Happy...Spring?

Hey Mama 

We are looking forward to general conference as well! Irvine is good. The past days have been sunny and the people are happy(ish). This is a pretty rough area. A lot of drugs and crime. A man came up to me and started a conversation by saying, "you know why I hate the mormons". It was an interesting conversation. We are teachings loads these days but we do have a dinner appointment every evening this week. 

    Last week we got some snow which was crazy!!! But now we are repping the short sleeves even though it is still like 50 degrees. 

    We have some big plans for this area so we are hoping for a great week!!

Love you all and enjoy conference,

A little dusting of Spring snow

Some icy water!!

Glad elders can't swim on their missions...

Spiritual Thought or Cooking?

Hey Mama,

    Had a pretty strange week. Very cold and rainy everyday until Sunday. Sunday was very warm. Didn't wear a jacket, for the first time in like 6 months. Hopefully that is an indication for the coming weeks! The forecast doesn't look like it though.... Crazy to hear that Chase is back! Things are changing a lot. 

    We had an area conference for the northern Europe area. Had some fantastic speakers with some very motivational talks. We were able to use one of the talks in a lesson we had last night. We are teaching some cool people, however not as many people as we would like. Have moves call this weekend, so crazy how fast this transfer went by. Kind of hoping for some change, keeps it fresh.

Funny story time, went to a dinner appointment at Bishop's house. Always a great laugh at "Castle Cunningham" had a great dinner and it was our turn do the spiritual thought. But, the sisters accidentally texted Bishop instead of us saying "Hey you have the spiritual thought this time." 

So bishop was all like... okay, but you have the cooking next time! it was a good laugh.

Hope you all have a great week

Love you 

Elder Scholz

What Makes You Happy?

Hey Mama,

    Had a pretty good week. We spent a lot of the week talking to people on the street. You meet a lot of interesting people when you ask questions like, what makes you happy?

   We had dinner with the Calder family again this week. They have some great music talent. They put on a concert, it was really cool. There are some really good families here, they take good care of us.

      We are teaching a few Muslims and we were able to go and watch a prayer service last week. It was very interesting.

       We are continuing to strengthen the member relationships with the missionaries. 

Love you all and hope you have a great week.  

Elder Kai Scholz

Attack of the Giant Bunnies!

Hey all. Had a pretty fun week!

   Last P-day we looked around the Paisley Abbey There are some interesting gargoyles around the outside. Tuesday we had district meeting and we talked about Baptismal Invitations. It went well and we were able to practice together. Elder Calton is a good friend of the Beestons, he is in our District as well. We talk about that little D-Beest all the time.

      After that I went on exchanges with Elder McDaniel! It was super fun to serve with him again. He is doing very well, he was well trained.

    We were also able to meet with some of our funny friends.

  We were hoping to have a huge day at church, but no one ended up showing up. That was pretty gutting<--- That is what they say here.

We are headed to a funeral later today in the rain. Should be an exciting P-day.

Friendly Neighborhood Gargoyle

Elder Scholz with Elder Calton

What do they feed those things?

Can I keep them?

Family Reunion!

Had a pretty good week. We met with a few great new people. Good news, there are Chinese people in Paisley. We probably found the 3 of them studying at UWS (University of West Scotland). That was fun. Had some interesting lessons with some interesting people. A lot of funny conversations on the street.

We made friends with the people who were stopping people to sell internet. Had one girl who was interested so we sent her info as a referral to the missionaries in Sheffield in England.

Don't think I mentioned that my companion is from London.

Had stake conference yesterday. It was so good to see some people that I know. Saw the Greenock branch and my good friend from when I was in Glasgow.

Hope you all have a great week!

Love Elder Scholz

Our district loves America (against their will)

Our "true" missionary bios

Brother Calder with the Calder Family History

There is a town named Johnston in our area

Paisley, Scotland!

January 30, 2017

Hello I have 5 minutes to type this because this strange new library in PAISLEY is pretty booked for computers. Plus my companion ELDER MILBURN is already done emailing.

I loved Edinburgh and will miss it dearly.

I also loved Elder Hinckley and he is going to my old area in Glasgow. But the great thing is I have Elder McDaniel in my District so I will be seeing him a lot.

Sad to go, but I love where I am. I have been in this district before when I was in Greenock. So I kind of know this area. I will be seeing some of the members I loved when I was serving in Greenock. Exciting stuff, I will send some pictures next week!

Love you have a great week.

Elder Scholz

Leaving members in Edinburgh

Goodbye friends!

Companion bonding with Elder Hinckley

The Edinburgh YSA posse

February 6, 2017

Yes I am in Paisley, it is pretty close to both Glasgow and Greenock. At church I saw some members I knew from Greenock. The Paisley ward is actually the largest ward that I have served in with close to 120 members coming out on a Sunday. It beats both Glasgow and Edinburgh, something that the bishop is quite happy to share. 

I do love this ward already. We have a few DAs set up and planning on visiting some of the members this week to help get to know them better.

The Bishop is hilarious!!

We told him a little bit about ourselves and he made up fake profiles about us based on where we are from. Ill try to send a picture of them. MIne said I am a child actor and was in High school musical and Saved by the bell. I had a member of the bishopric come up to me and said... "I saw you and wondered why you looked familiar, then I read your profile.... I love saved by the bell!" I had no idea what he was going on about because I didn't read the profile yet. HAHA it was so funny. 

I will take pictures of the profiles

Love you all and have a a great week

Elder Scholz

Family picture 

My children and father

Ouchie!

Just another beautiful church...

Chinese Food Anyone?

January 16, 2017

Hey Mom we have had a pretty busy week! There have been some weird changes in the ward as far as missionaries go! Our small but elite district of 4 just changed to a large and still elite district of 10. Sorry for the lack of emailing. We are getting our moves call in less than 2 weeks. I have a feeling I will be moving, but we will see. I dont have much time today to email. We have a fun week planned of dinner appointments and crucial lessons that we are looking forward to! Still teaching a lot of chinese people. University is back running today and that means more chinese people! 

I Love all of you! 

I will have a better email and pictures next week.

Good luck with becoming a teacher! Hopefully you never get a student like ME

elder Scholz

January 23, 2017

Really did send the rain over, because we are not getting much these days. It is pretty nice to have it dry. 

This last week was pretty great we have some new Chinese people that we are adding to the squad. It is feeling like I might be moving soon. Moves call is on Sunday. I feel like I am always emailing that "Moves call is on Sunday". Time is flying. I have a few really good friends going home in a week.

    Things are starting off great for the mission for 2017. We have set some big goals this year and some great plans to reach them. Elder Hinckley and I are seeing some good things happening and are excited for the upcoming weeks. We have a couple baptisms planned for early February, so I hope to stay to see them.

     There is a big missionary broadcast coming up this week, and there is going to be some sort of announcement made. We will be coming together to watch it on Thursday. 

Our District is doing well, every team is excited for some people they are teaching. 

I love my mission, the people in Edinburgh, and my God.

We are being blessed constantly...

Love you all and have a great week!!

Elder Scholz

New investigators

Cheese!