"I'm Obsessed With This Country"

 Nazdarrrrrr!

This week was really busy and really unpredictable. 

On Wednesday we went to Brno for MLC. It was super good. We talked a lot about the future of the mission and just the future of missionary work in general. Missionary work has changed so much, even just in the amount of time I've been here. Social media and technology isn't going away in missionary work. It's just gonna keep coming. It makes the work so much more effective. It's so cool to get to see it. It's so cool to get to be a part of it. 

After MLC we stayed in Brno for exchanges. We planned to just stay for a little but and leave the following

afternoon. But we unexpectedly had to stay until Friday morning. It was kind of a mini miracle. Because we decided to do exchanges on Thursday instead of Tuesday, we were able to be in the right place at exactly the right time to help out where we were needed. 

We had a lesson with one of our investigators. It went really well. He's started praying (he still isn't sure if God exists though). He prays every night, and he says that he feels like it helps. He wanted to know how he can feel that good feeling more in his life. So this time we talked about the scriptures. We gave him a Book of Mormon, and he's excited to start reading it. It's kinda crazy cause he has zero religious background. So we brought up scriptures and he had no idea what they were. It kinda caught us off guard. We weren't really sure how to explain it at first cause it's such a simple concept that we've just grown up knowing about. We're super grateful for grace though and the fact that the Holy Ghost is the teacher and not us. We definitely need that. 

Today we went to vyhlídka máj. It's a cool bend on the Vltava River. And then we just went on a little hike through the forest. It was so dang pretty. I freaking love this country. It's so pretty. Especially the countryside. Ugh it's just so good. 

The other day a super cute old lady drove our tram home. Literally made my day. That's all haha

Duchovní Myšlenka:

It's sometimes easy to do good and to feel like it isn't recognized. It's hard to consistently be putting in effort and then to feel like it's not really making an impact. But I found a quote this week, and I really love it. It's from Jeffrey R Holland (So you know it's good). 

"I have struggled to find an adequate way to tell you how loved of God you are and how grateful we on this stand are for you. I am trying to be voice for the very angels of heaven in thanking you for every good thing you have ever done, for every kind word you have ever said, for every sacrifice you have ever made in extending to someone—to anyone—the beauty and blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ."

I love you all! I'm grateful for every good thing you've done for me and that you've done for others. Thanks for the love and support. Have a great week!!

Sestra Lewis