Dear Family,
How is everyone? Well, as I said last week, I'm serving in a threesome now. It's been... interesting. Just kidding. It's been really good these past few days. Basically, I got the "transfer fax" on Monday as an email from the president's assistants, and everyone in the mission found out where and with whom they're going to be serving. Let me say right now, my threesome experience in the MTC was interesting and I was wishing that I'd never have to do it again. 'Nough said. :D
Well, I was less than excited when we read the transfer fax. We had the sisters from Uherské Hradiště with us and they were reading it with us. All of them were very surprised to see that I was going to be in a threesome again, but Sister Reese said that the two that I was going to serve with were probably two of her favorite missionaries in the mission right now! However, I was still very hesitant to go into a threesome again. It's not that anything particularly bad happened while I was in the MTC, it's just that I don't think that we clicked as much as we could have if we were in companionships of two instead of a threesome and I didn't like the feeling of being disconnected with someone that I have spend all day around.
Anyway, the next few days after transfer fax were spent trying to figure out how we were going to get Elder Price to Prague so that he could get on the plane and the three of us back to Zlín, atd (a tak dalé - and so further / etc)... Basically we came up with a few different plans such as having Elder Price take a train which would leave at five in the morning to Prague and then I would be stuck all alone all day in Zlín, waiting for my companions to get in, or have Elder Price and me drive into Prague, leave Elder Price there and I would drive from Prague to Brno and pick up Elder Thompson and then drive from there to Třebič to pick up Elder Mills and then back to Zlín. There some other possibilities, but those were the best for the moment. Then Sister Lier wanted to go in the car with us to Prague so that she could catch a train from there and go to Jičin so we needed to find some way to fit her into the car and then we decided to also take Elder Hadzyk (a German elder who's "dying" in a few transfers and plays viola (he played the musical number with me at Denisa's baptism) with us to Prague so that he could pick up his greenie. Then he could drive the car back to Brno, because I'm not legal here yet, until I get an international license, which he doesn't need because he's from Germany and that's part of the EU.
So the way that this all eventually wrapped up was that Elder Price and I hopped in the car at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning so that we could drive Uherské Hradiště and pick up Sister Lier and her stuff (it's about a 20 minute drive) and then on to Brno (which is about an hour from UH). We ended up getting into Brno around 6:00 o'clock to pick up Elder Hadzyk and our poor little Fabia couldn't fit any more people because there were three people and two people's worth of luggage in the car. So I ended up staying in Brno, while Price, Lier and Hadzyk drove to Prague. I stayed in Brno with Elder Bown and Elder Thompson, who had been in a threesome with Elder Hadzyk. The day was pretty lame because I got there at 6:00, kinda fell asleep in a chair for an hour until the other elders woke up; then I got to watch Elder Bown freak out a little because he kept finding things that he hadn't packed already and thinking that he might miss the train to his next area. That was cute.
The Brno zone leaders came to pick up Bown at about 8:20-ish and took him to the station and then brought Elder Mills back. Basically, our new threesome was all together and didn't really know what to do all day until Hadzyk returned with the car. So we went into Brno, walked around, did a few things for Thompson, ate lunch, kind of talked, but it was a little awkward because I was a bit of a third wheel. Elder Thompson and Mills are both the same age (mission speaking). They've both been out three transfers and this is their fourth. I'm the youngling. All of the trainers in the mission were getting their new greenies about noon, so we expected that Hadzyk would be back around 2:00, because it's a good two hour drive from Prague to Brno (Why am I writing all the names of the cities in Česky, and then Prague in English? Makes no sense. I should write Praha. Anyway...), but he called and said that he'd be in around 3:00 or 3:30. So we had some more time to sit and stare at each other. Yipee!
Anyway, things started going more smoothly and Hadzyk got back, introduced us to his greenie named Elder Park, who seems really cool (no Mom, he's not Korean). It turns out that we're the youngest district now (the district includes all of Moravia and Slovakia). Almost everyone has a greenie, and whoever doesn't is either leadership or very young. Our companionship is considered young because none of us have hit our one-year mark yet. It's nuts. I'm a little scared that I'm going to be training next transfer because there are many, many people in their third transfer who are training now. I heard that next group is going to be another big one so chances are very good that I might. Scary. Anyway, before I freak out some more, let me tell you about leadership conference.
So, I got my new companions on Wednesday; we had Thursday together, and then we had to go back to Brno on Friday for leadership conference, because we have a leader in our companionship: Elder Thompson is the district leader (the missionary district is only our companionship and Uherské Hradiště). President told Elder Mills that he needs to plan and coordinate the activity that's going to go on during the conference because he's one of the older missionaries who's going to be there. That's a scary thought. He's only three transfers old! Anyway, we got our greenies, about five of them, and then Elder Mills, Jones (the one from my MTC group), Elder Bown, and me. Bown had just served in Brno and he showed us around so that we wouldn't get completely lost. (By the way, Bown had to come back to Brno also because he's in a companionship with a leader as well.) We took a little walk around Brno and went to see what was there for the greenies and then we met up with two companionships that are serving in Brno. One of them was a sister companionship and one was elders, both of which had greenies, so we had quite a few greenies, and then just the few older missionaries! So, we went to a spot and started a street display - we started singing hymns and it went pretty well. Then the Spirit told me that I needed to go contacting with a greenie. That freaked me out, but I knew that I needed to follow it. =\
So after the hymn ended, I went down the line quickly and grabbed one elder and said, "ok, you and I are going contacting," and he seemed very nervous but ready to go with me. I think that he thought I was older than I was. His name is Elder Tomlinson and he's from England. He's way awesome. So basically I was just encouraging him for a second to get him really pumped up and ready to do some contacting. I asked him what goal he wanted to achieve, and he said that he wanted to get a number and an appointment, and I said "alrighty!" Then off to it we went. As we were walking down the street, I'd say, "that guy's yours, go!" and he'd go. The first one, he stopped them and asked for help. Said that we were learning Czech (if only he knew how true that was at the time) and were trying to understand people here in the Czech Republic better. Then he asked if he could ask him a question and the person replied that he could. Then he asked his question - but I can't remember now what it was. Anyway, after that, he kind of looked at me as if to say, "now what do I do?" Uh oh... I had to take over. So I jumped in and started talking with the person and just saying anything that I could from what I was understanding. Now this part is nuts. I was understanding almost everything! Where the heck did that come from? I had no idea, that's for sure. Anyway, the guy didn't really have any interest and walked away after giving us a friendly farewell. I took Elder Tomlinson to the side of the road and I was freaking out because I was so happy. I told him what an awesome job he did and how great he was. He just kept saying, "I didn't understand anything, I didn't understand anything." So I told him what the guy was saying and what I said, and then Elder Tomlinson told me about the three words that he recognized from the conversation. Then I told him that I had only been out one transfer and he seemed to be quite shocked, and to be serious, so was I. I have to say, that was probably one of the most awesome experiences I've ever had. I don't think I've ever been so giddy in my entire life. Anyway, Elder Tomlinson started all of the contacts after that except for like two when he wanted me to start it and see how I did it. I don't think he realized how much better his conversation starters were than mine. :P
Anyway, that experience really gave me a self-esteem boost that I needed, just so I could know that I can speak and understand this language, however right now it's only when I'm in panic mode and I'm forced to do so, but I'm understanding more and more each day, so that's cool! :D
Also, another thing that's turning to be really awesome about this threesome is that when we go finding on the naměstí, we split up, one group of two and then the third person is alone. Yesterday, I had the chance to contact some people alone, and I was quite surprised again at how much I understood. Even though the two people that I contacted didn't really have any interest, I was still happy that I could carry conversation and reply the way that I wanted.
Well, I think that this letter is sufficiently long. I'm sorry that I don't know my companions' full names but I'm sure that I'll learn them sometime. I want you all to know that the Lord really does answer our prayers and He loves us, so He will always give us blessings liberally. Just take a look at this last week for me: I never would have imagined that I would be understanding as much as I am right now. I know that it has only been possible through the blessings of the Lord. Look to him and He will always give you more than you ask for, and when you work for Him to pay it back, He will bless you with even greater blessings.
I love you all and I pray for you all,
Starší Monk
PS - I sent both of my picture cards that have pictures on them home today, so be expecting lots of pictures on the blog once Daddy gets a hold of them :P
Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Amazing End to an Amazing Transfer!
Dear Family,
I don't think that I could have wished for a better end to an amazing transfer! Starší Price agrees. He says that the baptism for Denisa was amazing - probably the best he's been to - and I have to agree. I put up a few pictures from the baptism; I hope that you enjoy them.
The last few days before Saturday, we could see that Denisa was getting a little worried but we knew that she could do it and that she was strong enough to go through with it. I don't even know what I want to write about right now. That's a problem. Actually, Denisa's here with us right now! At the Internet Café!
"Já jsem moc šťastná že jsem byla pokřtěna od vašeho syna. Je dobrý misionařem." (I am very happy that I was baptized by your son. He is a good missionary.)
-Denisa Dávidová
At her baptism, there were lots and lots of people, mostly because there was a dance at the building in Brno (where we were having the baptism) a few hours after the baptism, but Denisa also made many new friends within the district. We had the baptismal service in the primary room because the chapel was already set up for the dance and the overflow was already set up as well. I was really nervous about the baptism because it was my first baptism, in Czech or in English!
Oh, I have a fun story to tell you. A few weeks ago when Denisa invited us over to her house so that she could feed us dinner, her member friend, who has become a really good friend of hers named Hanka Vaclavová (she's Slovak), came over to her house before we did so that she could help her make dinner. While they were together, they were having a really good time and just messing around. This was after Denisa had her baptisimal date. Then at one point, Hanka turns to Denisa really serious and says (in Czech or Slovak of course - I don't know which one they speak together because they're both Slovak), "Ya know, it's a good thing that you're pretty. Because when we baptize ugly people, we just drown them." Denisa knew it was a joke after being a little frightened by the thought and said, "Please convince the missionaries that I'm pretty!"
So back to the baptism, Denisa was telling me to not drown her. She kept that in the front of her mind, I think at least, to keep something funny in her mind because she was getting very nervous about her baptism. The dress that you see her wearing in the second and third photos that I attached (by the way, Denisa is reading how many times her name is in this email "Devět krát už" [nine times already]) is the wedding dress of one of the members in our branch here in Zlín. She gave it to Denisa for her baptism!
Anyway, when we did the baptism, I won't remember the baptism so much, but the joyful squeal thing she did when she got back in the room from the font with her friends I'll remember. She sounded so happy. It was awesome.
My time is running low, so I'll write some more quickly:
The transfer is officially over today! So I can't use the "I'm a greenie" excuse anymore. Elder Price is excited and not excited at the same time to be going home. I know who my new companions are for this next transfer. I'm staying here in Zlín and I'm going to be follow-up trained in a threesome. Yoohoo! My new companions are Elders Mills and Thompson. Elder Thompson is going to be the new District Leader. I'm very excited because I heard that they're both pretty musical. Elder Mills was at BYU and took some music classes - not sure if he was a major or what. He plays piano very well so it looks like I won't have to play violin in sacrament meeting anymore.
We were told who our next mission president is going to be and the funny thing is: I've already met him! He and his wife were missionaries here in the Czech Republic for a short while just a month or so ago. I met him I think twice for about two or so minutes each time. His name is President/Elder Irwin and I've heard from many of the other missionaries that he's going to be amazing. We're very blessed here.
Well, I must go. I love you all and hope that everything is well with you all. Hope you have many blessings, like I am right now.
Starší Monk
Denisa Dávidová, February 13, 2010
Elder Andrew Monk, Denisa Dávidová, Elder Levi Price
Elder Monk, Denisa, Elder Price
Denisa and Elder Monk
Denisa Dávidová, February 13, 2010
I don't think that I could have wished for a better end to an amazing transfer! Starší Price agrees. He says that the baptism for Denisa was amazing - probably the best he's been to - and I have to agree. I put up a few pictures from the baptism; I hope that you enjoy them.
The last few days before Saturday, we could see that Denisa was getting a little worried but we knew that she could do it and that she was strong enough to go through with it. I don't even know what I want to write about right now. That's a problem. Actually, Denisa's here with us right now! At the Internet Café!
"Já jsem moc šťastná že jsem byla pokřtěna od vašeho syna. Je dobrý misionařem." (I am very happy that I was baptized by your son. He is a good missionary.)
-Denisa Dávidová
At her baptism, there were lots and lots of people, mostly because there was a dance at the building in Brno (where we were having the baptism) a few hours after the baptism, but Denisa also made many new friends within the district. We had the baptismal service in the primary room because the chapel was already set up for the dance and the overflow was already set up as well. I was really nervous about the baptism because it was my first baptism, in Czech or in English!
Oh, I have a fun story to tell you. A few weeks ago when Denisa invited us over to her house so that she could feed us dinner, her member friend, who has become a really good friend of hers named Hanka Vaclavová (she's Slovak), came over to her house before we did so that she could help her make dinner. While they were together, they were having a really good time and just messing around. This was after Denisa had her baptisimal date. Then at one point, Hanka turns to Denisa really serious and says (in Czech or Slovak of course - I don't know which one they speak together because they're both Slovak), "Ya know, it's a good thing that you're pretty. Because when we baptize ugly people, we just drown them." Denisa knew it was a joke after being a little frightened by the thought and said, "Please convince the missionaries that I'm pretty!"
So back to the baptism, Denisa was telling me to not drown her. She kept that in the front of her mind, I think at least, to keep something funny in her mind because she was getting very nervous about her baptism. The dress that you see her wearing in the second and third photos that I attached (by the way, Denisa is reading how many times her name is in this email "Devět krát už" [nine times already]) is the wedding dress of one of the members in our branch here in Zlín. She gave it to Denisa for her baptism!
Anyway, when we did the baptism, I won't remember the baptism so much, but the joyful squeal thing she did when she got back in the room from the font with her friends I'll remember. She sounded so happy. It was awesome.
My time is running low, so I'll write some more quickly:
The transfer is officially over today! So I can't use the "I'm a greenie" excuse anymore. Elder Price is excited and not excited at the same time to be going home. I know who my new companions are for this next transfer. I'm staying here in Zlín and I'm going to be follow-up trained in a threesome. Yoohoo! My new companions are Elders Mills and Thompson. Elder Thompson is going to be the new District Leader. I'm very excited because I heard that they're both pretty musical. Elder Mills was at BYU and took some music classes - not sure if he was a major or what. He plays piano very well so it looks like I won't have to play violin in sacrament meeting anymore.
We were told who our next mission president is going to be and the funny thing is: I've already met him! He and his wife were missionaries here in the Czech Republic for a short while just a month or so ago. I met him I think twice for about two or so minutes each time. His name is President/Elder Irwin and I've heard from many of the other missionaries that he's going to be amazing. We're very blessed here.
Well, I must go. I love you all and hope that everything is well with you all. Hope you have many blessings, like I am right now.
Starší Monk
Denisa Dávidová, February 13, 2010 
Elder Andrew Monk, Denisa Dávidová, Elder Levi Price Brno, Czech Republic
Elder Monk, Denisa, Elder Price 
Denisa and Elder Monk
Denisa and Elder Monk
"No touching!"
Denisa Dávidová, February 13, 2010Monday, February 8, 2010
Here's a few Pictures
I want to give you a few pictures :D
Much Love,
Starší Monk
PS - Kofola is awesome. Tastes like carbonated, black licorice soda :D
Suck and then Awesome!
Dear Family,
Well, the end of last week was kind of weird and sucky, to say the least. However, this week was much much better :D. Basically, last Monday, after our P-day was officially over (which is at 6:00 pm), we went to a meeting with a guy named Petr Šico (Shee-tso) and we had a really awesome lesson with him. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and the pre-earth life. He said that he had never even heard of such a thing, but that it was very interesting to him. Anyway, we had a great meeting with him, and he had some very good/difficult questions for us. It's not that we didn't know the answers, it was just whether we could tell him or not because they were very deep doctrinal questions. We got out of that lesson feeling really good and said that this week would be the same - it'd continue to be awesome - and it was.
Denisa's back and we taught her every day. She's still going super strong and she's going to be an amazing member. Recently, when we'd just talk about what we have for the day, she'll text us throughout the day and ask us how that meeting or whatever went. One time, we told her that we were going to sister Boržutová's house and afterward she texted and asked what she fed us. She's so awesome. Anyway, last week she got back from Germany. She had gone shopping with at least one of her sisters (she has nine/ten [devět/deset] siblings) there and got me a scarf and Elder Price a sweater. She said now we have no excuse to seem cold to her. Before, every time she'd see us she'd ask me where my scarf was. I'd tell her that it was at home. To be honest, it wasn't that cold to me but it bothered her that I wasn't wearing one, so she got me one so that I had no excuse not to wear it. Then she asked Elder Price what he wanted and he had been looking for a sweater of some kind, so she got him one. It's such a cool scarf. It's black, gray and purple! It's so cool.
My English class is going really well. Basically, it looked like English classes weren't doing so hot before I got here; the first week there were like three or four people for Elder Price's class and the same for mine (I teach advanced so I don't have to speak Czech, and he teaches beginners), but this last week there were nine people! Oh my word. I must say, however, classes go much better when there are more people. This last English class we spoke about prepositional phrases vs. infinitive phrases. Basically, they already know the grammar and come for the conversation portion, but it's still good to go over a little bit of grammar. This next week (tomorrow), I'm hoping to have twelve people because we got a few people who said they'd come. Very awesome.
This week we really tried to get a lot of member lessons and also more new investigators. The new investigators part didn't go so well... we got none. We had a few meetings, like four or five, all with potentials, but all of them canceled or changed their time to some time next week, so we're still very hopeful for them. But then there was one girl from the other elders that we got. Basically, they had contacted her, taught her once, and then that was it. So we got a meeting set up with her and she's really awesome. We asked her to meet us outside Mekač (the slang form for McDonald's, like saying "Mickey D's") and when she got there she asked where we were going. We told her that we couldn't go to a few places because we couldn't be alone with a girl and she seemed a little surprised with that but was fine. So we ended up going to a little restaurant and no one was there because it was 3:00 pm. We sat and just talked. Basically the last elders had been a little intense with just teaching but we wanted to see who she was so that we could really teach to her needs. I think that it went really well. We spoke about ourselves and where we're from, what we're doing here as missionaries, and just a little more small talk. At one point toward the beginning, she said that it's kind of awkward with me just sitting there not saying anything but she knew it was because I didn't know how to speak very well. She was very very nice. At one point when I was trying to speak, she was actually on the edge of her seat trying to see what I'd say. It's like suspense that I can't control! The words just don't come out fast enough, but they really don't go into my head fast enough. My understanding is going much better. I can probably understand a maximum of 50% when I'm concentrating really hard. After she told Elder Price that it was awkward that I wasn't speaking, she called me a "chudak" (hudak - poor fellow/guy). Haha... I'm feeling really good about her and I think that she has a lot of potential. We have another meeting set up with her and I'm very excited for it. Oh, by the way, her name is Marina. :P
Then for my last thing, I have some awesome news! We've been meeting with Denisa every day and she's doing wonderfully. She's coming along toward baptism with great strength. I'm not having any doubts that this baptism will go easily and smoothly. Her baptism is going to be this Saturday (the 13th which is also one of her favorite numbers) and then the next day we're going to have a Stake Conference type thing. We don't really have any stakes here so it's called District Conference. Anyway, yesterday when we were meeting with her, kind of randomly while she was talking to Elder Price, she turned to me and said, "Monku!" (that's how she calls me and a few other people. I think it's kind of a vocative case that you use with little kids because I should be Monke) and she asked me if I'd baptize her this Saturday! How cool is that? I'm really excited. We had been trying really hard to get a member to baptize her because then she'd have a constant connection with someone in the branch, but I'm no less excited to do it.
Anyway, my time is nearly up. Love you all and hope that you can feel the blessings that our Father in Heaven has for each and every one of us. I know that He loves you and that He shows us through the small things, but when the big things come, they help us realize that he always has His hand in everything.
I love you all very much and thank you for your support.
Starší Monk
Well, the end of last week was kind of weird and sucky, to say the least. However, this week was much much better :D. Basically, last Monday, after our P-day was officially over (which is at 6:00 pm), we went to a meeting with a guy named Petr Šico (Shee-tso) and we had a really awesome lesson with him. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and the pre-earth life. He said that he had never even heard of such a thing, but that it was very interesting to him. Anyway, we had a great meeting with him, and he had some very good/difficult questions for us. It's not that we didn't know the answers, it was just whether we could tell him or not because they were very deep doctrinal questions. We got out of that lesson feeling really good and said that this week would be the same - it'd continue to be awesome - and it was.
Denisa's back and we taught her every day. She's still going super strong and she's going to be an amazing member. Recently, when we'd just talk about what we have for the day, she'll text us throughout the day and ask us how that meeting or whatever went. One time, we told her that we were going to sister Boržutová's house and afterward she texted and asked what she fed us. She's so awesome. Anyway, last week she got back from Germany. She had gone shopping with at least one of her sisters (she has nine/ten [devět/deset] siblings) there and got me a scarf and Elder Price a sweater. She said now we have no excuse to seem cold to her. Before, every time she'd see us she'd ask me where my scarf was. I'd tell her that it was at home. To be honest, it wasn't that cold to me but it bothered her that I wasn't wearing one, so she got me one so that I had no excuse not to wear it. Then she asked Elder Price what he wanted and he had been looking for a sweater of some kind, so she got him one. It's such a cool scarf. It's black, gray and purple! It's so cool.
My English class is going really well. Basically, it looked like English classes weren't doing so hot before I got here; the first week there were like three or four people for Elder Price's class and the same for mine (I teach advanced so I don't have to speak Czech, and he teaches beginners), but this last week there were nine people! Oh my word. I must say, however, classes go much better when there are more people. This last English class we spoke about prepositional phrases vs. infinitive phrases. Basically, they already know the grammar and come for the conversation portion, but it's still good to go over a little bit of grammar. This next week (tomorrow), I'm hoping to have twelve people because we got a few people who said they'd come. Very awesome.
This week we really tried to get a lot of member lessons and also more new investigators. The new investigators part didn't go so well... we got none. We had a few meetings, like four or five, all with potentials, but all of them canceled or changed their time to some time next week, so we're still very hopeful for them. But then there was one girl from the other elders that we got. Basically, they had contacted her, taught her once, and then that was it. So we got a meeting set up with her and she's really awesome. We asked her to meet us outside Mekač (the slang form for McDonald's, like saying "Mickey D's") and when she got there she asked where we were going. We told her that we couldn't go to a few places because we couldn't be alone with a girl and she seemed a little surprised with that but was fine. So we ended up going to a little restaurant and no one was there because it was 3:00 pm. We sat and just talked. Basically the last elders had been a little intense with just teaching but we wanted to see who she was so that we could really teach to her needs. I think that it went really well. We spoke about ourselves and where we're from, what we're doing here as missionaries, and just a little more small talk. At one point toward the beginning, she said that it's kind of awkward with me just sitting there not saying anything but she knew it was because I didn't know how to speak very well. She was very very nice. At one point when I was trying to speak, she was actually on the edge of her seat trying to see what I'd say. It's like suspense that I can't control! The words just don't come out fast enough, but they really don't go into my head fast enough. My understanding is going much better. I can probably understand a maximum of 50% when I'm concentrating really hard. After she told Elder Price that it was awkward that I wasn't speaking, she called me a "chudak" (hudak - poor fellow/guy). Haha... I'm feeling really good about her and I think that she has a lot of potential. We have another meeting set up with her and I'm very excited for it. Oh, by the way, her name is Marina. :P
Then for my last thing, I have some awesome news! We've been meeting with Denisa every day and she's doing wonderfully. She's coming along toward baptism with great strength. I'm not having any doubts that this baptism will go easily and smoothly. Her baptism is going to be this Saturday (the 13th which is also one of her favorite numbers) and then the next day we're going to have a Stake Conference type thing. We don't really have any stakes here so it's called District Conference. Anyway, yesterday when we were meeting with her, kind of randomly while she was talking to Elder Price, she turned to me and said, "Monku!" (that's how she calls me and a few other people. I think it's kind of a vocative case that you use with little kids because I should be Monke) and she asked me if I'd baptize her this Saturday! How cool is that? I'm really excited. We had been trying really hard to get a member to baptize her because then she'd have a constant connection with someone in the branch, but I'm no less excited to do it.
Anyway, my time is nearly up. Love you all and hope that you can feel the blessings that our Father in Heaven has for each and every one of us. I know that He loves you and that He shows us through the small things, but when the big things come, they help us realize that he always has His hand in everything.
I love you all very much and thank you for your support.
Starší Monk
Monday, February 1, 2010
Strange Week
Dear Family,
This was kind of a strange week. This past week, Denisa wasn't here because she went to Germany to visit her family and look for work out there. She may be moving there. Oh no! So she was gone all week and that cut down a little on our lessons but we still taught nineteen lessons this week, which Elder Price tells me is awesome. This next week we want to break twenty lessons. That'd be cool.
Anyway, let me get to the weird part. This transfer, Zlín was cut from four to two missionaries. Basically we lost one companionship here, so we have one extra apartment. Elder Price and I have been going over there on a few P-days to clean up a little and make sure that it's in pretty good shape to give back to the land lord. Well, this week we finally closed it and gave it back and the land lord wasn't happy. What can you expect when you have eight years of twenty-year old boys going in and out of there? I have to agree to some extent; it was pretty trashed in some respects. Anyway, she and her lawyer came to a meeting with us and showed us all the "destroyed and missing" objects. Some of them were exaggerated, but most of the things were truthful. One of the more ridiculous is one table she said was destroyed- and I guess you could call it destroyed- some elder super-glued a cup to one of the coffee tables. Why? I have no clue. Then they hid it in the china cabinet. Genius. Anyway, so that put me and Elder Price in a bad mood. Then the next day we weren't having alot of success. We had a lot of meetings set up and most of them canceled right before we were supposed to go to them. The end of the day worked out pretty well but that morning was rough getting started.
Also, Denisa contacted us one day and asked if we could watch her dog because her friend who was watching her couldn't do it that evening and Denisa wasn't returning until the next day. So we would only have to watch her for one night. Ugh. So we called up a few members who could probably do it and then we asked President to see if we could do it if no one else could. No one could but later Denisa texted back and said that she had convinced her friend to stay that night and keep her dog for her. So that was averted. Anyway, we found out that President would allow us to if no one else could. So that option was open if it was completely necessary. The next day Denisa called back and said that her mom kept her too long and she missed her train, so she wasn't going to be home when she said she was and that her friend really did have to leave this time. So we went to meet her friend and pick up the dog. Her name is Adinka. She's a cute little dog and really well mannered. So we had a dog for one day. First time in my life, or the part of my life that I can remember. That was an adventure.
Sorry people, I'm just not feeling up to writing this week. I'm in a weird mood right now and I hope that I snap out of it because I need to go and be cheerful for people here in Zlín. =\ Anyway, that's all I'm going to write this week because I'm not feeling really awesome and because my time's nearly out.
Love you all and hope you all have an awesome week.
Starší Monk
This was kind of a strange week. This past week, Denisa wasn't here because she went to Germany to visit her family and look for work out there. She may be moving there. Oh no! So she was gone all week and that cut down a little on our lessons but we still taught nineteen lessons this week, which Elder Price tells me is awesome. This next week we want to break twenty lessons. That'd be cool.
Anyway, let me get to the weird part. This transfer, Zlín was cut from four to two missionaries. Basically we lost one companionship here, so we have one extra apartment. Elder Price and I have been going over there on a few P-days to clean up a little and make sure that it's in pretty good shape to give back to the land lord. Well, this week we finally closed it and gave it back and the land lord wasn't happy. What can you expect when you have eight years of twenty-year old boys going in and out of there? I have to agree to some extent; it was pretty trashed in some respects. Anyway, she and her lawyer came to a meeting with us and showed us all the "destroyed and missing" objects. Some of them were exaggerated, but most of the things were truthful. One of the more ridiculous is one table she said was destroyed- and I guess you could call it destroyed- some elder super-glued a cup to one of the coffee tables. Why? I have no clue. Then they hid it in the china cabinet. Genius. Anyway, so that put me and Elder Price in a bad mood. Then the next day we weren't having alot of success. We had a lot of meetings set up and most of them canceled right before we were supposed to go to them. The end of the day worked out pretty well but that morning was rough getting started.
Also, Denisa contacted us one day and asked if we could watch her dog because her friend who was watching her couldn't do it that evening and Denisa wasn't returning until the next day. So we would only have to watch her for one night. Ugh. So we called up a few members who could probably do it and then we asked President to see if we could do it if no one else could. No one could but later Denisa texted back and said that she had convinced her friend to stay that night and keep her dog for her. So that was averted. Anyway, we found out that President would allow us to if no one else could. So that option was open if it was completely necessary. The next day Denisa called back and said that her mom kept her too long and she missed her train, so she wasn't going to be home when she said she was and that her friend really did have to leave this time. So we went to meet her friend and pick up the dog. Her name is Adinka. She's a cute little dog and really well mannered. So we had a dog for one day. First time in my life, or the part of my life that I can remember. That was an adventure.
Sorry people, I'm just not feeling up to writing this week. I'm in a weird mood right now and I hope that I snap out of it because I need to go and be cheerful for people here in Zlín. =\ Anyway, that's all I'm going to write this week because I'm not feeling really awesome and because my time's nearly out.
Love you all and hope you all have an awesome week.
Starší Monk
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