[Dear family and friends, here is the letter that we received from Joseph this morning. He loves hearing from you. If you want to send him a note, simply respond to this email -- and I will send it along to him. I hope you enjoy this as much as we did! At this season of thanks, we, as a family, are certainly thankful for the many blessings that we enjoy - including wonderful family and friends. I wish all of you a season of happiness, peace and prosperity at this time! Sincerely, Joseph's editor - BWS]
Dearest Family,
The last ten days worked out rather well for us here in Jihlava. We worked rather hard this week and unfortunately had to say goodbye to some people. Brother I is returning to the Ukraine and so we will not be able to meet anymore, but we had a wonderful last meeting. He is still searching for his answer, but I really think that he is close to finding that. We are referring him to the missionaries in the Ukraine and we hope that they will be able to connect and begin meeting with him. We also had a final meeting with an investigator from the seventh day, who we have met with a couple times. The spirit was definitely strong in the meeting and so it was difficult for us when she declined our invitations to continue meeting. However, the work continues on and after a good night's sleep I felt much better.
We are teaching some other great people. One, Sister E, has been learning more and more about the Book of Mormon and about how she can gain a desire to believe. She is curious about the gospel and wants to understand Christ and what we have to teach, but it is the first time that I have really taught someone for more than just a couple meetings who, for now, is just really curious. It always seems that before the lessons about the power of the restoration and the Book of Mormon that the Spirit would have already taken over, or that their curiosity was satisfied. It has been a great experience to think on her needs and how we can help prepare her to receive the restored gospel. We read in Alma 32 this last meeting about how the word is like a seed that we plant in our hearts, but then we need to care for it and give it all of the attention that we can make sure it grows so that we may taste of the fruit and know if it is good. After the lesson we all had felt the spirit and were very happy with the lesson. I think that a real desire to know is starting to overtake her curiosity.
Oh, by the way, I am staying in Jihlava. I sent Elder Weaver off to Brno this morning and Elder Story is my new companion. He is in the same group as Elder Heath, so he has been here in the country for about four months. I, of course, do not know him very well yet, but I likely get to know him in the next few weeks.
I love you all and wish you the best in the next few days. Daniel, that is so great that you are the best Daughter of the American Revolution at Western. [Daniel was chosen to represent his school for the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award - which award was issued to Daniel's father - 33 years ago.] Too bad they did not have any actual daughters to represent them, but still, congratulations. Weston, I ate at McDonald's the other day. Thank you for keeping the roots of McD strong back in the States. Andrew, please write me so that I can say something clever as a response to you. Chris, good luck surviving the winter [Christopher recently played a game where he was a coyote trying to get enough food for the Winter -- and he wasn't able to gather enough food to survive] and Nicholas, enjoy your new seat [Nicholas, the best-behaved boy in his class, was assigned to sit in a new seat].
I love you all,
Elder Schindler
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