( Sorry for the Baseball metaphor, and 1.000 is the correct format.:)
Hey Everyone,
Regrettably the time has wound long today and I don't have a ton of time for longer letters home. So, here are the highlights without all the wordiness.
We found a man on Monday (We batted 1000 - no one said "no") who said Nephi was his hero and are meeting with him this week on Wednesday. Golden!
We taught about Prophets to a woman named Iveta who, when we introduced what God does in the past with prophets and dispensations, got incredibly excited. "Is there a prophet today? Who is he! I want to know!" She also nearly jumped out of her seat when we taught the plan of salvation lesson. So excited to hear about the truth, even if she's studied with other churches for years and been a Catholic her entire life. She's also read all of 1st nephi.
We went to a family baptism in Jihlava on Saturday. A mother and three children baptized! Iva came and felt the spirit, too, and she knows know how her actions and obedience will make or break her progress and covenant with God.
We taught Miloš again on Sunday and he is now praying about baptism. He's also read all the way to Alma in a week. Sweet!
A couple randomly showed up to english along with 2 new youth, bringing the total number of youth to 11.
The pope came to Brno on Sunday, and when one of our Catholic investigators asked "why doesn't Christ reveal himself to the pope?" the door was opened wide for us to teach more principles of the restoration.
I sent home a ton of photos that should be posted soon, if not already.
We're happy, healthy, and I discovered something about Prophets, Seers, and Revelators last week of note that works well into this conference weekend (you are all so lucky to have conference this week, we have to wait). Imagine a novel. A prophet is someone who flips ahead, reads about what's going to happen, and then tells people about it. A revelator is someone who picks up the book, looks as the typeface, the paper, the binding, and the plot structure and mechanics, and then tells us about it (like when an apostle teaches about doctrines of the kingdom and how to apply them). A seer is the storyteller - perhaps that's why stories are so appealing to us, it helps us envision what things could be like in the future - the "why" of what we do. I hope you all have a great week. We're doing fine here in Trebic and are excited for what this week will bring (we started prototyping our weeks in pencil on Friday, and we have 17 lessons on the plan plus any tracting and contacting we'll be doing. If all goes well, this will be a record breaking week.
I'll be more careful with writing next week so you get a full letter. Otherwise, have a great week!
Elder Brent Anderson
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