"2019 or 1400?"

Ahoj!

We're back with another email of random things that happened during the week here in Jičín.

So Jičín is know as Město Pohádky (The City of Fairytales). Every year they have this big Fairytale festival. So this week there's been a ton of people here, and they've had this huge carnival and shops and concerts going on. And since our apartment is right off the main naměstí, we basically had a free ticket to the concert every night. We just had to open our window and the sweet sound of Czech music filled our apartment. We also got a free fireworks show one night this week, or as a Czech dude called it "fire in the sky." Perfect view outside our window. It was also so cool cause we'd be walking down the street and all of a sudden there'd just be a random dude dressed as a king walking down the street with a princess and a ton of knights in shining armor walking behind him with swords. Literally felt like I was in the Medieval Ages.  

Another day this week we were using Google Maps to try and find the address of this house that we got from the area book, and it took us on a little hike through the forest. It's times like those that I'm reminded that I'm living in the Czech Republic haha.

The craziest thing happened this week. There was this dude sitting on a bench, so I went up and talked to him. I told him I'm from America and he goes "Oh. Half my family lives in Arizona." WHAT?! Small world. 

Also...weird culture thing. As we've been walking around we've noticed that kids do a weird thing when they greet their friends. They don't just wave and say hi. They flip each other off. So you'll just be sitting there and all of a sudden you'll see these little kids flipping each other off. Definitely takes some getting used to. 

Alright. Now for some spiritual time:

This week has been hard. This whole transfer has been hard. But I'm learning to just accept the fact that sometimes things are just hard and that's okay. I'm just trusting that it's all part of Heavenly Father's plan and that eventually it will get better. But if there's one thing that I've learned it's that Heavenly Father is always there for us. He's with us every step of the way, and we've got Him and people on both sides of the veil cheering us on!

"Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend. . .Trust in God. Hold on in His love. Know that one day the dawn will break brightly and all shadows of mortality will flee."  -Jeffrey R. Holland

I love you all and I'm so grateful for all of your love and support! Have the best week! 

Sestra Lewis

P.S. If you want to be pumped up every morning when you wake up, just set your alarm tone to the Incredibles theme song. Works every time! :)