Week Full Of Travels

Ahoj! Jak se mate? 

Tento tyden byl moc skvely! (This week was very awesome)

Monday we visited Namest' and hiked up to a Zamek (Mansion) We took a train there are were surrounded by people our age which was weird because we are living completely different lives. We talked to one of them though and she was way cool! We did some tracting there too and talked to some awesome people! 

Tuesday we traveled 2.5 hours to Prague because my companion had visa work! We went on exchanges and I did some contacting in Prague. Missionary work is super hard in Prague because a lot  of the people we contacted into were tourists. We went and got some super yummy food for lunch at the place President Po took us out to eat at my first day in the country. Then we took a bus back and it was snowing super hard. The roads were slick and the bus ran into the back of a car, so that delayed us for a bit. Everything ended up being fine and we kept going. 

Wednesday we did all of our studies in the morning. We do 3 hours of studies everyday. Personal study, Companion study, and language study. Then a lesson we had set up fell through so we went contacting and visited some houses that said we could return. None of them ended up being home which was too bad. We will have to try them again. That evening we practiced our songs for the Christmas program and had branch council afterwards. Our mission president came by and dropped off some sisters from Slovakia to crash the night with us because they had Mission Leadership Training the next day. 

 

Thursday was super crazy. We walked the Sisters to the church building so that they didn't get lost. Then we went to Jihlava for a christmas party. It was very successful! We had 11 people there who weren't members. In fact, there were more non members than there were members! It was fun to show everyone my photo book and get to know them better. There was a cute little 8 year old girl there that became my best friend and followed me around everywhere! 

Friday we had progressive training in Slovkia. My mission president and his wife picked us up and drove us there because they were still in Trebic from Mission Leadership Conference. It was a 2.5 hour drive there and back. I really love my mission President. He is a great guy. I'm so lucky because literally all of his family is in the branch I serve in. He used to be branch president for 15 years here before he was called as mission president. 

Saturday the senior couple came! They are from Idaho! We have been waiting for them forever! They finally got their visas and are here! They followed behind us in there car to district council in Jihlava. I taught language study to everyone. I was a little nervous about it, but it went well. We did some group finding and we got a cute mom's number and are going to set up with her after the holidays. Then we  came home and taught our little neighbor boys english. 

Sunday was an awesome day! The Senior couple bore such powerful testimonies. The missionaries translated them into Czech for the ward. It was cool. We sure do have awesome members here. They are so strong! We practiced our songs for our program next Sunday. Then we took the Kutilovi girls and went out and contacted about our 1 hour christmas church next sunday. One of them is preparing to go on a mission right now. They are the sweetest girls you will ever meet. Sister Roberts and I split up and each of us went with a twin. (the Kutiolovi girls are twins). Someone we contacted asked one of the Kutilovi girls and I were sisters. It was kinda funny! Then that evening we went caroling with the Elders and people kept trying to give us money... I guess in January they do a fundraiser. People sing and then the houses give them money. We did get into one lady's house and sang a few more songs and talked to here about the gospel... so that was really cool! She was cute.

It has been a busy week but a great week. I love you all and hope you have a Merry Christmas! God loves you and he sent his son here for you. Your Savior knows your name and knows exactly how you are feeling. He cries with you when you are sad and he regoices when you are happy. Have a wonderful time celebrating his birth. I love you all! 

Sestra Guymon