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Monday, December 30, 2013

This is the court house in Germany. They take this stuff really serious here. I mean like rules and stuff

My first Christmas in Germany


Hey there momma!!!

 This week was a goodie.... Wow... it was soooo much fun with all of the members parites they had for us... Oh before i forget... Your gonna totally make fun of me but... I bought glasses... I call them my finding glases, I use them when i go finding and...wow does it work hahahah. The glases dont actually have lenses in them its just glass. The best part about them is they were only like 10 euro and.... WOW do i look handsome with them on hahahah.
 
Well momma as far as missionary work... This week was terriable hahaha... We had only one innactive member lesson this week and that was it... Besides that we didnt get anything, we didnt find anyone, we didnt teach any investagators... We didnt get squat. The member appointmest were awesome though... We were invited to members on the 24 the 25 and the 26 because they celebrate all three of those days here in Germany?? I guess all three of the days are christmas!! But for the main christmas day, which is the 24 we got fed this giant turkey dinner ( I forgot ´how much i have already told you so...). The second day we were invited to the Bishofs family and they had a huge dinnder for us and fandu... I dont know how to spell it... Its like the bread in melted cheese and chocolate and stuff?? You know what im talking about?? After that we went to this chineese lady and she was awesome... She is an innactive member but she wanted us over for chrismas... SHe is probably my new best friend... She is way cool. She owns her own buisness and she sells watches... But like really expensive watches... And she is loaded... Her appartment has 3 levels...  She is also a huge fashion desgin person and super huge in England?? But she told me i have good style and she wants to go shopping with us on Mondays now hahaha. She is only like 30 so she is pretty young and super cool! But she have us the weirdest food of my life... She gave us pig heart.... But holy crap did it taste good!!
 
Hey momma... I dont have too much time because i have an appointments in a little bit.. do you thinkg you can just chat with me??
 Oh and i dont know the dat of when i would be back yet but... I will soon... I am hoping we can go sight seeing on our other P-Day this week. Everything in Germany is closed on Mondays so we cant do alot of tourist things becuase on our pdays everything is closed. So I am hoping we can do something later this week.
Oh and mom did I tell you with my new glasses I have super powers. Yep I can read minds now. Im pretty much a big deal. 
Love ya 
Brady.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Dec 16


Hey there momma!!! WOW.... Can i just say thanks soooo much for the package... WOW can i just say the packgage you sent me is awesome.... The only thing is... I havent opened it yet... Well I opened the P90x because i couldnt resist!!! But, the rest of the presents Im saving till chistmas... Us elders have a christmas tree in our appartment and put all of our presents from home under it!! So i dont know whats in the other ones... Im guessing slippers and pjs hahahah. I know that now because you just told me but, I will act suprised when i open it like i didnt know what it was gonna be!!! hahah
 
 Oh well the Chrismas party was way cool....There were soooo many missionaries there..... I think 250... It was way good, it was just like any other missionary confrence. Well at the end we watched a movie, nothin too exciting we just watched 17 miricals. I was hoping like the hobbit or something hahahaha!!!  I tried to start a chant that said Hobit hobit..It was a long shot though ahahaha! It was good Pres gave a good lesson!! 
 Well things here in Hamburg are awesome actually... Im still home sick... Sorry... I dont wanna lie but Im still home sick... But we are kickin butt here! Me and Elder Gibson are dong some really good work here!! Im super stoked about that! Well me and him were a little dissappointed about this Sunday. Ricardo couldnt make it to church.... He had some stuff come up and couldnt make it... He had a good excuse though so im not mad... His mom had some health issues. We are meeting with him again this week we have two appointment set up with him for this week! He is doing good but he still doesnt understand why this authority of priesthood is sooo important! He comes from a cathloic back round so... Thats taking a little time to expülane that!! But he loves meeting with us and really wants to find the true church! 
 
 Oh my goodness..... You have got to be kidding me.... Dad really did a back flip in the middle of the tourniment??? Oh why couldnt I have been there.... Ahhhhh that is sooo stinkin funny!!! Im worried about ethan... though... Is he a little scared of wrestling??? I hope he doesnt feel forced to wrestle... I hope he enjoys it!!! I would also like it if he found other things fun instead of just video games.... 
Oh wow.... Tell will thanks a lot and thanks to you too momma for going through all of that work for me!!! My route that i would like to go for football is some where where I can play and not have to stress about the game sooo much and go to school and do good in school!! You see what im saying... Thats why i had dixie in mind... Because i know they arent very good and it would be easier to be on the team and not stress about it too much! 
Oh and about skype 10 o clock your time and on christmas day... That is the only time that i can do it.... I hope that works for you... let me know next monday if that doesnt work and i will try to change somethings!!! 
Well it sounds like things are a little all over the place right now with christmas.... I hope you are all having fun!!! Chistmas here is super beautiful!!! They really go all out here!!! 
Well I love you all sooooo much and cant wait to hear from you again next week!!
Cant wait to Skype
Elder Schmidt

Friday, December 13, 2013

Dec 8


Hey there momma!! Well I hope you are starting to get used to my new times... I know its a little different every day but... Thats how my comp likes it so thats what we are doing for now just expect me to be on around this time for now on!!! 
 Well, how is everthing going momma!!! Well, i can tell you right off the bat that im as home sick as it gets right now hahaha... Well me and everyone in the appartment are very home sick right now haha... Just this morning all we talked about is old christmas traditions hahahah We also went through all of our family photos together hahah... We are just making ourselfs more home sick. Yeah the christmas here is cool but... I dont really get to do anything fun.. I just have to do the same ole stuff.... Im not bitter so dont think im sad im actually doing pretty good. It actually doesnt help that my comp and Elder Lüning are both going home in like 2 transfers and all they talk about is home.... Ugh.... That makes things hard hahah! 
 
 Oh I havent really told you about the other elders im rooming with... Im with Elder Cannon and Elder Lüning... Elder Connon is from Canada and elder connon is from provo. Elder Lüning is soooo cool, he is a fighter.. Like u.f.c fighting stuff... ME and him have of course already wrestled... hahahah.... He is like the most ripped guy i have ever seen... he is way strong... he didnt beat me and i didnt beat him... It was kinda a draw.. he is sooo funny though... We make fun of him for his funny canadian accent... 
 Well this week was actually a good one as far as missionary work goes... Elder Gibson ( My comp) Said our numbers havent ever looked this  good in a while, guess im doing somehting right hahahah!? We met with Ricardo again and it went really good he is very accepting and making really good progress. We have another appointment tomorrow with him!!! We are gonna invite him to baptism tomorrow... Like pick out a date with him to work twards! So wish me luck with that! We have had some really good inactive work happen here too!!! Im pretty stoked about the work me and elder gibson are doing actually! Me and him actually teach very well together... I never would have though but in lessons with each other we do very good! 
Oh... Mom... I have some bad news... Remember my swoop hair cut I had.... Yeah... Well... Its gone... Im super sad... Pres said i needed a hair cut.... so I tried to give my self a hair cut.... Well it doesnt look bad but.... I thought it would be a lot longer than it is.... Im really sad.... 
Well mom... Im gonna buy myself a coat today... do you remember how much money you put inot my accout?? I didnt go shopping last monday so i didnt use that money!!! So if you could tell me how much money i can pull out!! 
Wow.... It sound like everyone is doing good... It made me giggle to hear dads story with the remote.... Gosh i miss that man hahaha!!!! He is sooo funny some times hahah! I just miss being home actually! It sounds like you and dad are gonna have a good aniversiary...? Is that really what you guys do ever aniversary??? You guys need to go and do something fun like indoor sky diving!!! That sounds like an aniversary actitity!!!! I sure do miss you lots momma!!! 
Oh and if its too much to ask do you think you could send me some music by miechal buble'.... It is approved and his music is amazing!!!
Love 
Brady

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Hamburg


Well Hello there momma!!! Well Hamburg is huge!!! It is almost a little too much for me to handle hahahah Oh so my adress is possmoorweg 21 b Hamburg 22301. Yeah... I have never seen soo many people in my life till I came here.. Its nutz here!! I will be honest... I miss Bremen.... I loved that city soooo much, I know Hamburg is big and yeah its cool to see a big city but, I just miss my Bremen, That city is were I met some of the coolest peole of my life and probably the coolest members ever! The members here in Hamburg are cool.. well there are a couple here but... its just not the same... I really loved the members in Bremen.... There was actually more members in Bremen as in Hamburg.... As far as companion goes, my new comp is a good guy. we are just working on getting to know each other a little better... He loves the work though... WOW... He is a great guy, he just needs to loosen up a little bit hahah. He is also an older missionary.. He goes home in like two transfers or one i dont remember hahah. 
 
Well this week wasnt too bad. This program is struggling a little bit.. I think i know what to do to boost it a little bit though. Just last Saturday I got us a new investagator. I went through the phone and looked at all of the contacts in the phone and just started calling all of them to see who still has interest. We came acoss this, his name is Ricardo... he is a great guy a little shy but still cool. He is from spain but speaks perfect German and very little english. We had a very good lesson with him though. We taught him about the restoration yesterday and we have our next appointment with him today and it should go pretty good. Elder Gibson and i teach pretty good together and im excited to be in more lessons with him.
 
I am a little concerned about the area here though... it is really struggling... I thought the work would be throught the roof here but... Not really... Well I guess the other elders here are actually doing very good here ( The zone learders) We actually room with them. But, they had 3 baptisms last transfer... But its our program between me and my comp that is struggling and the ward itself..  Like Bremen had more members than here... I dont know what the deal is...
 
 Well.... i am sad that i missed thanks giving.... ugh... Thanks giving was always one of my fav hollidays at home... it looks like you all had a lot of fun though... the pictures look fun!!! I am going to the christmas market today in hamburg so that should be a lot of fun!!! This city is huge.. I get lost all the time.. I have no idea where im going most of the time... I havent had time to go shopping yet but i cant wait to do that... Its gonna be soo cool! Its bad though... When i go shopping i buy stuff i cant even wear as a missionary... Yeah... I dont know whats gotten into me hahaha
 
Well momma I hope everything is going good!!! Oh and thanks for the extra money!!! Im sooo excited to go out and buy some stuff!!! Im super stoked that Ethan has his first tournament coming up!! He is gonna do great I know he willl! And dad and his power lifting stuff coming up.... hahahaha... I wish i could be there to see this... He always makes me laugh when it comes to stuff like this!! I hope you are also dooing good momma! Im glad you didnt have to stress out about thanksgiving tooo much this year! I sure do love you all a lot and I hope you can chat with me momma
Love 
Brady

Monday, November 25, 2013

Nov 25

Hey there momma!!!! Well, let me start off by answering your questions. Well, Yes I do need something.... I need some money to send Ethan and Ellie somting for christmas! I have been window shopping for the last couple of days and I have a good idea what i want to get everyone but dont have any money to buy anything or send it!!! So if you could do that for me that would be awesome! Oh.... Mom.... I have some bad news... Im being transfered..... :( ..... Im really sad about it and really wanted to stay in Bremen one last transfer... Bremen is my fav city of my mission.... I know its only my second city but I have vistied a bunch of cities and bremen is simply the best city. Well im going to Hamburg.... I cant say that im bummed but... Bremen was just awesome. I loved the menmbers here and.... just ugh..... I feel like if I had one more transfer here i Really could have made somethiing happen!!! Oh and I dont know my adress yet so I will tell you that next week! 
 
Well momma the turkey bowl was a success!!! A huge success!!!! We didnt have too many of the football players show up, about 10 showed up but the members were awesome!! None of the members even knew how to play football but they played anyways and it was a lot of fun! IT was really easy to tell the football players about the church because we were planying in the back yard of the church! I was the all time quater back ( because im awesome) and of course my team owned!!! The funny part was is I had all of the girls on my team and little kids and one other missionary!!! The other team had a bunch of the football players and Elder hardy and elder gleason. Elder gleason is gonna go play corner at utah after his mission so he is pretty good! But my team was amazing hahahah! I threw it to a little girl a couple of times and I just ended up picking her up and running to the end zone!!! It was sooo funny! The one girl from The middle east that i met on a bus showed up and he also played with it was a lot of fun!! 

Oh momma Guess what im gonna do!!! Well.... Because we have that one member that lives in cedar hills and she is also in my ward here, she is gonna take my packages with her to america for christmas!!! She is leaving for utah the 21st so i hope that she will get the packages to you on time!!! I need to hustle and buy all the presents today because she is having us over for dinner tonight and I will just give her the present then!! Oh i guess that will be a good thing about hamburg... Good shopping!!! Oh I also forgot to tell you In hamburg i will be in another 4 man appartment, so that should be fun!!! Oh and i think i might be a district leader in 2 transfers... Because my new comp is the district leader but he goes home in two transfers and pres has been hinting to me that he might do something like that or train!? 

Wow... Dad is still power lifting.... hahahaha. He is the Brett Farv of power lifting hahahah! HE says he is done and then nope... Im doing another one hahaha. He makes me laugh... Just tell him not to get hurt!! 

Well momma... I hope everything starts to calm down for you... I know its Christmas time so i know that is not gonna happen hahah. But I know how hard you are working trying ot keep everyone happy! I love you lots momma!! 

Get on and chat with me!! 
Elder Schmidt

Nov 17

Hey there mamma!!!!!! Well let me just tell you this week... We sucked.... I will be flat out honest.... ME and elder marshall sucked it up!!!! Like I cant say that we just did bad work but we just didnt have anytime to do actual missionary work this week. We have been helping the other elders move to another part of the city and it has been taking like the whole week.... Im just a little frustrated!!!... This week will also be a busy one though. This week we have the turkey bowl and a crap load of appointments this week with members because I think this is my last week in Bremen. I Hope I stay one more here. I get the transfer call on this saruday so next week i can tell you where where i will be going or if im staying....

Oh quick story... I dont remember If i told you about the story about Gilda... Me and elder hardy found her last transfer at the begnning of the transfer.... Soo, a long time ago. Well we found her when we were in Rötenberg ( the city where we coach football). When me and Elder Hardy go to coach football we go to this city a couple of hours early so that we can do some work there before football starts. And they have really good ice cream at this one place. Anyways, Our first day up there it was a really slow day and me and elder hardy wanted to take a break and get some ice cream... While i went into the store to get some ice cream there was this tiny little asian looking lady, and she was looking at me really weird... Well I went into the bathroom and i come back out buy ice cream and walk out of the store and i see the little lady crying to elder hardy... She told him she has been looking for the church in her area for 10 years now... She said she went to 
church 10 years ago in Hamburg but hasnt been since. She doesnt have internet so she couldnt find the church and she donesnt have a license to drive. Her husband is also a big jerk and wont let her really do anything... We convinced him to let her come to church, which was a miraclel!!! ANyways... she said she has been praying for 10 years to find someone to lead her back to the church because she couldnt find it. SO that day we gave her our information and hooked her up with a ride everyday to chruch with the Bish!!! She calls me and Hardy her saviours and stuff hahahah she is awesome! Yesterday she gave me a bunch of presents??? She gave me a buch of books but they are not mission approved books so she wrapped them up in christmas wrapping paper and said i can open them up not this christmas but the next one when i go home?? She is soooo funny! But, what I wanted to tell you about her is she is probably the coolest member ever!!! She invites me and Elder Hardy over to her house like every friday when we have football and wants us to come hang out with her. She is also nutz about missionary work??? Every since we showed her the brodcast from the first presidency she has given a book of mormon to like everyone in her small town... Well village which has like 100 people there!!! She has a new investagator for us there and goes on joint teaches with me and Elder Hardy when we are up in her area!!! She is haveing us teach her friend Lanzo.... he is golden... I could see this guy getting getauft really fast!!! So ya thats my little tangent on Gilda.... She is sooo funny she is this little lady that rides her bike around and talks to people about the gosple!! 

Bsides her... nothing really happened just moving the whole week... Kinda boring... Ugh... Tell Mangum to email me!!! I want to hear form him sooo bad. Gosh i miss him hahahaha. I try to talk in German with a Mangum voice sometimes... Its way funny hahahah. I hope Ethan likes wrestling though... Why does he like being at the high school sooo much?? What makes it soo special ahahah? 

WAit what??? You are going to retirement parties?? DAD is getting old.... Dont tell him i said that!!! Will i be home for his retirment party?? IF so I want to plan the whole thing!!! :) Im worried about dad though... who is he gonna talk to when he goes to the gym?? Todd is not there anymore?? Thats sooo sad... I liked him!!! 

Well momma...  if you could send me that one article  about the missionaries in the Phillipeans.that would be awesome!!!! 
Love you
Elder Schmidt

Nov11

Hey there momma!!! Well everything is going really good actually!!!! Mom... I have a very funny story for you this week hahahahah. Well I went on an comp exchange this week and it went really good. I found a new investagator... She is not very solid but it is funny how I found her. Well me and one of the zone leaders were on the exchange and we were heading to an appointment. Well while we were on the bus Elder G ( the zone leader) He looked at me and said. Hey do you want to do some finding in the bus? I was thinking that is a little awkward but.. Why not. He said he is in a car the whole time and he has e´never had a chance to do finding in a bus... He then turns to me and says, lets split up and first one to find an investagator wins! I was like game on! The funny thing is the wholoe time he was talking  to me there was this girl staring at me and kinda checking me out and when i looked at her she just smiled, like a really big smile. So me and elder G split up and in my head i was thinking... Elder G, you have already lost.... I looked at the girl again and she scooted over and wanted me to come sit by her.... I did, just for a little bit. She didnt know what she was getting her self into... Because she is thinking to talk to me about completly different stuff but no... We talked about the Gospel hahahah it was really funny. She really wants to meet but im not sure how intrested she is with the gosple or just me?? She is not very good lookin either sooo Yeah no need to worry momma! Every one in the appartment is calling me the flirt to convert?? I dont know??? I didnt ever flirt I just talked to her about the gospel. Oh the funniest part of the story is right as a sat down with the girl Elder G turns around and looks at me witht the most confused, suprised fiace ever... It was sooo funny. After we got out of the bus he looked at me and told me " Wow you are really good at bus finding hahahah"

 Well this week we had The Elders from Bremerhaven come down to  with us too. Elder Gleason he is in our district came and he played at Utah... So he is really good at football! He came and it was a blast!!! Me and him went and coached our team.  Oh by the way Elder Gleason is like my hero... I love this guy sooo much... I will for sure hang out with him when I get home! But anyways... Back to football... WE are having success with the whole idea of the thing... We are meeting with this one kids whole family!!! Its gonna be sick! Im just glad its going some where finially!!! 

Well besides that we had a very successful week this week.. I had a lot of fun. I thought i wanted to leave Bremen... But.... Now its scaring me because the transfer is coming to an end... WE only have two weeks left in the transfer... I really hope i stay

Its sounds like everyone is doing awesome and stuff!!! Oh yes send P90 thgat would be sooo sick!!!!  Oh and way to go on that sale you got!!! That desk thing loooked awesome Like wow!!!! I really miss you alll a lot and its crazy im coming up on my half way mark.... This is nutz!! I feel like i just got out here!!! 

I think I am finially starting to master the language though... I dont have the slightest propblem understanding people now! I still talk a little funny but I know just about everything. The problem is... My German grammer is better as my English grammer!!! My spelling still sucks in german but Thats okay hahah! 

 WEll I love you all sooo much And I hope I answered all of your questions!! 
Love you 
Elder Schmidt

Well well well its Nov.

Well momma!!! This week was another good one! Well, it was kinda good. Before I say anything... I wanted to ask you for the insanity videos maybe for christmas. I remember that sheena had them maybe you could burn them and send them.... I say that becuase Elder Hardy owns the dvds and when he gets transfered then... MY work out program is done.... 
  Well, anyways this week was good.... WE had some good lessons with out investagators and me and Elder Hardy are setting up a giant ward activity!!!! Im soooo stoked!! I love putting together activities... K so listen.... There are a bunch of americans in our ward here in Germany... What american doesnt love Football... We are gonna set up a giant turkey bowl later this month... Im sooo excited... WE are inviting half of the mission to the party and all the ward and me and Elder Hardy are gonna ask the football team that we train to come too!!! We are gonna gave a crap load of people there. WE are hopeing to get pres to come too that would be sooo cool! We are gonna do it at the church because it would be a good way to introduce our church to everyone, there is also a giant feild on the back side of the church and there is also a place for us to do some girllin!!! Does that not sound awesome??? Im soooo stoked!!! Tell me if you have anymore ideas!!

 I was thinking of doing some kinda of tail gate party. I know these members would do such a good job with these investigators if we could get them set up together.
Well, Im glad to hear that enveryone is doing good again... I love you all sooo much and the holladays are gettiong to me... But, Im excited for christams to come around. They have alredy started to set stuff up for christams. They have the best treats here in the world i swear!!! 

Oh momma... Tell dad that his email was very awesome and very inspiring... ITs always good to hear some words of wisdom for dad!!! I do miss his lectures acturally... strangely enough... I miss him coming down on me sometimes hahahah!!! 

Well I love you all sooo much!!!
 Love Elder Schmidt

Inline image 1Elder Hardy and I got matching outfits. ya I know we look good.

Oct 29


Hey momma, THis week was just... Well it was a slow week. Everything in our district has changed and its just not as fun anymore. Elder Chistanson left and this new guy came in and its just not the same anymore. Elder Christanson was sooooo funny.... The biggest nerd in the world but the funniest guy in the world... HE was one of those guys that didnt try to be funny, he just did funny stuff and we all made fun of him for it!!! The new guy is kinda a drag... Nothing against him.... I dont know the Bremen crew is just not what it used to be. Me and Elder hardy had a big talk about it yesterday actually... Me and Hardy are really tight! I love that guy!!! He and i just talk for hours on end about the stupidest stuff hahaha. But me and him decided that we wanted to go to Dresden together... I guess is suppose to be the best Christmas city in Germany!! Honestly, I dont know what Im gonna do with out him... 

 Like I said this week was just a little.... Yeah... We need to pick things up a little bit. We did have interviews this week. It was good but, Im in trouble by Pres!!! HE told me in the interview " Elder Schmidt, you are happy now but, you need to be more obeideant!!!"  I dont know what that means?? My teaching skills are through 10 times better than they ever have been? I guess he was mad because he said that my pants were too tight, and that they didnt have a crease... I just dont think pres knows what looks good?? He said im not allowed to buy slim fit pants?? I dont know what the problem is, I have gotten sooo many comploments on my pants the last couple of weeks??? My pants arent ever that tight.. ITs just a straight leg look down the leg??? I will give pres some style tips later. Me and him have a very good relationship though... Every time we talk we walk away laughing!!! Maybe i can find some mc hammer slacks and then we will see what he says?? hahahaha

Well momma... I wanted to ride some roller coasters last week but... My card is invalid for some reason?? I dont know what to do... I did ride like two rollercoasters because some other elders paid for me and that was way fun, but maybe you can see whats going on with my card?? Oh and i took lots of pictures.. And I dont want to send my sd card yet because they are just starting to put out all of the christmas stuff and I would like to send you all of the christmas pictures!!! 

 ! Im starting to get a little sad though... Christmas is coming and, I want to be with the family... IT will be my first christmas not with you guys... Makes me sad... 

Well sounds like everyone is haveing a great time! Thats a bummer about Ethans ankle though... I hope it is better by wrestling season... I wish I could have seen his football season... Im sure he tore is up... The football seasson seemed like it flew by... wow! Im also happy for dad that he doesnt have to be frustrated anymore. We will just wait till next year when he says he is not gonna coach and then the last second he chooses to do it again... I know its high school next year, but he will find a way! I think dad needs to put on the suit one last time... Tell him to shows those guys what old school is all about... Not that he is old.. but yeah... He is only half a centry... Tell stephen Im proud of him for going to this dance... Now... he needs to BUST A MOVE!!!!! 

Well I love youz all and. ANd have fun on the hollidays with out me.... Just kidding... no but But REally!!! ;) 
Love Elder Schmidt

Monday, October 21, 2013

Oct 21st

HEy momma.... Well, all I can say about this week is sore.. So you know how Elder Hardy and i are helping coach the German football team. Well this week we tried to show them some drills to help them.  I forgot how many muscles you use when you sprint and cut . It was really fun and Elder Hardy and I didnt break any rules but tried to show them how to really play American football. They have a long way to go. But Elder Hardy and I are really sore . We couldnt do our Insanity workout this morning. But it is fun to work with these guys. The coach really has a lot of faith in us ,which I like becuase he dosent know a lot. 

Besides that... This week was pretty good, we met with the guy that we were helping move his bed and he is solid. I really think we will beable to work with this guy... We also found a new investagator this week. We met him at a music shop... Kinda a funny story... I only went in there to buy a hermonica book hahahaha.... We all bought hermonicas together, so I wanted to buy a book so we could actually play them with out sounding bad hahaha. Well I went into this shop and found the only German that loves country music in Germany... It was sooo funny... As soon as he heard that we are from America he asked us if we love country music... He got up and ran into the back of his shop to grab his banjo.... He came back out kicked the door open and was wearing a cowboy hat and singing country music... It was sooo freakin funny.... Later he asked why we were in Germany and we told him what we do and gave him a Book of Mormon and made out an appointment for tomorrow... This is just my faith builder for being a normal person... Sooo many missionaries go on the street and try to stop people saying... Hello we are the missionaries and we are talking with people about God... That is sooo weird.... Just be a normal person and you will find people and normal people too. Like really... I went into a store and talked to a guy about country music and talked like a normal prerson... I hate robotic missionaries... hahaha

Well, Please tell Ethan... I am soooo proud of him. He sounds like he is doing awesome. WHat the heck happened to him... He turned into an animal... 

He befoe i go, I need to ask dad something. Does Dad know Steve Gleason? 
 
Oh and another thing... I met this random family at church. They are from America, and they know the Squires family... They know Mason and his whole family... I guess they lived by them in Washington...?? Sooo random... The ladys name is Marilyn Hatch, I forgot the guys name but his last name is also Hatch.-.. ?? SO random... Well I love you all!°!! 
Elder Schmidt

Monday, October 14, 2013

Oct 14

Yo Yo Yo momma!!! I love you!!! Well this week was a good one. We had soooo much going on and the best news ever.... Im staying in Bremen!!!! Ahhhhhhh I love my life right now!!! That is exactly what I wanted.... I wanted to stay here Ahhh I love it!! Well also this week we went to Hamberg and wow... That city is huge and beautiful!!! It was really cool. We went there for stake confrence, that was really cool, there was about 100 missionaries there and a bunch from the old mtc gang. It was nice seeing everyone again!! We also had zone confrence, that was good it was a good motovation booster!!! Cool experince from that actually... Well as a zone we came up with the goals that we want to find 50 new investagators in as a zone in the next two weeks. Well me and Elder Marshalll took the challange and went and did finding for only one hour and we found an awesome investagator... he is golden. His name is Muhamhad...? But he believes in Jesus He is a little different but we will be able to actuzaly work with him. Funny story how we found him though. We found him moving a bunch of stuff and was carrying somthing that was way too big for him... He was carrying a bed by himself and he was trying to do it by himself... He is a tiny little man and was having a very hard time... After we helped him he told us that we were his angels hahaha? He doesnt speak much german or english.. WE have already had an appointment with him and it went awesome he is already making huge progress!!! 

 

It swound like everyone is doing good, I hope Alyssa finds somthing out... Im worried about her now.... What I have been doing lately is writing down evey time i feel the sprit and write down exactly how i feel in that moment... Maybe thatz will help her... Because if she is anything like me, as soon as she feels the sprit it is awesome but then later you think about it too much and you doubt yourself... Write it down as soon as you feel it, That way there is no way you can deny that he is there... I know that sounds super missionary and churchy... but really try it... 

Well momma just want to say... I miss you momma... I miss a lot of stuff right now... I didnt realize how spoiled I was with my mommas cookin... Im starting to get sick of cooking for myself because it doesnt taste good at all.... ANd another thing.... No one puts the hot pockets in the microwave as good as you do mom... ugh... This week im setting up a lot of member appointments because I dont wanna cook anymore hahah

Im glad dad is enjoying him self hahahah. Tell dad I think i am ready to take him out in wrestling... I have been  wrestling elder hardy and he is huge and a national champ and I have taken him down a couple of times... I think my time is coming that i will be alpha male in the house when i come home!! Well thats if i live at home when i get back... Im still thinking on that.... Nothing against you guys but... I think i only want to live at home for like a mounth  when i get home and then start with my life ya know.... Sorry... Stephen is makleing me scared... I dont want to be sitting at home all the time when i get home... hahahaha

Well momma Im glad everyone is still doing great... I love you all and hope to hear from you all again!!! 
Love
Elder Schmidt

Monday, October 7, 2013

Oct 7

HEy momma. This week was good. I can honestly say momma... You dont have to worry about me... Im fine and im doing a lot better. , I know that here on my mission I can find answers that I would not find any other place.  what has really been helping me out latley is the Bible. I have been finding answers in there that i have been looking for a long time for. It really has been helping me out. Plus I love it too... I am reading it in german the martin luther translation. I found out that Joesph Smith said that the martin luther german translation is the correct bible translation. Its really good and im really enjoying it. 
   
Well, This week was another slow one... Just kinda went.. We met with our new investagator two times this week but... I dont know how much more time i want to spend with him... He is very muslim and doesnt want anything to do with Jesus. Well he believes that Jesus was a prophet but doesnt believe that he is the son of god... ANd thats really hard to teach him because he loves the quaran, and the quaran says in it that jesus is not the son of god... So he is gonna be a hard one to convince... He is really cool and wants to keep meeting with us. He made us some really good african food for us last time. Its kinda cool how the africans eat though, they get a huge bowl and we all eat out of it together. It was really good it was just rice with some chicken and some really good sauce. 
   
I am sooooo happy for Ethan.... Way to go.... Holy crap....  touch downs.... extra points.. What the heck is that about.... Where did that come from...??? Please just tell him how proud i am of him right now.... YEAHHHHH thats my lil bro!!!!! WOw, Thats just sooo coool! Ahhh I know is capable of doing that every time if he just tries hard... I hope this teaches him something... When he tries, then he succeeds!!!! Oh my goodness he is such a stud.  

Tell dad he needs to start insanity.... Oh my goodness.... Mom... I have the coolest 6 pack right now.... Ahhhhh its sooo coool. He says he wants to do more cardio... THen do insanity.... I know it sounds silly but.... WOW... ITs soooo cool. I hated the idea of watching a video too but... The results are awesome! Our neighbors still complain but we are getting in sick shape.



Well momma... I hoped you loved conference... IT was sooo good. WE watched it at the members house that is from lone peak high school, she is soooo awesome. Her name is Hanna Moore, Ask Stephen or Alyssa if they know her. Pres Uckdorf said something that was sooo cool. He said doubt your doubts before you doubt your belief. That was really good and really cool. I also loved how he made everything more real. It makes me happy. For example... He said if your are looking for a church with perfect people... You will be let down... Thats cool to me because I feel like too many people compare each other to others and think that some people are soo much better and stuff but, In all honestly everyone has problems people just dont show it. I also loved Hollands talk... His talk really made him more real to me and I really feel like his talk was inspired... I feel like depression has been a huge problem and Im glad he said somehting about it. 

 Well momma... Im 20 years old... That means I am a man... Which means.... I am allowed to grow a beard.... and mabe a mustache. Tomorrow... I will wake up with my man beard... Just watch... Oh and for my birthday... THe ward is taking me out bowling the day after my birthday for my birthday... I promise.... I didnt plan this out at all.... HAHAHAHAha. WEll I Love you all sooo much

Sept 9


Well momma. This was just another week down and almost done with the transfer again... This transfer is going by soo fast we have just had a lot going on and have been really busy. It was a little sad because we helped C move to another city and we are all gonna miss him a lot. He was always hanging out with the missionaries and going out to lunch with us and playing basketball with us. He was more of a friend than an investagator. Besides C moving, nothing really too exciting happened, we just met with a bunch of JWs people and it went good. I am really trying to find more solid investagators. Right now we have the same investagators that Bremen has had for a long time and they arent really going any where. So, I have been focousing on finding more lately. 
   
   The baptism was good he is just a really weird guy and really funny. He is just one of those guys that is sooo weird you just have to laugh. He seemed to really enjoy being baptised. Elder Hardy confermed him a member of the church yesterday. He did really good I was happy for him because Elder Hardy was really nervous to do it but he did awesome. I didnt take any part in the baptism, well, I stood in when Elder Hardy confermed a member but thats about it. 
  
   Well Im glad that everyone is doing good. I am still wonering about Ethan. I hope he is still playing hard and working hard. He just needs to realize how good he really is. I saw the picture of Ellie... It doesnt look like much has changed... I did love the bench thing in the back of the picture... IT looks really good. Looks like dad is still going hard with his crafts...
  Well momma, Im super stoked that you are hitting your 4 year mark... Thats gotta be crazy... To be honest... THat feels like forever ago... I dont know why.. IT feels like its been like 6 years... Im just sooo happy you are still going strong momma. That just kinda made me think how greatful I am for my momma... Thank you for everything you do for me momma. I dont know what I would do with out you.! 
   I am doing good momma... Not much has changed.. I just keep moving forward.. Im not sure what else to do so thats what im doing... For some reason it feels like my year mark is just right around the corner... I know its like 4 months away.. but.. these last coulple of months have gone by soooo fast... ITs getting a little excithing though... they are already starting to sell Christmas treats and getting little stands up and everything... ITs pretty cool! I might get a little fat from it though... Once you start you cant stop... I ate like 3 boxes of these chocolate things... Tis soooo good they have these cookies its covered in chocolate and on the inside there is pumpkin cookies style stuff in there... Im sorry that was a really bad discription but thats the best I can do hahah. 
  Well momma I love you and tell everyone else that i love them too!! 

Aug 27


Hey there momma!!!! 
   
Well this week was suppose to be a good week... A lot that was suppose to happen didnt... It was a little sad because elder santiago is getting transfered.... I am gonna be honest.... Im a little mad about that... I only got one transfer with him and for the first time on my mission i feel like i have been breaking out of my shell and now he is leaving... I learned sooo much from him and he is such a good guy, I just wish we could have atleast had two transfers together. We werent the best of friends but we could have been if we could have gotten one more. 
  
 My new comp is Elder Marshall..... Im not too excited about that because I have meet the guy before and lets just say.... He is special.... I honestly dont know how else to word it... I know i can make things work but, I just wish i could have someone that is normal for a comp for more than one transfer... 
    
This week was okay i guess... We invited this new investagator to baptism this week he is a younger guy, about 19 and really strange but, he really wants to get baptised. I was super excited about it, we inveited him to baptism on tuesday and we were suppose to have another appointment on thursday but, he didnt show up. We also had a good appointment with this old guy named Gi! He is way cool, he has been an investagator in Breman for  a long time but, I havent met him yet because he has been on vacation the whole time i have been here. He is a little hard because he is really good and he keeps all of the commitments and does what we say but, he is having a really hard time recieving an answer. So we are working on it#
   
 This week was a little sad for Santiago because he loves it here in Bremen and he is going to a really small area way far east! He has been here for about 7 months and loved every second of it. I dont blame it Bremen is a dream city! The assistants told us he is going to this small city with not too much going on there because he is a really good finder. He is kinda a legend at finding! 
  

Well momma... I love you sooo much and i have those miss my momma days expecially right now... I have been getting really home sick these last two weeks and I hope it goes away... Its just been a little hard lately ya know... 
 Love you all!!!! 
 P.s I will be sending pics soon! And thank you sooooooo much for taking katie out!!!!!!!!!

Aug


Hey momma. This week was an okay week i guess. Not really anything happened till yesterday. We had all three of our lessons yesterday in the chruch. Our first lesson was with the family that randomly showed up to church one day. I dont know how to say thier last name because they are from Iran and its really hard to say but the guys name is A and the ladies name is O. THey are really cool they are pretty much members already, they have their own bench in the sacrament meeting hahah. Ever sense they moved in they havent missed a day of church and they come to all of the actitvities. Our first lesson with them was a little hard because we dont speak persian and they dont speak much german or english but, the next lesson we had with them was good because we have a member that speaks persian and it was a lot better. They are making good progress but they do have a lot of questions but, I think questions is good, it tells me that they really want to find out what we are teaching.
  
So we got back in contact with C this sunday. He didnt come to church but he called us and said that he wanted to meet with us!! so we meet with him but, still having the same problems as last time but he is making progress. At the end of our lesson he actually prayed and it was really cool so i think thats what we will build off of with him. His problem is that he wont keep the word of wisdom until he knows the law actually comes from god. Its weird, he doesnt even drink that much and it wouldnt even be hard for him to give that up but, he just doesnt believe that this law could come from god and ect... 
 
 It sounds like the fam is doing awesome. I hope ethan is okay.. I hope he donesnt start to think he is worse than he is. He is such a good football player and want him to know he could go some where if he would work at it a little more. Thats way cool that stephen got to show dad all of that stuff from his mission. I hope that i can do that with you someday in germany. THat would be sooo much fun. I want to show you Breman it is the coolest city ever, a lot of famous people stay here acutally in this really nice hotel in Breman. I guess one of the other Elders in Breman saw his fav band hanging out in front of the hotel?? So Bremen is awesome. 
  
Well me I doing good. Its Monday again so that means i get to grow my beard again!!! ITs awesome, and today we are having par core p day!! So we are gonna run through the city and jump off stuff and be awesome! So its been really good lately, just miss you all a bunch! Oh and tell katie HI when you take her out!! 
  
I love you all soooo much! 
  Elder schmidt!

Aug 17


HEy there momma!
 
THis week was a bit different! So, our best investagator (C) We kinda said good bye to him on saturday! Well what happened is, he is a really smart guy and he wants to know everything before he wants to make a decision.... It is frustrating because if that we wont keep commitments and´he said he doesnt believe that the comandments such as word of wisdom and law of chastity dont really come from god and that they come from man. He has a hard time reading in the book of mormon because he wants to read the bible first then the koron then the book of mormon. He is already half way done with the old testament and he could be done with the book of mormon if you compare how much he has read from the bible. But, he said he was gonna go to a catholic church yesterday then come to our chruch again this next sunday so we will see if he found anything. We didnt completly say good bye to him because he has a really good friend in our ward and they meet almost everyday and have bible study together. The members name is nicko and he is a way good teacher and he helps christof a lot. And christof will still come to ward sport every saturday so we will still see him every satruday. We kinda had to take a break with him because he wont keep commitments. Edler santiago has been meeting with him for a long time and said " I have been meeting with this guy for 5 months now and I have tried everything except giving him a break". SO we hope o get in contact with him again.
   
Wow, It sounds like everytihgn is still going good! I hope ethan is happy with football... He worries me how hard he can be on himself sometimes. I hope he doesnt compare himself to me... Thats not good for him... HE is Ethan Schmidt and I am Brady Schmidt, he should do things his way and not try to be like me, we are completly different people. Plus... He is a ten times better football player than i ever was, if he is comparing himself to me than he underestamating himself. I just know he can be so good and by beeing ethan schmidt not trying to be Brady schmidt.
   
Well, I got your package last tuesday!!!! It was sooo cool thanks soooo much mom! The skittles were awesome... Thats like the biggest think missionaries out here miss soooo much because all of the skittles here are german made and dont really taste as good.
   
Well momma thats about my week not too much else happend. Oh but.... I love you  guys all so much.
Love 
Elder Schmidt

Monday, August 12, 2013

Summer is almost over

HEy momma this week was really good actually! This week we found 5 new investagators!!!! I cant believe it!!! IT was soooo cool. We found 3 of them doing a street display. It was really cool we had about 15 missionaries there and there was a lot of missionareis singing and giving sruff out! IT was really cool we found this guy named I will call him 1 and I think he is a little bit insane but the gosple will help him hahaha. We met #1on saturday and had a second appointment with him on sunday. He is really weird but he said after our appointment he had goose bumps! SO that was cool. THe other cool experiance was on Sunday. We had a family just randomly walk into the church and said that they wanted to hear about the chruch. The other was this guy, he is a little bit older but he also just walked into the church and said that he wanted to hear about the chuch. So I sat with the old man and Santiago sat with the family and we taught they during the meeting! It was a really good week! 
   
WOW..... sounds like a bunch has happened this week? I have been wondering thought who has been talking about me being good at football? Ethan or DAd? Yeah anyways.... I cant wait to get an email from Alyssa i havent heard from her for the longest time. I am also glad to hear that Ethan is happy with the decision he made to be on the other team. I was worried that he was gonna get down on himself because he wasnt on the A team or something. Im glad he knows its not him and its the dump coaches fault that he is on this team. Wait.... What??? Jimmy died....? What.... Thats soooo sad.... I know i never really knew the guy but still thats super sad... How is dad doing wiht all of that? I hope he is okay... 
    
Oh another cool eyperiance we had was that one of our investagators #3 Invited us to his parents house and made us food. IT was way cool because we were able to teach his whole family. His fam was super nice and gave  us a bunch of gifts and stuff but his fam wasnt too intrested.... But, the goal was to have #3 kinda teach his fam and not us becasue we wanted him the realize that he knows more than he thinks he does. He said his problem right now is that he doent know enough and stuff like that, so we kinda had him teach his family. The plan worked perfectly and it was really cool. we hope to get him on a baptism date this week. 
    
WElll I love you all soooo much Elder schmidt! 

Monday, August 5, 2013

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                                                        Elder Struve and Elder Schmidt


                                                                 Apartment in Plauen
                                                                  Brady being Brady... :)

                                                     Can't you tell he loves his watch??






                                                                           Plauen

  


                                                            New apartment in Bremen

                                                           New apartment in Bremen

Bremen is Awesome

HEy momma how is everything going!? Well Im gonna start by answering all of your questions! First off yes everything is going just great!! :) Well another thing..... Honestly..... I think you should have left him on the a team and let him prove him self! But, im not totally sure because im not there and i dont know all of the details? Im sure he will have a great season though! 
   
Well momma this week was good just like every week here. Bremen is really the city of miracles! I love it here I love the members and we work really good with the members and we have had really good success! Well you said somehting about a dream and this week our investagator had a really weird dream.... He said in his dream he was in the chruch and he was taking the sacrament and the water was black and the water was dirty!?? Me and my comp we thought about and we think its because of taking the sacrament unworthly. HE loves the sacrament and loves the idea of being cleasned and stuff but he has a problem with the word of wisdom so we will tell him what he needs to do and then it is his choice!!! Oh by the was his name is Christof! HE is way cool and he comes to like every church activity! 
   
Well speaking of football..... Im gonna be a coach here in Breman for the american football team here in Breman!? The Bishop has a son and he plays american football and he said he would love it if me and Elder Hardy ( another elder in our apartment)  would come and train the team?? Elder Hardy was the starting right gaurd for snow collage and he is was funny. The Bishop is way into football and is really excited for me and Elder Hardy to coach the team?? We have to ask Pres if is that is okay first but i think it would be soooo much fun!!!
  
   
WEll besides all of that it was a normal week we are still doing great here! Oh and i have a question.... So in our ward here the Bishop said there is no such thing as an activity person calling thing? But, that is your calling at home? So im just confused manybe you could ask Bishop Nickolas and see what he knows? 
    
    
Oh one more thing Can i get Alyssa's email or address or something so i can have contact with her! I have been wanting her email or address for like..... My whole mission..... So if you could send that to me next week that would be awesome!!! 
    
WEll I love you all!!!

Monday, July 29, 2013

July 29


HEy there momma! Well let me just start by saying..... Breman is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wowo its soooo cool this is like the city of dreams. MY first day here was amazing, we found an investgator my first day and 5 more later this week. I am sooo stoked to be here. My comp said that has never happened before so I am really excited to startd doing some real work!!! 
    Well my comp is way chill, he really knows how to do missionary work he works hard but has fun while doing it. HE is really big on obediance and kinda gets donw on people for it but so far we havent had any problems! HE is from Provo . HE played basketball for Provo hight school and played a little in at some some small school out east. He knows a lot of the same people I know which i funny. 
     Well, I kinda came to breman at a good time we have 3 strong investagatores that really wanna become members of the church! I have already met one of them 3 times in 4 days.... HE is really cool and he plays basketball with us on saturdays! I am just sooooo stoked ...
      Love you all Elder schmidt!  

July 22


Well hello there momma. Can i just say I love you I really do, your letters are always soo amazing and they always pump me up! Well this week was good, and yes I am getting transfered but, Ill tell you about that in a little bit! Well, this week because it was me and elder struves last week together we wanted to do something that has not been done before. We went up to a smaller city and we had a street display. IT actually went really good. We found a new investagator there and we gave out about 8 book of mormons!!! SO it was a good week.
   Well the olympics guy actually said he didnt want to meet with us anymore..... He did it really nice though... He wrote us the nicest letter and told us how much we helped him in his life but just doenst have time to meet with us. He told us that he didnt believe in god before we met him and we really helped him to believe in god! IT was really nice and he was super awesome!
    Well momma I am going to Breman!!!!!! ITs a huge city i thing it is like the 8th biggest city in germany!!!! I am sooooo stoked and I will be in a 4 man appartment! Another cool thing is two of the guys were in my mtc group!! So I am really excited i leave tomorrow early and I will be on the train for 7 hours!!..... 
    Well the members said they will really miss me and they have me a tie and thy wrote on the back side of the tie happy tie because they said all of my ties are depressing....? They said they will miss me and i have an eating appointment with a member tonight because they wont see me again!!

July 18

Well hello there momma, Its just another week down. Sounds like you all are doing good, except you are all sick! It doesnt suprise me that dad is not sick though hahah. The pictures you sent me look good. Are they already fixed up or are you gonna do more to them? Im a little confused? 
    I cant believe that kurtis got sent home already??? I almost started to laugh when you told me that! It doesnt suprise me though... He kinda likes to fight.... I do feel bad for him though, Im sure he will find a way to get back out there! 
    I love the new trick you taught the dog hahah. Its not so much of a trick though more of a conveiance to have around hahaha. How did ethan teach the dog to do that?? But, niow you dont ever have to worry about shutting the door hahah. So how is stephen doing, I havent heard from him for a long time.... Whats up with him? Oh so I sent ethan a little something today for his birthday I hope he likes it?? Tell him not to expect anything big though... 
    Well let me tell you how my week was this week. So, our appointment with daniel fell trough so that was sad but this week wasnt too bad actualy. We picked up 3 new investagators this week. We met both of them doing OYMS on the street. One lady we met it was kinda funny, we tried to stop her and tell her about our message and she kept walking away but then we said our messagie is about jesus christ, she then started power waking at us and we told her about the book of morman and that the book gives testimony of christ and she loved it and wanted to hear more so we made out an appointment for this week. The next two investagators we met at the same time because they are a couple. They are a way cool couple and they hate the catholic chruch hahah but they said they would love to meet with us and they seemed to have intrest. The know a lot of history and stuff and they were also a lot of fun to talk to! 
     Well, besides those two experiences that was my week. I haop you are all having a good week and get on quick so we can chat..... HAHAHA Mom you are a rebel!!! 

Forth of July

Hey there mamma!!! Well, THis week just went. Im not sure how else to describe it hahah! I actually have a funny story.... So we decided to door this giant apartment complex and I mean giant. There is gotta be about 20,000 People in there. But the whole thing is filled with arabs hahhah. Its actually really nice because they all speak very good english. One of the guys told us he speaks english better than he speaks arabic. Well, we got let into this guys appartment and he was super nice and everything but as soon as we sat down he just started to get emotional. He told us this big long srory about how his girlfriend threw something at his glass door and broke the door??? Yeah I dont know hahaha. We also got let in by another arab guy and he is actually a missionary for the muslim religon? I didnt know they had those?? But he was super nice and he tried to convert us and tell us about his stuff but,.... Yeah we just listened and were nice about it. Later he wanted to hear what we believe and we gave him the whole run down. Later we asked if he has heard of the book of mormon, he said he has one and he has read it? We asked him to pray about it and That seemed to hit him hard, he said he would do it! 
    Well besides that not too much happened this week! But, I am glad to hear how everyone is doing! I wanna send ethan something for his bitrthday but, Im not sure what to send. I will think about it... Wow, I am super stoked for alyssa, It sounds like she is doing really good . What is this about petra?? I wanna know more details.... THat breaks my heart to hear!!?? 
     Well, honstly.... This week i was a little home sick because i missed the 4th of july and stuff besides that i am doing good and working hard on the german and trying to make it perfect!!! The transfer ends in about 2 weeks so we will see if i stay here or go?? I will mostlikely stay here and elder struve will go because i am the young mens leader!!! 
    I love you all sooooo much and i cant wait to hear from you all again!!!!