Love you most. See you in five.

Hi Family! 

Quick update:

So, the time has come. The time has come for me to leave my beloved Barrio 2 and move on to a new area. After serving over 6 months in the same ward I was transferred!!! 

Transfer calls came Saturday night and I have never been more anxious/stressed/excited/nervous all at the same time. I had a pretty good idea that I would be leaving, but I had no idea of where I would go. Well, turns out I just got transferred down the street and I am new companions with one my closest friends on the mission! I am not sure what I did to get so blessed, but I am not complaining. I am in a completely different zone, but I am still the Sister Training Leader so I´ll be able to go on exchanges with all the other Hermanas. I am excited to get to know them these next 6 weeks. 

I am now serving in Barrio 5 in the VERY CENTER of Madrid. I am really excited. We have been moving and traveling all day and have had absolutely no time to unpack. I do know, however, that our new apartment is FREEEZING. And by freezing I mainly mean that we can see our breath in the morning when we wake up and getting out the hot shower in the morning will make me want to cry. But hey, I will be thankful for cozy blankets and warm socks from Mamma Scheu. 

So far I´ve really loved my new area. I am getting used to living in the downtown city life. It´s growing on me, the whole city life thing, but I still dream of Idaho mountains. I´ll be serving with Hermana Heims from Reno, Nevada! She's awesome. We will do great things. I´ll be sure to send pictures next week! 

Meanwhile, I will be missing my home SO much! And my lovely companion, Hermana Snelson. Every night after "positive pillow talk" we would say the same thing. "Love you most. See you in five." Every time our head hits that pillow I swear the alarm goes off five minutes later. And we live the dream all over again. 

We were in love and I can´t wait to see her again in a few weeks. 

Also, fun fact: Our apartment Landlord and his wife named their baby girl after me (Sofia Ariel). Just saying. They have good taste ;) 

Thought of the week: "Many are on a giant rollercoaster of disaster, seeking the thrills of the moment while sacrificing the joys of eternity. Thus, we forfeit peace."

Welp, we have to go! I guess I should try to get somethings unpacked...

Love you all so much! Thank you for the email updates and all of the love! 

Have a great week and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hermana Scheu

I live in Spain. This is a dream

So, last week we went to a little royal city outside of Spain for P-day. I wouldn´t mind being transferred there...I'm in love. 

Here is a little inside peek of a day in the life of a princess:

Segovia. Royal City. Castles on every corner.

Hermana Hone! Lacy Jane's cousin! What are the odds...also, look at that view :)

The Great Wall Of...Segovia. P.s. this is Hermana Snelson...aka, my beautiful companion.

 Exploring the castle. Please ignore the minor editing job. Love Elders.

 Loving it!!

Miracles

Hi Family! 

I am so sorry that I don´t have time today. I just wanted to include a bit from my weekly letter to the president! All is going so well and I am so happy. This work is amazing!!! Honestly, so wonderful. 

I hope all is well. Thank you for your emails! I am sorry that I wont be able to respond this week (Dad, Amy, and Skylee!) but I will next week. 

Have a great week! I hope you can feel my love and prayers. 

Love,

Hermana Scheu 

Happy Monday Presidente! 

I cannot believe that it is P-day again already. How fast time flies when you are having fun...and hard at work! 

Everything is going so well. This week was wonderful. So many miracles! In my nightly prayers I started praying for the ability to see the Lord´s hand more in His work. Let me tell you, President, my prayers were answered 10 fold. This week we were guided so much by the Spirit. Every step we took lead us to someone just waiting to hear the Gospel. We were lead to 5 new investigators who are so prepared! Last night we also had an amazing lesson with a part member family and we set a baptismal for their 12 year old little boy.  We have been so blessed here in Barrio 2! We have had so many incredible experiences. For example, just earlier today Hermana Snelson and I had a really neat experience. 

This morning we were on our way to Segovia and we missed the bus by 2 minutes! So, we had to wait another 30 minutes for the next one. While waiting we decided to take a walk around the city and after 15 minutes we were lead to a little watch kiosk just above the metro station. While standing there I noticed the owner of the kiosk whisper something to her husband about how we were Mormon missionaries. Of course, I knew that was my cue.  I asked her what she knew about our church and how she knew we were missionaries. She told us that her entire family back in Bolivia are members and that she herself has done a lot of investigating. She has not only read the Book of Mormon, but also the Docrtine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. She went on and on about the church, but when I asked her if she has ever been taught by missionaries she told me no. She told me that she has been waiting for us.  We then were able to take down her number and she introduced us to her husband. We sat and talked with him a little bit about the Book of Mormon and we gave him his own copy. After testifying and inviting him to read the Introduction, we said our goodbyes. As we turned to walk away I looked back and this woman had giant tears rolling down her eyes. I ran back to her and gave her a big hug, squeezed her hands, and told her how much our Heavenly Father loves her. 

Moments like these make everything worth it. All of the hard work, rejections, lack of sleep, and STRESS. I am so happy! I love this work so much. I have no doubt in my mind that the Lord prepares souls for us to find. If we look and seek guidance from the Spirit, miracles are found. 

Also, I had the opportunity to have intercambios with Hermana Norton. Thank you so much for the opportunity to meet with other Sisters. I really do love my assignment. Hermana Norton is doing great. I know they are having a little bit of trouble finding work, but I hope that the things we discussed and the ideas that we talked about will help a bit.

Oh, and I also wanted to include my letter from last week that I wasn´t able to send. 

Monday November 4: 

Hi President! 

We had another wonderful week here in Barrio 2. Hermana Snelson and I still love eachother and I am so grateful for her example. She really is an amazing missionary. 

Miguel´s baptism was such as sweet miracle. Thank you so much for coming! It was great to see you and Hermana Jackson. 

This past week we have been learning a lot about Humility and how we can improve in our ability to teach in unity. I love teaching with Hermana Snelson and we do work well together as a team, but there is always room for improvement. 

I also had the opportunity to have intercambios with Hermana Stepp. I LOVE meeting with the other sisters. Thank you for this opportunity. I always learn so much and I am always reminded of how much I love these Sisters. Hermana Stepp is doing really well. She is so sweet and has such an impressive knoweldge of the Doctrine. Epecially the Bible! She tells the best Bible stories. 

She has mentioned to me, however, that she is really worried about coming to the end of her mission. She worries quite a bit about going back to school and having to "start over." I have been praying for some way that I can comfort her. 

All is well! I could say more, but I know you have a lot to do and my fingers might just freeze off. I´ll see you tomorrow at the leadership meeting. Thank you for everything! 

Love, Hermana Scheu 

Making things happen

Hello Wonderful Family! 

Welp, I have no time. BUT we had a pretty exciting/crazy/stressful/miracle-happening week. 

First and foremost, Miguel GOT BAPTIZED! His baptism was amazing. He´s amazing. This work is amazing. Everything is just amazing. I wish I knew more words that could adequately describe the warm fuzzy feelings in my heart :) 

I would love to tell you more, but I have been sitting here in this freezing little cyber cafe for wayyy too long. My little fingers are going to fall off and I can´t feel my toes. Also, I am starving. 

Speaking of being hungry. Real quick, can I just say how thankful I am for having the best mom ever. Oh, how I have learned SO much from that beautiful woman. 

During these past two weeks Hermana Snelson and I had ZERO money to buy food. Something happend with our reembursements. We decided to put our faith in action and practice a little humility. We ended up eating everything and anything that we found in our apartment. Honestly, I am very impressed with what we came up with. We were able to throw together comeplete meals made out of almost nothing. I wont go into detail about exactly what we ate, but we survived! I somehow remembered little tips and tricks my mom would use to throw together meals when we swore there was "nothing to eat". 

These past two weeks we have learned that it really doesn´t take much to see all the many blessings the Lord´s blesses us with. 

Love you all! Have a great week! 

Happy Halloween from Spain