Temporarily Reassigned

Hermana Scheu has been temporarily reassigned to a Spanish speaking mission in Utah (West 

Jordan, I think). She will be here until she receives her visa and then she will be off to serve in 

Espana! 

Until then, here is her new address for all you lovelies who want to send her love.

Hna. Scheu 

8060 S 615 E

Sandy, Utah 84070

Missionary Work Is Hard

Hi Family!!!!!

Everything is going great! Lots of work and trying to figure out what I am doing, but it's all good. It's been a lot of fun! Missionary work is great. It's amazing how the Lord works. We've had so many little tender mercies and I am continually amazed at how blessed we have been.

For example, yesterday. Yesterday was good in so many ways, but still a little off for some reason. We spend some time tracting in the evening and decided to run by a members house real quick because she had asked us to help her with something. Well, we knocked on what we thought was the members house (Graciela) but the second the door opened we realized we had confused the apartment numbers. A little boy answered the door and poked his head out and started rambling on in a language that I knew was NOT spanish. We smiled and started to talking to him and his dad came to the door and opened it up and started speaking to us in pretty good English. We explained that we were missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that we would like to share a message with his family. Welp, this is where his English skills magically ceased to exist and he started talking in Vietnamese and saying he didn't understand us hahaha So funny.

Anyway, a couple seconds later a young teenage girl came out with a big welcoming smile and kind of took over. We asked her if she knew anything about who we were or what we believe and she said "no". We then started to ask about her and her family's religious beliefs and she told us that her family was Buddist and she was Mormon! She says she goes to church every week with her grandmother and LOVES the mormon church! haha We were happy to hear this (slightly confused) and we offered to come back the next day and have Family Home Evening with her family. She got so excited and said that we would love that! 

So, we are going over tonight and we are super excited. I am so thankful that Heavenly Father lead us to this family even if it was the result of our poor sense of direction :) 

We've had so many tender miracles like these every day. I wish I could just share them all with you...Story time when I get back!  Thank you all for your prayers and love! I hope you all know how much I love you and think of you often. The Church is true. I love our prophets so much! I re-read President Euchtdorf's talk this morning called 'The Hope of God's Light' It's amazing.

SO MUCH LOVE!!!

Hermana Scheu

Nothing Worth It Is Easy

Hi Family! 

Somebody loves me!!! It's a miracle. I was so worried that you all would forget about me once I left the little MTC bubble. I love you all so much. 

SO, as you all know, I am *ehem* in Utah and not Spain. And you know what? It's a beautiful thing. I love it. I think maybe my Heavenly Father knew that I wasn't quite ready to give up mountains and western rainstorms quite yet. 

I am currently serving as a Spanish speaking sister in West Jordan (i think). I am learning to love my area and I already love both (yes, two) of my companions. It's hard for me to really put into words what I've really learned these past few days.

We'll start with this: Mission work is hard. Who knew?? Yeah, it's hard and I've been sick since the first day I arrived. I haven't been able to keep hardly anything down and the first two nights I pretty much slept on the bathroom floor. I struggle with keeping up with my companions and I still have no idea how in the world to use the Utah "grid system" to my advantage. I miss my MTC district more than I thought possible and I can't get through the day without wishing one of my teachers were here to walk me through "How To Begin Teaching" just one more time. I am 100% outside of my comfort zone and I forgot what it feels like to wake up fully rested. 

These past few days I've learned that mission work is hard, but I've learned something so much more important along the way. 

I've learned how incredible missionary work is. I've never felt more honored to be a part of something so grand. Hour by hour I learn to worry about myself a little less and give into God's will a little more. My eyes have been opened and my heart has been humbled with each home that I am invited into. I'm learning to love in the most purest form. I cannot think of anything more touching than walking into a strangers home and watching as their eyes light up with hope as we teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I've witnessed more miracles in these past 4 days than I ever have thought possible.

I know without a doubt that there is nothing in this life that brings more happiness, joy, hope, and peace more than the message we as missionaries have to share. I know that I have SO much more to learn, but I'm started to grasp how essential missionary work is. It's everything. And I am so thankful to be a part of it. I am so thankful for my amazing trainer (i'm almost convinced she's an angel. it's fine) and I am so happy to be here in Utah. I've got a few more things to learn here before I'm off to Spain and I am so okay with that. 

 I'm running out of time. I wish I could just tell you every detail of every day because it's all so amazing! I wish I could tell you about the people I get to meet every day and how much they impact me. I wish I could tell you about Esteban and his determination not to get baptized (he'll have a baptism date by next weekend. Just wait.) and I wish I could tell you about the Tender Gangsters! Oh, there is so much. It's all so great. 

I love you all so so much! I miss you (only a little bit) and I hope all is well! You are ALWAYS in my prayers. 

Hermana Scheu