Hello
my peoples! I'm just going to say I may never get good at this whole emailing
thing, so I apologize. I hope you will all remain patient with me! Just know
that I still love you and miss you all! Anywhos, nothing all too crazy has gone
on over these past 3 weeks but I'll give you the major highlights!
July 19th was 5-Week training in Gridley. It was super nice being able to see Elder Rowe, since he is a Zone Leader in Gridley. As well, I was able to get my bike back. You could tell Elder Colton has put a whole lot of use into! 2 flat tires and a bunch of the gizmos and gadgets were missing, but oh well. But 5-Week was super awesome! I learned a lot of things that will definitely help out in training Elder Gardner. It was very interesting because it was super-hot, so President Ward allowed us to take our suitcoats off. And it was just super weird seeing President Ward without a suit! It was seriously the most casual I had ever seen him act before.
July 24th was transfers and it was definitely a sad one😢….19 missionaries went home and some of them were the mission legends, including my brother Elder Shetlin. I'll miss so many of those Elders, but I know I will see many of them in the future! Luckily, I'm still with Elder Gardner here in Redding! It was actually a very interesting day because Elder Gardner and I learned how to do family history since neither one of us had really done it, so it was quite neat! We are hopeful it will come in handy in the future for spreading the Gospel!
Well, here's where the past couple weeks have gotten super interesting! This is an excerpt of my email I sent to my mom on Thursday, July 26th: "Thursday morning we were having our personal study and just about started our daily planning when one of our ward mission leaders called us saying that we should evacuate to the Zone Leaders apartment because of the Carr fire. We packed up some stuff and headed to their apartment. Not too much longer afterwards, it seemed that everything was fine, so we headed back and went about our day as normal. While we were having a lesson at our dinner, the Bishop knocked on the door of the members house we were having dinner and he was there to tell them the mandatory evacuation line was only a mile away. They didn't live too far from us, so we took that as our sign that we should get to the Zone Leaders! We went back to our house and grabbed a few things and headed to the Zone Leaders. We made it there and not too long after we got there, we looked out of their apartment balcony, and we could see the fire, so we called President Ward and told him. We saw that a lot of people in their complex were leaving so President Ward told us to go to the other Elders Apartment, so we did!
July 19th was 5-Week training in Gridley. It was super nice being able to see Elder Rowe, since he is a Zone Leader in Gridley. As well, I was able to get my bike back. You could tell Elder Colton has put a whole lot of use into! 2 flat tires and a bunch of the gizmos and gadgets were missing, but oh well. But 5-Week was super awesome! I learned a lot of things that will definitely help out in training Elder Gardner. It was very interesting because it was super-hot, so President Ward allowed us to take our suitcoats off. And it was just super weird seeing President Ward without a suit! It was seriously the most casual I had ever seen him act before.
July 24th was transfers and it was definitely a sad one😢….19 missionaries went home and some of them were the mission legends, including my brother Elder Shetlin. I'll miss so many of those Elders, but I know I will see many of them in the future! Luckily, I'm still with Elder Gardner here in Redding! It was actually a very interesting day because Elder Gardner and I learned how to do family history since neither one of us had really done it, so it was quite neat! We are hopeful it will come in handy in the future for spreading the Gospel!
Well, here's where the past couple weeks have gotten super interesting! This is an excerpt of my email I sent to my mom on Thursday, July 26th: "Thursday morning we were having our personal study and just about started our daily planning when one of our ward mission leaders called us saying that we should evacuate to the Zone Leaders apartment because of the Carr fire. We packed up some stuff and headed to their apartment. Not too much longer afterwards, it seemed that everything was fine, so we headed back and went about our day as normal. While we were having a lesson at our dinner, the Bishop knocked on the door of the members house we were having dinner and he was there to tell them the mandatory evacuation line was only a mile away. They didn't live too far from us, so we took that as our sign that we should get to the Zone Leaders! We went back to our house and grabbed a few things and headed to the Zone Leaders. We made it there and not too long after we got there, we looked out of their apartment balcony, and we could see the fire, so we called President Ward and told him. We saw that a lot of people in their complex were leaving so President Ward told us to go to the other Elders Apartment, so we did!
The
Fire was able to jump the Sacramento River so that was no bueno! We spent the
night, the 6 of us Elders, in one apartment!! In the morning, after the Zone Leaders talked
to President Ward, he asked all 8 of us Elders in Redding to pack up and head
south to have 4 of us Elders stay with the Elders in Cottonwood and another 4
with the Elders in Anderson. And so, we have been here in Cottonwood since
Friday morning." What was funny was 2 of the Elders we had spent the night
with on Thursday were brand new missionaries! So that had a very interesting
introduction to the mission field ha-ha!
So, yeah, it has just been a complete madhouse here in Redding for the past couple of weeks! Unfortunately, quite a few members in our Wards in Redding lost their homes and some are still unsure if their homes have even made it! But it has been really cool to see the help everyone has received from fellow Ward and Stake members! That's what's so great about this Gospel and Christ's Church! No matter where in the world you are, you will always have family!
Anyways, I'm grateful to all of you! Each one of you has always loved and supported me and for that I am eternally thankful. I love you all and hope you all have a great week. Love to hear from you, so please send me some letters, emails, packages whatever ha-ha
Also, you should really pick up and read the Book of Mormon sometime, I think it's pretty great!
So, yeah, it has just been a complete madhouse here in Redding for the past couple of weeks! Unfortunately, quite a few members in our Wards in Redding lost their homes and some are still unsure if their homes have even made it! But it has been really cool to see the help everyone has received from fellow Ward and Stake members! That's what's so great about this Gospel and Christ's Church! No matter where in the world you are, you will always have family!
Anyways, I'm grateful to all of you! Each one of you has always loved and supported me and for that I am eternally thankful. I love you all and hope you all have a great week. Love to hear from you, so please send me some letters, emails, packages whatever ha-ha
Also, you should really pick up and read the Book of Mormon sometime, I think it's pretty great!
Elder Riley Schneiter
California Roseville Mission
3771 Greenhaven Lane
Redding, CA 96001
3771 Greenhaven Lane
Redding, CA 96001
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