"We Have a Pet Bird!"

 A-freaking-hoj

 

It was another long week. I thought the weeks would go by fast, but so far they've been pretty slow. 

 

Tuesday we got to go to Prague and pick up the laptop that we are using for our social media assignment. It's been helpful having it. Also we got to see a few of the other missionaries while we were there, and that was super nice. 

 

Last week the bishop here called and made me a counselor in the Relief Society presidency. So that's been fun trying to figure out how to do that on top of everything. I'm definitely learning how to prioritize my time.

 

We cleaned a storage room in the church this week. We found so much whack stuff haha. Most of it was either Halloween or Christmas decorations. I always love cleaning the church. It's a fun game of "what kind of things will I find that will give me nightmares?"

 

We had exchanges...over videocall. It was actually pretty successful for being over technology. The STLs had stuff planned, and we did a study, interviews, a practice, and called a member. It went better than I thought it was going to. 

 

We have this random bird that keeps showing up on our balcony. He either runs into the window, or he walks up to it and taps on it with his beak. Not sure what he wants. He probs just wants warmth cause it's freaking 2°C here. 

 

Today we went to this castle about 15 minutes from where we live. Literally 15 minutes away is a castle. I freaking love this country. It was nice to get out, and it was super cool with the fog. 

 

 

Spiritual Thought:

 

One of our English students taught us a new phrase this week:

 

Všechno špatně je pro něco dobré.

 

It roughly translates to "everything bad is for something good."

 

Basically it just means that every bad thing that happens is good for something. You can use the bad things to your advantage. You're gonna go through rough times whether you want to or not. You might as well get something good from it. So look for the good or look for how you can use the bad to your advantage. Nothing is a waste if you learn from it. 

 

Love you guys! Have a great week! Enjoy the heat.

 

Sestra Lewis

"A Million Calls and The German Border"

 Čus Kaktus!

Pretty much nothing exciting happened this week cause we've been stuck inside all day. But it was still a good week. 

We had so. Many. Calls. This week. Most of it has been for SMS stuff. We've just been being trained on how to do all the social media stuff. It's been a crap ton of info, but I'm not too worried about it. I've just been having fun making content haha. 

We've been calling our district every day to keep us sane, and it's my favorite part of the day. That and calling the Ostrava elders. Really just any calls with the other missionaries gets me hyped.

The other peeps we have been calling are our English students. They're obsessed with us. And they're our best friends. We have gospel discussions with 2 of them and it's been super cool. One of them tells us all about Islam and the other one tells us all about Catholicism. It's been cool to hear their perspectives and learn about other beliefs.

We had a call with a ton of the other social media missionaries in Europe. It was weird seeing other missionaries that aren't from my mission. I kinda forgot those exist for a sec haha.

Other than that we've kinda just been finding ways to keep us sane. We're hoping the quarantine ends soon, but we'll see. I can't complain though, cause other peeps have been in quarantine for months, so a few weeks is nothing compared to that. 

I also can't complain cause today was a pretty sick pday. We took a drive out to this little town about 15 minutes from Germany. We took a little walk through the forest and explored these abandoned castle/cathedral ruins. Right next to that was this super fancy palace looking building. It was dang cool. I freaking love the Czech Republic. It was nice getting out of the house too. 

Spiritual Thought:

I started rereading the Book of Mormon again, but this time instead of looking at it as a book of stories about Nephi and Moroni and Alma, I'm reading it as a story about God, and I'm just trying to learn everything I can about Him from the stories told. It's been a super cool experience. I've already learned a ton and I'm only a few chapters in. The Book of Mormon really is just a Book written to bring us closer to God and Jesus Christ. Try reading it and seeing everything you can learn about God from it. I highly recommend. 

Have a great week! I'm praying for America. God is good. He's aware. He knows what He's doing. Trust that. 

Sestra Lewis