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!!!! 

Last week of June

Well hello there momma! Well, Yes I bought myself a new suit and its dark blue and it is awesome!!!! I bought a new tie to go with it and it is a nice europeian cut suit! It was about 70 euro so not too bad! I wish you could buy a suit like that in the states for that cheep! Well, I got some more good news for you! Well, I am sending you the sd card in the mail today so you should get my pictures saturday or monday! There is a lot so be ready! I hope you like my american pants!!! I found them in our apartment, I was soooo stoked when i found them! I wear them to bed every night to keep me safe! 

     Well, This weeek was better we picked up a new investagator and we had an investagator at church! The olympics guy ( Herr Rohersnieder ) Finialy came!!! I was sooo stoked! Im not too sure how much he enjoyed it, I didnt have much time to talk to him after  the meeting! We should have another appointment with him by this week he didnt give us a time to come back he told us to call him, I guess he is a pretty busy guy! Oh and the new investagator we picked up this week is Daniel Shültz. He is about late 20's and pretty shy but he seems accepting! We met him on the street late last wensday, He was the only guy left on the street to talk to before we had to go home! We have an appointment with him tomorrow so i am pretty stoked about that!

     I am happy to hear Ethan is getting some dicspline hahaha! Well, what ever you are doing its working hahah! I am glad he is running now and having a better attuide! Wait..... Stephen is selling that car now hahhaa? I thought he was gonna fix it up and everything?? Well, I hope he finds a new car haha! Wait WHAT??? Dad is actualy doing cardio??? I find that hard to believe?? hahaha maybe he could take the dog with him the dog looks like it could lose a couple of pounds too haha! .. I hope nick is doing better! Tell him i love him and hope to hear from him!!!  Well mom you should know I am working out hard everyday and I am now a fine German machine. I run every other day and I lift every night before bed. On the days we dont run we do a circut routine. I feel like I am in good shape now. after being sick.  Crazy to think I will have been out 6 months next month the time has gone by fast. Some weeks are slower than others. But it seems like I just left in some ways. Well tell everyone hi.