Prague District: Elder Brockbank, Elder Smith, Elder Greier, Elder
Petersen, Elder Tingey, Elder Pickett, Elder Andriarena and Sister Brown,
Sister Heap, Sister Boza
I wanted to keep my alliteration going, but baptism
was an important enough thing to include that it was worth breaking it up. I
will just go straight into some updates, because we don't have a lot of time
before we are going to practice for the concert that we are going to have on
the 4th of November.
- On
Monday we were planning for the baptisms that were on plan for this
weekend. Things got pretty hectic and a little crazy with that. The
investigators were from different areas than ours, but because I am the
District Leader I am involved in the process a lot. And we had some
confusion and problems with communication with the ward, which made things
more stressful.
- After
speaking with quite a few people I was still stressing and trying to
figure out details for the baptisms. I also conducted 2 baptismal
interviews for a married couple with 3 children. That was a great
experience, and it was wonderful to see how prepared they were and how
well they understood the doctrine. We also were able to teach an
investigator after English (which I didn't go to because of the interviews)
and he accepted a baptismal date. It is not super solid, but we will
continue working with him regularly and we hope that he will progress
well.
- On
Wednesday I woke up and was pretty sure that I was sick. But I took
my temperature and I didn't have a fever, so we went ahead with our plans
anyways. Our whole zone was here doing interviews with President, and we
had an elaborate contacting group set-up, but Elder Brockbank and I had to
do some work in the office and go to "far-away" post, so we were
not able to participate. Also by lunchtime my body started to shut-down
and I got the chills. The moral of the story is that by the afternoon I
was lying on a couch in the office sleeping while Elder Brockbank and
President did some things that they had to, and then Elder Brockbank and I
went home and I went to bed.
(This
was last week when Elder Greier and Elder Brockbank were sick,
no pictures of
Elder Pickett sick)
- Thursday was
better. I was still not at 100%, but 14 hours of sleep does miraculous
things. I came to the office and did a lot of napping/relaxing in P-day
clothes. It was not a normal day, but nothing much happened.
- Friday was
great. The couple were baptized, and they had friends (both members and
not) who came to support them. The missionaries sang "Nearer My God
to Thee" a capella and that was fun. It was a really great Friday and
an especially wonderful evening.
- Today
we did service at the Bishop's house. He and his wife are so great. They
are both really funny, and we had a great time. That was our week.
- Elder
Brockbank and I are doing really good. We get along very well, he is super
easy to work with. He is really funny too which helps. He is kind of
exploding out of his ears with office work, while I am virtually all out.
My spiritual thought for the week is about
decisions. I have found on my mission that trying to become more like Christ
really boils down to everyday little decisions that we make. Many of them are
made "in the moment," which can sometimes lead us to make bad
decisions, but I have found that sometimes all we need to do is think for a
moment and recognize the option that will have the best impact for us in the
long run, rather than the first idea that we want to follow. So my challenge to
you this week is to look at decisions and to think a little bit about how each
decision can help you to draw closer to Christ, and then actively choose to
follow Him. Thank you for the support and prayers!
-Elder Pickett
Glad to hear also about the great farewells of Noah
& Sarah and the news about marriages and school. Interesting BYU essay
change, I think that is a great prompt though. Lots of potential for good
essays from that. Next transfer will have some crazy news. That is for sure. It
will be fun.
Prague missionary apartment
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