Ahoj!
I honestly don't remember anything that we did this week. I swear the weeks just keep getting faster and faster. Good thing we have planners so I don't have to remember haha.
We went to a Catholic charity this week to see if we could offer some service. The head lady sat down with us and was kinda hesitant. She gave a whole speech about respecting their religion and how we can't try to convert anyone if we help them. We told her we were just there to help and we wouldn't try to convert anyone, but she wasn't buying it. That night a member told us that she's actually a member of our ward. She just went inactive because she would lose her job if she didn't. What the heck, lady. We have her house address in the area book. Who votes we show up at her door with a Book of Mormon? Haha kidding. I definitely would only do that if I had a death wish.
We had district council and for lunch we all made a huge pot of Halušky together (klasické). Good times. I get to serve with the best people.
We're working with the members more to get them to be more effective in their missionary efforts. It's been a project that has been in the works for a few weeks, but I think this next week it will finally be time to introduce it to some of the members. I'm not sure how they'll react, but I'm hopeful that we'll see some good results. If the members are down, we can definitely see some miracles come from this. I'm pretty stoked.
We teach a lot of English in UH as well. I think those are the most effective ways to find in this area, English and the members. We've got a few potentials from our English classes, and we're excited to hopefully get them interested in the gospel as well. It's definitely going to take time to start seeing results from both these finding methods, but I think we eventually will start seeing results.
It's my comp's last week before she goes home, and we went to visit a member this week. When the member opened the door she had her iPad and she was blasting "It's the Final Countdown" and she sang the whole song for my comp. Hahahaha we have the best members.
Turns out the dude that stopped us on the street and asked to meet with us the other day is a former investigator. Definitely gonna give him crap about not telling us haha. Why do peeps always hide their association with the church from us?!
We went to the Raj (the one member's orchard) again this week and did service for him. That place is probably one of my most favorite places on the planet. I always leave freaking exhausted, but it's a good exhausted. It's always the highlight of my week. I just love the people here so much. This ward has got some good ones.
I'm learning that the whole history of Communism in this country makes it really hard to teach some people. It breaks your heart just a little (spíš a lot) when someone who taught atheism for 35 years won't believe in God because the guilt would be too strong if they did. It's a little rough when someone who you know would benefit so much from the gospel tells you to not even bother with their generation because Communism wrecked them religion wise. Sometimes I wish people would just give the gospel a chance.
Spiritual Thought:
One of my most favorite things about being a missionary is helping people. For 18 months I'm literally set apart to help people 24/7. It's honestly the best calling (although primary pianist is a close second). It's the little things about helping others that I love. The thrill of knowing you made someone's burden just a little bit lighter. The excitement on a little boy's face when you show up at his door. The opportunity to not only help someone else, but to get to spend time with some incredible people while you do it. The hope that comes to someone's face as you let them know that there still is a chance to make things right. All these little things bring me so much happiness. I remembered the other day that I'm currently doing the same work that God is doing, just on a much much smaller scale. But that thought got me thinking. If I can find so much joy out of helping just a few people during the week, then how much joy does God feel knowing He gets to help the entirety of the human race 24/7? If it's even just a fraction of the joy that I get to feel helping the people of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (which we all know it's much much more than that), then I don't think there's anything that would get in the way of Him helping us and Him loving us. His entire work and glory is centred on us.
"Surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful, especially to those who don't expect it and often feel they don't deserve it."
I love the fact that we worship a happy God. It makes me want to help just one more person so I can feel just a little bit more of the joy He feels.
Whelp. To je všechno, co pro vás mám. Have a great week. Do me a favor and give a stranger a compliment sometime this week. You all are the best! Dík for all the love and support!
Sestra Lewis
(Remember when I said that Czechs pronounce my name "Lehvis?" Well that's also how they pronounce the brand "Levi's." I've been asked so many times if my family owns that brand haha)
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