September 5

Përshendetjë family! What's up!? Today is pretty chill. The temple is closed so today is extra chill. The Albanian is coming really well! On Saturday, we did consecration day, which is where we only speak Albanian for the whole day, and it was pretty hard. I actually really only ended up doing it until about the middle of the day. It's pretty hard sometimes, because I can't really express myself all the way yet, but it's good. I can't complain, because I have learned SO MUCH here in only 6 weeks. It is incredible. Yesterday, we met Elder Benson's girlfriend on our temple walk (Elder Benson stayed away so that he wouldn't be distracted, and it wouldn't be weird for him), and we were speaking Albanian too her, and I just realized that I have learned so much here, and the Lord has totally given me the gift of tongues. Remember when Aunt Linda was talking to me about the Gift of Tongues on the phone on the way down? Well she was right! I love this language, and I think it is so cool that I am learning this language. :)

Oh so guess what! My Branch President occasionally goes up to Idaho for stuff, and I told him he could stop by our house if he ever goes by Idaho Falls! His email is jlallenhome@hotmail.com  He is super cool! Would that be alright? I'm gonna send him Mom and Dad's numbers and emails so he can contact you if he needs to.

Also, I'm gonna be writing some letters today. I think I'll write for each of you, but I'll wait until I write them all so I can send them all together! It might be next week or the week after until you get them, because we only write letters on P-day. But i'll send Grandma one probably this week. I know this is gonna sound super weird, but I want to write a letter to Kat! Back when I was home, I used to get impressions that I should set up the missionary lessons with Kat, and I was so close to doing it, and then I didn't!!! Augh! And it's tearing me up inside a little bit. So I wanted to write her a letter, and bear my testimony, and maybe something good will come of it. It would be ideal for her to take them with Eli, cuz they're buddies, and that would encourage Eli to go on a mission, I bet, too! So I'm gonna write her a letter, but I don't know her address, so do you think one of you could text Eli to text Kat to find out her address? Otherwise I'll just send it home again, and leave it for someone to take care of, I guess! Haha!

Oh hey, I just uploaded some photos to flickr with some captions! You should check 'em out! Also, Thanks for your Dear Elders! Those are just the best! That really do brighten my day! Conrad, thank you for your letter as well! There was a part in their that was inspired, because I had studied something that day that was similar to that, so thank you so much, because it really did help me, and I love just hearing about how things are going! It's so cool that Mom has class with an Albanian! That is sweet! She should contact the MTC to see if she can help out with TRC, because as you can imagine, Albanian speakers are pretty sparse here.

Wanna hear something funny? There is this real weird elder here, and we're pretty sure he's actually a ghost. We believe that he haunts the MTC, and that every Elder that goes through the MTC knows him. He's a real weird Elder. In fact one time, he tied a handtowel to his front with a belt, and covered his parts, and was doing pull-ups on a pull-up bar, which is RIGHT outside our door. It was rather "shocking" (Patrick voice). But I guess that's just what ghosts do, ya know? Also, it's bat season. Like the animal. They had to move all the sisters out of their residency into a new building, because they are having a problem with bats in the MTC! What!? Yeah, so that's weird.

Before I finish, I want you to know, Bros, that I miss you a lot. I watched the Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration movie yesterday, and the part where Alvin, Hyrum, and Joseph are hanging out together made me miss ya and made me excited to hang out for eternity :) Also, I bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon yesterday. I had this thought earlier this week that the Book of Mormon is so true. I thought that it is so cool that we know that the Book of Mormon is a record that was engraven by prophets of old upon golden plates. And then, by the power of God, not by the power of man, but by the power of God, the Book of Mormon was translated. How awesome is it to know that the Book of Mormon literally contains the words of God? It makes me so happy to read it, and share it with investigators, because I know that it is the greatest tool in the conversion of investigators. I know it will help them come closer to Jesus Christ, because they are his words, and they are translated correctly, perfectly. It is so cool. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so much since I've been here. And I also think my love for you all has grown more since i've been here. I love ya, and I'm so excited to go out in the field :)

Also, Jessie, I got your letter! Thank you so much! I love you, and will be writing you soon! Momma, and Dadda, I love you too, and thank you for chatting with me today :) 

Ju dua!
-Elder Schneider

August 29

That is the word for "to vomit" in Albanian. For some reason that was in one of our workbooks that is like centered around the gospel. I thought it was pretty funny when I found that. I was thinking about how I would incorporate that into a discussion. "Many people feel the spirit in different ways. Some feel a warm feeling, others feel peaceful. For me, when I feel the spirit, I throw up." Maybe something like that. Haha that reminds me of Brian Regan when he's talking about the kid who threw up whenever he lied. Haha! I'm laughing just remembering Brian Regan's voice when he pretends to throw up. Haha, good times, good times (makeout reef).
So we welcomed in some new missionaries that are learning Dutch this week! There was supposed to be 3 elders and 5 sisters, but only one elder showed up, and he didn't get to the MTC until like 11 p.m. on Wednesday! So we didn't meet him until Thursday. But his name is Elder Robinson, and he is from Jamaica! He is the first missionary from Jamaica going to the Belgium Netherlands mission ever! He has a pretty crazy story. His dad passed away when he was 13, but he's lived with his mom and siblings since then in Jamaica. But so I guess communication was bad in Jamaica, and he didn't find out until Tuesday morning that he needed to be in the MTC on Wednesday. So he like gets all packed, gets a haircut, and says goodbye to his mom all within like 2 days. AND, he just received his own endowment today at the Provo Temple! It's craziness. This elder has so much faith. He's got it hard though. He's learning Dutch in a district with 5 elders, and he doesn't have a companion, because he is the only elder learning Dutch in the MTC in this transfer. It's been hard for him, but Elder Gardiner and I have been trying really hard to reach out to him as best as we can. I want to take a little moment here to tell you how much I appreciate Elder Gardiner. He is so kind and patient. I still have a little bit of a problem with timeliness, but he is patient with me. And in companionship inventory, he asked for some ways he can improve, and he's doing them! And whenever I ask him a question about the language, he helps me out, and he's actually really good at the language too! He memorizes things really well, and he's great at understanding, so it rocks to have him in lessons, because sometimes our "investigators" will say something and I'll kind of just nod, and not know what they said, and Elder Gardiner will know. He's great. I love my companion, and am so grateful that my first companion is one I can get along with so well. There has never been any contention between us, which rocks. Also, on a side note, the word for "member" in Albanian is anëtar, which literally means "one who sides with" or something like that! That puts being a "member" of the church into a cool perspective. As members, we have to take a side. We can't be on neutral ground. Pretty cool language, eh?
So I had a cool experience this week. I role played with my teacher as an investigator, and I actually pretended to be Dani from work, Conrad! You're supposed to choose to role play as some one you know, so I chose to be Dani, this friend from work. She doesn't really believe in God, and so in the lesson, near the end, my teacher asked me as the investigator if I would kneel in prayer and ask God if he was real. So we did, and it was awesome, because I said a prayer as somebody would who doesn't believe in God, and I remember saying something like "I don't if you are real, but I want to know." And in that prayer, I felt a confirmation from the Spirit that God is real. Even though I was pretending to be someone else, the spirit was still able to touch me and testify to me that God is real, which I thought was awesome. Also, we had TRC this week! Which is where we teach RMs from the ADS mission! Except instead of a role play, we actually teach them in Albanian. For example, this week, we taught them about receiving revelation through church attendance. It went really well, and I keep getting more and more excited to actually teach real people and go to Albania! I prayed for an increased desire to serve, and Heavenly Father has given it to me. He also has told me that I need to study the scriptures here more. Ironically, I feel like I have less time now than I did before for personal scripture study, and I have felt that distance that comes when you don't read your scriptures for a while, so I'm going to study more. Heavenly Father truly is merciful and gives liberally to those that ask. I can testify that that is true, and that when we ask God, he will answer us. :)
Dad, Bardledoo? Ah, I miss Korbi and the girls too! Tell them I miss them, and that I'll pray for them for school? How are they doing? How did seeing their Dad go? Didn't they have a trip recently? And she's moving right? Wow, this feels like so long ago! Haha, I'm really glad that Conrad was losing. I can just imagine you laughing and tormenting him as he punches you and gets upset! Ya know, I might be gaining weight! I need to weigh myself. I've been coughing a lot, so my ab muscles have actually been a little tired! But so did Claire's parents tell you they dropped off donuts when they dropped Claire off at BYU!? Yeah! They got me a box of like gourmet donuts! It was AWESOME!!! Best in-laws ever :) Jk. But so i might be gaining weight, because every night my district gets into or PJs, and then we all just eat straight garbage for like half an hour, because we've all gotten packages full of candy and donuts! Haha! So i definitely could be gaining weight. Haha, that sounds like Dan. He should just get those tattoo eyebrows so he doesn't have to worry about them anymore! So I think my departure date is like the 27th or the 26th or something. Saturday was the one month mark!! I've already finished one month of my mission!! Can you believe that!? That's crazy! We don't get our departure and flight plans until like a week before we leave, but I'll let you know when we do!

Momma, Haha! Are you sure that was from the Seminary Hot Chocolate chill? That was like in January, I think. Wow. I don't think I should say I'm sorry, because I actually think that's really funny! Yeah, I hear the camping wasn't the best. That is just the craziest that Dan is at school right now! I can't believe he is a freshman. I think he's gonna love highschool. Highschoolers someone like Dan to be a good example to follow. I'm so excited to hear about how he does! I miss his really long stories he used to tell me after school about how he hurt someone or about how he did something really smooth with some pretty girl. If you hear any of those, can you relay them back to me, please? :) Oh, and yeah! The zollingers sent me donuts! Best in-laws ever. Haha! Oh and I am feeling better! I've still got a little bit of a cough, but I'm almost done! How is work going? How does it feel working on real sick people and stuff!?

Jessie, How is school going? I'll pray for you. I can't believe this is your last year of classes. Holy cow. I'm so proud of you, Jessie. Is there anything you can't do!? Wow. Just so ya know, don't feel bad if you don't have time to send an email. I understand, and I won't be sad. I've got emails from some other people too. I love you so much, Jessie!
Conrad, Guess what song we sang yesterday in devotional. *Activate Pirate Accent* "The Day Dawn is Breaking, the world is awaking!" I thought of you in your pirate voice, and it made me laugh :) Also, I hear you really stunk it up playing cards while you were camping! Ha! Oh, so uh, what's the news with you and Janet? I mean Bridgette! Actually I don't remember her name. Wait... It starts with an "m", or it's Whitney. It's not Whitney. How is Mindy though? And how's work going? You're working through Christmas right? Are you wrestling Dan still? Has he told you any funny Daniel stories yet? If he does, I want to hear them!
Dan, How was your first day!? Did you hit anyone? Did you wear your white vans? How long did you take to do your hair in the morning? Was it weird actually going to school at Hillcrest? I can't believe you're going there already. It's so weird. Haha but I wanna hear how things are going!
Ok, so guess what! A week ago, there was a sister that left our zone that was called to Trinidad/Port of Spain mission, but her visa didn't come in time, so she got temporarily reassigned to the Idaho Falls Idaho mission!!!!! Her name is Sister Baker, and she's super funny, and she's got a low voice. I'll send a picture of her. If you can, you should try to find her and say hi, because she is super cool!
Anyways, I love you a lot family! I'm loving the MTC right now, and I am happy :) I'll be praying for you all! I love you!
-Elder Schneider
P.S. Is Gehrig still alive!? I haven't heard anything from him in over a month. I miss him, and I would really appreciate it if someone could contact him, and at least find out how he's doing for me, and if he's made progress on his mission papers. I'm worried about him, because I haven't heard from him in a month, but I hope he's doing ok.

August 22

Familjet!!! Ju dua! The language is coming more and more! It is such a beautiful language. There are some gospel terms that are just the stinkin' coolest. And the lyrics for the hymns are especially beautiful. For example, the term for "real intent" is "qëllim i vërtetë." Qëllim can mean "purpose" or "goal," and vërtetë means "true" or "real." So qëllim i vërtetë is cool because it can mean "true purpose" or maybe "purpose of truth", which is sweet, because when you pray with real intent, you purpose is to obtain truth! It's so cool! Sometimes, I get a little bit sick of the language, but it really is beautiful!So the Nashville Tribute Band played here yesterday for our devotional and it rocked! They are an all LDS country/gospel band. They even all have temple recommends! And one of their keyboarders also plays/played for Diamond Rio!! They were stinking good live, and it felt super nice to listen to some normal music. I've discovered that I do like some country music! It might be just because I've listened to nothing but hymns and stuff for a while, but I do like them! Conrad, I'm pretty positive you'll like them! Daniel and Jessie might... And Mom and Dad, look up the song "The hardest thing I've ever loved to do." Mom, you'll cry a lot, and Dad, it will probably make you miss your mission! They're good. We sang in the choir for the songs "When He Comes Again", "I Was Born", and "John's Song." Conrad, look up John's song first, cuz it's got a sweet piano riff intro that I bet you'll really like. Anyways, they're super good! Dan, there was this song about Hyrum Smith, Joseph's older brother, and the leader of the band was talking about how Hyrum had to have a lot of faith in Joseph, his younger brother, and it made me think about how much I love yeah. It also made me think about how I have such a firm belief that you are going to be so influential and such an amazing stalwart man with such a strong testimony. I already learn from you so much. You made me laugh out loud and smile when you said that you bleeped out a swear word in that song! Keep it up, man! A lot of people will excuse things like swear words and inappropriately dressed girls and things like that, but don't stop bleeping out swear words, and covering your eyes and screaming whenever something inappropriate comes up! And if people make fun of you, just chop 'em in the neck!
So guess what! On like Tuesday, in the afternoon, I started not feeling so well, and then on Friday, i still wasn't feeling better and I woke up a few times in the night before Friday, and so I go to the doctor, and guess what! PINK EYE! Tartar sauce. So i got some eye drops, and I'm almost better now, but I also got an x-ray of my chest, because I've been coughing a lot lately, and I've had a cough on and off since like the middle of June. I'm feeling pretty well today, so that's good! I'll let ya know what I hear from the clinic! Also, Momma, are their decongestants in my first aid kit? I've been using the ibuprofen, and cough drops, which has been so nice! Mom, thank you so much for that first aid kit. I was so happy that I had things to help me feel not like a sick person when I was feeling janky! Thank you, Momma, I really appreciate it. Could you send me some more cough drops, ibuprofen, and decongestants? Also, could you send a loaf of Pumpkin Chocolate Chip and Cinnamon Burst with the next package? No rush on the package whatsoever, but I just told my district that GH makes awesome bread, and I want to share some with them!
So now onto the individual part:
Cat horse fish dog weasel poodle,

Thank you for your advice about Leadership. What you and Conrad advised were both exactly applicable to my assignment as zone leader. I've been seeking to be the best zone leader I can be, and now with your advice, I think I can be closer to being that. Also, do you remember before I left when we were talking about the fall of Adam, and I had a question that we were trying to answer? Well I gained some more understanding about it while studying last week. Before, I didn't really understand how God commanded Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the earth, but at the same time commanded them not to eat of the forbidden fruit. Is it true that Adam and Eve knew how to multiply and replenish the Earth? Because if so, it all makes sense. 1 Nephi 3:7 says that God gives no commands unless he gives a way for His children to accomplish them, so that has to be true, right? That totally makes sense. Does that all make sense to you? I hope so. What are your thoughts about that?
Mommy Moomoo,
I got the package! Thank you so much! I haven't eaten any of it yet, because I've been sick, but as soon as I get better you can bet there's gonna be some munchin' goin down in room 425!! Also, thanks for your little note, Dan! I love you too! Momma, it feels like I've been gone forever too, kind of! Time is weird at the MTC. I'm so excited for you to be back in school! I hope you feel better in your foot! That really stinks! I miss you Momma, and i really missed you when i listened to that song i told you to look up! You'll cry for sure, i bet :) Also, I don't think anybody here has a current hymnbook. Some people have the old ones. My companion's mom is printing off the entire hymn book PDF online, which you could do, but it's like 300 pages so it will be expensive. You might be able to do at it Staples though. I'm fine if that doesn't work out, because that's a lot of work!
Jessie,
Thank you so much for your package and the slippers and the letters you gave me!!! I was reading the one that said "Open me first!" and I started crying! That one was so sweet and so sad! At first, I was thinking, "Crud, my elder friends are going to see me crying!" but then I remembered I had pink eye, so it probably just looked normal! Ha! But yes, I got the package, and thank you so much for it! I want you to know that I am not offended whatsoever that you took your trip to Nepal, because I know you grew so much, and had the time of your life! I love you so much Jessie, and my love for you and for the entire family is only growing :) I am saving some of the letters to read later :) that is so sweet about your Zumba instructor friend! I hope she stays interested in the church! I'm so happy you got to go to Nepal, because it even seems from just over email that you have grown in your testimony and your ability to share the gospel! The Lord does answer prayers. Let me know what happens! I'm short on time, so ask Mom for the MTC address. She should know it.
Conrad,
No worries about the no email thing! I understand that it is hard to remember! Also, way to go with Heather! I want to know more about her! What dates have you gone on so far? Also, thank you very much for your advice for leadership. I wrote both your advice and Dad's down, so thank you.
Dan,
I kind of already did yours earlier when I was talking about Hyrum Smith and stuff, but I still love you!
I love you all very much! I will try to put pictures up on Flickr real quick, but I have class in 9 minutes! Love ya!
- Elder Schneider

Hello family! This week has been super delicious! Guess who the new zone leaders are in Zone 10. Elder Gardiner and Elder Schneider!! The hungarian missionaries left today, and so they called us yesterday to be the new zone leaders! We get to welcome the new missionaries that will come in, and also assign teachers, interview district leaders, and so forth. I have loved being the District Leader so far, because my capacity to love others and care for others has been increased, and I love being an example for others. I am so excited to be zone leaders, because that means we get to get to know all the missionaries in our zone/branch (about 60 missionaries) really well! Also, I'm getting better at just talking to people and learning about their lives and establishing a friendship which I know will be super helpful in Albania! Now I just need to learn how to make friends in Albanian... Ha.
My relationship with my companion has grown a lot even just this past week! He's laughing a lot more, and we've both loosened up to each other, and really all the missionaries going to Albania have become such great friends! Haha, we play four square like everyday!! It actually can get really intense, but not heated. It's funny because at the MTC, we're not allowed to keep score for most things, so no one ever really argues about if the ball is in our out, which is great. Most people will just go out rather than try to argue to stay in. This place is cool. 
So guess who I saw on Tuesday. NEIL L. ANDERSON!!!!! He and his wife spoke at our Tuesday devotional!!! It was just stinkin' awesome. I also got to sing in the choir that day, and it was the biggest MTC choir in history, so that was also awesome!! Usually while we sing the prelude hymns, they will show who is speaking that day on the big projector screens, but this time, they weren't, so we kind of were expecting for there to be an apostle speaking. While we were singing prelude, we were just singin', and then all of a sudden, everyone stood up really fast! And then we saw Elder and Sister Anderson, and that was sweet. I got pretty excited. It was kind of like when Spider-Man came on the screen during Captain America:Civil War, except I was more reverent this time. We sang "More Holiness Give Me" which was beautiful. Then Elder Anderson's wife spoke, and at the end, she bore testimony that her husband Elder Anderson is an apostle of Jesus Christ, which was very powerful. Then Elder Anderson spoke. I don't remember everything he spoke about, but what I do remember was how I felt when he bore his testimony of the Savior. He bore witness that Jesus Christ is our resurrected Savior. He did say that it is super important for us to bear our testimony of a resurrected Christ, and of the resurrection when we teach investigators lessons, which I plan on doing in my lessons. I felt the spirit very strongly as he bore his apostolic witness of the Savior, and it helped me to know that Elder Anderson is one of Christ's living apostles on the Earth today, and that Jesus Christ is alive and does visit and speak to his children today. And it gets better!!!! After Elder Anderson got done speaking, we sang "I Believe in Christ" for the closing hymn, which already was one of my favorite hymns. As we were singing the 3rd verse, I started getting emotional. As I was singing, I realized that all the things I was singing were things I had a testimony of, and that I truly believed. I was basically proclaiming my testimony of the Savior through that beautiful song. Also, as I was singing, started feeling warm throughout my whole body. Like weirdly warm in a way I hadn't felt before. I started crying, and then during the 4th verse, I calmed down a little bit, and my whole body and face and hands felt tingly. It was really interesting, because I've never felt that way before, but it was incredible. I know that that was a witness from the Holy Ghost that what I was singing about the Savior was all true. I do believe in Christ, and I love Him. :)
Haha, another thing you should know is that my district and district D (the other district going to Albania) get along really well. We live right next to each other in our residency, so we go in each other's rooms and stuff, and eat each other's food and whatnot. There is an Elder named Elder Harris from California that I think we would have a lot of fun hanging out with! He's from California, and he's super nice, and chill. He likes fat chillin' with people. "Fat chillin'" is a California term. Then there's Elder Nielsen, who is a super funny Elder from "Delda" (Delta) Utah. His voice is super raspy, so it's just always funny to hear him talk. He also likes Hot Rod and Wayne's World so that's fun quoting that around him. Those two elders will sneak into our room just when we're standing around, and then we'll turn around and they'll be right there! They're cool. 
So we committed our second "investigator" to baptism this past week! The investigators we teach are actually our teachers, but they do an extended role play as one of the investigators that they actually taught on their missions! For example, Vëllai Knight (Brother Knight) played our first investigator named "Juxhin" (pronounced "Eugene"), who was a young man about Conrad's age in Albania. When we taught him, he committed to baptism in the 3rd lesson, which we were ecstatic over! Apparently, in real life, Juxhin wanted like nothing to do with the church, and then i can't remember what Vëllai Knight said after that, but he eventually became a member! Then this week, we taught Maksim (Vëllai Bangerter), a 60 year old man who likes eating and was Greek Orthodox. When we taught Juxhin, it was pretty rough the first couple lessons, because we used a script, and were really nervous and were still very new to the language, but they did still accept our commitments. By the third lesson, however, we did it without a script, and it was the coolest lesson we had had yet, and he accepted our commitment to be baptized! When we were teaching Maksim, we had some difficulty, because he wasn't as accepting initially. However, we took time to prepare,  and then went into the lesson with faith, and taught some great lessons. In our third lesson with Maksim, we invited him to be baptized, and then he was like, "Oh I already have been baptized." Haha, that kind of stopped us in our tracks. We started to talk about the priesthood, and then he didn't really understand proper authority and that we receive our authority from God. So we left that lesson feeling ok, but not the best, because we didn't feel like we explained priesthood authority very well. So then the next lesson comes along and oh wait! My dear mother made me a super sick laminated priesthood line of authority before I left!! So we used that to explain how we receive our priesthood authority, and it went really well! Then we invited him to be baptized, and he accepted!! Woot! 
So this was super long. I love you all so much!! Momma, in my next package, will you send me an Albanian hymnbook? We use them all the time, and they don't sell them here in the MTC store. Also, if you could send the 17 Miracles and Ephraim's Rescue soundtracks, that would be super sweet!! Conrad, I wanna hear about Keeg's wedding! Also, Jessie, thank you for your Dear Elder! I love getting those, and I love hearing about your adventures, so tell me anything and everything! :) Dan, thanks for getting Gehrig's email for me! I emailed him. Dad, I love you a lot, and I had an impression about the Fall of Adam about that thing we were talking about in the temple before I left. Momma, I love you a lot! Thank you for the package! You guys rock! I love you shumë, shumë shumë!!
   - Elder Schneider

Ben and Nick

August 8th

I love my family :) This week was super fantastic! The second week has been much better than the first week, even though the first week was already great!

I'm gonna get to leave the MTC this week and go to the doctor with my companion! I'm actually kind of excited for that, because I'll get to go out in the real world with the limited missionary experience I have and maybe talk about the gospel and stuff. I also got a blessing last night by my companion, and I really am feeling like it won't be a problem, and I'll still be able to go to Albania. If I don't however, I've realized that wherever and however I serve, I will still be happy to serve, and grateful for the amazing opportunity it is to be a missionary. I have faith in God's plan for me, and I am willing to adjust and be flexible. Don't get me wrong, I'll be pretty bummed out if I don't end up getting to go to Albania, but I'm not going to let it affect my love and testimony of the gospel, the Lord, or for Heavenly Father.I'm gonna go eat lunch, maybe do some laundry, and then be right back to tell ya some more stuff! Brb!
Truth be told, this is actually helping me to continue to strengthen my testimony of the Atonement, because I know that the Lord has suffered pains and afflictions for me that apply to whatever I am/will be going through! My testimony of Jesus Christ and His Atonement has grown so much since I've been here. Elder Child wrote me a letter where he mentioned that we must allow ourselves to be completely dependent upon the Savior, and that touched me. I needed to hear that the day i read it, which was one of the first days I was in the MTC. I can testify that what Elder Child testified of is true. I have experienced that when I allow myself to depend on the Lord for everything, I come out of whatever I am doing with an increased testimony of the Savior, because the enabling power of the Atonement is working in my life and allowing me to do things such as learn Albanian, have charity by loving everyone i serve and interact with, and even just to carry on and be able to keep learning and loving my time here. I love the Lord. I'm so glad we sang that song before I left, because it has greater meaning to me now than when we sang it.
- Elder Schneider

Ben and Dillon