Čau!
Monday we walked out to a dam and took pictures and saw all the pretty leaves. It was beautiful. Then we had dinner over at the bishop's house with his family. We shared a creative spiritual thought about the restoration.
Tuesday was busy. We had lunch with some members and shared a spiritual thought. Sister Lewis and I did all their dishes. Then we had a lesson cancel on us so we did some finding. After that we taught our English class which was a lot of fun. We have quite a few students. Probably around 15. Then we went to dinner at Simone's house. We made pancakes and had a really good spiritual discussion.
Wednesday morning we had district council which was good. Then we did our studies and went to institute. We had a good group of young single adults come. We had a good discussion about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Afterwards, we ate pizza and played ping pong. It was fun to meet and get to know everyone.
Thursday we got a cake and balloons for Elder Wilson's birthday and then President Gerhing came for interviews. It was really good to talk to him. He's so in tune with the spirit. Then we went and had a lesson with a less active. Her house was literally one room and a bathroom. She didn't have much, yet was so sweet. We talked about faith and her story of how she met the missionaries and got baptized. Afterwards, we did our studies and then went to dinner with two recent converts and the Elders at a vietnamese Restaurant. It was funny because we got off the bus and a giant field was in front of us. We were in the middle of nowhere which is pretty hard to do in Brno. Then we crossed the street and went to this building and it was like we entered an Asian country. There were a ton of little shops run by foreigners. We went to the restaurant and there was 5 different vietnamese restaurants all in a line and someone standing in front of them. We walked all the way to the end trying to figure out what was going on and all the people out front would say hi to us. They were all trying to convince us to go to their Resturaunt. It was really funny. We got a good laugh out of it and it was so hard for us to pick one.
Friday we had quite the day. We went with the Elders to dedicate a home... there was some scary stuff going on there. Afterwards, we had a lesson with a member, Lenka, and her two little boys. It was a wild lesson. Those boys have a lot of energy. Then we had a lesson with Naro who is a recent convert. We did our studies and had ward council, in which we were able to discuss our upcoming Halloween party.
Saturday we taught Czech to foreigners which was fun. Afterwards, we invited people to stay for a spiritual thought. A few stayed and we talked about prayer. Then we had 2 people cancel on us that we had set up to do service for. That turned out being a blessing though because it gave us time to do weekly planning. We also had to go shopping because all the shops are closed today for a holiday.
Sunday we had a wonderful sacrament meeting and it was so fun to meet all the members. I also got to see my last mission President's brother and his wife who I served with in Třebič. Bratr Pohořelicky has a stake calling so he travels around between the wards and branches. It was fun to see them. We came home and did studies. Then we went to some members house for inspiration night. We played a game, ate food and had a spiritual thought.
This week I studied a lot about gifts of the spirit. Every single one of us has spiritual gifts. The task is to discover what they are and work to develop them. As I was studying this week, the spirit showed me a spiritual gift that I didn't even know I had. Now, the task is discovering how to develop that gift. I want to invite all of you this week to figure out what your spiritual gifts are and then work to develop them. If you don't know what your spiritual gifts are, pray and ask your Heavenly Father to reveal them to you and study your patriarchal blessing. As you do so, you will become more like Christ and be a better instrument in His hands. Have a wonderful week!
S laskou,
