Well transfer news!! I will be staying in Liberec with Elder
Wutzke! So that'a pretty cool because its not too usual! With the sisters
area closing down we are picking up an extra load which will be cool but we are
already a lil stressed haha! SO we will see how it goes!
My week was way lit!!! First off on Tuesday, we got to go
over to Prague to have a Zone conference to celebrate the start of our mission
and we went to where it was dedicated, it was awesome!
Especially to be there
with the whole mission on the Czech side! I saw a lot of friends that I haven't seen
in a while and it was just overall a good day. We will visit when you all come
and also visit the castle right next to the hill!
Wednesday we did service for Jindra; more wood stacking and
what not its always fun with him! Then we went and got food with him and told
him that we'd be having transfers and all that! Then we got home showered and
had a lesson with a less active then taught English then taught Radovan after English!
Both lessons went well nothing super special still pushing Radovan to come to
church! Then we studied the last hour of the day!
Thursday we went to a castle with Jindra he really wanted to
take us there! Its a famous one called Trosky it was cool, I will send some
pics! Then after that I don't really remember what we did the rest of the day we didn't
have a chance to plan that day haha!
Friday we had a normal day then headed over to Ceska Lipa to
teach Turru! Hes doing so well! We played a fun English game to start then had
a lesson about how to recognize the Holy Ghost which was a much needed lesson
for him! He is doing so well and is reading and praying every night with his
wife! He will be baptized this transfer for sure! It was a very spiritual
lesson and I know that he felt it!
Saturday we got the call that we were staying together so we
just went on with our day like normal haha pretty normal day then went and
visited Pavlina shes doing good a little bit more normal this week no crazy
prayers or anything!
Sunday was cool we had 5 investigators at church RADOVAN
CAME!!!!!!! He had a great time too it was awesome!!!! Karolina was there and Turru and 2 of the sisters' investigators! We almost had more investigators
than members!! It was awesome!! After that we had to do area book work then had
a lesson with Milan! Then we went off to our
grandmas house and they made us amazing food!!! They told me to say hello to my
family for them!! They are the greatest ever!! It was such a good week!!!
HELLO Whats up everyone??? Hope you all had a fantastic week
and are enjoying July!
Well its kinda sad we are going in to the last week of the
transfer so it will be interesting what happens next transfer we had gotten
word from prez that they are closings the sisters area in Liberec due to lack
of new missionaries coming in so we are all kinda stressed whats going to
happen! But all in all we had a good week here!
Tuesday oh man what a day!! We went and did service for Jindra and he had just bought a garden and Czechs are way serious about their
gardens and I've always wanted to work in one so my dream came true and we
helped him with his garden! It is going to be quite a project! Then we got home
showered and then we were about to study but sister Horakova a less active lady from church who we had an apt with that night called and asked if we could come earlier so we headed over
there with the sisters! So her situation is a lil different so she is a single
mom and lives with 3 other single moms in this house and they just kinda help
each other out which is way cool! But a lot of little kids! So me and my comp
took all the kids to go play futbol! It fun but one of the moms was
watching and she was probably like 3 or 4 beers deep or something so she was a
lil typsy and her radio was going with music and she kept turning it up and up
which was funny! But then she started playing with us and she was intense!! She
was going like way hard!! So this mexican song comes on and you all know me I couldn't help but shake my hips just a lil but then all the sudden the drunk
woman comes out of no where and grabs my hands and starts like dancing and
twirling haha it was so unexpected! And there I am a sweaty gross missionary in
a shirt and tie holding hands with this drunk woman while she was dancing! It
was all the awkwardness you could think of!! Yeah after that we decided to go
back in and do our spiritual thought!! What a day that was!!!
Wednesday pretty normal just regular stuff then had Helana
English and Radovan! Pretty cool experience with Radovan we talked about the
book of Mormon and that he could find help on any page! and we were like open
up to any page and we will read that chapter! So he opened up to Helaman 12 and
we read that and it was all about good and evil which was perfect for and and
repenting!! Way powerful moment for us and him!! The Book is true and can help
us in daily life!! That is a promise from almost every prophet that there ever
was and ever will be!!!
Thursday! Well I hit my year mark! It wasn't as special as I thought it was going to be haha but it was still fun!! We had Jiri in the
morning and he read again!!!!!! Wooohooo then we talked about the Atonement with
him! He is progressing slowly but surely haha!! Then went out to lunch to
celebrate then got on with the rest of our day and then I got a mcflurry on the
way home to end the day! I gotta a lil homessick at the end of the day which
was a little weird because I haven't really got homesick at all while being out
here! I woke up the next morning fine!!
Friday we finally had time and planned to go contacting
after lunch but nope haha our Mongolian friends called and asked if we could
come today and not Saturday and because we no longer have a car we had to find
a train then we found out it left in 20 mins so we had to sprint to the train
station and buy everything then race to the the platform! We made our train by
a minute and then went on the hour and 15 voyage to ceska lipa!! Then we had to
find there house because we didn't have a gps or anything anymore so that was
way fun!!! But we found it after walking a freeway and climbing in and out of
a ditch but we found it! And turned out to be an amazing lesson and we had
everyone share there testimonies which was awesome because Turru likes
everything but just doesn't have a testimony but wants it to be true!! He just
needs a lil more time!!! Then we headed back home and that was our day!
Saturday was normal day not much happened we weekly planned!
Sunday was great!! We had Sunday and it was good Karolina
came again which was good!!! Then we had branch council which was actually
really awesome the members gave us a lil praise just cause we do everything so
that was nice to get a lil recognition! Then we went over to our grannys
house and they fed us so much svickova it was insane me and my comp were
struggling to not throw up thank goodness there wasn't any dessert!!! They are
so sweet and they love us! And we asked if we could pray at the end and taught
a lil about prayer then Elder Wutzke gave an amazing prayer and after they were
crying and stuff! The spirit hit them hard! They told us they have never heard
a prayer like that before and only knew the Lords prayer! So they are awesome!
Then the the sisters called and where like hey we need you to come to our
investigators house with us and so we can go in his car we were like what??? SO
turns out that this guy that they met tracting the other week collects old
world war II jeeps and cars!!! HIs garage was insane!!!! He has 12!!! Dad would
be in Heaven I was in Heaven it was way cool!! Then we went on a ride with him
through the countryside with him in this old jeep!! it was so much fun!! Ill
send some pics!! YEah my week was awesome!!
Then today we went to another way pretty church!! We
have a big zone conference tomorrow and are going to the Castle where our mission was dedicated and every missionary from the Czech will be there so I am
way pumped!!!
What is up!
Hope everyone is having a blast back home because I'm having a blast here!!
So Tuesday. we did service for our bro Jindra we moved wood
again haha co je noveho?? Then we went to lunch and we set up with him to teach
his kids english and then have a spiritual thought so that was freaking
awesome! Then we had a lesson right after so we literally ran home and got
changed without showering like a true European! But it sucked our guy didn't
show up which was a bummer! SO we went and showered studied a lil then went
tracting the rest of the night!
Wednesday I had Visa Work in Prague So we woke up early and
drove over we would have just taken a bus but we had to take our car to Prague
and give it to a senior couple which sucks, having a car was so nice so that
stunk! But it was whatever I got my visa papers and went over to the place! To
do visa work just imagine going to the Dmv but a lot more people in a language
you don't know and knowing if you do something wrong you get deported haha! Now
imagine how bad I was stressing and praying that I didn't screw up!! But all
went well and they got all my papers so I'm good for another year haha!! Woohoo!
Then we headed back to the mission office to turn my stuff into Sister Poho
then we caught a bus home and had a lesson with Helana then English then
Radovan right after! We were so tired! I'm pretty sure I fell asleep in prsonal
study after all of that! It was a great day!!!
Thursday was a good one we headed over to Jiris but without
a car we had to go by tram and we got lost way bad haha but we finally got
there barely in time! It was a good lesson we taught about Adam and Eve and he
read on his own we were so happy!!! We praised him!! It was awesome!!Then it
started pouring!! Like pouring pouring and we didn't have umbrellas so we saw a
bus and just caught it!! SO it rained all day and And the cobblestone literally "shines like silver" so you already know O was singing Les Miz On my own!!! Then
we ate lunch studied and contacted a bit! Then we headed over to Jindras house!
His kids are so cute they are both 9 and 10, so English was fun trying to
teach them haha! Don and Nella so cute and they both play tenis @mom so then we
ate dinner with them and we met his wife she was awesome! Then we showed Diky
Nemu (because of him) and had a great discussion about Jesus and what his role
is! And the wife wants us to teach her kids about Jesus and I think they will
stick around for the lessons too so we are way pumped!!!!
Friday we had a miracle so we had about an hour to contact
before we had to go get lunch then head over to Pavlinas! so we are like were
should we go then we started heading out and my comp was like hey maybe this
way and we tried to talk to this one couple but they rejected us way hard but this
girl behind them was like hey you are the mormons right?? we were like
yeah! Shes like I have been looking for the building here, I just moved here
about a year ago from Hradec and I met with missionaries about 4 years back !!
I believe you guys have truth and I want to meet again! Literally awesome! So
we showed her our building and what not and taught a bit and got her contact
and she told us she would be at church!! Way awesome! Her name is Karolina she
is very interesting and kinda strange but amazing faith! Then we headed over to
Pavlinas and did all that and that was about our day!
Saturday we did studies then contacted to Globus the best
store on Earth! Then we had a meeting with this old woman so we bought her
flowers and went over she loved the flowers and let us in and then her friend
came over! What a surprise! I love czech grandmas they are the absolute best!
They made us food and stuff and like trying to get us to drink cafe and stuff
they were hilarious and like wanted to go dancing with us and then they wanted
to go to america! Then Elder Wutzke was like oh my gosh Elder Heywood is
getting married in like a year we can all go to his wedding together!! It was
hilarious they were like yes!!!! How much are tickets hahaha! Then her granddaughter is an underwater model and they were trying to set her and elder Wutzke up
haha! They were some bad grannys! One kept saying over and over I'm a young girl
in an old body hahaha! It was such a fun experience! They aren't believers but
we did teach them why we are here and about God so that was good they invited
us over next Sunday for lunch so it should be a good one!!
Sunday we had church and Karolina came which was awesome we taught
her during 2nd hour and she accepted a bapt date for the 18th of august! Then
we went home had lunch and had a lot of area book work then we met some drunk
men from Ukraine thats always fun haha! Overall great week!
Today we went and visited a sweet church ill send pics love
you all!!!!
Happy late 4th of July!!! Hope everyone had a killer
time in Jackson Hole by the means of the pics it looks awesome and like a
good year!!! Wow what a week we had here in Liberec! I don't even know where to
start! So I guess at the beginning!
Tuesday we went and did service for our bro Jindra! It was
cool we moved rocks and burned all his old wood that he didn't want a pak dal!
Then we went and got lunch with him and we got to actually to talk gospel which
was a blessing we have been trying to go gospel with him the last month and he
just talks about everything so the conversation topic gets changed a lot with
him! Then we had to race home after and change super fast because we had
another lesson. We didn't even get a chance to shower (like a true European) then
we were suppose to meet a woman named Marcela but she couldn't come so she sent
her friend Malania! You know it bad news bears when they show up wearing
a Jesus on Cross light up necklace!! So yeah we taught the full
restoration and she was pretty nuts kept mumbling what we were saying under her
breathe and some other stuff then we had just finished with prayer then she
whips out this hospital receipt and asks us to pay it for her friend Marcela! We
were like what the heck we are sorry but we can only help you spiritually not
financially then had the most awkward departure of all time! Yeah so that was
about our day!!
4th of July Hamburger!
Wednesday! 4th of July! so I wore american colors and what
not of coarse! Started the day off with studies and area book work Then we
headed off to lunch! We went to a place called Chicago Bar and Grill and it was
so good it was so American and I had one of the best hamburgers of all time!!!
And the coolest part was because it was 4th of July we could pay in american
dollars! Good thing my comp had american cash on him randomly We got an amazing
meal for $6, don't worry I have pics! Then we went contacting about freedom not
much luck there! Then we had a lesson with a less active her name is Helena!
It was good we read the title of liberty story because we were talking about
freedom then English was so fun! We translated the Pledge of Allegiance and
stuff and had them practice pronunciation with it! Then we sang some american
songs for them! Then translated the songs then we all sang together at the end
it was a lot of fun! Then we tracked after English!
Thursday in the morning we checked referrals(we always have
0) then headed over to Jiris and taught him! Hes doing well just still doesn't
want to do anything until he's read the book of Mormon all the way through which
is fine but he is reading very slow! Then we had a meeting with Radovan and we
showed him lds.org and stuff so it was a cool
lesson and watched a couple Mormon messages with him it was cool! Then we had
to head over to Pavlinas house our LA that lives in the woods and bring her
food so that she doesn't die! She was good pretty normal visit this time no
crazy stories about people trying to steal he tea when shes not looking and
what not! Then we went over to this guys Denis house he is a new guy that we
met the other week he said he didn't have much time only like 15 mins but we
still sent it it was kinda awkward we woke him up but turned out to be a good
little meeting talked more about why we are here as missionaries and stuff and
why we cant go to the pool with him. That was about our day Thursday a lot of
lessons!! They were all good too!!
Prague!
Friday it gets good! So we had mission Tour with Elder De
Feo So we drove over to Prague early in the morning! Its always so much fun
catching up with all my buds and what not!! Then we all were seated and Elder
De Feo walked in and shook all of our hands and asked us where are we from
and small talk with some of us then we got all seated and ready to start! 1st
impression of Elder De Feo was he is really short but don't let his size fool ya
because he is a spiritual giant! He used the scriptures a lot it was way cool!
We talked a lot about desire! He told us the Desire leads to Faith then Faith
leads to Power it was cool!! Then he talked about love which was also cool
because his talk in general conference was all about love! It was so powerful
and spiritual! He told us that things are happening in our mission but we need
more love and taught us how love and expectations go hand in hand for
investigators!! He just had a spirit around him that was
amazing!!
After conference we all were just hanging out and stuff and eating
lunch! But get this Prez called my Comp the other week and told him that he was
going to be in a special film for the Church here in the Czech! It like a
interview thing so it was cool that he got picked so we got to stay the
night in Prague because they did it on Saturday! But continuing with Friday, 1st
we went contacting then went and found a bench to weekly plan! We went to this
park that overlooks Prague it was awesome but there was this drunk guy in the
park when we sat down at first he was passed out but all the sudden we hear
someone making cow noises so yeah the drunk guy woke up! It was hilarious we
just watched him for like 10 mins the dude almost fell down the side of the
hill! Then we took our dinner hour and went and walked around downtown Prague!
So pretty!!! Then went to Charles Bridge! It was super crowded but still so fun
and pretty! Then headed to the Masons apartment, they are the senior
couple in Prague and we stayed with them overnight. They are so nice and she is an amazing cook!!
Harley Davidson Riders
Saturday we got up went for a run then got ready I had to
make sure my comp looked good for his interview! Then we headed over the
building and saw the Prague district just hanging out because it was their pday
and they told us that there is this Harley Davidson Get together and that that
40000 Harleys will be riding right by so we watched it with them and Prez while
we waited for the Film crew peeps to get there! Then we did that film! My comp
got the interview but I will be in the contacting part! They filmed us like
contacting people it was awkward but when it comes out like
on youtube or something you'll have to watch it! you might be able to see me or
something! Then we got lunch and head back home!!
This food is Svičkava one of the best in the Czech!
Sunday Morning was an adventure we went to an investigators
house to walk him over to church (he's in a wheelchair) so we went to his apartment
and we walked in and there was a naked 500 pound woman on the couch we were
like what the and left the room as fast as we could! We were in literal shock
like what the heck just happened!!! Then we had to help him get dressed because
he was just in his underwear it was so awkward and weird!! Turns out the woman
was his wife! So awkward and terrible I wanted to wash my eyes! But on the
bright side he loved church but that means we have to go back next week!! Then
we get to church and 10 mins before they ask me to give a talk! So yeah Sunday
was a crazy one!!!
Hey everyone! Another week down and we are now into July how
crazy is that in about 16 days I hit my 1 year mark still cant believe that but
I still have a year to go and I couldn't be more excited for that! Another year
and a month with the Czechs woohoo!!
SO my week was pretty good. Tuesday was pretty open we had
district meeting then we went and did some group finding we went and made a
book of Mormon tower but got rained out after like 15 mins so then we went and
did calls for a bit! Then we had one last lesson with Cosby before he heads
back to Alabama and we got all his referral stuff all figured out and will
send that soon when we hear back from an email we sent him! Then we went tracting the rest of the day but not much success
Thought I had a picture of a Book of Mormon Tower; but can't find it. Here we are in the square...
Wednesday we headed over to Ceska Lipa to have a
lesson with our Mongolian friend, Turu! He's doing good we went over the Baptismal
Questions with him and was really solid with them all except still not sure on
his testimony about God and receiving forgiveness for his sins! So we talked
about it a lil more with him! Then we headed back home had lunch contacting and
then did some studies and then we met with our less active Helena then had
English! After English we got some Ice cream on the Namesti then went contacting
again till 8.
Thursday we had a lesson with Jiri! It was good we read in
the book of Mormon then talked about prophets. It was good but he still doesn't
want to get baptized or go to church before he finishes the book of Mormon and
hes a slow reader... Anyways then Slousek didn't show up to his meeting so
that sucked! But Radovan came to his! We talked about faith in Jesus Christ it
was very spiritual lesson, he's doing good but just needs time! Then we met with
someone new his name was Honza he was way cool hes an atheist but hes not
afraid to talk about god so that was good! That was pretty much it for that
day
Friday we went to visit Pavlina in the woods shes was much
more normal that day so that was good we got out of there in under 2 hours it
was a miracle! When we got home we got a call from Turu just saying that he
isn't ready for his interview and still doesn't have a testimony yet but still
wants to work for it but just isn't ready yet! We were a lil sad but its good we
want him to be ready and have a testimony of everything!! So it was kinda hard
to do group finding after that but we went a rebuilt our book of Mormon tower
and went a did some nachazeni spolu! The first guy I stopped to told me to go f
myself and flipped me off so that's always an amazing start but all in all I gave a book of mormon out and got to testify about it to about 30 people so
that is always a good feeling! Also went trackting and this nice old man let us in
and we talked about communism and God, always a good mix! Then we had
studies and weekly planning the rest of the day so Friday was good a lil sad
but still good!
Science Center
Saturday was a really fun day we had a branch vylet to this
place called iqlandia it was like a huge science museum it was way fun! Also
fun to get some of the branch better! So that took up most of our morning Then
we did a couple studies a lil contacting then headed
over to Ceska Lipa to
teach the Mongolians and we went over and the World cup was on... I'm a sinner and
watched the last like 15 mins of France vs Argentina. Turu was
giving me all the details and everything so just building our relationship. We
had a very good simple lesson about God so that was good and he still making
great progress!!
Sunday we had a packed house!! A missionary that served here
a while back was here with his family! It was way cool! A very spiritual fast
and testimony meeting! The members testimonies are so strong its incredible!
Also the Mongolians invited one of their friends so we had 2 investigators it
was awesome! Then after church we finally got in contact with that Josef guy
and he accepted a bapt date for Aug 4 we were so happy about that one! Then we
went and visited a guy the almost lives in Germany and he had a friend over so
that was another new person! We got to share our beliefs and testimonies with
them then Elder Wutzke played on the piano for them and we sang a couple
hymns it was fun!!
The big group at church today!
So us elders put the district on our backs this week and
hit standards all by ourselves we felt good about that!! Also exciting news
we have mission tours on Friday so we have a zone conference and Elder De Feo
is going to be there so that is going to be way awesome!! We are excited!!
Answers to your questions: I'm doing great we worked hard this week and hit
standards by ourselves not much help from the sisters this week...
It is now summer but it was rainy all last week it rained like
every afternoon. Food is amazing a lot of everything; I love strudels!!! I love my
comp still we get along so well.
