Ajoh!
This week has been pretty crazy. Also.. very stressful. But it has been fantastic. The main reason is because our Visas are not here yet. So, If my Visa doesn't come before Monday, I will be flying to Bosie Idaho on Wednesday and going to the Nampa Idaho Mission probably for a transfer or until my Visa comes. It makes me a little nervous because I don't want to lose the language that I have learned so far. However, if we do end up going to Idaho, I know there are people there that need us. I know this is the Lord's mission and not mine, so I will happily go wherever I am called. Either way, I leave the MTC in less than a week, so that is crazy. Time has gone by so fast. I can't believe that I have been here for 2 months.
Friday we had Skype TRC. We tend to have really bad luck. Haha. The person we were supposed to teach ended up not be able to chat with us, so we contacted a sweet lady in Slovakia. She spoke to us entirely in Slovak, but Czech is similar enough that we were able to understand most of what she said and she was able to understand our lesson. We also checked like every hour of the day for our flight plans.... when they finally came, we received two... which was not supposed to happen... the travel office messed up. Anyways, We got our flight plans to Amsterdam and then to Prague for Monday. We also got flight plans to Bosie Idaho for Wednesday.
Saturday we worked on learning command form in Czech. We went outside and commanded each other to do things. We looked so dumb jumping to trees. I also got sent to stand in a corner by myself... it was kinda funny actually. Later we had a lesson with Zdenek and we taught him the law of chastity. It went a lot better than I expected and our teacher said that out of all the missionaries that had come through his class in the MTC, we had given the best law of chastity lesson. That was a really nice compliment for him to give us. I think the main reason is because we focused heavily on the blessings that come from living it and then we tried to tie it back to past lessons we have taught him like the plan of salvation and families. I'm also really grateful for my companion. We work so well together and just build off of each other and it really brings the spirit into our lessons.
Sunday was an eventful day!!! President and Sister Henderson from the MTC Presidency visited our branch. I was asked to share a spiritual thought in branch council, so I shared Isiah 49:15-16. I have a strong testimony that the lord will never forget us because we are literally engraved upon the palms of his hands. In Sacrament meeting, I was asked to give a talk in Czech. Everyone is expected to prepare a talk every week and then in sacrament they call on random people to speak. I was chosen. I was really nervous mainly because there were important people in our sacrament meeting. (the Hendersons) I knew only 3 people could really understand my talk though. It was a good talk, I said "vytervani do konce je moc skvely" which means "enduring to the end is very awesome" Those three laughed because "moc skvely" has been our word of the MTC. We always say it. It was funny because all three of them laughed and everyone else was trying to figure out what I said. I shared a story about Grandma Besendorfer and how she has been the greatest example of enduring to the end. I know she is cheering me on, helping me, talking me by the hand, and guiding me through the hard times. She was the most Christ like person I know. I get teared up just thinking about her. I am so grateful for her example. I finished up my talk with my testimony. I didn't use any notes and it made it very powerful. Afterwards President Henderson pulled me aside and thanked me for my talk. It was cool.
Monday we had the opportunity to host the Senior Couples that came into the MTC. We helped them with their luggage and showed them to their rooms! Their rooms are nice! That was fun. We also got a call from the Travel office. We had to take Sister LaBarge there. She had to fill out some papers and then schedule an appointment to go on BYU Campus to the police station to get her fingerprints done. She can go to Slovakia without a visa for 3 months, so she gets to go straight there. We got another call and had to go find an Elder so the Travel office could talk to him about going to Texas to meet with a Consulate for his Visa. Later that evening we taught Ales about baptism and confirmation and he accepted the invitation to be baptized in three weeks.
Tuesday we went to BYU campus so that Sister LaBarge could get fingerprinted. That was fun, it brought back a lot of memories from school! Also we checked our missionary portal and our mission had changed from the Czech/Slovak mission to the Nampa Idaho mission. So that was really scary, we were reading about the mission president and stuff. It is really stressful not knowing where I will be going. That evening we had a lesson with Zdenek on the law of tithing. We thought he would struggle with it because he owns his own business which is struggling a bit right now, however, he was very accepting. He asked if there was anything else we hadn't taught him yet and if he could get baptized sooner. We read through all of the commandments and things and the only one left was like... live the law of the land.. and he said he had that covered, so we told him that was everything. Then he teared up and the spirit was so strong, because he has done it. He has made a lot of changes in his life to get to where he is now. He is living everything that God has asked him to. It was a cool experience. (Just to be clear, Zdenek is just my teacher pretending to be a person that he taught in the Czech republic). After the lesson we reviewed and our teacher said his wife would be mad because she wants to see him cry, but he has never cried in front of her. We have made him cry twice in the past two months because the spirit has been so strong. It is just such a cool feeling. That evening we had a devotional by Bishop and Sister Waddell about loving kindness. They talked about how hard missions are, but we have to give it our 100% so that at the end we can say the same thing the Savior did when he was on the cross, "It is finished." I really loved that.
Wednesday we reviewed the LSA assessments that we took. My language has actually improved more than I thought it had since the last test we took. But I know it still needs so much work. This language is crazy. We also had a lesson with Ales about enduring to the end which went well. He wanted to be baptized sooner as well, but there is still more that he needs to be taught before he will be ready. We haven't taught any of the commandments yet.
I wish you all the best of luck, next time you hear from me, I will either be in Nampa Idaho or the Czech Republic. We will see where the Lord takes me! :)
Love you all,
Sestra Guymon
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