FIRST BAPTISM!!

Ahoj! 

Jak se máte? Tento tyden byl moc skvěly! Justina byl poktřen!!! 

Monday was so much fun! We went on a hike at Jump Creek with our zone to a waterfall. Please don't kill me mom, but we low key scaled some cliffs. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but it was so much fun! That was probably one of the funnest, craziest hikes I have ever been on! Plus it was beautiful! I also got to see Sestra Hodgson  and speak to her in Czech. 

Tuesday was wet and rainy. It was a pretty gloomy day all around. We visited a sweet old lady whose husband had passed away from liver cancer. She misses him a lot. She isn't a member and family is something that is really important to her. We taught her about the plan of salvation and that she could see her husband again. She said she has been reading the book of Mormon and it has brought her a lot if comfort. Then we visited another women, she answered the door with tears streaming down her face and said that her brother had just passed away. She asked how funeral services worked in our church. We prayed with her to help provide a little comfort. It was just such a sad day and my heart was torn! Then we had a lesson with the Sander boys. They are progressing and growing in the gospel so much! It is really fun to watch. We also had a really promising referral from the area book so we knocked on their door and then the mom wanted nothing to do with us.... So that was interesting. 

Wednesday we contacted some people in the area book. A man answered the door and his little dog jumped out and bit my companion right below her knee. It broke skin and was pretty gross. I felt really bad for her. We had dinner with a part member family. They are an older couple and the dad is not a member. He is a smoker and has lung cancer. He's a really nice guy though. Then we went and visited a couple who loves missionaries. The man was a native American. They are super kind people. They have another part to their house that they are trying to rent out and they said they would rent it out to missionaries. They are not interested in the gospel at all though, that's what he flat out told us. He believes in the great spirit. They are awesome people though! 

Thursday we did our weekly planning at the plaza and it was really cold. We taught the Sanders the plan of salvation which was really fun because we drew it out on the chalk board and talked about each point then we erased it and had them draw It! Then we had Justina's baptismal interview. Her mom brought her which was awesome! We had never met her mom before, we had always taught them the lessons with their grandma. Her mom is inactive in the church but her daughter's decision to be baptized has helped bring her back. That little 10 year old girl is such a good example! 

Also I don't know why but all of this week we have been trying to track down flan... which is a Mexican desert. I've wanted to try it because it is like straight sweetened condensed milk which I love... We tried a little Mexican bakery but they didn't have it. 

Friday we had district council which was good. Then we taught the new convert lessons to a little boy named Andrew. Andrew has two little brothers too. They are a handful and can't sit still, so teaching them is super hard. We are also teaching their parents. The mom is a member and in the middle of a divorce...it was an abusive situation. She is living with her boyfriend who isn't a member, so we are teaching him too. Lastly we had a lesson with a grumpy old man named Don. He is really struggling with is health and went of the map all of last week. We finally got a hold of him and went over to teach him. We started reading Ether 12 with Him and he stopped us and told us he couldn't concentrate. We asked why and he said he was mad with the Mormon church. He said they don't care about people's feelings. He was upset that the sister before me been transferred and said he didn't know if he wanted to take lessons anymore. My companion talked him down and we continued on with the lessons. You can imagine how I was feeling... I felt awful inside. He wouldn't even look at me or talk to me the entire lesson. He only responded to my companion. It was so rough! I had no idea what to do to break the ice so that he could get to know me better. Then I remembered that I had my photo book in my bag with pictures of my family and friends. I asked Don if he liked pictures and let him look through them. I found out that he likes horses and he told me some crazy stories... so I told him about Nike (my steer that got lose and ran around Heber city) Those pictures really opened Don up to me and he said he wanted to continue with the lessons. He is difficult because we don't want him to be converted to the missionaries. We know he has a testimony and has felt the spirit, it just isn't quite that strong yet. 

Saturday we found a place that had Flan and pupusa's. They pupusa's were pretty good, the flan tasted like pudding and wasn't as good as my companion had talked it up to be. We went on a district blitz which we went and tracted with our district in one of the Elder's area. The very first door we knocked the lady let us in. We talked with her and she told us so many stories. We could barely get a word in. She talked a lot about her family. She didn't know anything about the gospel so we shared what we could with her whenever we could get a word in. My companion pulled up a talk from the General Women's conference and shared a little bit with her. She got teared up and I know the spirit touched her heart... then she went on talking about something completely unrelated to what we just shared. We seriously could not get out of there. When we finally got out of the door, she continued to talk to us on the driveway. We told her she had left her door open, hoping she would go inside, but she said it's ok. She asked where our bikes were and we said they were about two blocks over. She the mentioned that she liked walking... in our heads we were thinking "oh no." Then she asked if she could walk us to our bikes... she did... two blocks away. Then we got to our bikes and she asked if we had been to her house... we told her we had just been there. I'm pretty sure she had short term memory loss or all-timers or something. Once we got out of there, we knocked on a few more doors without much luck. 

 

Justina's baptism took place at 7:00 PM. We jumped on our bikes to leave... and my tire was flat!!! NOOOOOO!!!! The Elder's had borrowed our bike pump, so I couldn't pump it up... so we literally like ran/sped walked to the stake center! Don't worry, we made it on time. Her baptism was beautiful. There were a lot of people there... including all the missionaries in our district. Her grandma and aunt gave a talk and her siblings gave prayers. Her cousin baptized her.The spirit was so strong!!!!  While she was changing, Sister Brooks and I taught everyone the restoration, which was a little scary because there were so many people. It was a great day. 

Sunday we were up super early and at the church from 7 AM to 4 PM. We cover three wards in Caldwell, so we were at three ward councils. We went to the first ward council, caught the first 1/2 hour of their sacrament meeting, went to the second ward council, caught the half hour of their sacrament meeting, then went to the final ward council. After we went to the entire sacrament meeting, gospel principles class, and relief society. It was a long day. We had dinner with a sweet family. The mom has cancer and had surgery 11 days ago, yet she still prepared a meal for us and they had referrals for us. Talk about an amazing family.

I love you all! 

Sestra Guymon

MIRACLES IN NAMPA!

Wow y'all it has been a crazy week! 

Thursday we walked to the stake center in the rain and a car was completely flipped over in a ditch, so that was a little crazy. Also, we live right next to the hospital, so we constantly hear sirens. Our appointment fell through that we had, so we went tracting. We didn't have to much luck. Then we had a Lesson with Justina who is getting baptized this Saturday on the 13th! Super exciting! She is ten years old. We taught her and her little brother and her grandma's house. Her grandma picked us up from our place and brought us to her house... she is a little bit of a crazy driver. 

Friday we had district council in the morning and I met everyone, so that was fun. There are English and Spanish missionaries in my district. Then we taught the Sanders. The have three teenage boys who we have on baptismal date for November 3rd so it was fun to teach them. I love teaching! We went to teach an old man who lives across the street from us. He wasn't feeling very well so we didn't get the chance to teach him. He is really struggling with is health and on a 2 week word of wisdom challenge going without smoking and drinking. Lastly we visited a family that just moved in, we chatted and shared a message with them. 

Saturday all the missionaries watched conference at the stake center. There were so many incredible talks. I came to conference with some questions and all of them were answered which was super cool! Also it was fun to watch the MTC choir in the afternoon session because I saw so many people I knew! Another cool thing that happened in the afternoon session was that Justina who is getting baptized walked in with a family she is friends with half way through the session and as soon as they came in and sat down, they started speaking about baptism and the covenant that we make. It was so cool and inspired! 

Sunday so many miracles happened! We watched General Conference with Justina and her Grandma and some of the messages really hit home for her grandma. She was tearing up all during conference. Then we biked to the Plaza to study and see down town, my companion almost got hit by a car... so that was scary... but we are all good. Then we went and watched the last session of general conference. After conference we visited so many people! First we visited a family with 6 kids and they actually let us in the door to talk, which has never happened, then we visited another family we are working with. They have three cute little boys and they are a lot of fun! Lastly, we visited this sweet, old, Filipino woman named Lynn. She has really broken English. Before we went to see her Sestra Brooks told me that she hasn't been progressing or keeping any commitments and that she just likes talking to the missionaries. They have been checking up on her for about 10 months with no progress. Anyways, we got there and she told us that she wanted to be baptized into our religion. WHAT?!?!?! My companion was shocked. She said she wanted to be baptized before Christmas and that it was time. She said she already invited the Mayor to her baptism. SO COOL! Then we asked how her book of mormon reading had been going and she said she has almost finished it. In the past when they have asked about her reading, she has dodged the question! So Crazy! We were so happy when we left, it was such a crazy experience! 

I love the mission. It definitely has it's ups and downs and really is an emotional roller coaster, but it is so worth it. Pray that all goes well with Justina's baptism! 

Love you all, 

Sestra Guymon

PS The fruit here is amazing! I ate the most delicious apple I have ever tasted and it was giant.

NAMPA IDAHO

Ahoj... well maybe I should just say Hi :)

We made it to Nampa Idaho! It was hard saying goodbye to everyone at the MTC because I love them all so much! I'm going to miss my branch presidency and all the amazing people I met! I took two shuttles and a train to get to the airport. The flight was really short and President picked us up at the airport. They are so kind! We had lunch and they gave us a rundown of everything then we got our new companions. My new companion is Sister Brooks from Georgia. She is so sweet! She has been serving for about 15 weeks, so both of us are both pretty new. 

We went to our apartment, it is pretty run down and beat up, but it works! I feel like the princess and the pea because my bed is literally just three mattresses stacked up. Then we went to dinner with some members. found out that members feed the missionaries every night, so that is awesome! Then we went tracting and didn't have to much luck. They had to give me a bike because I will be biking everywhere for the next little while, so that will be super fun! 

I'm loving Idaho, this work really is the Lord's work. As I look for the miracles everyday, I can see them. 

I love you all so much!

Sestra Guymon

Last P-Day in the MTC

Ajoh!

This week has been pretty crazy. Also.. very stressful. But it has been fantastic. The main reason is because our Visas are not here yet. So, If my Visa doesn't come before Monday, I will be flying to Bosie Idaho on Wednesday and going to the Nampa Idaho Mission probably for a transfer or until my Visa comes. It makes me a little nervous because I don't want to lose the language that I have learned so far. However, if we do end up going to Idaho, I know there are people there that need us. I know this is the Lord's mission and not mine, so I will happily go wherever I am called. Either way, I leave the MTC in less than a week, so that is crazy. Time has gone by so fast. I can't believe that I have been here for 2 months. 

Friday we had Skype TRC. We tend to have really bad luck. Haha. The person we were supposed to teach ended up not be able to chat with us, so we contacted a sweet lady in Slovakia. She spoke to us entirely in Slovak, but Czech is similar enough that we were able to understand most of what she said and she was able to understand our lesson. We also checked like every hour of the day for our flight plans.... when they finally came, we received two... which was not supposed to happen... the travel office messed up. Anyways, We got our flight plans to Amsterdam and then to Prague for Monday. We also got flight plans to Bosie Idaho for Wednesday. 

Saturday we worked on learning command form in Czech. We went outside and commanded each other to do things. We looked so dumb jumping to trees. I also got sent to stand in a corner by myself... it was kinda funny actually. Later we had a lesson with Zdenek and we taught him the law of chastity. It went a lot better than I expected and our teacher said that out of all the missionaries that had come through his class in the MTC, we had given the best law of chastity lesson. That was a really nice compliment for him to give us. I think the main reason is because we focused heavily on the blessings that come from living it and then we tried to tie it back to past lessons we have taught him like the plan of salvation and families. I'm also really grateful for my companion. We work so well together and just build off of each other and it really brings the spirit into our lessons. 

Sunday was an eventful day!!! President and Sister Henderson from the MTC Presidency visited our branch. I was asked to share a spiritual thought in branch council, so I shared Isiah 49:15-16. I have a strong testimony that the lord will never forget us because we are literally engraved upon the palms of his hands. In Sacrament meeting, I was asked to give a talk in Czech. Everyone is expected to prepare a talk every week and then in sacrament they call on random people to speak. I was chosen. I was really nervous mainly because there were important people in our sacrament meeting. (the Hendersons) I knew only 3 people could really understand my talk though. It was a good talk, I said "vytervani do konce je moc skvely" which means "enduring to the end is very awesome" Those three laughed because "moc skvely" has been our word of the MTC. We always say it. It was funny because all three of them laughed and everyone else was trying to figure out what I said. I shared a story about Grandma Besendorfer and how she has been the greatest example of enduring to the end. I know she is cheering me on, helping me, talking me by the hand, and guiding me through the hard times. She was the most Christ like person I know. I get teared up just thinking about her. I am so grateful for her example.  I finished up my talk with my testimony. I didn't use any notes and it made it very powerful. Afterwards President Henderson pulled me aside and thanked me for my talk. It was cool. 

Monday we had the opportunity to host the Senior Couples that came into the MTC. We helped them with their luggage and showed them to their rooms! Their rooms are nice! That was fun. We also got a call from the Travel office. We had to take Sister LaBarge there. She had to fill out some papers and then schedule an appointment to go on BYU Campus to the police station to get her fingerprints done. She can go to Slovakia without a visa for 3 months, so she gets to go straight there. We got another call and had to go find an Elder so the Travel office could talk to him about going to Texas to meet with a Consulate for his Visa. Later that evening we taught Ales about baptism and confirmation and he accepted the invitation to be baptized in three weeks. 

Tuesday we went to BYU campus so that Sister LaBarge could get fingerprinted. That was fun, it brought back a lot of memories from school! Also we checked our missionary portal and our mission had changed from the Czech/Slovak mission to the Nampa Idaho mission. So that was really scary, we were reading about the mission president and stuff. It is really stressful not knowing where I will be going. That evening we had a lesson with Zdenek on the law of tithing. We thought he would struggle with it because he owns his own business which is struggling a bit right now, however, he was very accepting. He asked if there was anything else we hadn't taught him yet and if he could get baptized sooner. We read through all of the commandments and things and the only one left was like... live the law of the land.. and he said he had that covered, so we told him that was everything. Then he teared up and the spirit was so strong, because he has done it. He has made a lot of changes in his life to get to where he is now. He is living everything that God has asked him to. It was a cool experience. (Just to be clear, Zdenek is just my teacher pretending to be a person that he taught in the Czech republic). After the lesson we reviewed and our teacher said his wife would be mad because she wants to see him cry, but he has never cried in front of her. We have made him cry twice in the past two months because the spirit has been so strong. It is just such a cool feeling. That evening we had a devotional by Bishop and Sister Waddell about loving kindness. They talked about how hard missions are, but we have to give it our 100% so that at the end we can say the same thing the Savior did when he was on the cross, "It is finished." I really loved that. 

Wednesday we reviewed the LSA assessments that we took. My language has actually improved more than I thought it had since the last test we took. But I know it still needs so much work. This language is crazy. We also had a lesson with Ales about enduring to the end which went well. He wanted to be baptized sooner as well, but there is still more that he needs to be taught before he will be ready. We haven't taught any of the commandments yet. 

I wish you all the best of luck, next time you hear from me, I will either be in Nampa Idaho or the Czech Republic. We will see where the Lord takes me! :) 

Love you all,

Sestra Guymon

MTC Week 7

Dobre Den!

Time has gone by so fast. I'm pretty sure we get our flight plans tomorrow. The countdown is at 11 days unil I fly to the Czech Republic. It is pretty scary! 

Friday we had Skype TRC.... OH MY.... Well... Let's just say I don't know Czech.We talked to a member from the Czech Republic. haha. I honestly didn't understand a word he said, ok maybe a few words, but not much. We prepared a lesson for him, but he talked the entire time. He would ask a question and if we didn't answer within a few seconds he would move on and start talking about something else. Also in Czech, "guymon" is pronounced "gooeymon" so that's fun. He kept saying my name, and then saying something super fast... I had no idea what he was asking me. Finally, I figured out he was asking where I was from. Also, I came to find out after TRC, my teacher said he asked us questions that we knew how to answer... he just said them in very strange ways. For example, he asked "Why did you decide to give yourself to the career of being a missionary?" haha, I guess it was his first TRC too. Our teacher apologized after the fact and felt really bad. It was a good time though. Our teacher said he was a typical Czech... they are very blunt apparently. Another funny story, the girls in our zone were all blow drying their hair in their room at the same time and all their lights and power went out. We had to go find the breaker box and flip the breaker so that they could have lights and power again.

Saturday was the big soccer game. We FINALLY WON! That is the first time we have won since we have been here. We taught Zdenek the 10 commandments and we taught Ales about  3 kingdoms of glory. Ales's lesson was a little rough... we accidentally told him that we had killed someone before.... ooops... don't worry, we got it cleared up. 

Sunday was lots of meetings. They are always the longest days of the week. My favorite part was the Sunday film by Elder Bednar called one by one. He wrote a song called "one by one." Go look it up. The lyrics come from 3 Nephi 11 when Christ appears to the people in the Americas. Christ served the people one by one. He let 2,500 people touch the nail prints in his hands and feet and thrust their hands into his side. If each person took 30 seconds with the Savior, that is 20 hours that the Savior stood there and let people handle him. Wow. What an incredible example of serving one by one. Another thought... the first thing God spoke to Joseph Smith when he appeared to him was "Joseph" ... his name. God knows your name, he knows your hopes, concerns, and desires. He really does know you and loves you so much! 

Monday we taught Zdenek and Ales again. Also we got a call from President Edwards on our dinosaur phone telling us that we were getting 12 new Polish missionaries, so that was exciting.

Tuesday the fire alarm went off just as we walked into the cafeteria to get breakfast, so that was scary. We had to all evacuate the building. There was a fire in the kitchen. They put it out and then we all went back inside and got breakfast. Crazy way to start off the day. Elder Neil L Andersen from the 12 came and spoke to us about temples for the devotional. He is so personable. The spirit in the building was so strong. He brought his grand kids and had them come up to the stand. He asked them why they liked the missionaries and the response of a tiny probably 8 year old boy was so profound and touched my heart... he said,
"I like missionaries because they are willing to leave their families so that others can live with their family forever." I almost cried. It was so cute. 

Wednesday I was practicing the piano and a random Elder came in and thanked me because I was playing songs that his sister would play at home. That was cool. Then later that day we got called out of class to take a new Polish Sister who is from Sweden to the travel office to get her passport copied. Then later that evening we met all the new missionaries and gave them a presentation and rundown of the MTC. Elder Karl Nielson and Elder Nathan Posacki who I went to school with, and Elder Posacki... who I worked with at the state park... are in our zone. We have the coolest zone. We are so blessed. 

Today we ran into a sister who is from the Czech Republic... She is dating the mission President's Nephew. We took a picture with her which she was going to send to the mission president and we spoke with her in Czech. That was really fun. She also knew the man we had Skype TRC with... she said he was... interesting. She told us that they have had to close a lot of areas down in our mission because they haven't had enough missionaries. They are sending less missionaries there. I often wonder why I was called to serve there, but I know that God has a plan, and that there are people that need the beautiful message of this gospel. 

I love you and miss you all so much! 

Sestra Guymon

MTC Week 6

Dobre Den Rodina a Kamaradi!

This was such a crazy week full of so many changes. It made the week go by so fast! 

Thursday we had a lesson with Zdenek. We didn't teach the lesson we had planned, but we did were able to find scriptures and figure out what to say. 

Friday we taught Ales about the Fall of Adam and Eve and had he had some tough questions. The rest of class we practiced teaching about tithing. We also had to take one of our Elder's to the Doctor because he hurt his back so we were about 45 minutes late for our 2nd block of classes. Also the Swedish Sisters invited our whole zone to play smrt (death) square (4-square) so that was super fun and we got to know everyone better during exercise time. 

Saturday we had a service activity in the morning. Then in class we summarized the third lesson in English then translated it on the spot and I was really surprised at how much of it I was able to say, there were only a few words I didn't know how to say. It was probably cased wrong though :) We had another lesson with Zdenek and taught him about keeping the Sabbath day holy. He felt lonely this weekend and went out drinking with his friends, so we recommitted him to living the Word of Wisdom. Change is always hard but he is doing great, he just needs to keep doing the basics like reading the scriptures, praying and attending church. 

Sunday so many changes came. Our companionship was made into a trio. We were called as Sister Training Leaders. I am so excited to get to know the Sisters better. We have lots of meetings and we have to conduct one on one interviews with each of the Sisters every week. It will definitely be a challenging calling as there are some troubles in a few companionships and there will be a lot of problem solving these next few weeks. I feel like I will grow so much because of this calling though. It will get me out of my shell and force me to talk to people to make sure everyone is doing ok. Also this calling has really opened my eyes to the love Heavenly Father has for these Sisters. I'm grateful for the opportunity to receive revelation to help in every way I can to make the MTC the best experience possible for everyone. 

Monday was a very sad day. The Norwegians left and so our district dropped from 8 people to 4 people. In class we learned more grammar principles. That evening we interviewed Sisters. Interviews take a lot of time and it can be a little overwhelming sometimes with all the things that need figured out, it is also a blessing though at the same time because for some reason when I serve others my own problems seem to work themselves out. These interviews also make for some late nights sometimes depending on the needs of the Sisters. 

Tuesday we taught Ales about why we are here on earth and the atonement. It was a really great lesson. We also taught Zdenek about enduring to the end. He is keeping all of our commitments. That evening we had a devotional by Elder Robert C. Gay from the 70. He promised that our families would be blessed for us serving which brought me a lot of comfort. It was a really good devotional. Afterwards, we discussed what we had learned at the devotional with the Dutch Elders because our district is so small now. 

Wednesday we taught Ales and this lesson I didn't have the slightest idea of what was going on which was super hard. We followed up with him and he asked a lot of questions about the Kniha Mormonnova. It was a challenging lesson, but all is well. Honestly I feel like the language comes and goes. That evening we left class early for a meeting with the new missionaries. We had 24 new missionaries come in, so we have to interview all the new Sisters. We introduced ourselves, gave them a run down of the rules and them took them on a tour around campus. It was fun.

Love you all,

Sestra Guymon

Key to Happiness -- MTC Week 5

Dobre Den! 

Toto tyden byl moc skvely. (This week was very awesome). 

Thursday evening we had class and looked up some pictures of some pretty cool castles. If you have the chance, look up the Hluboka Castle, Hradec nad Moravici, Lednice, and Karlstejn castles. They are so pretty! I also found out that my compaion's family makes intense gingerbread houses every year! Her family wants to make one of the Czech Castles this year... so that's how we got to looking at pictures of them. 

Friday we taught two lessons. First we taught Zdenek about faith and repentance. He asked some pretty intense questions like... "What do I need to repent of? Why don't angels appear to us? If Christ already suffered for our sins, why do we need to repent? Why do we need to confess our sins to God if he already knows everything we have done?" As we did our companion study later that day, we were able to find answers to all of those questions. My testimony about being able to find answers to questions in the Book of Mormon has grown so much! Then we taught Ales the about Joseph Smith and the Restoration. He already had a really good understanding of it, so that was great. 

Saturday was a pretty normal day. We spent a lot of time memorizing, translating sentences and roll playing. We also watched another crazy soccer game. Haha... there are just so many Elder's chasing a soccer ball around and then Sister's on the sidelines with flags, bubbles, you name it... It is a lot of fun. 

Sunday was fantastic. I LEARNED THE KEY TO HAPPINESS!!! FORGET YOURSELF AND GO TO WORK SERVING OTHERS!!! No joke, it really works, try it! That evening we watched a talk by Elder Holland called "Open your mouth" I'm pretty sure that talk was written for me because the spirit hit me like a brick wall. He told a story about some missionaries in the Czech Republic and then told us that we have to open our mouths and speak because words are the instrument to our success... even if it is really broken Czech. My love for the people around me has grown so much. There are days when I can just look at someone, like my companion, and get a taste of the love that God has for them. It is one of the most incredible things I have ever experienced. 

Monday we attempted to do a language fast and not speak any English the entire day... ONLY CZECH. I learned real quick what I do and don't know how to say. We started off the day doing pretty well. It was funny though because people would talk to us and we could only respond in Czech so they got a little frustrated and we felt kind of bad, but we were set on not speaking English. We had to break our fast so that we could prepare a lesson, but then we went back to Czech... and then back to English when we got to class so that we could learn some grammar principles. It was really fun though. 

Tuesday we had another lesson with Zdenek and answered all the questions he had. I was a little frustrated during the lesson though because I felt like I couldn't understand a thing he was saying. I came out of the lesson discouraged but knew that I had to go teach Ales right after so I said a quick prayer for the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues. Ales's lesson went much better and I understood a whole lot more. That evening we had a devotional from Kyle S. McKay who is a member of the 70. He talked about gifts of the spirit. He talked about the spirit of revelation and how through it we can know the truth of all things and the meaning of all truth. Revelation comes by thoughts in our minds and feelings in our heart. He bore a powerful testimony at the end that our Redeemer lives and that he will soon come in his power and glory. God will magnify us as we prepare the earth to receive their king. That hit me so hard and gave me the desire to work harder. 

Wednesday was a busy day. We were hosts to help welcome and show new missionaries around. It was so hot packing heavy luggage all around campus and up flights of stairs. The first girl I hosted though is in our zone and on the same floor as us. She is going to Denmark. She is so cute! Her name is Sister Brown. We had a lesson with Zdenek and we taught him about baptism. He accepted the invitation to be baptized, so that is exciting. We will continue to work with him to get him ready. We also had TRC. Petr (native Czech) is honestly the best. He signed our TALL books, because he is the voice on the TALL system so that was cool. I'm pretty sure yesterday was our last TRC with him because we get to skype people in the Czech Republic next week. 

Other sad news.... 1/2 of our zone leaves on Monday for Norway! I'm going to miss them so much... even though they like to give me a hard time.... STORY TIME... During our break in class one day, I walked over to the window to look out. I looked down and hit my head on the window. The Elder in my class is never going to live that down. He told everyone about it saying that I just walk up to windows and hit my head on them. Haha... One of the Elders going to Norway will randomly walk up to windows, hit his head and say, "Look, I'm Sister Guymon" Yeah, It is a great time. Gotta love it. 

Anyways, I love you and miss you all so much! You are always in my prayers! 

Love,

Sestra Guymon