This week was busy, but it also felt like not a lot happened. I’ll try and hit the highlights.
On Tuesday, Elder Beckstrom and I had to go to Prague in order for him to do some visa work so he can stay in the country. It was wonderful, and it really made me want to live in Prague. Elder Beckstrom had some other business to take care off in the mission office, so a senior missionary, Elder Whitehead, and I went to do some things in Prague. He and his wife had been really craving some American food, so we went to the American Candy store in Prague. It was interesting to see some things there that I hadn’t seen in a while, like non-ketchup flavored Cheetos, candy corn, root beer, and marshmallows. I hadn’t even really noticed that they didn’t have those here, but it was still cool to see them again. Elder Whitehead went ahead and bought a bunch if it to take back with him, and I helped him carry his stuff back to the building. By that time Elder Beckstrom was done with his business, so we hurried off to our lunch appointment with someone he had taught when he was serving in Prague, and then we headed home in time to teach English.
Some of you might remember me mentioning the Vietnamese children that frequent our English class. Well this week, we decided to invite them to our Halloween Party! They all came, and it was great opportunity for one of their moms to meet the members here in Jihlava. We’re hoping we can get them to come to more activities in the future. A lot of people carved their first pumpkins and tried their first rice crispy treats! The Halloween Party went well, we had many non-members show up and it was an all around good opportunity for the whole branch to get together.
Halloween was also the day that that ominous-sounding European law I’ve been referring too went into effect, which meant I got to shred a lot of papers. I didnt realize how fun shredding things is, but I also didn’t realize how fragile paper shredders are. It was a learning experience.
Also, the day finally came. I’ve been waiting for this since I first found out I was coming to Jihlava. Jihlava’s town animal is the hedgehog, and there are hedgehog decals on everything here. Even the hockey team’s mascot is a hedgehog! And this week, I finally saw a real life wild hedgehog. I had been told they were out there, but I had yet to see one with my own eyes. It was among the most exhilarating experiences of my life. I’ll include picture evidence at the bottom. Also, daylight savings time exists here as well, and now it is pitch black around 5PM. Those photos were taken around 6:30.
