Go CZECH -- MTC Week 4

The temple this morning

Ahoj! 

This week I've been pretty sick, so that has been a little rough, but I am feeling much better now. 

Thursday: My teacher Bratr Nelson gives tours to people around the MTC and our class got to go talk to his group. We went into a room full of about 50 people and they asked us a bunch of questions. They asked things like what our favorite part of the MTC was, what spiritual experiences we have had, and what we had heard about the Czech Republic. It was fun to answer all of their questions, but also a little bit scary. One of the girls in the audience said that her mom was from the Czech Republic and a convert to the church, so that was super cool! 

My Ministering Companion from my BYU Ward, Mandy Marks 

Friday: We had a lesson with Zdenek... It turned into an hour and a half lesson. Mostly because we had to spend so much time looking up words in the dictionary, but also because we taught the word of wisdom. He struggles with not drinking alcohol because that's what he does with his friends every weekend. We committed him to live the word of wisdom. 

Saturday consisted of a lot of classes and studying. We had 6 hours of class... I guess we do most days... but we went over a lot of grammar principles. We also practiced translating sentences and studied Moroni 10 in the Kniha Mormonova together as a class. I really love that chapter. I also had a goal this last week to memorize Joseph Smith's First vision in Czech, and I finally got it! I was super excited about it. It is such a powerful part of the restoration and being able to say it from memory in Czech makes it that much better. I just need to keep reviewing it so I don't forget it! 

Sunday: Church was good and in District Council we taught a lesson on the Priesthood and Priesthood keys. It went well. That evening we had a devotional by President Martino and his wife. They are the best! Both of them were converts to the church and ever since they have done a ton of family history work. Because of the conversion of 2 people, by two missionaries, thousands of people have been brought the blessings of the gospel on the other side of the veil. 

Monday: We had a workshop about repentance and baptizing converts. They taught us how to prepare a quick lesson which was really nice, because out in the field, I know I won't have as much time as I do here in the MTC to prepare. At the end of class, we did a language assessment on the computer. They gave us a prompt and we had to respond to everything in Czech. It was so hard, they didn't give you much time to think about the prompt. I know so little :)

Ran into Connor Baird

Tuesday: We had two lessons today. The first lesson was with Zdenek. My companion and I are so proud of him! He was so strong this week and didn't go out to drink with his friends. He said that he prayed for strength like we told him, and Heavenly Father gave him the strength he needed. We also taught a new person named Ales. We began teaching him the restoration. He believes in God and that God loves us. He is looking for the church that is right for him... Well, he's found it! That evening we had a devotional from a member of the Quorum of the 70, Elder Brent H. Nielson. We sang the hymn, Have I done any good in the world today? I absolutely love that hymn!!! Elder Nielson told us lots of personal experiences. He talked about the importance of our work and how this gospel is taught one by one, just like the Savior did. We also sang in the choir, even though I was coughing up a lung... I know how much my companion loves to sing, so I didn't want to let her down. We sang I know that my Redeemer Lives. It is so powerful when 950 missionaries all sing together. I had goosebumps! 

Wednesday: We went over our language assessments in class, I definitely have a lot to improve on! We also had TRC! I love TRC even though they are a little scary. We taught 2 lessons. First we taught Petr (Native Czech who is also a professor at BYU). The second lesson, we taught two new people both of which were returned missionaries from the Czech Republic. We taught about the atonement and repentance. Both were great lessons and our teacher told us that all three of them told him that they had felt the spirit, so that was great. My companion, Sestra Hodgson told Petr I was sick. He told me to drink lots of water and when he said the closing prayer, he prayed that I would get healthy. It was really sweet. In 2 weeks we will do Skype TRC's which is super scary. We will be Skyping members in the Czech Republic and teaching them a lesson. 

I love you all so much and appreciate all of your support. I keep you in my prayers. I know that Heavenly Father loves each and every one of you SOOOO much! 

Also sweet Julianne Clegg has put together a blog for me, so go CZECH that out. HAHA that was so cheesy. Here is the link. kylieguymon.blogspot.com

Love Always, 

Sestra Guymon

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