Ahoj,
Monday we spent time at a members house and she taught us how to make homemade donuts. They invited YSA's, less actives, recent converts, and friends to come. We made over 100 donuts and afterwards had dinner together and family night. It was a lot of fun.
Tuesday we we did our studies and then went to the De Vries house for lunch and shared a spiritual thought. Then we went had a lesson with Tino. We shared a thought and he helped us with our czech. I learned a lot. Then we went to the church and taught English. We only had 4 students, but it was fun. Afterwards, we went over and ate lasagna with Simone that he made. I was impressed. He's Italian, so it was pretty good. Also, funny story, when we were going to the church building, we ran to catch a tram and I jumped on and my companions were right behind me however, the bell rang and the doors closed right in our face. We kept pushing the button to open the doors on both sides but, the tram drove away. I just waved goodbye because at that point there was nothing either of us could do. I just got off at the next stop and then walked back to them. Haha, it happens sometimes, but it was the first time it has happened to me on my mission.
Wednesday we did some service for a member. We helped take out wet clothes and throw them away because the night before her house flooded. There was a leak in the pipes above her, so it was a bit of a mess. Afterwards, we had district council. Then we got lunch and did our studies. We finished the night with institute. The youth in this ward are very proactive and are very helpful in terms of missionary work. We also had a really good discussion about temptation and repentance.
Thursday.. HAPPY HALLOWEEN. We did our studies and went to lunch with the assistants to the President and the Newell's. Elder Newell just finished his mission and brought his parents back to visit. His dad does music and the spoken word. So we all got lunch at an Indian resturaunt. The assistants to the President dropped some things off for our apartment. Then we did weekly planning and called half of the ward to invite them to our Halloween party.
Friday.. HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY! Also, it was my 15th month mark on the mission. Crazy! We did all our studies in the morning. Then we went to the zoo to try and ask for service opportunities. We are trying to come up with new creative ways of finding. Afterwards, we went to visit some returning members. Then we went and set up for the ward Halloween party. We had a really good turn out with lots of families and friends of members. I met lots of new people and set up with 2 new investigators for next week. We had food, children games, and pumpkin carving. The YSA and youth organized everything. The adults didn't help at all which was super cool. We have incredible, responsible youth! Then we hurried home to make it home on time.
Saturday we went and taught people how to speak Czech. We had 6 students. Then the Ferrell's took us to lunch at a nice Resturaunt. It was delicious! Afterwards, we went to visit a returning member and when we were half way there, they canceled on us, so that was a little rough. Then we came home to study. Our mission President dropped by with some packages for my companions. He's awesome and was showing us pictures of the Rome, Italy temple because he was there for a conference last week. Then we went with a returning member and the bishop and his 2 kids to the cemetery to celebrate all saints day/day of the dead. They had a bunch of candles and flowers like in the movie coco. It was beautiful. It was really interesting because they had boxes, that looked like lockers with a glass door, lined up for the ashes of people that have been cremated. They also have super fancy headstones everywhere. Candles lit up the graveyard and it was stunning.
Sunday we went to church for fast and testimony meeting. I love the members here in Brno. One of the members came up to us after sacrament and invited us over for dinner. Right after church we had a lunch appointment with Nikola. We had a good discussion about the law of chastity and she let us go through some clothes she didn't want anymore. We left straight from there to go to our dinner appointment. The Saunders family all have perfect British English accents... their dad is from England and their mom is Czech. They prepared a 3 course meal and we had a fun time together. We shared a spiritual thought about being more home centered and church supported. It was cool because one of the boys invited a friend to the Halloween party and ever since, she has been writing us. The only problem is that she is a lot younger than we thought she was so we have to get parental permission to teach her.
I have a lot of joy and love in my heart. Everyday is an adventure and full of new opportunities. Often, it is stressful and there are hard things, however, after every trial blessings come. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so much lately. I've immersed myself in the Book of Mormon and every spare moment I have, I read it. It brings me a lot of peace, comfort, and motivation to keep pressing forward. If you haven't been reading in the Book of Mormon every day, please do so. I promise you it will make your day 10 times better.
S laskou,
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