One Month Done

Hey everyone Im having a blast. The weather is what I asked for, its sweet. Im starting to know the area better and people in the ward and its starting to feel more normal. This week nothing really exciting has happened, we are teaching about 20 lessons a week i wish it could be double that, we have a lot of time that we are tracking and such which is the most unproductive thing. After we baptise the two people we have we wont really have anyone to teach thats progressing. Which is ok we just want people to have testimonies of christ and come closer to him. Ill send some pics from the mtc and such so this letter is going to be short im sorry. but no everything is going good i like it a lot, me and my comp get hes from twin falls get along and biking around all day couldnt be anymore fun, i like it a lot cause you can talk to people. Plus it burns off all the fod we are getting fed. Cindy i think that answers your questions :). Thanks for all the support you show me everyone I am so luck to have you behind me. I read the book of Ether the other day and the examples of faith are so amazing so this is some things that I've come to realize about faith.
Faith isn't a feeling, its a decision
Faith is confidence
Faith comes from experience
If we want to build our faith we need to:
Bear our testimonies
Record our spiritual experiences so we dont forget them
Pray
Read to have more knowledge to stand behind your beliefs
These are just a couple of the steps that we can do to have stronger faith. Faith that brought the lamanites to believe, faith that brought nephi to get the sword of nephi, faith the twelve apostles had, faith like samuel the lamanite, and my new favorite faith like the brother of jared (in ether). At the end of Ether he's the last one standing, all alone, and i dont have my scriptures with me but he says something like whether I die with pain or am translated it matterith not as long as i end up in the kindom of god. Isnt that the attitude we need to have, to have so much faith and to repet and be comfortable that it doens't matter what happens to us in this life, as long as we end up with our father in heaven again. Idk its pretty sweet. Anyways love you all.

Elder Schallenberger

I almost forgot thanks so much for the cards from Ryanne, Kila, Mom, Raegan, Megan, Travis and Malissa. They were sweet. Also form Linny and Jess and Cindy and the Coates. Its so good to hear from all of you.
Elder Schallenberger

- Sorry the pics are in the wrong order. Some are from the MTC others are from the mission.