The above pictures are of Pardubice, a city filled with people Taylor has come to love, and the three sister missionaries that he knew in the MTC and who arrived in Prague with him 18 months ago--their missions are finished and they have headed back home.
Draha rodino,
Well, it's been an
experience.
So the week really starts Sunday. I made all
arrangements to leave my long time residence in Pardubice and return to
where I once was. It was 1) hectic as all get out and 2) even hotter
than it was hectic. but I got everything taken care of and got to
Prague. Elder Osterloh, the AP leaving, and Elder Sewell came and picked
me up at the train station and took me back to the office. We did a
little bit of training Elder Osterloh and I, then went and had dinner
with the McConkies. President McConkie is a n amazing cook. We had bacon
wrapped pork tenderloin with potatoes and other good things. It was
delicious. After dinner we came back and had the huge callins session to
end the night. I got to listen in and participate a little. It was
cool, but it's going to be a mad dash the first couple of times I do
it.
Monday we finished preparing the reports generated
by callins last night, and sent off the weekly email to the
misisonaries. We had office meeting, met with President and discussed
the state of the mission. It was a good first meeting for me. This is
wild that I'm AP. I'm stil a little shell-shocked. We also taught a few
lessons, one to a recent convert and his girlfriend, a couple to
investigators, and one to a girl who is getting baptized next weekend.
Her name is Isabel, she's from Angola, and she is absolutely awesome.
I'm way excited for her. It was all in all a good first full day back in
Prague.
Tuesday was an exciting day. We got a bunch of stuff
ready, sent Elder Sewell to the dentist, then Elder Osterloh and I and
the McConkies went to the airport to pick up all the new missionaries!
it was so fun. They're a good bunch. It was so surreal watching them
come through the gate with all their luggage and everything. It was way
exciting though. We took them back to the building, dropped off their
stuff, then took them on the walk around Prague. It was good fun. by the
time we finished dinner though, they were all looking pretty jet
lagged. we took two of them back to our house to sleep, showed the rest
of them where they would be staying, then went off to teach a way cool
lady named Katka. We had a great lesson with her, got some concerns out,
and taught well.
Wednesday was a crazy day. We got up way early, and
took all the new missionaries back to President's for breakfast, then
had them come to the bulding where we paired them up with their
trainers. It was pretty great. We had a few more lessons today,
including one with a former member who is getting rebaptized soon. Wild.
but it was good. That night, we met up with all the missionaries who
are going home and had a goodbye dinner and testimony meeting with them.
it was a great time, but also a little sad. Elder Osterloh, my old comp
Elder Bird, and all the sisters from my MTC group went home! It's
awful. We had a very good time though, and it was good to see them all
again and here their testimonies once more before they departed. But the
madness didn't stop there. We didn't get out of there unitil about 10,
took the missionaries to their hotel, found out there was no longer any
room there, os the guy that owns that hotel took them somewhere else to
accommodate everyone, then came back to let the sisters in. One of the
sisters had some weird allergic reaction and had been to the doctor
earlier that day. The doctor told her that if she didn't have aspirin,
she could possibly get blood clots on the plane. So, after much running
around and a long time, we got everything figured out, got her aspirin,
and put everyone to bed. We didin't get home until laaaate. But, it
happens.
Thursday, also crazy, and a little sad, and good. We
had to get up at 4:30! 4:30in the morning! We went to the airport to
drop off all of the departing missionaries. So weird. I've included a
picture of me with my MTC sisters. After that, we came home, did some
study, had some lessons, did district meeting, and taught some more
lessons. I met one of our investigators, Ricardo, a guy from Peru. he's
so funny. We're also teaching a girl from guatemala, so our teaching
pool is pretty ethnic.
Friday was a pretty normal day. We took Elder Sewell
to the dentist again, got him sorted for now, and taught a few lessons.
We also had Polar Bear, the weird little thing when we all get together
and teach each other Czech. Sorry the days are getting shorter, I'm
running out of time. Btw, yes, I served with Elder Sewell in Pardubice,
he's the English one. He's a little offended that you didn't remember
him. but I think he's mostly joking when he says that.
Well, folks, it's been a good week. I'll throw some pics from Pardubice in as well, enjoy. Love you all so much,
Starsi Knapp
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