European Selfies

     Edinburgh is so good. We are destroying the poor University. We teach A LOT of chinese people. The lessons are mostly in english, but if something isn't clear it helps to explain it in chinese. We have a small District of just us and the Sister Training Leaders (STLs). We are doing well. We have an all-scotland conference this week. Those are always good, I will get to see a lot of my good friends. The weather has been really nice. It makes it so great when the sun is shining and we are talking to happy people in the many parks here.

   

  The ward is nice, but it is hard to meet people personally. There are 10 missionaries in the ward. And the office staff and presidency. There are a lot of Americans here for the University so I need to meet some of them.

  

  We are hoping for some great things this transfer. 

Love you all 

Elder Scholz

Seek and ye shall find

To the Mother Ship!

Mother I moved AGAIN!?! It shocked us hardcore, but I am moving to be the new YSA district leader in Edinburgh. I am going to the Flagship of the mission. I go to church with all the office staff and there are 10 missionaries in our ward. I have a Chinese speaking missionary as a companion, his name is Elder Donovan he is from Utah. He is really funny and is doing well with his Chinese. We teach a lot of chinese people which is always fun. We have a super nice flat, with an amazing shower so that makes the day nicer. Also Elder McDaniel stayed in Londonderry and they ended baptising the lady we were teaching. I am a little sad that I missed it but I am happy to be in another big city. I left my camera charger in Derry so my camera is dead so I will send more photos next week!

Sorry for missing emailing had a lot of traveling.

Elder Scholz

Home to Edinburgh

En Guard!

Hey Mama 

   The weather is starting to get colder and there is more rain. It is crazy how this is going to be the second winter on my mission. That is crazy about the Irish girl! You should ask which Dublin ward she was in. Moves call is next Sunday and knowing my luck I will probably be moving again, but I dont think so. We were supposed to have a baptism this week but we needed to push it back until after conference weekend. I am very excited to listen to conference, it is way better on the mish. We did fencing today for P-Day with a member who is a fencing coach. It is pretty funny to smack each other with a sword. The University is starting up now and we are starting to speak to more foreigners which is good. Hope you all are having a great week!

Elder Scholz

Missionary Cookies

Sounds like an Incredible week. Weeks are just flying by like crazy. Next transfer I will be hitting the year mark! 

We have had a great week. It was crap weather but we found some really great people. We are hoping to have a baptism in a couple of weeks. We had a miracle find. Mainly because we found a Filipino lady in Derry?! Luckly there are a few Filipinos in the ward. We are so excited for the success we are seeing. But, moves call is sneaking up on us. We should be staying but no one knows for sure what is going to happen. We are really setting this area on fire even the downpour of rain cant stop us. We got to teach young mens yesterday in church and it was pretty fun. I remember when the missionaries used to sit in on our class when we wouldnt have a teacher. That was a reminder that I am one of those people that wear a name badge and are from some foreign place. 

   Pray for us and those that we are teaching.

Oh and we made cookies for our neighbors and they were absolutely awful.

Have a great week, 

Love you all

Elder Scholz

Missionary Cookies...Yummy!

A new perspective

"Cuz I'm proud to be an American..."

A mural in Derry

Pigeon Whisperer

Mama,

   Hey thank you for the Talk you sent me I have heard it and wanted to read it again. I used it when I spoke in sacrament meeting. Elder McDaniel and I are working harder and harder now that we know our area pretty well. We are teaching everybody and are looking for those who are prepared. On Saturday we went and bought an ice cream cone from this nice lady in an Ice Cream truck. We had a good chat with her and she said she was pretty interested. She told us to come back and see her. So yesterday we went back to the van and taught her through the window and she loved it. We are definitely seeing the miracles especially when we talk to and teach everyone. 

   Elder McDaniel is like a weird animal whisperer, it must be an Idaho thing. He was able to telepathically control the pigeons in the city center. Everyone loved it and were taking pictures. Haha  Good times.

I hope everyone is doing good at home.

Love you and have a great week.

Elder McDaniel...Pigeon Whisperer

They wear their ties short there in Ireland...

Back To Ireland!

Mama

I am so proud of all of the boyz. There is a common theme that all missionaries that come from Southern California are automatically beasts. 

I AM MOVING AGAIN!?

I am on a new assignment. I will be whitewash training into a closed area.  

I am a little nervous, but I am very excited. I leave tonight for Edinburgh, pick up the baby and I am going to LondonDerry. It is a pretty big city in Northern Ireland. I am going to the third country of my mission. 

I was not expecting the move however I am totally excited to train a new missionary. 

We will be figuring out a new area and that should be fun.

I am excited and I will let you know how it is

Elder Scholz

The District I am leaving...

Featuring the Burning Bush

Missionary Family

Hey mama,

  Glasgow is going great! This transfer flew by! This Sunday is our moves call! It feels like i have been here 5 days not 5 weeks! We are pretty busy so that is why it went quickly. We have had a busy week. We had a conference in Edinburgh with all the missionaries in Scotland, it was fun to see all my past companions and friends. Got  to see all my previous companions (except for Elder Blosil he is home). We heard from a native Scotsman, Elder Herbertson of the Seventy. He shared some funny mission stories and we learned a lot about missionary work.

   Sunday we had a great day at church. We had a few of our friends there and it was testimony meeting. One of the people we brought to church bore his testimony. It was a cool experience. He then invited everyone in the ward to his baptism on the 27th and asked for advice. 

   Sunday evening we went back to Edinburgh for a fireside in the mission home. The previous mission president spoke a lot about the Book of Mormon. We had a couple recent converts and some investigators there as well.

We had a pretty exciting week and I am anxious about moves, but whatever happens, happens.

Have a great week!

Elder $cholz   

Old missionary companions/flatmates

My trainer, Elder Williams

The Salinas Missionary Family