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So we had a pretty sick week. We got to see a lot of other missionaries and some old friends.
We went to Zlín with one of our friends. Zlín is a city about 30 minutes from UH. Our friend took us to the very top of the Zlín skyscraper and told us all about the history of the city as we overlooked it. There's a dude named Tomáš Baťa that built the city. He was a shoe maker (the missionaries are all obsessed with buying his brand of shoes), and he turned the little town into a factory city. He also built over 2,000 houses for all his workers. There's all sorts of history behind what happened to his factory when Communism took over too. He's a pretty cool dude. The history of this country is so cool.
We had exchanges this week, and I got to be with Sis. Alvord (she was in my MTC group). So much fun. Kinda crazy that a few months ago we were in the MTC together and now they let us loose in the Czech Republic by ourselves. Not sure why they thought that was a good idea, but it was so much fun ,haha. My MTC group was such a good group.
We had zone training in Žilina, Slovakia. It's always way good to get together with the rest of the zone. I always learn so much from the trainings too. We had a few really good trainings on setting goals and how to keep them, and I'm stoked to see the progress that our mission makes because of it.
On Saturday we got to go back to Brno because one of the people that the elders taught got baptized!!! Man it was the best. I'm literally so stoked for him. He has so much faith, and I'm so proud of the progress he's made. It was so cool to get to see all of the peeps in Brno too. My whole district in Brno was back together. Dang, I get to serve with the best missionaries.
So crazy story. While I was on exchanges with Sister Alvord, we had some extra time to go finding. We were just walking around a park and talking to random people. We walked past this dude that was talking on the phone, and we were kinda bummed out we couldn't talk to him, but we kept on going. After awhile we hear someone yell after us asking if we speak English. It was the dude on the phone! He followed after us and stopped all the people we talked to asking them what we wanted. He talked to us for a little while and then gave us his card so we could meet with him and help him with English and he's going to help us with Czech. He came to the building that night so he could set up with us. We talked to him a little bit about his religious beliefs, and it's gonna be a little tricky, but I think we could get him interested. We're stoked to see where it goes.
Spiritual Thought:
One thing that I like about the story of Nephi building a boat is the very first part. Nephi finally makes it to the land of Bountiful after being in the wilderness for many years. After many days in Bountiful, God says to him "Hey dude. You're too comfortable. Go climb that mountain, say a prayer, and together we're going to make miracles happen." Just as Nephi was getting comfortable, God took him out of his comfort zone. The same thing happens in our lives. Growth doesn't happen in the comfort zone. Growth happens when you're put into situations where you're forced to rely on Heavenly Father to get you through it. So next time you're uncomfortable, just turn to God. He's right there, ready to get you through.
Love you all! Have a great week!
Sestra Lewis
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