June 4, 2018

Hey Everybody! Hope y'all are doing good! Holy Cow! All I can say is this past week was just a complete miracle! Heavenly Father pretty much grabbed the firehose and started raining down the miracles!

Tuesday we had Zone Conference and it was so great! It was weird because typically at Zone Conference there are multiple zones there, but at this Zone Conference it was just our zone.  It was super small, like only 20 missionaries, which was really weird for me, but it was still amazing! It was all about working with the members and how important they are to the work!

Wednesday was District Meeting and it was good, as usual. Later that day though we, along with our fearless District Leader, Elder Herman and Elder Batchelor, headed up to Weaverville for Oogie, Coby and Miley's Baptismal Interviews! They passed and that's all that matters! Also, The Zone Leaders came by that evening and we began our exchanges!

On Thursday, Elder Fernald came to our area for the exchange and it didn't go too terrible. We did a lot of service, which is always great! We had a lesson with Norman........that's about all the details I'll go into with that. But I had a great time with Elder Fernald! He's super fun and just hilarious so it was a good ol' time.

But Saturday was the day of just insane miracles! First and foremost, Oogie, Coby and Miley were all baptized! And the coolest thing about that, was Shawn, who was baptized last week, was able to baptize Oogie! It was so awesome to be able to witness that! I had the great privilege of baptizing Miley so that was so cool. The baptism was just amazing. The Spirit that accompanies a baptism is just so awesome! But many of the miracles came after the baptism. Some Elders in our zone brought an investigator to witness the baptism, and afterwards, they were talking with him and they were able to get him to commit to a day to be baptized! It was sweet. But that night, while we were in Weaverville, we met with Sierra, who was at the baptism, and we talked with her about it. Elder Semeatu and I were a bit concerned because Sierra's main fellowshipper had been telling her to wait because he felt she wasn't ready, but at that lesson, he came out and said to her, "Sierra, while I was sitting at the baptism, the Holy Ghost kept prompting me by telling me that you are ready!" And that had been Sierra's biggest reason for not already committing to baptism, so after that, we asked her to fast and pray, along with the Jones family about a date.

On Sunday Elder Semeatu and I were able to witness Oogie, Coby and Miley be confirmed. I was able to confirm Miley, so it was wicked awesome! After Sacrament though, Sierra came up to us and said, "Affirmative on June 30th!" So, after Church we met with her and discussed a date and she committed to June 24th! So, like I was saying, the baptism led to some insane miracles! Also, that evening we were able to meet with Jimmy Coats, a less active member and we committed him to come to church next week! As well, the Redding 2nd ward was dissolved, so they changed up a couple of the ward boundaries and changed the name of all the Wards, so now we cover the Sundial (1st), Mary Lake (5th), and Weaverville Wards!

Anyways, that was my week. I hope you all have a great week. I love and miss each and every one of you! I hope to hear from you so send me some emails! 💙

1: My good buddy Elder Powell!

2: Selfie with Our Fearless DL and the Batchelor

3: Baptism!!!!!!

Elder Riley Schneiter
California Roseville Mission
3771 Greenhaven Lane
Redding, CA 96001