Hodne Stesti!

Aug 20, 2012

Cau Cau!

How is everyone! Hope all is well! It was great to hear about all your weeks! I really love hearing about all of you. Thanks for the emails. So sounds like Hawaii was fun! The chapel looks really cool, Robin sent me a picture! Glad to hear about the fishing too.

So, this week. Great great week. Full of miracles! First great story. We had a goal to get 3 phone numbers with appointments (A#'s) in the hour time we had to contact. We worked really hard and only got one. We decided that we deserved ice cream anyways even though we didn't achieve our goal. Right as we walk up to the ice cream place, this guy calls out to us, who was eating there already. He said he knows missionaries in Ostrava (another city in the mission). We talked to him got his number, talked to this other guy there who they knew, after they left, got his address and set up an appointment, as we're talking to him, another guy comes up and asks who we are, we get his address. Probably the most success I've ever seen in 15 minutes, all because we got ice cream. How mysterious the ways of the Lord are!

Moving right on, we've been teaching this one less active family, and they have a non-member son who is 17 years old. We've been trying to set up to teach the son on his own, but he never wanted to. Finally we got set up with him, went to the meeting, and he was a completely different person. He is really searching for peace and confort in life, because he knows that he doesn't have it. He really think the gospel is the answer. We promised him it is. He told us he wants to meet often and he wants to work towards baptism. He has been reading and praying and already sees a difference in his life. I really feel so blessed that we've been lead to him as he is so elect and prepared!

Also we taught this girl on a bench this week, and her dog kept getting on us and getting us all muddy, but we just kept teaching her. She was really suprised just at how we acted overall, and how we didn't get mad or anything. She didn't end up having interest, but it was just great for her to see that we don't really care about worldly things and I know that made her think a lot. Now I have a muddy shirt though...

I had a great experience in Jihlava on exchanges this week where Elder Meredith and I set a goal to find someone and set up a lesson. It was really cool, because we didn't see anything, but we just kept going, even past the time we had set to do that, and we reached our goal! I really know if we sacrifice, the Lord does bless us so much! Great exchange!

Our investigator has been facing some challenges in life, and could really use some prayers.

Overall, great week, and I really love serving the Lord here a lot! I love this country and I love these people, and even though I still can't speak or understand all that great, I'll do all I can to serve them as best as I can! Hope everyone has a great week though! Love you all!

sLaskou

-Starsi Salas

p.s.  I now play the recorder flute