Week 7 in Ostrava (7 weeks already, amazing)

Hey All,

This week I don't have a lot of time. We missed one of our trains and got stuck in Uherské Hradíště for an extra hour, so our schedule is all out of whack. We had a zone activity playing volleyball there today, and it was a blast! This past week was a great experience with our mission conference with Elder Perry and Elder Oaks, we had a few small miracles, and we visited a mine last P-Day too. I'll send pictures home next week since I don't have time to get them uploaded today.

In order, and very quickly: The mission conference was fantastic! (Sidenote - thanks for the Letter Kat, I just got it last Thursday) We all got to meet Elder Perry and Elder Oaks (our area president). He is such a funny man! He talked about his experiences with the church, the order of succession in the 12 apostles and first presidency, and about the importance of companionships. Elder Oaks talked about the plan for the area of Europe and how we can maximize ouselves through planning, prayer, and our personal work. Seeing all the missionaries, talking to the members czechly, and the training meeting were all memorable experiences.

On wednesday, we had a really neat contact with a man on the main town square (or naměstí). He was from new york and spoke perfect english, and decided that if we sat next to him, he'd talk about God with us. He walked away with the plan of salvation and some real excitement about the fullness of the gospel. It was really neat, because I could feel the spirit instructing me with what I needed to teach him (Incidentally, it all came out of the bible, and we then introduced the Book of Mormon at the end).

Finally, we went into a mine and the tourguide wanted to talk to us about what we believe. Not much came of it, but he walked away definitely enlightened about who we are and what we believe. I'll post pictures next week, it was pretty neat.

Hope you're all happy and healthy! Stay out of trouble this week and good luck!

Thanks,
Brent