Almost, Christmas is almost here
and I am so excited!! I swear Christmas on the mission is the greatest
celebration on earth! What better thing to do than to walk through the
streets and share this amazing message!
This
past week was pretty great! We met a lot of great people and had some
awesome lessons. We were even able to get back into contact with one of
our investigators that was kind of avoiding us for a while. We visited
lots of members, passed our cleaning checks, had our culture night, and
lots of other things.
Thursday
was part one of our two part culture night, for dinner we got to go to
the Naměstí and check out all the shops and food and performances, it
was so fun, and then on Friday
we went to part two. We got to go to a concert for a choir that a
member, Bro. Moravec, is in. It was in a cool cathedral, and it was a
miracle we got in! We stood in line to buy tickets and a man comes out
and says, "go home, we're all sold out!" And a lot of people leave. But
we just couldn't because Bro. Moravec wanted us to come so badly, he
even gave Ses. Behunin and I 300 crowns as our Christmas present so we
wouldn't have to use our own money for the tickets. So we had to get
in.
So we wait and some people are still trying to get in,
and they just keep saying they are all sold out. So Elder Lanham goes up
and talks to the lady and says, "Please, we're from America and our
friend really wanted us to come, please let us buy tickets." And they
told us to just wait off to the side to see if people who bought tickets
didn't end up coming. So we waited for a while (and prayed) and by some
miracle we got in! They let us buy tickets (and for half of the normal
price) and we got to watch the concert!
Then Friday was probably my favorite day the of the whole week. We got up at 2:30am to catch a train to Ostrava, then we caught a train at 5:45am
to Brno because an investigator I taught there got baptized!! His name
is Peter and he's from the Netherlands, I taught him for 5 or 6 weeks
before I left Brno and I got to go back for his baptism! It was such an
amazing experience, he grew so much in the time since I left. He shared
his testimony after they preformed the baptism and it was so strong, I'm
just so happy for him!
Then Saturday
was our Christmas Concert. We spent all day getting ready for it, and
it was really really stressful, but I think it turned out okay. I played
the piano and Ses. Behunin sang, Elder Lanham played his guitar, and we
had a choir, and I think overall it went well. Then after the spiritual
program, a member had put together a bunch of Czech traditions for us
to do and it was really fun. One of the traditions they do is they throw
a shoe behind them, and if it is pointing at a door, it means they'll
get married in the next year. They had all the single women throw a shoe
and Ses. Behunin's was pointing at the door! ;) Don't worry, mine
wasn't haha.
Then Sunday was Christmas Sunday
so after sacrament meeting, instead of classes we just watched the
Christmas Devotional and it was really good. Everyone was happy and in
the Christmas spirit. :)
Thank you everyone for
all the birthday wishes, and thank you for your love and support, and
for being great examples of faith in Christ. This gospel is true, Christ
is our Savior, and this truely is the most wonderful time of the year.
Have a very Merry Christmas everyone! Talk to you next week!
s laskou,
Sestra Schaerrer
Both concerts and the baptism :)
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