The week!!!
Sunday was
good, we had a few at church, including Viktor and Ary, then right after
sacrament meeting we left. We had a zone conference in Brno Sunday
afternoon, and we had to leave as soon as we could to get there on time.
So, after a good meeting we left Viktor and Ary in each others' care
and we took the two oldest McConkie kids with us to Brno. It was a good
conference, Elder Sewell and I actually didn't train this time, so we
just got to listen and enjoy. Tonight while doing call ins, I added up
how many lessons we had taught to this point in the transfer. Our goal
is 200 in the transfer, and this is the last week. I'll tell you where
we're at by the end of the email.
Monday we had a good day. We taught a young Russian
recent convert, and then she helped us teach Viktor. It was a good
meeting, he's doing really well. We also had a way good lesson with Ary,
he said at the end, "this baptism, I think I can do it, I think I can
make it." Yeah he can! he told us about his Catholic baptism, how he was
5, and had no idea what was going on, and now he wants to be baptized
because he chooses to be. We also had a good lesson with a guy named
Michal, from Uzbekistan, and he's on date now for the 16th of November.
I'll mention him more later.
Tuesday we taught Viktor again, the last big hurdle
before baptism: tithing! We had President McConkie with us, and it went
great! He accepted it no problem and he is excited to get baptized next
week. Keep praying for him, he needs it still! We taught Vera via
iPhone, and a couple others. We had one of the most frustrating lessons
ever tonight. It was with this young guy Josef. He claims to be an
honest seeker of truth, but you can tell by his questions that he's not.
He claims we haven't answered any of his questions, and when we asked
what questions we hadn't answered, he listed off a bunch of questions we
had discussed at length. It's not that we haven't answered them, he
just doesn't like our answers. But, we meet those type now and then. We
can't just have Viktors and Arys! We had a singing display, found a
couple of people, and had a cool phone call from Michal. He talked about
how he had read the Book of Mormon and our website all night, and was
stoked about what he had found. We met with him later in the day, and he
talked about how everything he's been looking for is here, and it
answers all his questions, and how true it all feels. So cool.
Wednesday we had some cool miracles, evidence that
the Lord wants us to achieve our goal of 200 lessons. We taught both
Viktor and Michal in the morning, had lunch with all the missionaries in
Prague and the McConkies, and it was a really good time. We then went
and met a former investigator, and really cool guy named Petr. he's
Jehovah's witness, so it's going to be a battle with him, but he's a
nice guy. We had another great lesson with Ary, at the end of which he
of course prayed again. After his prayer, like every time, he was just
excited. Smiling, happy, feeling the Spirit. He said, "It just gets
better and better! I'm getting good at this." He is the greatest. We
also had two lessons that we didin't really expect to get, one with a
really cool kid from Kazakhstan that we met with last week, and a really
good one with a long time investigator named Martin Koca. We also had a
meeting with the branch president, President Pilka, about less actives
and how we can better work together to brign some back. It was good, and
his trust in us is growing, and we're starting to have a good
relationship with him.
Thursday we had training here in Prague, and it was
good. The zone leaders did a good job. We had two lessons immediately
afterwards, one with Veronika and one with Viktor. Both were really
really good. It was Viktor's birthday, and we had a small celebration
with him, and some of the other missionaries. He really appreciated it.
He's 38. And he says hello haha. We talk about our families a lot, and
he said today that I must have a great family. He's right. Right after
his lesson we headed to a university to teach two new guys, Lukas and
Mirek. They're way cool, and we had a good lesson with them. They are
both not really believers much, but they have good questions, and they
are willing to meet with us.
Yesterday was way packed, we taught 8 lessons, which
is a new high for me. We had such a cool miracle in the morning! we had
a lesson set up with a Ukrainian lady, so we invited the same Russian
RC, Sasha, to teach with us. The lady didn't show up, so we taught Sasha
a quick lesson. We finished, and walked to the door with her, where a
young college-age girl was waiting. We let her in, and started to talk
to her, and she told us right away that she wasn't Czech. We heard her
accent, and it turns out she is Russian! Her name is Maria, and she said
that she has never been a believer, but that she has been thinking
about God a lot lately, and that she felt it was time to start
believing! We sat down with her and chatted a bit about our purpose and
all, and she is soooo cool. We had to leave to go meet another
investigator, but no worries, our Russian member took her on a tour of
the building, and by the end they were just best friends, and now Maria
is coming to church, and we're going to meet with her! WAs it a
coincidence that we happened to be there with a Russian member just as a
Russian girl walked up to the Restored Church of Jesus Christ? Not a
chance. God is good.
Today, as I've mentioned, we met with Viktor, he is
so set for baptism next week. He wants to be baptized in a lake or a
river, so we have to find a place for it, but other than that, he's
good. Transfers end this weekend, so tonight, for the first time (and
I'm so excited), I get to be part of calling all the missionaries to
tell them where they're going!!! It's going to be such fun. Elder Sewell
and I already know where everyone is going and all, but it's going to
be great to get to be the one calling the other missionaries. Also,
Elder Sewell and I are staying together! More than six months together
total. Wow.
I love you all tons, can't wait to hear from you all again!
Elder Knapp
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