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Oct 17, 2011
Well this was a cool week again. So we gave a baptisimal date this week to one of our investigators. We gave it for November 4, but we will probably move it back a few weeks. He was really excited and said he would be honored to be baptised. It was pretty cool. We taught him with this one member, and it was really good. The member being there really changed the tone of the lesson. Member lessons really do help out a lot. So, if the missionaries ever ask you to teach with them, do it! It's really cool.

This week, Elder Bracken went to the school of one of our investigators to speak English with her class and talk about our families. There were 4 students all about 30 years old. It was really cool to see that they were pretty interested in hearing about our families. I showed pictures of our family. They were pretty surprised we had so many people in our family. We were also able to tell them some of the things we believe. Some of them got our phone number after so we or the other elders may meet with them hopefully! That was a pretty cool experience though.

Really cool story of this week though! So, Elder Bracken and I were waiting on a lesson with an investigator at the library, and there was this guy getting something from the vending machines. He got whatever it was, then came and talked to us. He asked if we were from The Church of Jesus Christ, which we said we were and he said he "was with the church about a year ago". We took that to mean he was a less active member. He is from Croatia and has been in the Czech Republic for about 3 months. We gave him our number and got his and told him where the church building was. (He spoke English) So then on Sunday, he called us during the third hour of church. Apparently he didn't know exactly where the church building was, and had been looking for a bit before he called us. He was able to come to the last 45 minutes of church. He then talked with President Novotny (Branch President) after church and from him we learned that he was actually an investigator in Croatia. So we are really excited to meet with him this week. It really was a blessing we found him, or rather, that he found us. He's a really nice guy. Other than that, it's been a pretty good week.

I don't remember if I mentioned this, but one of our investigators is a professional hockey player. He was an investigator in this city about a year ago, and decided he was going to be baptised, but he is waiting until after he gets married. He moved to a different city, and moved back to Hradec only this month, so I just met him. He's a really nice guy. Well, everyone have a great week. Love you all!
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