March 28,2016 (C-Bud transfer 4)

This week has been a good one, we have not been finding a ton of people, but the people we have been finding are progressing. We currently have 4 investigators, and 2 of them are on Baptismal Date. Our First investigator, He's named V, he is about 28, works in a city outside of CBud, and lives here in CBud. He has been meeting with the missionaries for a while, a couple of transfers, and he has litterally done EVERYTHING required to be baptized, expect he has one concern... Tithing. He has gotten to the point where he litterally accepts that the book of mormon is true, he believes in God, and he agrees that all of the Commandment are from God, including Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity, and yes... he even believes that Tithing is a commandment from God. He comes to church about every 2nd week, and he is incredible. He's more stable than some of the memebers here in the branch. He has chosen his baptismal Date to be the 7th of May. Our 2nd investigator, G, only speaks English (not gonna argue), and is of the Ba-Hi religion. He is an english teacher, and he has lived here in the Czech Republic for over 18 years. (still interesting that he doesn't speak czech). He is on Baptismal Date for the 16th of April, although we still need to teach him several things, so we may need to adjust that Date. but we'll see. our 3rd investigator, A, was refered by a member. one day we were actually about to have a lesson with our 1st investigator V, and we asked a member, Brother M, to teach with us, and then 10 minutes before our lesson was about to start, we called Brother M, and he told us that he wanted to bring his friend to our lesson.¨ At first we were hesitant, because this lesson with V was to be a very important and pivital lesson, but also, it's extreemely Rare that we recieve a Referal, not to mention, a referal from a member! ( that's what they're called when somebody refers somebody else to the missionaries: Referal ). But we decided to let him bring his friend, and she turned out to be a pretty solid person. She's got a few concerns but we're working through them. She's come to church now 2 weeks in a row, that's impressive! She's not on Baptismal Date yet, but we're hoping to change that soon. our 4th investigator, O, was found the other day while we were out contacting. The previous night, we had sought revelation as to where we should go, and we decided to look for Somebody next to the Train Station. While we were begining to walk away from the Train Station, we were about to cross the street, and then I looked over my shoulder in a last ditch effort to find somebody else to talk to... and I saw O, walking by, looking around 20, and carrying in his hands, 5 or 6 rear view mirrors. I still have no idea where he got them. But we talked to him, and he said that he believes in God. We told him that we help people find truth, and we set up to meet with him. We met up for the first time on Saturday, and when he came into our lesson, he said that he believes in the Bible, and that, for him, Jesus Christ is central. He told us that the Bible is not complete, and told us that the Catholic Church also says the bible is not complete, but they say that their Traditions make up for that difference. But O said that he doesn't agree with that. He says that't not right, to believe in the traditions of their fathers, but rather, we should only live according to the living word, and to Christ. He told us that he knows that the Bible is true and he believes in Jesus Christ because he's felt the Holy Ghost. We were so excited to hear him say this, I almost blew my top, and couldn't stop telling him that he is so cool! We taught Him about the Restoration of the Gospel, and told him about the Book of Mormon, telling him that the Book of mormon fills those parts of the bible that are incomplete, because it's Another Testament of Jesus Christ. We told him that he could know that the Book of Mormon is true, by reading it, and by asking God in the name of Jesus Christ if it's true. He suddenly was super excited to read it, and we told him that he could have it, as a gift. He was sitting there reading the Introduction as we were talking to him, and then we prayed and got up to leave. As we got up to leave, he put the Book of Mormon back down on the table, and he walked out, then Elder Pickett Grabbed the Book of Mormon and handed it to him saying, "I don't think you understand... this is for you, you can take it home. :)" O was happy to hear that, and he took it home. We have on plan to teach him the 2nd lesson tonight after R, D, V (Family Home Evening). This is incredible. This week we (the missionaries in CBud) planned a Velikonocé Party (Easter Party), and then the day before the party, I remembered that we still had not asked permission from the Branch President... the other missionaries just said, "yeah, but you are part of the Branch Presidency, so it's okay." (I then felt worse about not asking President A