PRAGUE!
Elders Pickett & Brockbank
Hello everyone! As you might have guessed by my
title, this was an interesting week. Elder Brockbank's list of activities and
requirements in the office keeps getting longer with cars and other duties. And
mine keeps getting shorter and shorter. Which is fun for me, and not so fun for
him. So this week, I did splits with the trio of elders in our district a few
times, and Elder Brockbank stayed in the office and Elder Scott was his
companion. I will highlight some of the missionary tracting and activities of
the week.
- On Tuesday I went with Elder Geier and we taught a family that is getting baptized next week! They are super awesome, and they are good friends of one of the members here, so we are super excited. It has been really great to see the progress they have made and their preparation. We also went out contacting together and had a few great conversations with people. Hopefully we can lead that into meeting with them.
Prague District 
Elder Smith, Elder Petersen, Elder Andriarena, Sestra Brown, Sestra Heap,
Sestra Boza, Elder Greier, Elder Tingey, Elder Brockbank, Elder Pickett.
- On
Wednesday we had district meeting and then sang and talked to people.
And then we came back and dropped off Elder Brockbank in the office with
Elder Scott and I went on a split with President, because he is starting
to teach me how to drive stick shift. So that was a little fun and
decently unexpected. I can now officially start driving, and change to
second gear in a stick shift car. It was really hard at first, because we left the parking
brake on, so the engine died twice in a row. But after that it got easier.
I haven't really driven it much yet. I will keep you informed with
my progress. We also started an exchange, I went with Elder Tingey. It was
a good exchange.
- Thursday I had my exchange. We met a few cool people and we contacted all together
as a district. We set up a table and played some music and just started
talking to people.
- Friday
we had cleaning checks and had a quick lunch and then almost ran to get to
an appointment, which fell through. So that was really fun.
- Hopefully our nation doesn't totally crumble while I am away. Nothing I can about it. I am plenty healthy and my legs look all normal again, don't worry.
Us in front of the Lennon Wall
- We listened to Elder Juan Uceda's General Conference talk about meaningful prayers in Czech, but I read it in English later. It was a really great talk. That is something that I have seen make a real difference on my mission, and something that has changed as well: how I pray. Thank you for the prayers.
- It
has been a while since I have gotten to scientifically geek out about
something (referring to a recessive
gene kidney disease that his new niece Sadie has been diagnosed with).
I have to control myself, because a lot of strong atheists here try to use
science to back-up their arguments. I have found that I can't get into any
sort of discussion using science, because that's just never going to cut
it for me, or for anyone else. Also, I have my spiritual and scientific
knowledge tied together, and so there are some connections that make
perfect sense in my brain that don't work for people without the spiritual
background. It's tough sometimes. But good practice for me always keeping
the spiritual things on a higher level than temporal/scientific. Here’s
an example of a street contact as told by Elder Brockbank: “We started talking with a guy and found
out that he is way into biology. We asked if he believed in God. He
didn't. We asked why. He didn't know; he had just been raised this way. We
told him we talk and discuss with people about how we can find out if God
is there. He said he wasn't too interested and started to walk away. I ran
after him and asked if we could meet with him once more. He stopped and
said we could keep talking. He continued to explain that it was just the
way he was raised. He had never learned about God so he has never believed
in Him. He said it may have been different if he was born into a believing
family. He said he wanted to believe but that it probably wasn't possible.”
- Our APs are really good. They get along very well. Sometimes they are a little bit crazy, but I really enjoy working with them. We are working on that carry-over from a good street contact to someone to continue teaching. It is still a work in progress. But our numbers are certainly improving.
- I do like packages of Christmas cheer. I will keep my eye open for that one. I will get a nice nativity set. Actually two, one for me and one for you.
- This morning we got up and as a District, ran through old town Prague and on Charles Bridge.
- Blurry pictures of us running
My spiritual thought is about perseverance. One of
the things that I have gained a testimony of on my mission is that you keep
going and keep going until you find the blessings. The Lord always follows
through on His promises, but we have to meet the requirements. And one of those
is that we continue on until we have done all that we can, and then the Lord
makes up the rest. So my challenge to you is to keep going. Keep trying your
best to be obedient, and I promise that the Lord will bless you for it. Thanks
for the support and prayers!
-Elder Pickett
Love you lots too!
We live on a pretty street
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