MY MISSION CALL!!!

I am so excited I got my MISSION CALL to EL Salvador, San Salvador West. Belize.
That is a mouthful if you ever heard one. It is Spanish speaking and I am so excited. Also
I have been called as the Mission health care specialist. I am so excited and Grateful for this
opportunity. I leave January 28Th and I am so excited!!! I applied for my pass port today!!
It will go fast!!!

CALL WILL BE HERE THURSDAY!!!

Proposition 8 Church Article

Church Responds to Same-Sex Marriage Votes

SALT LAKE CITY 5 November 2008 COMMENTARY Since Proposition 8 was placed on the ballot in June of this year, the citizens of California have considered the arguments for and against same-sex marriage. After extensive debate between those of different persuasions, voters have chosen to amend the California State Constitution to state that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

The Church teaches of the importance of the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. © 2008 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Voters in Arizona and Florida took the same course and amended their constitutions to establish that marriage will continue to be between a man and a woman.
Such an emotionally charged issue concerning the most personal and cherished aspects of life — family, identity, intimacy and equality — stirs fervent and deep feelings.
Most likely, the election results for these constitutional amendments will not mean an end to the debate over same-sex marriage in this country.
We hope that now and in the future all parties involved in this issue will be well informed and act in a spirit of mutual respect and civility toward those with a different position. No one on any side of the question should be vilified, intimidated, harassed or subject to erroneous information.
It is important to understand that this issue for the Church has always been about the sacred and divine institution of marriage — a union between a man and a woman.
Allegations of bigotry or persecution made against the Church were and are simply wrong. The Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage neither constitutes nor condones any kind of hostility toward gays and lesbians. Even more, the Church does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights, so long as these do not infringe on the integrity of the traditional family or the constitutional rights of churches.
Some, however, have mistakenly asserted that churches should not ever be involved in politics when moral issues are involved. In fact, churches and religious organizations are well within their constitutional rights to speak out and be engaged in the many moral and ethical problems facing society. While the Church does not endorse candidates or platforms, it does reserve the right to speak out on important issues.
Before it accepted the invitation to join broad-based coalitions for the amendments, the Church knew that some of its members would choose not to support its position. Voting choices by Latter-day Saints, like all other people, are influenced by their own unique experiences and circumstances. As we move forward from the election, Church members need to be understanding and accepting of each other and work together for a better society.
Even though the democratic process can be demanding and difficult, Latter-day Saints are profoundly grateful for and respect the ideals of a true democracy.
The Church expresses deep appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the many Latter-day Saints and others who supported the coalitions in efforts regarding these amendments. Style guide note:

When reporting about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please use the complete name of the Church in the first reference. For more information on the use of the name of the Church, go to our online Official Web site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © 2008 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

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NOVEMBER 20th?

November 20Th????
Well Third time is always the charm so maybe my mission papers will be here on November 20Th!! Well I will open them in Twin Falls and I am not sure the time but if you want to be there than keep me posted. PARTY!!! I am learning to accept that I can be more patient!!!

Mission Papers!!! To Whom It May Concern.

Well my mission papers got lost or not submitted and due to these unforeseen events Michelle's papers 'Sister Schmidt' has NOT received her call and as of yesterday they were not submitted...but once again she has been reassured that they are in. She has been waiting for her call for over 6 weeks now. To anyone that is reading this please pray for dear Michelle 'Sister Schmidt' to have more patience. I have to laugh at this or I would cry...I will keep you all posted Love Michelle

Proposition 8

Hooray Proposition 8 for as far as I can tell passed!!! YA!!!
What a blessing it is that we are able to, thanks to our friends in California, defend our rights to sustain marriage between a man and a women!!! How amazing!! I am so very excited here are the results I found online and I am so very excited!!! Thanks every Californian for taking the time to encourage many to vote for this proposition!!!

Proposition 8: Right to same-sex marriage

Amends the California constitution to specify that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

	Votes	% of votes
92% of precincts reporting
Yes	5,019,930	52%
No	4,656,291	48%

Carmel Apples and Fall Time

Last night Tim and I made Carmel apples and realized that when you mix warm Carmel and Chocolate it just makes a weird paste and not a nice smooth liquid to dip Apples into...
Well life is Amazing. Last week we went to the South Hills only to find a few feet of snow. Thank goodness Tim has a Truck. Last weekend we went to two of my cousins Weddings and a baby blessing. It was so good to see all my Cousins, Uncles, Aunts, Grandparents, and other family!!! Well I have been enjoying the Fall and I am so grateful for the people in my life that treat me so good. I love Fall...the smells, weather, and the good times we share!!! Just a note My bishop did not put in my papers and he did not tell me for Three weeks, Thus they should be going in this week that has been stressful. He has been sick...or he forgot...or something...but I hope they go in soon.

They are in!!! In Three Weeks I hope I will KNOW!

So exciting I just submited my mission papers and they are in!!! Yes please submit your guess and if you guess right I will bring you to dinner!!! There is a map on my wall at home and if you are the lucky winner you get to go to dinner... I will add a list of all the missions. Put your guess of the actual mission and submit your guess !!! Here is a list of all the missions make your guess!!! There are 345.

There are 345 missions in this index.
Alabama Birmingham
Alaska Anchorage
Albania Tirana
Argentina Bahia Blanca
Argentina Buenos Aires North
Argentina Buenos Aires South
Argentina Buenos Aires West
Argentina Cordoba
Argentina Mendoza
Argentina Neuquen
Argentina Resistencia
Argentina Rosario
Argentina Salta
Arizona Mesa
Arizona Phoenix
Arizona Tempe
Arizona Tucson
Arkansas Little Rock
Armenia Yerevan
Australia Adelaide
Australia Brisbane
Australia Melbourne
Australia Melbourne West
Australia Perth
Australia Sydney North
Australia Sydney South/Sydney East
Baltic
Belgium Brussels
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia Santa Cruz
Brazil Belem
Brazil Belo Horizonte
Brazil Belo Horizonte East
Brazil Brasilia
Brazil Campinas
Brazil Cuiaba
Brazil Curitiba
Brazil Florianopolis
Brazil Fortaleza
Brazil Goiania
Brazil Joao Pessoa
Brazil Londrina
Brazil Maceio
Brazil Manaus
Brazil Porto Alegre North
Brazil Porto Alegre South
Brazil Recife
Brazil Ribeirao Preto
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Brazil Rio de Janeiro North
Brazil Salvador
Brazil Salvador South
Brazil Santa Maria
Brazil Sao Paulo East
Brazil Sao Paulo Interlagos
Brazil Sao Paulo North
Brazil Sao Paulo South
Bulgaria Sofia
California Anaheim
California Arcadia
California Carlsbad
California Fresno
California Long Beach
California Los Angeles
California Oakland
California Riverside
California Roseville
California Sacramento
California San Bernardino
California San Diego
California San Fernando
California San Francisco
California San Jose
California Santa Rosa
California Ventura
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Canada Calgary
Canada Edmonton
Canada Halifax
Canada Montreal
Canada Toronto East
Canada Toronto West
Canada Vancouver
Canada Winnipeg
Cape Verde Praia
Chile Antofagasta
Chile Concepcion
Chile Concepcion South
Chile Osorno
Chile Rancagua
Chile Santiago East
Chile Santiago North
Chile Santiago West
Chile Vina del Mar
China Hong Kong
Colombia Barranquilla
Colombia Bogota North
Colombia Bogota South
Colombia Cali
Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Denver North
Colorado Denver South
Connecticut Hartford
Costa Rica San Jose
Czech Prague
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa
Denmark Copenhagen
Dominican Republic Santiago
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West
Ecuador Guayaquil North
Ecuador Guayaquil South
Ecuador Quito
El Salvador San Salvador East
El Salvador San Salvador West
England Birmingham
England Leeds
England London
England London South
England Manchester
Fiji Suva
Finland Helsinki
Florida Fort Lauderdale
Florida Jacksonville
Florida Orlando
Florida Tallahassee
Florida Tampa
France Paris
France Toulouse
Georgia Atlanta
Georgia Atlanta North
Georgia Macon
Germany Berlin
Germany Frankfurt
Germany Hamburg
Germany Leipzig
Germany Munich
Ghana Accra
Ghana Cape Coast
Greece Athens
Guatemala Guatemala City Central
Guatemala Guatemala City North
Guatemala Guatemala City South
Guatemala Quetzaltenango
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Hawaii Honolulu
Honduras Comayaguela
Honduras San Pedro Sula
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Hungary Budapest
Idaho Boise
Idaho Pocatello
Illinois Chicago
Illinois Chicago North
Illinois Nauvoo
Illinois Peoria
India Bangalore
Indiana Indianapolis
Indonesia Jakarta
Iowa Des Moines
Ireland Dublin
Italy Catania
Italy Milan
Italy Padova
Italy Rome
Ivory Coast Abidjan
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Fukuoka
Japan Hiroshima
Japan Kobe
Japan Nagoya
Japan Sapporo
Japan Sendai
Japan Tokyo
Kentucky Louisville
Kenya Nairobi
Korea Pusan
Korea Seoul
Korea Seoul West
Korea Taejon
Louisiana Baton Rouge
Madagascar Antananarivo
Marshall Islands Majuro
Maryland Baltimore
Massachusetts Boston
Mexico Chihuahua
Mexico Culiacan
Mexico Guadalajara
Mexico Guadalajara South
Mexico Hermosillo
Mexico Leon
Mexico Merida
Mexico Mexico City East
Mexico Mexico City North
Mexico Mexico City South
Mexico Mexico City West
Mexico Monterrey North
Mexico Monterrey South
Mexico Oaxaca
Mexico Puebla
Mexico Tijuana
Mexico Torreon
Mexico Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexico Veracruz
Michigan Detroit
Michigan Lansing
Micronesia Guam
Minnesota Minneapolis
Mississippi Jackson
Missouri Independence
Missouri Saint Louis
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Montana Billings
Mozambique Maputo
Nebraska Omaha
Nevada Las Vegas
Nevada Las Vegas West
New Hampshire Manchester
New Jersey Cherry Hill
New Jersey Morristown
New Mexico Albuquerque
New York New York North
New York New York South
New York Rochester
New York Utica
New Zealand Auckland
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
Nigeria Enugu
Nigeria Ibadan
Nigeria Lagos
Nigeria Port Harcourt
Nigeria Uyo
North Carolina Charlotte
North Carolina Raleigh
Norway Oslo
Ohio Cincinnati
Ohio Cleveland
Ohio Columbus
Oklahoma Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tulsa
Oregon Eugene
Oregon Portland
Panama Panama City
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asuncion
Paraguay Asuncion North
Pennsylvania Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
Peru Arequipa
Peru Chiclayo
Peru Lima Central
Peru Lima East
Peru Lima North
Peru Lima South
Peru Trujillo
Philippines Angeles
Philippines Bacolod
Philippines Baguio
Philippines Butuan
Philippines Cagayan De Oro
Philippines Cebu
Philippines Davao
Philippines Ilagan
Philippines Laoag
Philippines Manila
Philippines Naga
Philippines Olongapo
Philippines Quezon City
Philippines San Pablo
Philippines Tacloban
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon South
Portugal Porto
Puerto Rico San Juan
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Russia Moscow South
Russia Novosibirsk
Russia Rostov
Russia Saint Petersburg
Russia Samara
Russia Vladivostok
Russia Yekaterinburg
Samoa Apia
Scotland Edinburgh
Singapore
Slovenia Ljubljana
South Africa Cape Town
South Africa Durban
South Africa Johannesburg
South Carolina Columbia
South Dakota Rapid City
Spain Barcelona
Spain Bilbao
Spain Las Palmas
Spain Madrid
Spain Malaga
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Geneva
Switzerland Zurich
Tahiti Papeete
Taiwan KaoHsiung
Taiwan Taichung
Taiwan Taipei
Tennessee Knoxville
Tennessee Nashville
Texas Dallas
Texas Fort Worth
Texas Houston
Texas Houston East
Texas Houston South
Texas Lubbock
Texas McAllen
Texas San Antonio
Thailand Bangkok
Tonga Nukualofa
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Donetsk
Ukraine Kiev
Uruguay Montevideo
Uruguay Montevideo West
Utah Ogden
Utah Provo
Utah Salt Lake City
Utah Salt Lake City South
Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square
Venezuela Barcelona
Venezuela Caracas
Venezuela Maracaibo
Venezuela Valencia
Virginia Richmond
Washington D.C. North
Washington D.C. South
Washington Everett
Washington Kennewick
Washington Seattle
Washington Spokane
Washington Tacoma
West Indies
West Virginia Charleston
Wisconsin Milwaukee
Zimbabwe Harare

Life is good.

To many decisions and so little time. So I hate making decisions, but I do love my life right now. I have been excited to be with family lately. They have been such a great support to me these last few months I am really grateful for that! I am dating Tim Wright that is really good. He treats me like a princess and that I am really grateful for that! Life is very good. I have been working at the hospitial. I love that. Life is just good what can I say!

Demolition Derby!!!

Demolition derby. Yes this weekend I went to Tim's House in St. Anthony and we went to a demolition derby!!! It was so much fun!! I have to admit it was one of the most redneck things I have ever done but it was so much fun!! We stayed at his parents house and had a party!!! It was a lot of fun!!! I have been just enjoying life and working 3 days a week. I work 3 twelves and than I am off for 4 days I really like it a lot!!! The mission papers should go in next week or the week after. I just really enjoy life right now. This weekend was so fun. I even got to see my old roommate and have fun with her!!!

SO THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS REALLY LIKE?

I PASSED!!! I can not believe it. I passed my Nursing boards on the second go a round. I was not very happy when I failed but I learned some priceless lessons in between time. I was humbled and was able to learn how to be happy...in all of lives situations. I took my boards on Tuesday and this morning with Mom on the Internet it was confirmed that I truly had passed my Registered Nursing Boards. The weirdest thing was when I woke up this morning and realized The biggest thing I had to do today was to clean my house...This was probably good because it truly needed it but is that what life is really like for the typical 22 year old? Well Life is amazing I have been enjoying my job in Twin Falls. I am taking a Spanish class and a spinning class this fall I am real excited about that!!

Hello Everyone

This is my amazing nephew Spencer. I have been just working a lot...but this weekend I was able to go see my cute nephew Spencer and my brother and sister in law, John and Camille. Life is great it has been a little hard failing boards and all. Thus I will take them again August 19th...Seriously pray for me. I have been studying a ton for them.

Hello everyone...Yes the Hospital is has been amazing and I have been loving every moment of it. I have been having a hard time getting my mission papers started because everything is online. Life is good.
This week though I got the worst cold ever and I have a killer immunity but that did not fight it off...one of my best friends suggested niquil. That works wonders the only problem is that I slept for almost 32 hours sleep on that stuff. It sure worked good but it made me go into hibernation. Well that is all, enjoy.

Finally my blog works !!!

Well I am working at the hospital here in Twin Falls and I am planning on going on a mission around December! I can not wait. Well I have finished school but I still have my huge Nursing exam and I take that on the 2nd of July!!! Well I have been loving my life!! I ran a 5.5 mile race last weekend it was called the falls to falls run and it was amazing!!! Well I hope to do a half marathon in November so I am training for that!! So fun just another thing off the list of cool things to do in my life!!! If anyone is interested in getting into running give me a call.

I'M BACK!!!

I am pleased to announce that my blog is back in full functioning mode. No more weird arabic chinesy writing. My friend Katy logged on to my account and helped me return it to the English language and gave it a face lift too. I will now be able to keep you updated on my latest funtivities and the rest of my life. So be sure to keep checking back, because I promise I will be updating my blog a lot more. Also check out some of my family and friends' blogs. The links are on the side. Thanks for your patience with me. I am excited to get writing once again......

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So Exciting GRADUATION is next week.

So What an amazing life I have. Well I am just so grateful for the people in it...I finished my final Nursing test for the Semester and it was amazing I did great. I am going to get a better grade in this class than any one before. I do not know if I am finally getting it or I am just finally catching on to what I needed to do. I have decided to stay here in Twin until I go on my mission in December. Right now I have a Job at the Hospital here in Twin. I am going to be on the Surgical Floor. Finally I am excited for this summer. I have signed up for a 5.5 mile run. It is up and down a canyon. I am super excited to accomplish a goal of running a 10 K this summer. I am super excited. Don't forget about Graduation on May 8th I hope all can come. It starts at 7 pm. Love Michelle Schmidt

My amazing holiday season!!!

Hello Everyone. I had an amazing holiday. I was in Idaho with my family for christmas! For new years I was able to go to Temple Square for first night that was amazing! I was with my cool old roommate Kate. I am excited to go this week to see the Rexburg Temple Open house then School Starts. YA I am so excited!!! but so nervous. I have only one more semester. I am ready to be done...