This week we have just experienced the most wonderful of weather and also have been running into a lot of people who say they believe in nature! We believe in nature too! I have always been drawn to the great outdoors--the trees, ocean, mountains--but every time I experience nature, it is only a reminder of someone more divine, more holy, and more wise. I know that this Earth is truly divine. This earth abides to laws of nature and science, which are also laws of God. So this is one of my favorite scriptures of the week.
We had a good week here in Jihlava. We had a lesson with Michal, one of our less actives, on keeping the Sabbath day holy and the sacrament (which we have had many lessons on). We have been going through the baptismal questions to help him get to the temple because he has shown interest in that. Also the temple is one of the things that the Catholic church does not have. He is so great and has a beautiful testimony of Jesus Christ but feels like we can take the Sacrament at any church. So to change things up, we will have President Sobota come teach with us for this week because they were good friends in the past when Michal was active.
Also, we had a lesson with this man named Bohdan. We invited Ondra Dite, but for some reason our really "interesting" member came (who kind of takes over the lesson and starts talking about the veil randomly). But for the oddest reason, Bohdan set up another time we could meet like on his own asi the spirit. His expectations for meeting were really on point when we asked him why he was meeting with us.
Our solid investigators like, Andrew, Petra, Tomas, and Veronika went missing this week which was really sad for us. Tomas--we have not been able to get ahold of after we called sooo many times. He was so close to baptism we were so confused what happen. I think we almost thought he was gone. But I know both of our prayers still went out to him. He sent us a text saying that he had a surgery and that when he was able to get up, he would for sure meet with us. Also, on Saturday, I prayed on this river walk that we were going on that they would perhaps be walking on this path or if that was not God's will, that at least they would think of us that night. When we did weekly planning, we tried calling again after they didn't pick up during the week. The phone rang and rang and finally they picked up. They said we were just thinking about you two. We just walked past your building! :)
We have been contacting a lot, so we tried contacting on family history! Wow, I felt so effective. People would stop and talk to us, and it such a non-threatening way we can share the Gospel! So
maybe we will have a family history class this Wednesday. Also we were tracting in some places we have never gone before. And though people didn't let us into their houses, on our way traveling house to house or on the bus ride there and back we had some wonderful conversations and met people that were interested in meeting!
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Save the Trees and Pray Always
Sestra Baxter
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