I moved to Prague! Right from the get go it was busier than Jihlava, and we were running around most of last week. I’ll include some highlights but I already forgot a lot of what happened.
Goodbye to Jihlava: I found out I was being transferred (moving) to Prague a little early, and so I got to say goodbye to everybody in my last couple days there. There are so many wonderful people in Jihlava and I will certainly miss it. It’s amazing how much a place can come to mean to you after only 4 months.
Office work: There is very little down time in Prague. From the moment the other missionaries met me in the bus station to the moment we crawled into bed, we were running around. We ended up dragging my luggage around half of Prague as we attempted to meet other missionaries coming into Prague and get things ready for the missionaries that were going home. Here in Prague we still do all the normal missionary activities like teaching people about Jesus Christ, teaching English, and doing service. We also are in charge of helping other missionaries get their visas and other important legal documents that allow us to live here. We also have to pick up packages for all the missionaries, and prepare orders for the things they need. It is a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.
I ate snails: That’s pretty much the entire story. I just ate some snails.
There are a lot of other random things that happened, but not much worth its own story. Things truly are amazing here. The work here is hard, but we are seeing success. We’re busy preparing a baptism for right after Christmas. To me it has been amazing to see the changes that some of these people have made in their lives in an attempt to draw closer to Christ. They change their entire way of life, but you can see how much happier, how much more full of purpose and hope for the future they are. Over 2000 years ago, Christ was born so that we could have hope in life. Because He was born, I have hope in my life, and I know that change is always possible. There is an indescribable joy that comes from knowing that I don’t have to be who am I today tomorrow, but I can be something better, and we all can be.
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Pic 1: We accidentally ended up going to Prague Castle today. We just wanted to get back and the quickest path was through there. Figured I should take a picture
Pic 2: Just a random street in Prague cause it’s pretty
Pic 3: The early morning fog here is intense. We live in downtown Prague, but you can’t see any of the other buildings.
Pic 4: Eating snails with Elder Webb.
Pic 5: Snails in butter and garlic.
Pic 6: Yum, yum!
Pic 7: Streets of Prague.
Pic 8: (no explanation given).
Pic 9: Christmas package arrived.
