On monday we went to sister daskovas house and she made us little kolač cake things and then ježišek came11 baby jesus came and brought us gifts11 we heard the bell ring and then we all covered out eyes and then there were four gifts under the tree. we opened them and i had new tights.. much needed. my tights are so worn that my heals and toes are completley exposed haha. so ježišek knew what sister holland needed1 I brought my guitar and afterwards we sang czech christmas carols.
on tuesday we had training in brno. we got there in the morning and as a mission hit all the christmas markets and then in a hug group sang silent night ..simultaneously in czech and slovak which sounds a little strange.. but it was really cool. and then we all dispersed before the police might come1 We had a fantastic training from the mcconkies.
On wednesday we went less active finding. mapped it out from our area book and went out to show our little narodil se spasitel movie. Its a good one1 We didnt have any real cool experiences from that .. one guy let us show it to him at his doorstep and he was a really nice guy just not interested in coming back. And then that night we surprised visited Petias mom.. petia is a member 18 yrs old and so great1 she was in egypt for christmas but her mom and older sister where home so we shared the video with them and her mom told us that she wants us to start coming over more. It seemed like the christmas message really affected her .. so cool1
on thursday sister baxter and i went over to brno where Erik got baptized. He is so darling. It was a beautiful baptism. His dad baptized him and a lot of members came to support even when it was christmas morning. Then that evening we went and visited a member and then had our christmas dinner with a former investigator of ours. Shes great . 4 courses of carp fish served in different ways- i think first was a soupl and then appetizer was carp patties with tomatoes and then there was the deep fried carp. basically the whole meal you are pulling bones out of your mouth. We had pernik and some apple muffiny at the end. We did all the christmas traditions - we opened walnuts and cut apples to see our fate for the next year - FUNNIEST part was when she stood under the misletoe and asked to all come over and give her a kiss on the cheek. Sister Baxter and I went a gave her a kiss on the cheek and then i just kind of sat down and enjoyed watching what the elders were going to do next. One of the rigid elders stands in front of her and just starts sweating and got really nervous. hes still working on his czech so his answer was something along the lines of -I want to but i dont know if I can!- it was so funny.. that made my christmas eve.
on christmas day we went to the alzhiemers home and sang. the elders asked us to sing angels we have heard on high and we told them we would. but we wanted to do something a little more spicy so we made a dance to jingle bell rock and just started singing it without telling them. it was pretty funny. good thing the old people probably wont remember it.
Today we went to a really cool castle called rokštejn with petia and ondra - two members in the branch.
It was a great christmas week and so great that I got to see all your faces on skype! Love you and have a good week!
S laskou,
sestra Holland
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