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November 24, 2011

Hey Everyone!

So it's been quite the miracle week. Elder Odell and I have been working hard talking with everyone on the streets and we've seen some really cool things!

First story-

Elder Odell and I were contacting at this park around Spilberk Castle last week, and we didn't get any success there. It was starting to get dark so we were headed down the hill and we almost walked past this guy because we didn't notice him at first but Elder Odell stopped him. He has heard of us and our church before and was super excited to talk to us. He just kept talking about how cool it was that we were missionaries and how he wishes he could do something like that. He said he was really busy with work and school but would love to meet with us. So we called him this week and set up for last night. Came to the meeting, loved our church building, we taught by the spirit, and he accepted a baptismal date for January. Way awesome! He is just a really solid guy all around and is very prepared for the message! We feel so blessed to have met him.

Second story-

During companion study, Elder Odell and I were talking about in Preach My Gospel about how it says to look for ways to serve people in small ways. So this is the same day we met the last guy I talked about. So it was dark and we were contacting in this other park that has lights so it's good for night contacting. We saw this girl about 27 years old looking for something in the leaves in the grass. We asked her if we could help her with anything. She said she was looking for something and I didn't understand what it was so I told her I didn't understand some word. She was confused and asked where we were from. Told her we're from America. She speaks English. Said she never would have guessed we were foreigners. That was pretty cool. But then she said she was looking for her dog leash. We told her we could help but she didn't want to bother us. Talked a little more and it turns out her husband is from Costa Mesa, and is working there at the moment. She was way excited to hear I was from Orange County. So then we told her we really wanted to help her look. Found her dog leash, she was way excited. Told her about our English class and she came to that and we have a meeting set up with her next week! It's really crazy how a little bit of small service can really make a big difference. So that was a really cool experience as well.

So the main square here in Brno is all decorated for Christmas and it looks really awesome! They have a huge nativity here too. I'll get some pictures mom don't worry. Today we have p-day and Thanksgiving and we're getting together as missionaries and having a big lunch. We have a senior couple here in Brno so we're going over there to have turkey. We're really lucky here in Brno.

So it's been a great week and we're really looking forward to continuing to serve here in Brno! Good things are happening here!

-Starsi Salas