Ahoj,
Tuesday we did our studies in the morning and then we went to meet Andrea. She had her 2 kids with her, so we met at a park and talked. It was a good lesson, even though there were a lot of interruptions and distractions. We also had a lesson with Radek and he got emotional in our lesson. That was the first time I've ever seen him get emotional and it confirmed to me that the promptings I received during our last lesson were accurate. It amazes me how much the spirit will reveal to us so that we can help people progress and come closer to Christ. We finished the day by teaching our English class. We had to teach both the beginner and intermediate classes. It went well and we had a good turn out.
Wednesday we contacted Jirka who is a referral from Andrea. We taught him the restoration and he is sincerely interested in our message. He said he has been searching for the truth for 20-30 years and hasn't been able to find it. He asked a lot of wonderful questions during the lesson. We gave him his own Book of Mormon and he had already read some parts from it with Andrea. I'm excited to see where he goes. Then we went and did some trackting. We rang a lot of doorbells and went up a lot of flights of stairs. Unfortunately, we didn't have a ton of success. Then we prepare for our training and did some work in the area book.
Thursday we woke up early and took a 2 hour train ride to Prague for zone conference. Sister Draper and I did a presentation on keeping a clean apartment which was really good. We made some funny videos to get people laughing and got creative with it. A clean apartment helps us feel the spirit and it really is the closest thing we have to the temple in this mission. We recieved some wonderful trainings and council. Our mission is completely changing the way we are doing finding. We are getting a whole lot more creative with it, which I am excited for. It will be really different compared to the street finding and trackting I've done my entire mission. Ideas like scavenger hunts and car washes have been thrown out. So we will see how it helps us find new people to teach. It was truly an inspired training.
Friday was a day full of miracles. We had quite the adventure the night before. I woke up to a bug flying right by my ear and it wouldn't leave me alone, so I turned on the light and discovered that there was a bat in our room flying around. It scared me so bad and I hid under the covers for a second until I got it back together. Then I watched it fly around for a second and tried to wake sister Draper, but she was sound asleep. So I had to face the bat on my own. I opened all the windows and then took cover in bed and that is when sister Draper woke up and watched a black object fly out the window, then she looked at me and I just said, "It's a bat." We laughed at how crazy that experience was and then we went back to bed.
After the bat episode, we got ready for the day. We had a lesson with Věra and afterwards had a lesson with Andrea about tithing which went really well. Then we noticed the farmers market down the street from the church building. Andrea offered to show us some things in the farmers market, so we walked down the street. Then she had to run, but we walked a little further to take a picture. While snapping the pic an older man approached us, he said "hello, excuse me, you are sisters of my church" a little confused we asked where he was from and he told us he was from Germany; he was here looking for his ancestors. We had a wonderful conversation and were so happy to help him. We asked if he would be here Sunday and he said he would and would love to join us at church! We pointed down the busy street to our church, gave him a card with our number, and pointed him in the direction of his grandfather's house and continued on. Such a miracle we met a member all the way from Germany, who we were able to invite to church and help do family history! But the miracle gets better.... The Elders met up with one of the people they are teaching just after we finished our lesson with Andrea and she brought them homemeade doughnuts. While this woman peeked out the door of the church for look for her husband, she started talking to someone and she invited then in to meet the missionaries. Turns out, it was the German guy sister Draper and I talked to earlier. The Elders walked with the man to his ancestors house and there they ended up meeting a potential person they are teaching who they haven't been able to get a hold of. So, it was really crazy to see God's perfect timing and his hand in everything.
Saturday we did some more finding at the festival and asked people the questions of the soul. We were surrounded by people, however, not many of them would stop and talk to us. We cleaned the church to get it ready for Sunday and then we had a lesson with Radek. It went well, but he still wants to take baptism slowly even though we have taught him everything. I really can't figure out what is stopping him. But, I trust in the lord's timing. Then we had sports night and played ultimate frisbee. We got the frisbee stuck in the tree twice and Radek climbed up to get it which was crazy. But, we got it down and had a good time.
Sunday was busy. We had a lot of visitors. The guy we met from Germany came to church and shared his testimony about family history. Radek shared his testimony about fasting. I had to play the piano and help translate, so it was busy. Then we came home and did our studies. We have never done studies on Sunday but President asked us to do so at our last zone training. So Sunday flew by and Mengmeng and Daquan canceled their lesson with us, which was disappointing. We ended the night with correlation.
Today we got soaking wet buying groceries and walking home with them. We made some banana chocolate chip muffins and took them around to people and that was a lot of fun. The best part of the day was being able to talk to my cute family. I love them so much and thanks to the gospel, I know that I will be able to live with them forever. Even after this life. That us such a blessing.
I hope you all have a wonderful week.
S laskou,
Sestra Guymon
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