2 month mark

hi mommy

So everything is all good with the home sick business. I figured if i wasnt a little homesick, then that would mean that i don't love you guys and thats definately not the case. but on saturday we set a baptism date with tiffany and philip and cheyenne amacker and they all accepted. Its going to be the 22nd of August so im pretty stoked about that. we have been working so hard with them and now its finally paying off. this week was really fast. yesterday President Hutchings and his wife spoke in our sacrament meeting. They did such a good job and they send their love and appreciation to you and the family for coming to their farewell. So their son is on a full time mission in New York and he got really sick so he had to go live with them and now he is in the mission home doing full time work in our area. its the first time in church history that that has happened. and i also passed the sacrament in the spanish ward. That was weird. Im not getting transferred for at least another 3 months. so no worries here. Elder Beck leaves tomorrow for Dickson so that will be weird. Me and my comp are still together. So when i told you it was 95 and 93 humidity that was at like 10ish. around 1 o'clock it was 104 degrees and 97 percent humidity and we were on bikes. i wanted to pass out and lay in shade. ha ha So clarksville is pretty okay for the most part. we are not allowed to go down providence BLVD after dark because there are gangs down there and we will get shot so we stay away from there. President has been in our area a few times. I love the guy. me and him talked on the phone for like 20 minutes the other night just discussing the concerns i had about splitting the district and some other stuff. I was so nice to be able to talk to him. my comp is still annoying but ill get over him. but he will be gone next transfer and ill get someone new. but this week will be so good.today is my 2 month mark. Thats weird. but have a good week. I love you so so so so much and no i didn't get the cookies yet. love ya'll

so i don't know if you got my letter. the computer is being lame. well this week we set 3 baptism dates with the amackers and that will be on the 22nd of August. PResident and his wife spoke in our sacrament yesterday. They did so good. ITs still realy hot and humid. im not getting transferred either is my comp but elder beck is gone. sad sad day. but im being kicked off the computer im sorry if you didn't get it mail me if you didn't and ill write you a long letter look how fat i am in this picI love you so so much and you mean the world to me.

Love your missionary

The white people are melting out here!

Hi Best Friend

Everything is just dandy. I got really home sick yesterday though. It was way discouraging this week. I miss hanging out with all the boys and you guys and everything was just not going good but ill be fine. Time is starting to go a little faster. So everything is going good with tiffany and her family. They came to church with us yesterday and everything is all peachy. we are going to set a baptism date with her this weekend so pray for that to go well. We have 1 new investigator. She is so happy. Her name is Sherinza smiley. How ironic is her last name. So i have some crazy news for you. I got to baptize a girl named Alex yesterday. She is like 25 and her husband is deployed. The sisters taught her and asked if I would baptize her and of course I said yes. It was so much fun. Here are some of the pics from that. Im so glad that you and Liz hung out. Anyway if you see her soon tell her im praying for her dad and that I'm so so sorry that happened. I miss having home-made ice cream. That sounds so good right now. It 95 degrees and 93 percent humidity. THE WHITE PEOPLE ARE MELTING OUT HERE! ha ha but it is so flippin hot. So word on the street says I'm a good ball player. I got a call to see if I wanted to go ball it up in Hopkinsville Kentucky. I'm definately going to play. So ya thats crazy that brian and jared leave soon. like two days soon. And Brent is gone gone gone. Its so wierd. I finally got in touch with Mitch and we are writing each other and me and Ryan write each other a lot. havent heard from greg in a while. kinda weird but oh well right? Thats good Hilary went back to smart girl hair. Blonde was cute but brunette on her is gorgeous. How are you doing? Are you holding up okay and keeping yourself pretty busy. What are you going to do when hilary is at school and parker is at work? you should go bowling ha ha bet Ryans mom would love that. Next time you see Trey tell him to write me back and tell me how his patriarchal blessing went okay?! Ill make sure to tag pictures before I send them home. But I love you so so so so so so so much and I hope everything goes good this next week. Tell them fam i love them.

LOve your missionary

Crazy week!

HI there Mom things are going so good here. This week went by so fast i couldn't believe it was over. I only have two weeks til the end of transfers. Times are starting to fly by. So there are a couple of things this week that were bad and some that were awesome. We will start out with the bad so i can leave you on a positive note. So yesterday we had tiffany and her family at church for the 3rd time. We were so happy. All of a sudden during sacrament they got up and left and they looked freakin angry. well after sacrament i went to call them to see what happened. She said that the guy behind her said and i quote "those kids don't listen very well do they" end quote. she has a lot of trust issues with churches and people judging her. That hit the soft spot for her so she left. that made me so angry. what 4 and 6 year olds listen during sacrament anyway. the next thing was i had to speak in sacrament meeting yesterday. So lame. I spoke for 20 minutes on why its important to prepare for a mission. Oh and on wednesday i had to train my district for 15 minutes on charity. That was a lot easier than speaking in church. That was so long but it went okay. Okay the good things. MY comps mom wrote me and sent me 20 bucks. I was so happy and she told me not to share with him cause he spends too much of her money anyway. so last P-day was amazing. It was one of those right place right time days. So we went up to kentucky state line to see some people. well both people we went to see had moved prior to us going to see them. We were bummed out. Well this car pulled up and they said we needed to go teach his daughter that discussios. We were so pumped. He said he had been looking for us all day. so we went over and taught her the first lesson. So good. Let see i got to go on exchanges with elder beck. so me and him were comps for like 3 days. It was pretty sweet. So everything has been rolling pretty good and im sending home pics soon i promise. IM going spulunking today with my district. We are going to dunbar caves so that will be fun and ill take pics for you there.I love you and please keep writing and emailingLove YOur missionary

Here are some pics of me and my comp. He is the one on the very right in the picture of the four kids. the other two are just third ward elders and this is me at the kentucky border.
Love you guys

This week has been really Hard. We didn't get a lot done cuz of Zone Conference, The 4th. Tiffany and here WHOLE family came to church with us yesterday. That was the second time for her and her kids. It was the first time her husband came with her. It was really good and they really like church. Shanelle went outta town so she wasn't able to attend. The 4th was so sweet. we had the entire day off and we didn't have to dress up or anything. We got to stay out with members til about 9:30 so that was nice. We just hung out as a district in the morning. We played basketball, football, mexican football ha ha soccer and frisbee. It was pretty fun. People are still shooting off illegal fireworks. They are so crazy. Dad thats so cool that you won the jacket. Im so Jealous. Elder beck is doing good. he lives like a mile from me but we just share the car. Me and him will be together for 3 days this week fro exchanges. its gonna be sweet. IT was so nice to hear from nathan smith. He is so amazing and will you tell him thanks and hi for me when you see him. IM gonna see a doctor today for my finger. Its hurtin pretty bad. So pretty much my comp is driving me insane. He is letting his true side show and it is really feminine. Its so creepy. NO baptism dates yet but we are giving one to tiffany this week so that should be good. Keep her and her family in your prayers. but i dont need anyhting really. Maybe more mambas but other than that im doing good. I love you guys and I'll talk to you next monday.
Love YOur MIssionary
Elder Schwendiman