I love stars!

Dobre Den! 

This week has been crazy. Lots has happened!

Monday we just played games with our zone and that was super fun. That evening we had a lesson with Don. He made us dinner and set his smoke alarm off... that was pretty interesting. Dinner turned out pretty good though. We read 2 Nephi 31 with him and discussed baptism. We really need to get him on date, he has been meeting with missionaries for a long time. He is living the word of wisdom now and giving up smoking, so that was a huge step. 

Tuesday we had two week follow up with President Sorensen. We basically just got more instructions and took some pictures. Afterwards, the Czech's got together and did language study. Then we went home and fixed our bike tires because they were flat... goat heads are literally the worst. 

Wednesday we biked to the edge of our area to a guy named Sam who lives in a run down, pretty sketchy house. His girlfriend is being taught in Nampa and he said he wanted to attend church before we started teaching him. Then we caught a part member family who tried to spray us with their hose when we were biking back. We talked to them and they are just a super awesome couple. They have super old cars and take them around to car shows. The have an old car named "smalls" which reminded me of Derek :)... LOVE YOU KIDDO! Then we biked to the other side of our area for dinner then to the opposite side again to see if we could catch another family, but didn't have any luck. We ended up biking about 18 miles. It takes some serious skill to bike in a skirt... let me tell ya. It is also super fun when you ride by some little kids and they are like "look, it's the Sister missionaries!" It makes my day.

Thursday we went to this coffee shop and got some hot chocolate and planned for the week. Then we had interviews with President Sorensen. While we were waiting, everyone was quizzing me on my flashcards. We had a lesson with the Sanders afterwards which went well. Zaedyn was at work which was a bummer, because he is the one we really need at the lessons. Then we finished the night by contacting some people. One was inactive, the other was being taught by Elder's before they moved.. so we are going to try and pick them back up. Also I got a phone call from a cute senior couple that lives in Merridan and are going to the Czech Republic. President P. got a hold of them and told them we were here, so they called us. It was so much fun to talk to them! I'm really sad I'm not in the Czech Republic right now because Elder Cook will be in the Czech Republic this Wednesday! As soon as the Visa comes though, they will fly me out. 

Friday we had zone conference! It was super fun to meet everyone. I also got a flu shot. We all shared something we liked from General Conference too. That evening we went to a Ward's Harvest Festival. That was really fun and I got to talk to some really amazing people! I got some great missionary advice from a man who served in Germany... especially when it comes to learning a language. 

Saturday we did language study by walking around outside because it was beautiful weather and I did not want to be in the house. We met some really cool people on the street. First, we talked to a family outside on their lawn. Next we ran into a woman who was shoveling weeds. She said she had her own religion... athiest.. and as we got talking and bore testimony she believed a lot of the same things we do. She is a chemist and so I instantly just adored her. She believes in the big bang theory and is trying to figure out how science and religion can go together. I really want to stop by and visit her again, but I also don't want to be super pushy with her because she said she was happy with her religion and not looking for anything else... hopefully we can figure out how to help her. 

Sunday was an interesting day. We biked to church in the dark and I almost crashed a few times because I was looking up at the stars. I love stars! We went to our councils and then the second sacrament we went to Justina and her brother Colten showed up so I stayed with them during sacrament while Sister Brooks went to the next ward council. They are such cute kids and such good examples. I love them so much!!!! We played connect the dots to keep the quiet. They are just so awesome. Then there was another kid that showed up to the last ward. He is about my age. The ward was really good about grabbing him and introducing themselves. The bishop talked to him and we got introduced to him. He is going through some really tough things in life. He hasn't been making the best of choices and to be honest I think he was a little high when we were talking to him. We had a really good conversation about the gospel. He explained that he felt like he was sinking and that inside he was a good person, but he just has made bad choices. It was super interesting. Sunday night we had dinner with the 1st ward Bishop and that was cool. They have a Korean foreign exchange student so he made Korean food that was super good. Then the rest of the night we visited people. 

That was my week. Crazy, but awesome. 

I love you all so much!