Picture of
Elder Pickett with the Keys. It was a big deal!
(All pictures this week
thanks to Elder Raines!)
Sorry I have been lacking on the good blog posts
these last weeks, I have been trying to keep up with people and things
happening, and it's been a little rocky. Some quick updates today:
- We
met with J. this last week on Wednesday. He is a doctor and works in
a hospital in a city 45 minutes or so outside of Zlín, and lives in a city
a few minutes away from that. He is a believer, but doesn't really have a
specific church he visits. He is interested in the Book of Mormon, and
wants to find out if it's true! We met with him in a cafe, and we have
another meeting planned for this Thursday. WE are pretty excited.
- We
also had the Zone Leaders here for district meeting on Friday. It was
good, and we had a really successful group finding here in Zlín, even
though we only had a short amount of time before they had to leave. From
Elder Brockbank (Zone Leader): “We
were able to visit their district meeting this week in Zlin and it was so
great. I love Elder Pickett! I am so glad that I was able to serve with
him for such a long time. He is such a great missionaries and just a great
human being.”
- Elder
Schmutz is doing well. And the District is too. They are all good
missionaries, just a very different experience to be in such a young
district.
UH/ Zlin Elders
- Today
we went on a trip to Svatý Hostýn, a really cool place with a Catholic
cathedral. We became friends with a lady who owns a souvenir shop there by
asking her for directions at the train station, and so she got us keys
from the people inside to let us go into the observation tower. We borrowed the keys
and they just let us go up and then come back and return them. We also got
some really tasty lunch.
- Same
experience as described by Elder Raines: "There are Boys here from
America and they speak Czech, they are so smart and you need to get
someone here to show them around!" From the Grandmother we meet on
the bus who wanted us to have a very good
P-day trip today. They ended up just giving us the KEYS for a giant
lookout tower and letting us go by ourselves because they were so excited
we were here from America and that we spoke Czech. Knowing Czech pays off!
The lookout tower of Emperor Franz
Joseph I.
The first written record of the construction of the lookout
tower (which would become a dominant feature
of the surrounding area) is June 23, 1897. The highest point of the mountain is 736 m.
(info from the internet)
- I
tell people I have been for a year and a half usually. I round down still.
(He learned this technique from his
trainer, Elder Galbraith on his last transfer of the mission!) I
ordered a mission extension for orders at Zone Training, we'll see if I
get lucky. My missionary service doesn't feel like a sacrifice at all.
- We
did have stake conference, an adult session on Saturday evening,
and a general session on Sunday morning. We spent the night in UH to avoid unnecessary travel. It
was really good. I got to see people from all of my favorite places give
talks, it was great. Our conference theme was "We talk of Christ, preach of
Christ, and rejoice in Christ." It was a great topic, and there were some
awesome talks. One
of the talks that stood out to me most was the one from President
Honzal, a member of the Stake Presidency. He talked about the
importance of bringing everything we do back to Jesus Christ. No matter
what we teach and talk about, we have to remember that it all comes back
to Him, and to His Atonement and life. He reminded us how the Savior is the
focus of everything we do, but sometimes we forget that and focus too much
on other things. It was a great
talk, and a great conference over all.
- Will
work on pictures. I took a bunch of pictures today on our pday trip.
We might not have time to send them today. (Elder Raines to the rescue!)
Love you lots.
Have a great week!
Love, Elder Pickett
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