, and we set up a new appointment for this next week. I was just so glad that we were so persistent with him and that because we were, he now has a copy of the Book of Mormon and is learning about the church from us, and not from the Internet/Wikipedia.
Also, I was on exchanges in Třebíč this past week and so I was able to see my old area. It is doing well and I was very grateful for the opportunity to go back and work there for a day. We saw some good things, and two people accepted invitations to be baptized. I also was able to see my old English class, as well as the Branch President's wife and their son. It was a good time.
Well, Got to go, but I love you and wish you a wonderful week,
Love,
Elder Schindler
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