Frydek-Mistek

This week was a pretty good one for us in Fydek! We have been teaching this mom with 3 little black kids and they came to church on Sunday! The ward was way happy to see a new family at church. We had Family Home Evening at the church building last week and we left to go catch our train but we were a little late so we started running to the train station and all of the sudden I see a man all alone on this dark street pushing his car. So I decided to run over and push his car for him then we really had to sprint to make it to the train station. I thought for sure that we missed it but some home it was still there when we got to the train station. So that was a blessing cause we would have gotten home way late if we missed it. We had an exchange so I got to serve with Elder Carlson for a whole day. It was way fun to be with him again, it's been almost a whole year since we served together. We were in this tunnel showing people the Because of Him film and one kid asked if people that have had a bad past can still be saved so of course we said yes and then had a lesson with him the next day. He doesn't have faith in Jesus Christ so it was really cool to be able to teach him about Jesus Christ and help him find that faith.
Have a great week!

s bohem,
Starsi Paxton

Frydek-Mistek

Good week here in Fydek Mistek. This week we had a ping pong tournament as a ward so we went to the college and invited a bunch of students to come play with us. It turned out pretty good but a lot of students were going home for the weekend so they couldn't come. Turns out this guy from Spain won the whole tournament. Also this week Filip got the priesthood so that was awesome! I got an email about a less active we were working with in Olomouc and she now has a calling and is fully active so that was good news! We got a referral and went to contact it on Saturday. Turns out they lived an hour away in this tiny town so we had to take all of these buses and transfer a bunch of times so it took all day but we eventually got there and were able to give them a Book of Mormon and talk to them for a while about our church.
Unfortunately our investigators all had vacation this week so we weren't able to meet with a lot of them but this upcoming week should be good!

Frydek-Mistek

This week I had my 5th exchange with Elder Cardon. We have been around each other for a while now. It just so happened that we were matching that day and we went to an art gallery with the ward to support a member that was in charge of it. When we got there we saw two swords and asked if we could take a picture with them. As soon as we took a picture all of these people came up and asked if they could take our picture with the painting so we just sat up there for a while as people just took pictures of us.
We were at a store last week and found matching suits so Filip and I got em! They were only $10 so I'd say it was a pretty good deal. This week we traveled a lot but we still met with some 7th Day Adventists, JW's, and the Catholic Priest so things are going well. Have a great week.

Sbohem
Elder Paxton

Frydek-Mistek

So this week was pretty great! The other day we woke up at 2 in the morning to go to Prague for training. It was a really long training this time because we had normal training from Pres and the Zone Leaders and also the worldwide training thing. So we slept over with some Elders in Prague. It was pretty fun.
At the beginning of the week we were out contacting and this lady saw us talking to people and they were all rejecting us so she comes up to us and says what do you want to ask me? So we talked to her for a while and set up a lesson. Today we had another lesson with her and she was way prepared. It was a great lesson. We also had another lesson with the Catholic Priest and today he took the Book of Mormon and said he would read it. We have been teaching this Czech mom and her little black kids. On Thursday we showed the resto film and the boys loved it. When Joseph sees God and Jesus, one of the boys was like "Who is that?" the brother says "thats God and Jesus Christ" then the other one was like "Wow that really is God!" It was way funny.
Thats pretty much it for this week. Have a great week!

Sbohem,
Elder Paxton

Frykek-Mistek

Nothing too crazy happened this week. We had a pretty sick lesson with a Catholic Priest and he bought me hot chocolate so that was cool. We also had our sports night on Saturday and there were some guys doing some like freestyle stuff with a soccer ball so I talked to them for a while and now we are bros. haha I guess one thing kinda crazy happened this week, the other Elders had a lesson in the church building and the investigator brought his dog. Later that night we went into the chapel and all of the sudden we see a giant dog turd in the middle of the chapel! The worst part was that we were teaching English there and so all of the people were in the building so we had to distract them while we cleaned it up. Pretty good week!

Sbohem,
Starsi Paxton

Frydek-Mistek

So this week we had transfers and I am with another Elder from California, Elder Trythall. He is way smart with the gospel stuff so I am learning a lot. Elder Cardon and I both stayed in our areas, we have been in the same district for the last 8 months so we will be together for at least 10 total at the end of this transfer. I guess you could say we are pretty good friends by now. It has been way freezing and we are outside all day but we set up with a couple of moms this week so it's been cool to see them progress. We have also been meeting with this older lady that didn't believe in God at all but we invited her to pray and now she said that she knows God exists and she is willing to work towards baptism. Its still pretty crazy for us cause we are always going back and forth between Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek to make our appointments but its been fun!:) Our new convert Filip is doing great. He gave the opening prayer in church yesterday and already gave a Book of Mormon to his grandma! Things are going great! God is in the work!

Sbohem,

Starsi Paxton

Frydek-Mistek

This week was a pretty good week for us. We visited a castle last week in the mountains and that was way fun. We got to hike up the mountain to a giant tower. We also visited a less active that lived by the castle. Our investigator Filip got baptized on Saturday and it was so cool because when he got out of the water he said that he felt lighter and he knew that he didn't have to worry about his past anymore. On Sunday he got up and gave a good testimony about the Holy Ghost and all of the members were great to him. The crazy guy came to church again and I had to escort him out because he was creepin on the sisters again. Today is transfer day so I am now serving with Elder Trythall. The sisters got taken out of Ostrava for one transfer so now it is just the Elders in Ostrava and us in Frydek. It will be interesting here without the sisters. Other than that its just been super cold here so everything is freezing and it sucks! Its way fun though.

Today I was reading the Articles of Faith and it reminded me of how simple the gospel is but also how great of a blessing it is to have these principles and ordinances in our lives. As we live by these, we can see the blessing in our lives and we can see a change for the better.
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Have a great week!

Sbohem,
Starsi Paxton