Sunday
was good, we had a few at church, and went and taught an investigator
and her friend, and did some study and planning. We then had our normal
Sunday night schedule, meeting with President and calls with the zone
leaders.
Monday
we taught one of the new folks we found from the concert, a young
Russian kid named Artur. He's a really good guy. We also taught a new
guy that Elder Sewell had found the week before at a singing display.
he's a really nice guy, but I think he thought it was supposed to be an
English lesson, not a Gospel discussion. He was a bit surprised I think.
We also taught Ary afterwards, about the Priesthood. We need to explain
a bit more. he doesn't want to get it yet. I think it's just because of
a little bit of misunderstanding, so we'll do what we can to clear it
up. We also had a lesson after FHE with a young guy we started teaching a
couple weeks ago. It was not fantastic. He is a very firm atheist, and
very critical and derisive about religion. I was not enjoying myself. I
have some fire, and sometimes I struggle with maintain a friendly
attitude and telling someone that they're being ridiculous. I usually do
well, I just stay quiet rather than trust myself to speak. I can only
remember a few times when I have spoken my mind in these type of
situations. Don't judge me.
Tuesday
was good. We had a couple lessons we didn't expect, and one was with
Maxim, the kid from Kazakhstan, and it was awesome. It had been awhile
since we'd seen him, but he called and said he had time to meet, so we
did. It was great. We talked about his impending baptism, which is
planned for next weekend, and whether or not he can make it. At first,
he said he wanted more time, so we talked it out. We told him that we
felt he was ready, the decision was now his. We asked him if he believes
the Book of Mormon is true, if Joseph was a prophet, and if this is the
one true Church of Christ. He answered in the affirmative to each
question. We just told him, Maxim, that's all you need! His greatest
desire is to be an instrument in the hands of God, and he agreed with me
when I suggested that the best place to do that was in God's church. It
was just a good lesson, and he could still make it. He's going to tell
us his decision tomorrow at church. Pray for him. We also met with
Drahomir, a less active guy, and a new girl, Ellianora. She's Italian.
Wednesday
we visited one of our investigators at the Filipino embassy where she
works with Sister Munro which was nice. It was good for her I think. We
visited Drahomir again, and then he took us to an Indian all you can eat
buffet. ITwas actually really good. We did some planning for our
training on Thursday, then went and taught a kid I found at a singing
display lasts week. He's a cool young Slovak kid named Simon. He's way
interested in the Book of Mormon, so I have high hopes for him. WE had a
lesson again with Ary, and it was good. We talked more about the
Priesthood, and he's closer to getting it. It was a turning point when
Elder Sewell informed him that he received the Priesthood when he was
12. Ary started to think, and decided he could probably get the
priesthood at 22 if we could get it at 12. We taught Artur again, and
had a really good lesson on the Restoration with him, and he really
grasped it well. That night we headed to Brno to sleep over before the
training early in the morning.
Thursday's
training was one of the best I've been to. We just demonstrated how to
teach a 10 minute Christmas lesson so as to stay busy the week of
Christmas. The work usually takes a dive around this time of year, and
we are working with President frantically to avoid such a dip. But
President's training was great, all about the greatness of the work and
especially in the Czech Republic. Then, and this was not fun but very
inspiring, we had departing testimonies. Such missionaries included in
the group going home in a couple weeks as Elder Clyde, Elder De Angelis,
and Elder Sewell. Between those three, I have over a year's worth of
companions. It was not nice to see them all stand up and share their
last testimony. I love those guys. We then drove back and taught Simon
again, then Maxim! We taught the Sabbath Day and the Law of Chastity. It
was great. He is so close! He has no problems with any of the
commandments, stopped drinking coffee and smoking a couple weeks ago,
and just needs to be baptized! he's a great kid.
Friday
we taught a few lessons, a good one with Pet'a, and also Ary. He was
going to teach with us, but the investigator didn't come, so we taught
him about hte temple. He really enjoyed it. We also had a meeting with a
member who taught us some Czech, practiced a musical number, and had
lunch. Now, we don't always have lunch, but the scarcity of the event is
not what warranted it's inclusion in the email. I, Elder Howell, and
Elder King (the office elders), all have birthdays within a week of each
other, 20th, 22nd, and 26th respectively. Elder Sewell set up a
reservation through Isabel at the restaurant where she works for lunch
for us, Pres and Sis McConkie, the Munros, and the Mendenhalls. Where
does she work? Dad, do you know what a Brazilian steakhouse is? Yeah. It
was amazing. Basically all my culinary dreams come true. they had a
great salad bar and so many different kinds of meat that I probably
couldn't name them all. Okay I probably could, I remember this kind of
thing pretty well. Elder Sewell and I had been eating special things to
prepare ourselves for it. It paid off. I ate quite a bit, and could have
continued but we ran out of time. It was a good experience.
Today we're not doing anything to exciting, just some business-type stuff for Elder Sewell. Love you all!
Starsi Knapp
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