The title of this email sums up our week pretty well
really, but I will share some extra details just for fun.
- Monday we
had a visitor from Prague. An investigator who Elder Anderson taught while
he was there, who is actually Russian and speaks German as well as Russian
and Czech. He met missionaries in Russia on a visit and so he came to
Prague to the church building basically to refer himself. The story is a
little bit hard to follow, but there you have it. We walked around and
looked at some of the sights, including the Synagogue here, which was
really cool.
- Tuesday we
did some preparation for our training on Wednesday and probably
some other things, but nothing that really stuck in my brain. It was going
to be a smaller training and we were basically in charge of organizing
everything and asking everyone to do things. It was a little stressful,
but also really cool to organize.
- We
drove to training, and only had a slight delay by a 3 car pile-up on the
highway. We still made it with plenty of time to spare, which was good.
The training went really well, we were very pleased. The man in the Mormon
Message "The Hope of God's Light" was there. His son served in
this mission, and they were back visiting and he asked if he could share
some more about his story. He actually works in drug addiction recovery
for a living and shared some really amazing details and insights about his
life journey to find faith and his experiences. It was awesome. We also
had some great trainings by us, Assistants, Sister Training Leaders and
the Mission President and wife. It was all good stuff.
Elder Pickett, Elder Hanis, Elder ___ , Sestra Sadler, Sestra Andersen, Sestra Cade
Sister Pohořelicka
At training with our MTC sisters who are both going home next week.
How is that possible?
- After
the training, this week all blended together, but we got a few lessons in and some
good stuff before Sunday, which was stake conference. We got up at 5 am to make our train and traveled with the whole district, members, and
investigators to Prague. It was an awesome conference, and it was great to
see member and missionaries from all over the Czech Republic. I really
enjoyed that as my birthday present. The sisters also made some cobbler,
which was delicious.
On the train ride to Prague
- From Elder Rains
(missionary in the Plzen District too):
This week was the Anniversary of the American liberation of Pilsen
and the weekend here was dedicated to America. All of the streets were
covered in American flags, there was a parade and a lot of events to
remember the liberation. There were groups of people dressed up like
American soldiers driving around in fake tanks. (photo: Elder Raines)
- President
Pohořelický has transitioned well. He is really trying to make member
missionary work happen. Which is awesome, because we need that to bring
the people into the church that the church really needs. Most people here
who are educated and working are pretty jaded when it comes to organized
religion. They just don't trust churches. It is totally different from
President McConkie. President McConkie he was the general, and we were the
soldiers in his army. President P is our dad and we are his kids. Although
he is slowly working towards a bit of a "firmer" style, for lack
of a better term. We see him at trainings, MLC, and if we are ever in
Prague for another reason we usually see him. So 2 or 3 times a month
usually.
- Yup,
I am indeed 20 now. Out of the teen years forever (what a relief that I
survived). Všechno nejlepší k narozeninám actually means
"everything the best to your birthday" if you translate it, but
that's how they say it here. We
haven't gotten to gather for that cake (from the “Party in a Box” we sent) and party yet, but I will
take pictures as soon as we do. We did some little celebrating, but things
have been crazy here. Stake conference was exactly what I wanted for my
birthday. It was stellar.
A birthday cake from a sister in our ward.
- We will be skyping at Bishop's house, and we set-up a time with him today that we will go over to skype at 5. They are quite the angelic family, super awesome and supportive. he is a great Bishop for this ward. So it will 8 your time, as long as I still remember how to count (no promises on that one).
For my spiritual thought this week comes from
training, specifically from the story we heard from Todd Sylvester. He talked
about how the greatest gift that we have been given, just under the Atonement
of Jesus Christ, is our agency. That it is agency that allows us to be such a
powerful force for change in our own and others’ lives. I have seen this to be
true on my mission. As frustrating as it can be to watch other makes choices I
don't want them to, it is always important to realize that our ability to
choose is what makes everything in this life possible. So my challenge to you
all is to choose wisely, and to choose to be a force for good in the world.
Thanks for all the support and prayers!
-Elder Pickett
with L., our sassy Czech man
Elder Anderson!
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