SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010
....and dang I'M HOT!
Sister Morris' mother was kind enough to make us some mission shirts, just for the sisters in the Utah, Salt Lake City Mission. At our sister's breakfast in July, we talked about self-confidence and how we can work hard to maintain the proper self-esteem. One of the sisters brought up a talk that she had heard in the MTC, about how to make sure you think well of yourself, and then act accordingly. It was suggested that the first thing every morning you should look in your bathroom mirror and say, "Dang, I'm hot!", just so that you don't spend your whole day wandering around comparing yourself to other women who are thinner or taller or shorter or more beautiful or younger or have wonderful naturally curly hair. Sister Morris decided that we needed something to remind us to do that. So she designed the shirts and her mother made them for us. On the front, they say,
Our humility required us to put the last phrase on the INSIDE bottom hem of the shirts.
Monday, October 18, 2010
A post from Rachel's Mission Mom (Sister Winn)
Monday, April 19, 2010
The strong ones....
......Good news I still love and will forever love my new companions. I am learning a few Spanish phrases, like I said before we have language study for her in the mornings. So was wondering if you can send a book on beginning to learn Spanish and/ or to learn gospel Spanish. We have lessons that are all in Spanish and I have no idea what’s going on, love you!!!
More good news within the last week we put 4 more people on date with a total of six and we have 2 in the works and several others that we are trying to put in the works. This fire has seemed to come on fire overnight. Faith building days mostly!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hurrah for Israel!!!!. One of the people that we just put on date also has to get married first. We decided that we are a companionship that creates forever families. I have never seen such determination and diligence amongst the children in families. They are the ones that are bringing their families together. They are the strong ones. It makes me think of how great of sprits they must have been. I stand in awe. It makes me want to be stronger knowing the 9, 13, and 17 year olds have to exercise more faith and hard work then I ever had. It also helps me realize how blessed I am to have been born of goodly parents. They realized that they had to be the adult and to teach and raise their children in righteousness. Not to say I want them to choose for them selves at the age of 9 and not to care what they are doing. Also, to have the impression that this what their children need and this is how to empower them. Silly People!
We are working on not being late to appointments. It is a big struggle. We have so many people to see and we are learning that we cannot cram them all in. space out.
I am soooooooooo excited about the beehive. Katie you look so cute in the beehive suit. You will probably have to teach me how to care for bees when I get back.
Keep helping out the missionaries in your area. That is how we are finding all the people that are getting on date and baptized, is through the ward members. You are the finders and we the teachers. God will bless your efforts as you pray and try.
love Sister Schwarz
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Only Two Types of Days, Faith Building and Faith Strengthening....
April 8, 2010
I am so glad you got the pictures. Finally!!!! That was my third try and today before we came here I went and printed off all those pics and some to mail them to you.
Transfers happened yesterday. That is why I am writing today. I am still in West Valley, which I am actually really excited about. I am in a threesome. trio. This is going to be a great transfer. Sister Blackwelder (Florida) and Hermana Arce (Paraguay) are my new companions. We are not living at the Earl’s any more. I tried not to be too excited but I am I told the Assistants that they have their 25 yr old son living with them now. So uncomfortable. We live on the same level as the family and right next door the master bedroom I fall asleep to Bro Earl snores and wake up to them through out the night, but no more!!!! Having an unmarried man in the same house as the missionaries is a BiG mission no-no. They kind of freaked when I told them. So we moved into the split level apt with the Spanish speaking elders in our area. We spent about 5 hours cleaning it today. I am surprise that they are still living to be honest. I had the job of bathroom. Any ways we have a bunk bed and a bed in a room just a little bit bigger then Katie's room. but the rest of the house makes up for it. So happy. Last night was the funnest I had as a missionary teaching. All we did was run from apt to apt. I feel like a missionary now. Focused! It is awesome to have Heramana Acre as a companion for a lot of the people that we are teaching are Latino and so we teach in Spanish and English. Busting out baptisms now. No more giving all the Spanish speaking to the other zone. We have an hour in the morning for language study now for her to continue to learn English and Sister Blackwelder and I are going to try to learn some Spanish, maybe. The words that I have been taught thus far I butcher. They like to play the games/sports on p-day.!!!!! We have a lot of potentials and we are going to work hard now no holding back. Watch out West Valley!! I decided there are only two types of days. Faith Building days and Faith Strengthening days. Building is when I see miracles and the others when the Lord tests our faith. He builds and strengthens, builds, and strengthens.
Love you all I have letters in the mail
ss
Saturday, April 3, 2010
WEDDING BELLS?
Jesse and Sarah got married this last Friday. Then he got baptized that Saturday. The wedding was planned in two days. They almost did not go through with it because Sarah, a member wanted, a big wedding, Jesse just wanted to obey the commandments and get married and baptized. We mentioned that the most important thing is that you get married. Their parents were mad at them for supposedly rushing it, but the have been living together for more than a year and have a 5 month year old baby, Jocelyn. Even the Bishop wife said, “why not wait?” I had to explain to her, that Jesse recognize how important it is to commit themselves to each other and to live all God’s commandments. He did not want to leave his baby and girlfriend and why encourage them to procrastinate their day of repentance and the blessings of following the commandments. I said it as nicely as I could. I made their wedding cake and the Relief Society president made her a wedding dress for free, in 2 days. They have no money. But Jesse, two Sundays ago, paid his tithing and it was the last ten dollars he had. Then the next day they were doing laundry and found 30 dollars. Then the next day he found out that he was hired for a job that he applied for. Sister Schwarz
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wonderful Meeting!
The First Presidency and Young Women leaders attended the general Young Women meeting that was held on Saturday, March 27. Audio and video archives are available on the broadcast page. You can also access our live stream from the new beta page.
General Young Women Meeting
Thursday, March 25, 2010
We can only imagine...
We are only left to our imaginations at this point for Rachel has still not sent any pictures of her hair cut. I am sure she still looks beautiful, but it would be nice to have a picture! Rachel had 15 inches cut off. I can imagine the happy cancer patient who receives those gorgeous locks of hair. MOM
Thursday, March 18, 2010
A note from our GREENIE
March 17, 2010 Family, We gave Jesse the law of chastity talk on Sunday and his girlfriend was crying because he keeps saying that he does not like to make commitments that he is afraid that he will not be able to keep it, he is breaking his girlfriend’s heart and their poor baby. But this Tuesday we hard commented him to think about the 26 as a wedding date and the 27 as a baptism. He looked scared but who would not be, then his girlfriend who is a member is afraid to commit to someone that is afraid to commit to her. So we told them to pray about it together and separately and to talk to the bishop. Man, people have problems when they do not live the gospel. I made cinnamon rolls this morning, my first baking since I have been on a mission. We had zone breakfast as a reward for 42 baptisms to date with 4 last weekend. Sister Morris and I have 3 on date now. Tilley, Tracy Lynn, and Jaycee. Hurrah, yippee. Are you getting any of my letters and such? I did not bring my camera today because I thought that I sent pictures my second p-day here. My hair is a bob cut that just covers my ears. I look like a boy and I feel ugly all the time but I guess I do not have to impress any one here. Sister Schwarz
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Cut hair...........
Dearest Family, Well, my hair is cut. I don’t have much time to write. We cover a whole Stake (7 wards) there is so many people to remember and wards boundaries to recall and I cannot navigate where I am almost all the time. It is flat all around so I cannot even use landmarks for all the houses look the same. Our area has the less work so we track more then others, yesterday almost 5 hours. Most of whom we run into is less actives, members, and Asians in that order. They all have the same response; I am going through a hard time right now so I don't have time, I know all I need to now about the church and we are not interested, or I am happy with where we are and so we don't need more. I feel for my companion she is so frustrated. She said that this would be her first week without a baptism on her mission. She is very shy and not that outgoing and so am I. But we are working on changing that. I think that I annoy her with all my questions. I want to know everything plus I keep forgetting lots so I have to keep asking her. Especially the people that we meet or that she tells me about. Love ya all. Sis Schwarz
Saturday, February 27, 2010
I am here....
I’ m here..... I am in West Valley Utah, 30 min from Salt Lake Utah. I got to go to the temple this morning, a live session, it was wonderful, despite the fact that I kept falling asleep. I am tried most of the time......We did extreme street contacting; the first person that we met, my companion talk too,and she said yes to a hard commit ,which is will you be baptized March 14. Crazy!! Her name was Apothany or something like that. Her sister goes to church all the time and she goes with her occasionally. So she took her name, number, and address so they can prepare her for baptism. She never had the missionaries over before. This is on the sidewalk near Temple Square. We left Book of Mormons and pamphlets to others. I did not talk much. My trainer has only been out 4 months and I think that she is scared out of her mind to train. I am confused about what is going on most the time. I don’t feel like a missionary yet,.....I prayed about it and I got the impressions to just watch, listen, and learn.
It is weird that I knew who my companion was going to be before I met her. I was waiting in line to be interviewed by the Mission President and he has pictures of all the missionaries in the mission and the ones that had no companions next to them I assumed that they were to be the trainers. There was a picture of sister Morris and all the other sisters and I just had the thought that I think that I am going to be paired with her. So when we were making all the guesses I guessed her. She seems really smart and has a really strong spirit, think that she just got caught of guard that she was going to be a trainer, for we had nothing planned for Wednesday night so we kind of drove around for 3 hours seeing if some investigators were home and if some of the Ward Mission Leaders and Bishops were home. It was hit and miss, but mostly miss. I did get the package and loved it. Thanks papa for the gum and candy it was my breakfast and lunch today because I did not have any other food. Don’t worry we went shopping about an hour ago.......,Love you all thanks for all your love and support and thank the people in both wards for their thoughts.
Love forever and for always, Sister Schwarz
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Love and Hate...
..........Love and hate being a missionary; love because I have an added measure of the Spirit and because of this I am learning so much, and hate because I am learning so much and don't know what to do with all of it. Applying it is difficult. ............
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hero in training.....
February 12, 2010
