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| Another successful service project in the forest with some members |
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| Elder Shirley and his companion Elder Hudson at the start of another transfer
July 11, 2016
This last week was
great! Honestly, nothing really new to talk about. There haven't really been
any new adventures lately. But hopefully, there will be more to write about in
the upcoming weeks! District Leader isn't too hard, there's not a whole lot to
it. But I hope I can do it well! My responsibilities are basically to teach/train
at district meeting every week and do call-ins with the other companionships
and with the zone leaders during the week just to talk about the progress of
the missionary work in the areas. I'm doing great still in this area. At first,
I was a little disappointed to not get transferred to a new city, but then I
realized that I just needed to get over myself haha. Missionary work is
essentially the same no matter where you serve or who you serve with.
The new mission
President (President Pohořelický from the Czech Republic) is great. The only interaction that I have had with him is this
last week when we had new district leader meeting over the phone. He is great
though! My companion, Elder Hudson, is also great. We're already used to each
other so we didn't have to worry about the first few days of the transfer being
a little weird. Usually when you get a new comp you have to adjust to each
other, but where we didn't switch, it made it easy.
We did a lot of
tracting this week. At the start of this transfer, we decided that we are going
to attempt to tract the entire city in these next 9 weeks. We'll see if we can
get it done!
The branch here is
great as ever. I've been here long enough to where I know them all really well.
I actually gave a talk this last week at church. It was on 'How can I fulfill
the commitment to always remember the Savior?" It was a pretty simple
topic and I enjoyed giving it! I feel comfortable enough giving talks now so I
wasn't too nervous. I didn't even write a script this time!
We don't get too many
dinners fed to us; most of the time we just cook on our own. Sometimes we eat
pasta. We also have rice and pork a lot, grilled cheese, and halušky. Got any
other ideas for something to make in 30 minutes?
Love you all lots!
Good luck with everything this week!
-Elder Shirley
{With
the latest terrorist attack in Nice, France this past week, we received a brief
letter from the Czech/Slovak mission office regarding missionary safety. I’ve attached the letter below. It is nice to hear of the great care and
concern that the mission president has for his missionaries!}
Dear Parents of the
Czech/Slovak Mission:
As we hear about the different tragedies that are
happening around the world, President Pohořelický has expressed concern for you
as parents, and that you might be worried about the safety of your missionaries.
He wants you to know that the Czech/Slovak area is a safe place and that your
missionaries are safe and happy here. We are always praying for their safety as
I know that you are as well. May the Lord bless you for your willingness
to have your young people serve here in Prague. We love them and we thank
you for raising such valiant servants of the Lord.
Warm regards,
Sister Tricia Scott
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
Czech/Slovak Mission
Executive Secretary
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