Nov 13

Yoooooo!!!!!!!

It is my last few days in the MTC.  Hard to believe I have been here almost 3 weeks.  The days are super long, but the weeks seem to fly by.  I feel like I have grown all I can here in the MTC, so it is time to get to work.

     This past week was probably the best, saddest and most insane week so far!  We taught Berrett and Daryl for our TRCs. They were both super chill and so awesome to teach. Elder Rowe and I were able to teach 4 lessons to the both of them and I guess we kind of got them to commit to baptism, I mean, I'm not going to lie, our challenges we made weren't the best, but they both said they'd get on track to be baptized. But to be honest, they are both already members LOL. Most of the time with Berrett we talked about sports.  He was kind of our link to the outside world since we are literally in a bubble! 

     It was pretty sad because one of the Districts in our zone left for Portland.  All of those Elders were so awesome and I consider all of them lifelong friends, even though we've only known each other for a couple weeks. They will all do great in the field! It was super cool that Elder Matthew Hille just entered the MTC this past Wednesday. It has been awesome to see and hang around a friend from back home!

     The highlight of this week had to be our Tuesday Night Devotional! They flippin' got President Nelson to come and speak to us!!  It was insane! The moment he walked in the room, I felt the Spirit stronger than I ever have in my entire life! It hit me so dang hard, it was incredible! He talked about the purpose of Missionary work and how as missionaries, we can be walking Epistles of the Lord! That is so crazy to think about! Afterwards, we discussed the devotional with our Branch President, President Samuelian. He wasn't even supposed to meet with our district but he told us the Spirit told him that he needed to be with us. It was a crazy discussion and I realized how in tune President Samuelian is with the Spirit! We grew a whole lot closer as a District and it was probably the most I have ever cried in my life. 

     I'm excited to get in the field, but I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty darn nervous and maybe even a little scared! I don’t know why, I guess for a lot of reasons. I think it just hasn't truly hit me yet that I am a missionary, but I'm sure it'll hit me as soon as I enter the field and I am guessing it's going to hit me pretty hard. All I can do is remember my purpose and lose myself in serving the Lord.

Anyways, I love you all and miss you dearly! Please feel free to email me at riley.schneiter@myldsmail.net  Emails are the best medicine for missionaries.  Next time you hear from me I will be in CALIFORNIA!

Elder Schneiter

Nov 4

Hola Mis Amigos! 

I hope everyone is doing awesome! This past week has been a major upgrade from last week. Even though last week was only 3 days!

We started doing TRC’s. Elder Rowe and I met with Oscar and Aubrey.  Oh my goodness…. they are so awesome! Oscar was obviously a member, but hey, it’s alright!  He plays a pretty good investigator! We taught him 3 lessons and you could definitely see he was progressing after each lesson! In our last lesson with him, the spirit was seriously so strong.  It was amazing! Elder Rowe and I got really close with him and we are both extremely sad we are done meeting with him. But it’s kind of sweet because he is going back home to El Salvador to get married!

Anyways, with Aubrey, she is a legit investigator! Which makes it way more fun to teach her because we know she doesn't actually know everything we are teaching her. At first, she started out really shy but by our last lesson with her, she was super talkative and I'm so thankful that we were able to teach her because she is seriously so awesome! What’s funny is we started talking about memes with her and said we needed someone to hook us up with memes and she said she'd be our meme plug… lol! Also, she is on track to be baptized by the Provo missionaries!!!! It is so cool! We also got two new investigators named Berrett and Daryl. The surprising thing to me is the fact that Daryl is a girl!! They should be awesome!

This week I got super close with all the rest of our zone. They are seriously some of my closest friends now. Elder Sonne, Keddington, Benesch, Hunt and Stromberg are all some sick dudes and they are all gonna kill it!  The MTC is hard and exhausting, but there is nowhere else I want to be!

 I wish I had some funny stories to tell you but the only funny things that happened would only be funny if you were here witnessing them… haha! I love you all and miss you!  I'd really love to hear from you so please email me!

Love, Elder Schneiter

Oct 28

Hey everyone! What is happening? So, my first few days in the MTC have had their challenges, but overall, it's been pretty great! After arriving on Wednesday, the first thing I did was get my badge and that was really cool! But, after that, I was stuck waiting for 30 minutes to get my tablet set up, which made me late for my first class.  Not a great way to start things off.  I bumped into Elder Karris Davis while I was waiting. It was great to see him! My companion is Elder Rowe.  He is from Kansas and is 6’6!!  We get along really well!  We jumped into classes and it was seriously the most exhausting day of my life. Like for real! The greatest thing about the first day was finding out who my zone leader was......and it is your boy, Elder Patty Graff!! That was awesome! Him and I get to hangout all day together! The 2nd day was much of the same, only we finally started to get some teaching experience which was amazing. I realized I'm not that great of a teacher, but I know it will come.  Friday we started TRCS and that was cool! We got our first 2 investigators! Their names are Aubrey and Oscar. Aubrey, I found out is actually a non- member, hopefully she'll take that next step, baptism!!!

These have been some of the most exhausting days of my life, but it's chill. Also, to let you all know, the food is Meh. And for those future missionaries reading, DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT drink the juice, I'm almost certain they spike it with extra fiber so you take that risk, if you know what I mean! But, I highly suggest the cookies n cream milk! It tastes like melted ice cream and you all know how much I love ice cream!  Seriously, it's so AMAZING! 

Anyways, I love you and miss you all! Please write me, I'd love to hear from you! LOVE YOU!

Elder Schneiter

P.S. Sorry about no pictures, I'll send them all next week.