Tres Udos

Wow what a week! I dont know where to start! A busy week thats for sure! But a good one!

So Tuesday we hit up Jindra and had service with him, we continued build his parking lot by his little BandB so a lot of dirt and a lot of big rocks! It was  fun though then he made lunch for us and told us that we could teach his family again in the beginning of September because they are all just too busy right now and will be out of town for the next two weeks so that was good news! Then after we went home and showered and had a couple lessons one with a kid named Lukas (who was one of the sisters people) so we picked him up but he's not super interested in the Gospel.  Mainly wants to practice his English but told us he would listen to us! Then we had a lesson with a LA who just got back from Iceland, she's way cool and played a song on her Uke for us it was fun!

Wednesday we had  DM here in Leberec and did a lil Group finding only had an hour but it was nice to go out and talk with some people! We went around and asked people Kdo jsou Mormony? (who are the mormons) and got some way funny responses like: they are from Canada right? But I actiually had a way cool convo with some dude he actually new quite a bit about us but did'nt want to meet! Then we taught Radovan and because we told him that if he came to church he could have another date we gave him one for the 1st of September so we are praying he will make it this time! Then we had English and Helena the rest of that day so that was a good one! Sister Jarosova told us that next week was better so we will be going over this week to teach her son!!

Thursday we had Jiri in the Morning HE READ HIS 10 CHAPTERS!!!! hahaha hes funny and liked what he read we finished Plan of salvation with him and he really liked it because his sister is in the hospital right now and not doing to great so he liked the idea of living together forever! Not sure what to do next with him he just needs to get to church! Also we met a nice fellow outside his apartment that set up with us so that was way cool! And we tracted a bit before we headed back for lunch! That evening we went and worked out with Honza again yeah he was only interested in the sisters so we are dropping him hes a cool dude though! But man he killed our legs! Haven't had a leg day like that since football! We struggled the rest of the week to walk and I'm still feeling it!!!!

Friday we had Karolina in the morning and we taught slovo moudrosti and she has a big problem with smoking and she lives with her boyfriend so we took her off date. She needs some more time! Then we have been looking for an apartment for the senior couple that is coming its been pretty funny calling realtors and stuff because we still don't speak this language haha!! Then we headed over to the maskovi boys and had like a lil mutual for them we got pizza played some bang then shared a spiritual thought at the end! I love those boys so much!!

Saturday takes the cake tho haha! so Sister Jarosova is a singer and was singing at this festival Saturday night and she really wanted us to come! So we got it approved and stuff and we had no idea where this place is so we text for the address and she sends it but our gps could not find it we were so lost!! So we decided to go to this little city outside of Liberec where it might be so we enter the city and see this concert thing so we are like that's it!! We park our car and run over and walk onto this soccer field and every eye just turns to us it was so awkward and then some band is up there called the tres udos like going hard in Somebuerros!!! So we look around for sister jarosova and husband no where to be seen! haha so we go off to the side and send a text and stuff saying maybe we are here but the wrong place haha! Then all the sudden the cities soccer team comes up to us ask us who we are they are pretty drunk and once they found out we were from america they loved us haha!! They wanted to buy us drinks haha it was hilarious we took pics with them haha! So yeah turns out we went to the wrong place and left after the soccer team let us go! Tres udos was a good time!!

Sunday not many at church Elder Wutzke had to lead church and I had to give a talk we only had 2 hours of church then we all went home haha pretty sad! But we had time to catch up in the area books and do a lot of calls! Not the most exciting Sunday!

Festival

Us and the Soccer Team

Today was good we went to a castle then I got a haircut so you could say it was successful!!

Love you all!

Elder Heywood!!

Maskovi Chlapy

Another Castle

Fell asleep on the train going home!

Nazdar

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! 

Keeping the Faith in Isolation

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!!! 

S laskou Starsi Heywood

Hit my Year Mark!

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!!!

Love you all!! 

Starsi Heywood

Dobre Rano Vsechny Starsi Heywood tady!!!!!!!

 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!!!!

Elder Heywood

Happy 4th and Elder De Feo

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!!!

 

So yeah all in all a great week!!!

Love yall Slaskou

Elder Heywood!

Ahoj

During Studies

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. 

Thats about it from me Love you all!!

S laskou

Chris