Good Morning mom!
This week was very eventful. I'll start with the Zone Conference we had.
It was awesome. Seriously President Zarbock is a very inspired man. He
had just what our zone needed to hear and we are now going 1,000 miles
an hour. We just talked a lot about exact obedience and the rewards it
does in fact bring. Not just obedience but we talked about a lot of
stuff in missionary work. I think it has changed a lot of my views in
missionary work. Then after conference we had interviews. Mine was
super short and sweet, just talked about how my investigators and less
actives were then he asked me about Elder Garae. And asked me if he
was ready to train. With needing to replace 5 elders this transfer, he
was looking for trainers. And I told him he should be ready! And if he
has anything holding him back language-wise then it would be a good
opportunity to learn it fast:)
So then Thursday we did an exchange, and I went with the Zone Leader
Elder P. One of the first Chuuk missionaries I met because he
trained my MTC comp Elder D. Elder P. is awesome. We were
already good friends but now we are even better, and I can tell how
focused he is on the zone and on working hard.
Saturday we had the baptism! We had 5 investigators and one child of
record. Akapeinna, Nimo, Nefon, Appison, and Katrin all got baptized
after all being way ready. The District President Matasio's daughter
was baptized as well so she joined in with our service. Also, Appison
(only 9) invited his non-member mom to come to his baptism and she
came!! And stayed for all 3 baptisms that happened.
Something interesting also happened Saturday night. We got a call from
the Assistants saying they couldn't get a hold of the Zone Leaders so
they had to call and tell us who will be trainers this transfer.
Everyone was expecting 5 but there are 7 training. 7. That is like
almost every area in Chuuk with a trainee including the 3 new last
transfer. And none of the trainers are white haha just two vanuatuans
(yes, Garae), one Fijian, one Chuukese, one Pohnpeian, one New
Zealander and one Tongan. The trainees are gonna think Chuuk zone is
just brown guys haha. This also means one other thing...that means one
or two might leave Chuuk because there aren't enough spots. And since
my comp is training I have like no where to go so I really hope it
isn't me. We will find out Wednesday night though. But just hold off
on sending boxes and letters till I know for sure!
Well, I love you mom! Thank you for writing me! I will talk to you
next week! Unless I am outer island...:)
Love, Elder Schroath
Hey dad! How is it going?
I am so happy to hear BYU football is 4-0! Man I am going to miss a
good season. Thank you for the update, it is always good to hear about
football haha I don't get a lot of it here. Thank you also for
teaching me so much about exact obedience, with the obedience changes
going on, I feel right at home with all the exact obedience talk haha.
But really it has helped me a lot and I know I can apply it here on
the mission too. I know the church is true, I know I am here to bring
others to Christ and that the Atonement can work for all of us. I love
you dad!
Elder Schroath
The mission president, Pres Zarbock shared some pictures on Facebook from their Zone Conference this past week:
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| Chuuk Zone - Elder S is right in the middle |
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| Elder S! |
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| Lunch time |
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| Teaching |
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| Studying |
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| Role Playing |
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