Česká republika - Week 5 Plzeň (some names changed for privacy)

Restaurant after our service project at the river

So this week, we taught Sakul almost every day - every day but Saturday... He seems really interested in the gospel however it's hard for him to understand everything we're teaching and we're going pretty slowly so we'll see if we need to prolong his wait to baptism as we will be teaching about the word of wisdom this week! 

We also taught a man named Retep, which I honestly can't remember if I've written about yet or not. He's super interested in learning about the church but it seems he simply wants to understand our church as another religion, but not really interested in keeping commitments... maybe we can help him see the importance of commitments and help him understand that we're on missions to help convert people but not force anyone into the waters of baptism and to not just teach for the sake of academics.

This last Monday, it was a little crazy in the things I didn't know about or forgot to write about... First off I bought two new summer scarves!!!! I looove scarves, and I didn't have a yellow one so I had to get it! And second off in the time that Starší Raines and Brockbank spend at the Easter market, a lady, who calls herself the Service Sorceress, gave them tons of chocolate and offered them svičková (meat) hahahaha, supposedly it was super funny because they were trying to decline gracefully since they weren't sure about cleanleness since they were on the streets. But she just kept giving them more!!!

Anyway, on Tuesday, our P-Day and the last time I wrote to you, we had lunch as a district at the church building! Sestra Andersen made gulaš and chocolate cake! It was so much fun. I love our district, they're awesome!!!

On Saturday, Sestra Andersen and I did service! We got to pick up trash at a beautiful river here in town with the "Čista Plzeň" people who I'm pretty sure are just all volunteers who keep Plzeň clean! It was fun, we got to clean and we got to see swans and a duck with her tons of baby chicks!

I cooked this week too!  Something from home.  mmmmm... did you see the West African peanut sauce i made! so good! and my comp liked it too, she had some the next day too!

Even though Sestra Andersen knows that her time in the Czech Republic is almost done, she goes on with the work as a wonderful missionary! I like our work and it's fun teaching other people about our gospel.The work is truly exciting! Teaching people about the good news that we have, the gospel, the plan of salvation! It's wonderful! I just wish that everyone would stop and listen... especially all of the people who claim their atheists but really do believe that something is out there... 

Love you all!!! Have a wonderful week!!

P.S. Today we will hopefully find a castle to take pictures with, but unfortunately Satrší Pickett and Anderson won't be joining us because Starší Anderson is sick..