Sept. 26, 2011
Hey everyone!
So this week has been a good one. We had several cool things happen. We have still been meeting with our investigators who are doing well, and things are still moving slowly forward with them. We also got a new investigator who is really cool. He is about 55 or so and stopped Elder Uremovich and I when we were walking (we were on exchanges). He was just interested in talking with us, but when we told him we have another book that no other religion has, The Book of Mormon, he sort of got quiet and just started listening. Elder Bracken and I met with him a few days later and it went really well. He believed everything we said, but still thinks that it's not necessary to belong to any church, but we gave him a Book of Mormon and we will probably see him again this week. He was a really nice guy and I know we can help him progress, and overcome his doubts.
We had a District Conference in Prague this Sunday, which is basically just Stake Conference. It was really good and pretty interesting. There are people who live in Prague who only speak English so they had members doing translations for them. When President and Sister Irwin spoke, they had someone translate for them on the stand with them. It was really good.
We didn't have a whole lot more happen this week. We tried to find less active members to meet with, but we haven't been able to get in contact with any of them yet. We will though!
So I really hope everything is going well back home though. Mom, I got all the pictures, and it seems like all of your trips were fun this summer. Can't wait to be on one with you all too. As for now though, the Czech Republik will be fine for me. I'm learning more Czech all the time.
As for General Conference, I'm pretty sure the branches all watch it the week after in Czech, and the missionaries go to that with investigators, but we don't watch it in English until the week after that, I think. So it should be really good though, I'm really excited. Everyone, have a great week and I love you all!
-Starší Salas
Monday, September 26, 2011
WOW!
Sept. 12, 2011
Hey! So it was a great week, although we had a few rainy days. Things with Elder Bracken have been going well. He is really good at helping me with Czech.
Cool thing that happened this week, we gave a very serious baptismal date. It is for the end of October and he said he really wanted to be! He lives kind of far from Hradec Kralove so it will be hard to get him to church, and there may be some problems baptising him, but he is so excited, and the members are willing to help as well. It is really cool. He has such a great spirit.
We are really going to try working with a lot of less active members and will probably do that this week. A good thing with that, is that with every less active member, there is also a referral. So we will be working with them a lot.
Elder Bracken and I were contacting and we talked to this lady on a bench. We taught her about prayer and faith and she said she really was looking for answers in life so that was really cool. She said that she didn't feel it was an accident that we met. We will hopefully meet with her this week.
I feel like everyday, my desire to do missionary work has been growing so much and I really have been seeing an increase in my language and teaching skills. It is a really great thing to be a missionary and I feel blessed every day to be serving.
As for p-day, we went to the zoo. It was really cool! Our whole district went. I seriously didn't know tigers can get so big. It was a fun trip.
I love you all and pray for you often. You are all great!
sLaskou -Starsi Salas
Transfers!
Sept. 5, 2011Ahoj!
So yes, there were transfers on Saturday. The news is........I'm staying in Hradec Kralove, with a new companion!!! Elder Bracken has been out about 14 months. He is awesome! He is really great and I know this will be a great transfer. I am really excited to be staying here too and I know we will see great things this transfer.
So this week with Elder Nielson though. It was a good week and I was sad to see him go. He was a great friend and companion. He went to serve in Prague.
Transfer day though...quite a story. So I went to Pardubice to stay with Elder Bailey for the night because both of our companions left Friday night. Saturday morning I was supposed to get on a train and Elder Bracken was supposed to get on it at the next stop. He didn't get on though so after several confused phone calls, I got a call from him from a pay phone. His train was apparently late, (he was coming from Trebic) and so he missed the connecting train. Short time later, we were happily in Hradec Kralove. Ha it was kinda scary for a minute, but turned out great.
So our branch is planning a 20 (I think) anniversary of when it first started. It is going to be quite a big event and the missionaries will be very involved. I think it will be a great event that will hopefully bring many to the Gospel.
At church this Sunday, there were people from Utah, from the Toronto Foundation. They are a group of people, some who served here 15-20 years ago. It was cool to see them and talk to them. They were really nice. Other than that, it was not the most eventful week. Good week still. Our district should be a good one this transfer! I am really looking forward to having some great successes! Love you all!!!
-Starsi Salas
P.S. We have a new mission address. The old one will still be good for about a month or 2 but you can start sending stuff to the new one immediately as well, which would probably be better.
Cirkev Jezise Krista Svatych Poslednych Dnu
Elder Cameron Salas
Badeniho 1
16000 Praha 6
Czech Republic
Average is the Enemy to Greatness!
Aug. 29, 2011
Hey everyone!
So actually transfers aren't until Saturday. It would normally be next Wednesday, but President Irwin has a meeting with Elder Bednar in Germany early next week and so the new missionaries are coming on Saturday from the MTC. I still have no idea where I will be but I'm really excited to find out! I really want to stay here in Hradec Kralove but I will be fine wherever I go.
So, this last week. We went to Prague on Tuesday and had a conference which was really good. We watched this Jeffrey R. Holland talk he gave at the MTC earlier this year. It was a really, really good talk. He talked about putting your all into the mission. It was one of the best talks I've ever heard. When everyone got on the metro to go to the train station, I could feel the spirit so strongly as we had about 12 missionaries there. It was so strong I'm sure everyone on the metro felt it too.
So that night, Elder Nielson taught this guy we found late last week and he was awesome! He was asking all the right questions that just showed us he was so prepared. It's a cool story how we met him. So we were going to a members house to meet them, and we were a little early so Elder Nielson suggested we ride a few more stops and contact our way back to the member's apartment. We rode it, got off and talked to this guy right next to the stop. He set up a meeting with us! It is cool to see that we really are led to prepared people and I'm excited to see what happens with him.
Another one of our Investigators has been ready to be baptised for about a year but has put it off because his mom doesn't want him to be. But this week he said he was going to confront her and tell her he is going to be baptised regardless of what she thinks. We still haven't heard back but we are meeting with him tomorrow or Wednesday to see what happened!
We also met this lady on a bench and started talking with her. She had talked to a missionary in the past but hadn't done anything about it. So we taught her the Restoration and set up a meeting with her. She then told us that she had been having a really bad morning and had even prayed to feel better. She said that after talking with us she felt a lot better. Good things really do happen!
We had companion exchanges this week so I was with Elder Park for a day. He is a really cool guy and taught me 2 very important things. First, when people we contact don't show interest, he doesn't give up. He does just like Elder Holland had told us in that talk and doesn't easily back down. As result, we got some people to actually listen to us more. It taught me to be more bold. Also, he told me that average is the enemy to greatness. We can't afford to just be average here. We need to be the best and to do our best, never to settle for less. It's what the Lord expects of us, and what we should expect of ourselves.
One of the sister's investigators is getting close to accepting a baptisimal date. He has been coming to church and just loves it. He is a really great guy.
Well, today we are just hanging out as a district because it is our last P-day, and Sister Bullington's mission ends on Saturday, so we're going to relax a bit. Hope everyone has a super great week and I miss you all.
-Starsi Salas
Hey everyone!
So actually transfers aren't until Saturday. It would normally be next Wednesday, but President Irwin has a meeting with Elder Bednar in Germany early next week and so the new missionaries are coming on Saturday from the MTC. I still have no idea where I will be but I'm really excited to find out! I really want to stay here in Hradec Kralove but I will be fine wherever I go.
So, this last week. We went to Prague on Tuesday and had a conference which was really good. We watched this Jeffrey R. Holland talk he gave at the MTC earlier this year. It was a really, really good talk. He talked about putting your all into the mission. It was one of the best talks I've ever heard. When everyone got on the metro to go to the train station, I could feel the spirit so strongly as we had about 12 missionaries there. It was so strong I'm sure everyone on the metro felt it too.
So that night, Elder Nielson taught this guy we found late last week and he was awesome! He was asking all the right questions that just showed us he was so prepared. It's a cool story how we met him. So we were going to a members house to meet them, and we were a little early so Elder Nielson suggested we ride a few more stops and contact our way back to the member's apartment. We rode it, got off and talked to this guy right next to the stop. He set up a meeting with us! It is cool to see that we really are led to prepared people and I'm excited to see what happens with him.
Another one of our Investigators has been ready to be baptised for about a year but has put it off because his mom doesn't want him to be. But this week he said he was going to confront her and tell her he is going to be baptised regardless of what she thinks. We still haven't heard back but we are meeting with him tomorrow or Wednesday to see what happened!
We also met this lady on a bench and started talking with her. She had talked to a missionary in the past but hadn't done anything about it. So we taught her the Restoration and set up a meeting with her. She then told us that she had been having a really bad morning and had even prayed to feel better. She said that after talking with us she felt a lot better. Good things really do happen!
We had companion exchanges this week so I was with Elder Park for a day. He is a really cool guy and taught me 2 very important things. First, when people we contact don't show interest, he doesn't give up. He does just like Elder Holland had told us in that talk and doesn't easily back down. As result, we got some people to actually listen to us more. It taught me to be more bold. Also, he told me that average is the enemy to greatness. We can't afford to just be average here. We need to be the best and to do our best, never to settle for less. It's what the Lord expects of us, and what we should expect of ourselves.
One of the sister's investigators is getting close to accepting a baptisimal date. He has been coming to church and just loves it. He is a really great guy.
Well, today we are just hanging out as a district because it is our last P-day, and Sister Bullington's mission ends on Saturday, so we're going to relax a bit. Hope everyone has a super great week and I miss you all.
-Starsi Salas
Mushrooms?
Aug. 22, 2011
Hey again family! It's been another great one. This week, Elder Nielson and I did a bit of travelling. We took a train out to Horice to see this guy. He had meet with missionaries before and loved them. He is physically handicapped and can't make it to church by himself, but we will see if we can work something out for him. He was a really cool guy and just loves the church.
On Sunday we also went out to this city Cerveny Kostela or something so we could bring the sacrament to this other lady who is in a wheelchair. She is such an amazing lady and really strives to do what she can. We also gave her a blessing which was a really good experience. On our way back, we stoped in Jaromer to visit a family in the branch. They have 3 daughters and we talked to them about family home evening because they were really interested in how we do it back home. I told about all the things we used to do! It was a really cool experience too.
We had a few days of no meetings though this week, so we did a lot of contacting. There were a few days which were really hot so it was not the most fun, but we did what we could. I still feel like I am happy though, so I know I must be doing something right.
Oh on Monday we had family home evening with a few older ward members, as well as some investigators. It was really cool and a lot of fun. We had dinner and a spiritual message. So not too much else happened from what I can remember, but it was definitely a good week. Hope everything is good back home!
We are about to go mushroom hunting with some of the youth in the branch. It is very popular here in the Czech Republic so it should be fun!
-Starsi Salas
Hey Everyone!
Aug. 15, 2011
So it's been another good one. Sounds like everyone is just doing great back home. Seems like its vacation time for everyone again. Hope you all have a great time!
So, this week. It has been a great one. Lets start with story time. So I contacted this lady on a bench who was smoking. She jumped and was really scared when I talked to her. She started saying stuff but all I could catch was špatný (means "bad"). Elder Nielson then talked to her for a minute and I heard him say we were missionaries and then she calmed down and said she wasn't interested and we left. I asked what happened. Apparently in the Czech Republic, if a doctor tells you to do something, you better do it because you can get in trouble with the police if you don't. So what she was saying was, "I'm smoking. It's bad." She was most likely told by her doctor not to smoke and she thought we were police getting her in trouble. So when I heard all this, I had a good laugh. It was pretty funny.
But on a different note, we had several good lessons this week. Elder Nielson and I had a really good lesson with a lady where we read the Jeffrey R. Holland talk where he talks about the Book of Mormon. It was a really good lesson and the spirit was very strong. She said she would really start reading in the Book of Mormon more and with more purpose.
Another really cool experience was when watched the Joseph Smith movie with the sisters and one of their investigators. We then talked with him about his progress after, and I think we really made some progress with him. It was a really good experience.
At sports night, we had a lot of people. I think we had like 8 people playing soccer besides the missionaries! It was really cool.
There is a university here in Hradec Kralove and a lot of people come from Europe and Africa to study medicine here. So the sisters brought these 3 guys from Africa who were really cool. The sisters are teaching one of them right now and he even came to church Sunday for all 3 hours! Elder Nielson and I also had 2 investigators at church for their first time, and they both stayed all 3 hours! It really makes a difference when they stay all 3 hours. So hopefully that will turn out well. We will be meeting with them again this week.
We teach this guy in a parking garage where he works. We are really trying to get him to pray and read the Book of Mormon sincerely. I was able to bear my testimony on prayer to him and I think it got through to him.
So I am still just trying to do my best though. I am still learning the language slowly, but surely. It is really a great experience to be out here though and I feel so blessed.
So for some questions I got this week.
The transfers are 9 weeks, not 6, I'm pretty sure because the MTC groups are there for 9 weeks and I'd be hard to be putting them with people mid-transfer. I like it though. 6 weeks seems way to short.
So the missionaries teach the second hour at church, Gospel Principles. I haven't taught and I don't know if I will this transfer, but I might. The third hour is by the Elder's quorum leaders. our Branch President is awesome. He is a really really nice guy who really cares for the members of the Branch.
Well, I hope again that everyone has a super week and I am excited to hear about trips!
-Starší Salas
So it's been another good one. Sounds like everyone is just doing great back home. Seems like its vacation time for everyone again. Hope you all have a great time!
So, this week. It has been a great one. Lets start with story time. So I contacted this lady on a bench who was smoking. She jumped and was really scared when I talked to her. She started saying stuff but all I could catch was špatný (means "bad"). Elder Nielson then talked to her for a minute and I heard him say we were missionaries and then she calmed down and said she wasn't interested and we left. I asked what happened. Apparently in the Czech Republic, if a doctor tells you to do something, you better do it because you can get in trouble with the police if you don't. So what she was saying was, "I'm smoking. It's bad." She was most likely told by her doctor not to smoke and she thought we were police getting her in trouble. So when I heard all this, I had a good laugh. It was pretty funny.
But on a different note, we had several good lessons this week. Elder Nielson and I had a really good lesson with a lady where we read the Jeffrey R. Holland talk where he talks about the Book of Mormon. It was a really good lesson and the spirit was very strong. She said she would really start reading in the Book of Mormon more and with more purpose.
Another really cool experience was when watched the Joseph Smith movie with the sisters and one of their investigators. We then talked with him about his progress after, and I think we really made some progress with him. It was a really good experience.
At sports night, we had a lot of people. I think we had like 8 people playing soccer besides the missionaries! It was really cool.
There is a university here in Hradec Kralove and a lot of people come from Europe and Africa to study medicine here. So the sisters brought these 3 guys from Africa who were really cool. The sisters are teaching one of them right now and he even came to church Sunday for all 3 hours! Elder Nielson and I also had 2 investigators at church for their first time, and they both stayed all 3 hours! It really makes a difference when they stay all 3 hours. So hopefully that will turn out well. We will be meeting with them again this week.
We teach this guy in a parking garage where he works. We are really trying to get him to pray and read the Book of Mormon sincerely. I was able to bear my testimony on prayer to him and I think it got through to him.
So I am still just trying to do my best though. I am still learning the language slowly, but surely. It is really a great experience to be out here though and I feel so blessed.
So for some questions I got this week.
The transfers are 9 weeks, not 6, I'm pretty sure because the MTC groups are there for 9 weeks and I'd be hard to be putting them with people mid-transfer. I like it though. 6 weeks seems way to short.
So the missionaries teach the second hour at church, Gospel Principles. I haven't taught and I don't know if I will this transfer, but I might. The third hour is by the Elder's quorum leaders. our Branch President is awesome. He is a really really nice guy who really cares for the members of the Branch.
Well, I hope again that everyone has a super week and I am excited to hear about trips!
-Starší Salas
Ahoj Rodino!
Aug. 8, 2011
How is everyone? I hope all is well back home. Things are really good here as always. It's good to hear from everyone again. So this last week has been a good one. So at church we only had 52 people this week, but we had some good investigators there. The Elders from Pardibice brought this lady and her husband and son. The husband isn't a member, and he had such a good experience at church. We feel like he didn't even realize how good it was going to be. So hopefully that continues to go well.
As for Elder Nielson and I, we didn't have quite as busy of a week this week, but it was still really good. We got one of our investigators to commit to pray, which is a small miracle because he has been extremely against prayer for a while now. So we will see how that went when we meet with him next. A few of our investigators have been really busy this week though so we will hopefully see them again this coming week.
This one lady we meet with is super impressed by the church's stance on families and has enjoyed Elder Nielson and I talking about our families to her. She teaches somewhere and even invited Elder Nielson and I to come teach her students about families one day! I don't know if we will because she would have to ask the headmaster but we'll see. It was just very surprising to hear.
While contacting this week, I have been trying to speak more to people and continue the contact as long as I can until Elder Nielson takes over. I have been getting a little better. Elder Nielson and I talked to this one guy at a park and he started talking to us about how meaningless the things of the world are and how important family and friends really are. It was like hearing in words for the first time, something I have been learning so much since leaving home for the mission. I really felt the power behind those words, even though it wasn't a man of our faith.
On Thursday, we went to Brno for a new missionary conference. Brno is a cool city and completely different than Prague. It is really awesome. There we learned how to be better missionaries and other stuff to help us out. It was fun. Plus I got to see everyone again. It is really strange how much you enjoy the presence of others when you have been away so long.
So, we got a less active member to come to church! It is a really cool story. So he had been saying for a while how he would come to church, but then wouldn't. So this week he didn't even say he would. He said maybe he would. So we called him Sunday morning and he said he couldn't make it. Then at about 9:25 am (church starts ar 9:30) he showed up! He said he was riding the bus to go see his friends, then when he got to the stop by the church, he just got off. It was really cool to see him there.
He is awesome!
Today, for P-day we went to the Adrspach Rocks, which was pretty cool. This family in our ward has a cottage pretty close to it so we went to look at these rocks with them. They were super awesome, and apparently they filmed some of The Chronicles of Narnia there so that was cool. We ate lunch at the members after then headed home. Missionary work is great!!! Love you all.
Miss you. Have a great week!
-Starsi Salas
How is everyone? I hope all is well back home. Things are really good here as always. It's good to hear from everyone again. So this last week has been a good one. So at church we only had 52 people this week, but we had some good investigators there. The Elders from Pardibice brought this lady and her husband and son. The husband isn't a member, and he had such a good experience at church. We feel like he didn't even realize how good it was going to be. So hopefully that continues to go well.
As for Elder Nielson and I, we didn't have quite as busy of a week this week, but it was still really good. We got one of our investigators to commit to pray, which is a small miracle because he has been extremely against prayer for a while now. So we will see how that went when we meet with him next. A few of our investigators have been really busy this week though so we will hopefully see them again this coming week.
This one lady we meet with is super impressed by the church's stance on families and has enjoyed Elder Nielson and I talking about our families to her. She teaches somewhere and even invited Elder Nielson and I to come teach her students about families one day! I don't know if we will because she would have to ask the headmaster but we'll see. It was just very surprising to hear.
While contacting this week, I have been trying to speak more to people and continue the contact as long as I can until Elder Nielson takes over. I have been getting a little better. Elder Nielson and I talked to this one guy at a park and he started talking to us about how meaningless the things of the world are and how important family and friends really are. It was like hearing in words for the first time, something I have been learning so much since leaving home for the mission. I really felt the power behind those words, even though it wasn't a man of our faith.
On Thursday, we went to Brno for a new missionary conference. Brno is a cool city and completely different than Prague. It is really awesome. There we learned how to be better missionaries and other stuff to help us out. It was fun. Plus I got to see everyone again. It is really strange how much you enjoy the presence of others when you have been away so long.
So, we got a less active member to come to church! It is a really cool story. So he had been saying for a while how he would come to church, but then wouldn't. So this week he didn't even say he would. He said maybe he would. So we called him Sunday morning and he said he couldn't make it. Then at about 9:25 am (church starts ar 9:30) he showed up! He said he was riding the bus to go see his friends, then when he got to the stop by the church, he just got off. It was really cool to see him there.
He is awesome!
Today, for P-day we went to the Adrspach Rocks, which was pretty cool. This family in our ward has a cottage pretty close to it so we went to look at these rocks with them. They were super awesome, and apparently they filmed some of The Chronicles of Narnia there so that was cool. We ate lunch at the members after then headed home. Missionary work is great!!! Love you all.
Miss you. Have a great week!
-Starsi Salas
Another great week in Hradec Kralove!
Aug. 1, 2011
Hey Everyone!
It's been another great week here in Hradec Kralove! Things are really going good here. So this week was really cool. We met this guy in the park on Tuesday and he was out of work. We asked him if he ever thought about praying to find work. He said he didn't feel like he could pray to find work and actually expect to find it. So we met with him the next day and taught him the Restoration. He just took it all in. When Elder Nielson called him on Friday again, he said he had found work! It was really loud on the other side of the phone and so he couldn't hear much. He had also told us earlier he didn't have a phone charger so his phone would die soon, so when we called Saturday morning his phone was off. We haven't talked to him since but we will try to call him again this week. Our investigator has really been doing awesome this week! He is really asking a lot of good questions now and really is striving to grow. He has been reading a lot more in the Book of Mormon too which is awesome! We are still trying to get his wife to meet with us too, and I feel confident she will eventually as she sees how important this is to her husband.
Another cool story, we met with this girl this week who is Czech, but has been teaching English in China for a while. She is back here in the Czech Republic for a month and will be back again in December. She is super awesome though and was super excited to start reading the Book of Mormon. She then came to Church Sunday for 2 hours which was awesome and participated a good amount in the second hour. It was awesome.
So Elder Bailey and I had exchanges with each other this week. He came to Hradec Kralove with me for a day. We went to teach this guy who works at a parking garage, and this hockey game had just ended right next to it. So this guy and his son were in the parking garage making a huge scene about how the parking garage didn't have a bathroom while we were trying to teach a lesson. He kept yelling for the police to come, so our friend called the police, and told us to come back the next night. It was really funny because this guy was just so upset that there wasn't a bathroom in the parking garage. When Elder Nielson and I went to teach him the next night he had a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon. We had given him one the week before and he had read through 1 Nefi 17. It was cool to see that. We will see how it goes this Friday though.
So coolest story of the week though. One investigator who has been having dificulty accepting our message came to all 3 hours of church this week. She normally only comes 1-2 hours. But after church, she called Elder Nielson to tell him that she really loves our church! She agreed with everything that was said this Sunday and especially the lesson Elder Nielson taught 3rd hour during the combined 5 Sunday meeting. She said that she really sees how our church leaders care a lot for the members especially because they don't get paid. She said she can see how at her old church they cared, but she could tell they also did it for the salary. It was really cool to see her progress to this though!
So it had been really couldy and rainy this last week though. It rained a lot Saturday so we had game night instead of sports night. Normally at sports night, we only have like 2-3 investigators or less active members. At game night we had one investigator and one less active member. We played Ubongo which was pretty fun.
So for some questions people asked:
At church this week, I'm not sure how many people were there, but it wasn't as much as last week. I think we had like 48 though. But yeah if they had enough members for long enough, they would build an actual ward building somewhere. We will get there eventually!
All the members go to the Germany temple. I haven't heard of anyone going to Ukraine, but I'm sure some have.
I still really like to make Haluški which is a Slovakian meal. It's super good. Elder Nielson and I do cook a lot though. I usually make the spaghetti. If anyone has recipies for stuff I could make, that would be most appreciated.
Yes it has been couldy and raining a lot.
Elder Nielson has been on his mission for a little more than a year, and in Hradec Kralove for his second transfer, so about 3 months.
We don't tract very often, because contacting is usually better. We do when it is raining though, and we don't have any lessons on plan.
We don't eat at members very often because they all live kinda far, so I haven't had too many Czech meals yet. Hopefully soon!
Czech's are mostly atheist, but there seems to be a lot of Catholics too. Elder Nielson said there are a lot in Hradec Kralove.
Ask we more if you want! Have a great week. Love you all!
-Starsi Salas
Hey Everyone!
It's been another great week here in Hradec Kralove! Things are really going good here. So this week was really cool. We met this guy in the park on Tuesday and he was out of work. We asked him if he ever thought about praying to find work. He said he didn't feel like he could pray to find work and actually expect to find it. So we met with him the next day and taught him the Restoration. He just took it all in. When Elder Nielson called him on Friday again, he said he had found work! It was really loud on the other side of the phone and so he couldn't hear much. He had also told us earlier he didn't have a phone charger so his phone would die soon, so when we called Saturday morning his phone was off. We haven't talked to him since but we will try to call him again this week. Our investigator has really been doing awesome this week! He is really asking a lot of good questions now and really is striving to grow. He has been reading a lot more in the Book of Mormon too which is awesome! We are still trying to get his wife to meet with us too, and I feel confident she will eventually as she sees how important this is to her husband.
Another cool story, we met with this girl this week who is Czech, but has been teaching English in China for a while. She is back here in the Czech Republic for a month and will be back again in December. She is super awesome though and was super excited to start reading the Book of Mormon. She then came to Church Sunday for 2 hours which was awesome and participated a good amount in the second hour. It was awesome.
So Elder Bailey and I had exchanges with each other this week. He came to Hradec Kralove with me for a day. We went to teach this guy who works at a parking garage, and this hockey game had just ended right next to it. So this guy and his son were in the parking garage making a huge scene about how the parking garage didn't have a bathroom while we were trying to teach a lesson. He kept yelling for the police to come, so our friend called the police, and told us to come back the next night. It was really funny because this guy was just so upset that there wasn't a bathroom in the parking garage. When Elder Nielson and I went to teach him the next night he had a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon. We had given him one the week before and he had read through 1 Nefi 17. It was cool to see that. We will see how it goes this Friday though.
So coolest story of the week though. One investigator who has been having dificulty accepting our message came to all 3 hours of church this week. She normally only comes 1-2 hours. But after church, she called Elder Nielson to tell him that she really loves our church! She agreed with everything that was said this Sunday and especially the lesson Elder Nielson taught 3rd hour during the combined 5 Sunday meeting. She said that she really sees how our church leaders care a lot for the members especially because they don't get paid. She said she can see how at her old church they cared, but she could tell they also did it for the salary. It was really cool to see her progress to this though!
So it had been really couldy and rainy this last week though. It rained a lot Saturday so we had game night instead of sports night. Normally at sports night, we only have like 2-3 investigators or less active members. At game night we had one investigator and one less active member. We played Ubongo which was pretty fun.
So for some questions people asked:
At church this week, I'm not sure how many people were there, but it wasn't as much as last week. I think we had like 48 though. But yeah if they had enough members for long enough, they would build an actual ward building somewhere. We will get there eventually!
All the members go to the Germany temple. I haven't heard of anyone going to Ukraine, but I'm sure some have.
I still really like to make Haluški which is a Slovakian meal. It's super good. Elder Nielson and I do cook a lot though. I usually make the spaghetti. If anyone has recipies for stuff I could make, that would be most appreciated.
Yes it has been couldy and raining a lot.
Elder Nielson has been on his mission for a little more than a year, and in Hradec Kralove for his second transfer, so about 3 months.
We don't tract very often, because contacting is usually better. We do when it is raining though, and we don't have any lessons on plan.
We don't eat at members very often because they all live kinda far, so I haven't had too many Czech meals yet. Hopefully soon!
Czech's are mostly atheist, but there seems to be a lot of Catholics too. Elder Nielson said there are a lot in Hradec Kralove.
Ask we more if you want! Have a great week. Love you all!
-Starsi Salas
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