September 19, 2016 - "Pomahej Buh"

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Drahy Prezidente,

Haha so I just relized I still have "Dear Prezident" on my letter this week. So I pretty much copy and paste the same letter I have to my mission prezident, but oh well. Forgive me. Ha ha. 

 So we started off this week visiting a sweet member Sister K_____. Her heart is so big. It is so hard not to just adore members like her. We always start off singing. She asked us to try some new songs from the hymn book, as well. So that was interesting. We starting singing a song called "Pomahej Buh." She started singing it in a different way. Then Sister Manners and I started singing it with a little beat, almost rap-ish sound. But she loved it! She also asked if we practiced before and showed the goosebumps on her arms. Hahaha. She is darling and also has a rock solid testimony: riding her bike 30 mins to the train station, then riding the train 30 mins, then the bus to church almost every Sunday at 80 years old. I know I need to always be more dedicated to whatever I am doing when I see her example. 


MLC was great. It wasn't as scary as I thought, even though I feel like my Czech level drops to my first transfer whenever I am around a lot of missionaries. I feel really honored to be in a leadership position. And even though I feel like I don't know what I am doing, I am confident God does. Looking back now, I always have admired God's work. Especially with my mission. He has really pushed me out of my comfort zone, but it has taught me so much. 

We are probably going to change D_____'s baptismal date again so he can

The river in Pardubice. Our apartment is on the left behind that tree

come to church more. He did make it last week, which was wonderful. But also he brought his Czech "friend." she is so darling and is a Christian herself. We asked her what she thought, and she loved it. She thought that it was just like a big family--which it truly is like that. So we pray that we will start being able to teach her as well. Speaking more about church, this former investigator called us on our phone and wanted to meet. He is originally from Turkey but moved to Bulgaria and now has been in the Czech Republic for several years. We met with him for a moment, then, that next day, he traveled with us to church!

Our other foreigners are doing well, like L____ and R____. L___ is from Slovakia. We found her contacting on family history, and she has two sweet little kids. A___, age 9 and E___, age 7. We have been going to her house with two members, and she loves reading from the church website. Before we could teach her the Restoration, she told us everything about that and Lucy, Joseph Smith's wife. R___is from Syria and is Muslim. We just got everything in his language, so we are excited to start teaching him more stuff in a way he understands. 

Emailing from the library in Hradec Kralove.

Just looking back on my mission I have realized that I have been blessed with wonderful companions. I have heard,  "Just you wait. On your mission you will have to have a hard companion." To be totally honest, I remember like twice having to go and pray in the bathroom to help me love that companion just that day, and all the other days were 100% fine. Starting from the MTC, Sister Coons and Thriot, Sister Henderson and Sasser, Sister Holland, Sister Heap, Sister Cyrier, Sister Huylar, and now Sister Manners. Wow, I am so blessed!!

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Sestra Baxter

The Holts.  They are angels and sooo wise. 

I could listen to the Holts tell about history all day.

Braun's Nativity Scene

If it would have had color