Called To Serve
Mar 14, 2016
Candid Picture of me at Soccer this Week...
Well as you can see by this "super
accurate" picture of me...
I pretty much crushed it at soccer this
week...
In all reality I was still really really bad, but there was some definite improvement from my last week of FAILING!
We also crushed it at missionary work here in
Pinneberg this week!
Next week we are going to be soooo busy it isn't even funny! We will be running from appointment to appointment all week, and it is actually the busiest I've been on my mission and for that I am so
grateful!
I don't have very much time this week to do
emails due to our busy schedule but what I can do is recommend these two
websites that are super awesome!
Thank you so much for your prayers and your emails!
Have a fantastic week!
Love Elder "Messi" Schmalz
Mar 9, 2016
Mar 7, 2016
Pinneberg Week #1
First and foremost I arrived in Pinneberg after
5 hours of train travel in safety!
My companion here in Pinneberg is Elder
Partridge. He has been on his mission for about a year now, and he seems like a
great missionary so far, and I am excited to be working with him.
Pinneberg is a really small city, but the ward
here is actually one of the bigger wards that I've seen on my mission with a
solid 60 members....and let me tell you, they are REALLY good at soccer, and I am
not.....so lets just say that both my body and my pride are sore at the
moment....but we get to play soccer once a week with the elders quorum so
hopefully I will get a little better.
In the investigator department we are
seriously lacking. We have no one to teach so we will be doing a lot of
finding this week. Hopefully we will find someone who will want to accept the
gospel.
We are meeting with quite a few less actives
and new converts in the area and helping them, so we do have someone to help
right now, but we need to find some new people.
I'm doing pretty good. Just adjusting to a new
area and a new companion.
Thank you for the prayers and all the support!
Love, Elder Schmalz
Feb 29, 2016
Goodbye Frankfurt! Hello Pinneberg!
Hallo friends and family! I hope that you had a
great week and that so far you're having a good leap day. I have spent the day
saying goodbye to people, eating a lot of food, and of course my least favorite
thing.....packing! (one thing I will not miss about being a missionary is the
frequent need to pack everything you own into two suitcases and then schlep
them around all day)
So as you can tell by the activities I have
done on this fine P-day, I have been transferred!
That is right, after 6 months in Frankfurt
Oder it is finally time to pack up and move on.
And where will I be moving.... good
question!
Oberst von Staufenberg 39 strasse
25421 Pinneberg
Germany
So yeah, if you are feeling like shooting a
letter my way that is where you can reach me:)
Other than that news I don't really have
much to talk about so I will share with you something from
my studies this week, that being a poem.
" I met a stranger in the night, whose
lamp had ceased to shine,
I paused and let him light lamp from
mine.
A tempest sprang up later on, and
shook the world about,
And when he was gone my lamp was out.
But back came to me the stranger--His
lamp was glowing fine;
He held the precious flame and lighted
mine."
-Lon Woodrum
This week has had me thinking about how
grateful I am for the people in my life who have shared their lights with
me.
Whether it be my family or my friends,
My heart is full as I think of everything that I have been blessed with, In particular for the people who have been placed on my
path.
I would not be who I am right now with out the
influence of my parents and my aunts and uncles or the guidance of a young mens
leader or a friend.
So yeah you have no idea what you have done for
me! Thank you for your support and your friendship.
I hope that you all know that if your light is
ever wavering or if you need help, I am only an email or 7 months away.
But more importantly our Savior is always there
for you and for me, and His lamp is significantly more powerful and stronger
than my own!
Thank you so much
Love, Elder Schmalz
Feb 28, 2016
Some goodbyes are hard
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| My goodbye present from my sweetest little friend in Germany, Eliza. She cried :( |
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| Maik and Alin. Two of my favorite people! |
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