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

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

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