What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

We finally toughed out the Alabama heat and biked! I was one HOT, happy girl! 

June 17, 2019

Hey y'all!

It's been a minute but God is still so good and Alabama has my whole heart! So many miracles are happening, people are coming closer to Christ, I promise this is the Lord's work. I am so honored to be apart of it! 

In the car today because of hte rain

What I wanted to share with y'all first is the scripture, Matthew 26:40. This is when the Savior is suffering for all the Sins of the world. Choosing to take them upon Himself. Not just the sins, but all the pain, sickness, trial, discouragement, ect. This is where it all happens. We taught so many people about Gethsemane this week and it blew my mind how so many people didn't know the importance of what took place there. So I want to testify to all of you as a representative of my Redeemer, That HE LITERALLY KNOWS EVERYTHING YOU ARE FACING. He saw you, He understood the pain it would take, and He chose to suffer it because HE LOVES YOU! Now you can call out to Him whenever you need and I promise He will be there. I know Jesus Christ will always be there but what I want to focus on is if we will be there for Christ. 

Christ asks Peter, James and John this simple question "what, could ya not watch with me one hour?"  one hour. That is all he asked. It is easy for us to read this and think "How could they not do such a simple thing. How could the not give Him an hour when He is literally giving everything for them."  But I want to relate this to us. Since the new church Schedule changed in January, sacrament meeting is ONE HOUR!  One hour for us to reflect on the Sacrifice Jesus made in your behalf. One hour to hear personalized testimonies of how others have been redeemed by His grace. One hour to set aside our lives, and realize the Hope we have in them is because of Him. I testify that the Savior is asking you the same question "what, could ye not watch with me one hour?" 

I love the Sacrament, it truly is the one thing that keeps me going. That hour is the most special hour of my whole week. I invite you to make it yours. I will change your life, that is what it has done for me and the friends I am teaching. I invite you to come and watch with you Redeemer for one our. 

This whole week I have been thinking " You need to find the family" over and over in my head. So I literally started talking to any family I saw lol determined to find the one. These specific apartments kept coming to mind too which was strange because I have never tracked

Random car pictures

their before. Every day we would plan to go but something would come up. So Saturday comes and I love fasting, literally miracles come every single time! So we decided to have a special fast for our area, our friends who are progressing towards baptism, the ones who are close and to try and find our new family.

So after we started our fast we went to the apartments and decided to track for an hour! That is a long time for us because we usually have appointments but I knew we would find this family. Right when we pulled up this family was getting out of their car and walking to their house. I was like "wow God is so good, His timing is perfect!" We knock on their door and I turn to Sister Lawrence and kept saying "this is it, this is it!" Well they opened, saw us, said Hi, Bye and them shut the door! I was so sad. But luckily this was the first door and we have three buildings left to knock. So we kept knocking and knocking and 45 minutes later we had two potential return appointments and a whollllleeeee bunch of rejection. So we go to knock one more door with the 10 minutes we had before our next appointment. 

All I could hear were kids playing inside and my heart was so happy! They all came to the door laughing and pushing each other to see who was at the door. We told them we were the missionaries and had a special message about Christ and how through Him we can be with our families forever. They got their mom and dad and pretty soon a family of SEVEN were in front of us and we were teaching them the merciful plan of their Loving Heavenly Father! They are a special family. We have been back every day since and these are some of my favorite lessons I've taught! We sit on the sidewalk outside, heat, bugs, skirt and all. The kids circle us, with cupcakes or cookies in hand (which ever bribery focus treat we decide to bring) and we just teach them of Christ. They love Him and through the I have found a whole new love. They are so pure, I have always loved kids but teaching kids the Gospel is something I hope to always do. The closest people to Heaven are kids, no doubt about it. We taught them how to pray and they take turns repeating after me. I finally found the family. They are so special! 

Patricia!! She is a recent convert from Athens Georgia. She just moved here and we have been teaching her the new member lessons with her elders in Georgia. Technology is so cool and the Gospel is the same everywhere. 

I love being a missionary! I hit my year mark this week! Nothing has brought me more joy than serving my Redeemer in His work. My mission truly means everything to me. 

God is good. Christ Lives. They love you, I love you! Have a great week!

-Sister Schultz