Dear Family,
Thanks for the wonderful e-mail that you sent. It is
so great to hear all of the things that are going on back in the States. Is Jue
pretty cool? I love Chinese People. In fact, my new companion is Chinese!
Well, He's American but his parents are from Beijing. His name is Elder Li and
he is AWESOME. We are basically the same person. He was a quarterback in High
School, went to BYU and knows some of the friends that I had out West. He's a
stud missionary and I'm super excited to work with him here in Apeldoorn. So
yes, that would answer the big question. I'm staying in Apeldoorn for a 4th
transfer (6months) :). I am super excited about it. I really love it here. How
is Cody doing? It was neat to see the prom pictures. I hope they had fun!
I think I've met Jessica once. I know her brother Chris. He was a good runner.
I'm sorry to hear about Paige's illness. But I
had to do a double take when I saw that Paige has a phone now? Holy
Smokes... My goodness, where does time go. I'm on my 10th transfer,
buh. Did Grandma and Grandpa have a good time in Indiana? I need to write
them a letter soon. Please tell all of my grandparents that I love them and
thank them for the support!
I've been doing fine, haha. The (kidney) stones didn't
slow me down a bit. We worked hard this week. I was really excited
that Annie (from Vietnam) came to church this week. She used to come pretty
often and then something scared her away. It was awesome to finally get her
back. The other day, we also met this kid named Kelvin. He was walking on
the other side of the street with his head phones but I had a feeling that we
needed to talk to him. Turns out that he was super positive and accepted a Book
of Mormon right away and we have an appointment this next week. Little
miracle that reminded me to always listen to the Spirit. That's so important.
I have had a lot of fun this last transfer with
Elder Schwartz. He's a good Elder. I learned a lot from him and I'm thankful
for the chance that I had to serve with him. He'll be finishing his last 6
weeks of the mission, white-washing Breda. It's on the border of Nederland and
Belgium.
I am very excited for this upcoming transfer. We will
see miracles left and right. We'll both work our tails off and see the Hand of
the Lord in the work. I love my mission! I had a dream the other night
that I was standing in our driveway back in Indiana. In my dream, I looked
around, smelled the familiar scent of home and thought about my mission and
just cried. I'm so scared that when I come back that this will all feel just
like it was a dream. A good reminder to kick it up a notch and use every minute
wisely.
Hope you are all doing well back home. Love you guys. Take
care!
Love,
Elder Schulte
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