This week has been pretty great!! We have had a lot of work to do which is great! Last Sunday we went to the mental hospital again but this time we missed the first train so we had to wait until later and by the time we got there it was pretty late and super dark so it was even worse than usually! But luckily the member we meet with there got out on Thursday so we don't have to go back there anymore!! One thing that kinda sucked this week was both of our investigators on date for baptism dropped us but one of them didn't speak Czech or English so we could barely speak with him anyways and we only met with him once. But the other one was doing really well but while I was on an exchange in Prague my companion and another elder taught him but he tried to show them a picture of his girlfriend in a bikini so they looked away and he thought they looked away because she was ugly so he said he never wants to meet with us again. Which sucks but it was kind of funny! Hopefully we can work things out with him!
But on a good note two times this week we got a text message that both said basically the same thing, "hey I met you guys on a tram the other day and I can't stop thinking about what you said when can we meet and talk more." So we are meeting with them this week and will hopefully get them on date for baptism!!
On Thursday we did service for a man named Vladimir, he is super rich and owns this old factory thing but during communism they took it over and trashed it basically so he asked if we would come help him clean it out so we did. We basically just grabbed everything and threw it out of this window on the top floor into a huge dumpster outside. It was pretty fun and the building was super cool! He also let us take whatever we wanted and so I took a super old Škoda bus steering wheel to hang up in my room! haha And this week we get to help him again but we get to go to a small castle to help him move crappy furniture out of it! Then I went on an exchange with the district leader Elder Bourn, it was super fun. We visited a couple of less active members and helped them with a few things. It really helped me to learn how important it is to meet with the less active members as well as new investigators because they are just as important and we need to build friendships with them also.
A few other things that weren't so great was that our church building got broke into and they destroyed a few of the doors but all they took was a small tv that wasn't very good anyways so we were lucky because we also had a big flat screen in there but I don't think they could carry it a lone so they left it. Also our heater/water heater went out so we have been pretty cold in our apartment and our showers are freezing!! But at least we get ready really fast cause we don't want to freeze in the shower so we only take like 2 minutes each! haha
On Sunday we had a really cool experience, this couple showed up to church that I had talked to at the beginning of this week and I gave them a Book of Mormon but I didn't think they would call us or come to church because when I contacted them I tried to explain the Book of Mormon but it didn't go very good because my Czech is not great so I ended up just giving them the book and my card and thought that I would never see them again but turns out they came to church and said they would come again next week! So that goes to show that the language really doesn't matter as long as you teach with the spirit! Another investigator we have, Tereza, also came to church and after she asked if she could follow us around while we were contacting and take pictures of us for a project she was working on so we said why not! haha It was really weird having someone follow us around with a camera and when we would stop and talk to people they kept asking us why there was a girl taking pictures of us! haha Also on Sunday night we were counting up all of our numbers for the week and the only thing we were short on to meet the standards of excellence was investigators on baptismal date because we had 2 drop us and our companionship goal was to at least get the standards of excellence this week so we skipped dinner and got on the tram and went up to every single person we saw and said "Hey I'm a missionary, I prepare people for baptism, want to get baptized?" We asked so many people but we didn't have any luck. Although we did get a few new investigators from it and it was pretty fun so it wasn't all bad!
I've had a some really good learning experiences and have had a lot of blessings! It's crazy that we had two people text us saying that they couldn't stop thinking about our message because that usually never happens, in this mission at least! It just goes to show that if you are willing to work and give it your all the Lord will answer your prayers!
I love you all and hope you have a great week!!

Staršï Paxton