Getting Settled in Ostrava

 Here are some excerpts from Taylor's email this week.

 

Okay, so lessons. We had one early this week with a lady named Marie. She is really bitter because her 30 yr old son, with a wife and kids, just died. We of course taught her about Heavenly Father's plan for us and how we can live with our families forever through His Gospel, but she was too upset to talk about it. She took a Book of Mormon, but said she would call us when she was ready. It was so sad to see her talk about her son, she is so cut up by it. The Gospel would really help her. Well, of course, it is for everyone, but you get what I'm saying.

 

We also had a lesson with a guy named Marek. He is a great guy, super nice, intelligent, easy to talk to, and speaks English which is nice. Had a great lesson with him, asked him to pray about what he reads in the Book of Mormon, which he loves, and he straight said no. He doesn't pray. He's very religious and doesn't pray. We had another lesson with him on Friday, and he admitted he had an experience where he prayed and he felt it didn't work, so he hasn't prayed since. He'll pray with us, but never on his own. As we were talking I felt impressed to ask him a few questions, and helped him realize that his prayers really were answered, just not in the way that he intended. We teach him again tomorrow and are going to talk more about prayer and why we need it and how we can look for answers. It was a great experience. He would be such a strong member of the branch, and a huge contributor to the work. I love the guy.

 

Really, that's all. Marek is our only investigator now, but we're meeting with some new people this week, (including a family!) and have high hopes. Oh, and we teach English every Tuesday. It's really fun, and the people love it. We're going to talk to some of them about the possibility of teaching them too. I love when they speak English, especially Marek. They sound sooo Russian. "He is great man," said Marek about a previous missionary. Actually, he said, "He is, he is, can I say, great man." Awesome.

 

Hahahaha our apartment. Ahhh. Our apartment. It actually isn't too bad, it's pretty big, just absolutely barren. We have almost nothing. Just room and air. We finally got kitchen utensils because we borrowed extras from the elders in the other to areas in Ostrava, but we have two beds, two rickety old tables, with matching chairs, a thing that looks like a diving board with legs for a dinner table, two chairs and a half couch for sitting on. Oh, and my bed doesn't have a mattress. We laugh about where we live. I literally am laughing right now as I write this in the library.  

 

Thank you all for the great emails, they were wonderful, and hilarious.

Keep working hard, and stay strong in the Gospel. There is no excuse for getting lazy in our duties, we all have them and they must be fulfilled. God has a plan for His children overall, but also for each individually. Work to find and fulfill that call.