Month: August 2020

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Vitej nám dni odpočinku

Howdy!

We had a wonderful week up here in Liberec. There was an interesting mix of both incredible failures and miracles, and if I had the time, I’d tell you all about it. Unfortunately, I do not, so you’ll all have to ask me about it next week😁

Highlights:

-The apartment is in a great location!

-I have never been somewhere as beautiful as Liberec

-The church tower rings from the 50 all the way to the hour, non-stop

-Spider-man was filmed here!

-The branch is very small, but very dedicated, unfortunately many of them live in the surrounding area, not in Liberec

-We are working with a lot of amazing young people who attend the local university, which is a lot of fun

-I got a nasty cold, but I got better!

Aaaaaaand, I’m out of time, there’s more, but you’ll have to wait.

S láskou,
Starší O’Barr

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Nová Oblast!

Ahoj ahoj, I finally got transferred! I am now in the glorious city of Liberec (Lee-bur-ets). It’s a sizable little town in the north of the Czech Republic, tucked in some low mountains by the Polish and German border. It’s known for its ski resorts and beautiful town square, which is actually where they filmed the last Spiderman movie (fun-fact, not that I’ve seen it, just heard).

The missionaries before me were teaching a lot of people, so I’m excited to come in and continue the good work with my new companion, Elder Lewis. We will also be serving as zone leaders for most of the Czech Republic, which means we will be visiting and encouraging other missionaries around the Czech Republic. I am really excited for the next couple months folks. Things are looking up, and hopefully my emails will be full of a little more teaching and preaching. I wish you all a wonderful rest of your day, and you can catch my email next week!

S láskou,
Starší O’Barr

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Usmívejte se!

This’ll be a quick one, it’s been a busy day. Unfortunately most of what happened was just office related things, so I’ll keep most of it to myself. We had to help a group of missionaries with their visas this week, which was an adventure, but things worked out in the end, as they always seem to. We also had exchanges with some other missionaries from a nearby city. It was good to get to know them a little better, and to get some fresh air outside the office.

We had a really good meeting with a member of the church here, and we discussed repentance with him. It can be so easy to view repentance as a punishment, when in reality, it is a gift of God, made by possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I can tell you, my life would be a whole lot more punishing if I had to always carry the weight of my mistakes, if there was no divinely appointed way to change, and to improve. If you have any questions about repentance, feel free to contact me! I do love to talk😊.

S pozdravem,
Starší O’Barr

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Bez práce, nejsou koláče

Welcome back to another week here in Prague! It’s crazy to think I’ve been here for almost 8 months, and that my time is probably coming to an end soon. Life in Prague is busy, but oh so wonderful. I’ll hit the highlights from the week:

Tuesday- We have a LOT going on in the office and I’m not really sure why. We put our nose to the grindstone this week and knocked off some bigger projects in the office. Finally got around to updating and automating some of the old systems we used to use for keeping track of things. It’s interesting, but I’m sure quite boring for the rest of you. We also had dinner with this wonderful half-American family, who made fun of me for never having skied before, but it’s ok because they are some of my favorites here in Prague.

Wednesday- We had a meeting with an older, house-bound member and one of her caretakers who had expressed interest in our message. Was quite the fun meeting!

Thursday- Not much else to note, did some more working on updating things, and had another had dinner with some other members, and talked about members in the ward they want us to visit, and who we would want them to visit. I love members who are involved in trying to help all of the other members feel included and loved. It can truly make a difference.

Saturday- We visited a local park on the edge of Prague with some of our friends and another companionship of missionaries and took a really cool hike to the top of this hill that I have been to before. We had a wonderful spiritual discussion on top of the hill as well.

That’s it for the week, if you have any questions, let me know! We also visited a bend in the Vltava that looks a lot like Horseshoe Bend (look it up if you don’t know, it’s a lot cooler than this place). It was surprisingly breathtaking to be there in person. It was quite the fun little hike too.

S láskou,
Starší O’Barr

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“Již Přichází Ráno”

Good afternoon all! 

We had quite the busy week, but I’m afraid not much to report on. Honestly, because of the quantity of office work, I only had two fun things to share with y’all:
-Game Night🥳: In case you weren’t aware, activities are a great way to meet new people. Most of you are in places where you still can’t gather, but when things improve, do me a favor and go out an meet someone new. Everybody needs more friends. Out game night was quite fun, and we played some classic American games. We played “signs,” which is a way fun game if you’ve never played, but was really quite difficult to explain in Czech. We made it through though, and met some wonderful people. 
-Church🥳: I think I really took meeting in person for granted before quarantine. I can’t tell you how good it is to just be among other good friendly people, and to speak Czech for a couple hours straight. I love the members here, they are some of the best examples of faith and perseverance I have ever met.
That’s it for this week! The only photos are from a surprisingly wild city park we visited today. As always, if you have any questions, please email me! I love answering them. 
S láskou,
Starší O’Barr