June 20 2016

Quite simply, the Baptism didn't happen this last weekend. But it is going to be okay. Our investigators have been doing such an incredible job keeping the Commandments and keeping commitments, and reading, praying, and gaining a testimony of the Restored Gospel. Their Baptism needed to be Delayed , but this is okay. We asked them to pray for a new day, and they picked the weekend of Transfers. Thier new baptismal Date is the 2nd of July. Transfers are on the 3rd, so this will be interesting. They are absolutely incredible people. E is the mother, and M is the Father. We went and visited some locations in the River next to a member's house here in České Budějovice. A C (literally one of the Lord's Noble and Great ones) came with us. Let me just tell you a little about A and M . A and M are members, they have been members for about 12 years. They have 3 amazing children, J (girl) is 20, Š(boy) is 16, and T(boy) is 8. A was baptized when he visited Utah 12 years ago, and while he was there he met the missionaries. He was baptized like 2 weeks after meeting the missionaries, and was baptized in the old Tabernacle. He soon moved back to the Czech Republic. His wife, M, is also a Convert, and she was the first Sister Missionary ever to serve in the Czech Republic, and she is Czech. They are the strongest members in the world. They stay here in CBud, because the branch here is soooo weak, missionaries litterally run this branch, and the C stay here because they know that they are desperately needed to maintain this branch. A has served as the District President of Bohemia. for those of you who don't know what that means, he was the President of the Chruch for 1 half of the czech republic. Now that we have a stake, he no longer has that Calling, and will likely take up some important calling here in Cbud. There are some other things I could say about them but they are quite personal so I don't type them here. It is enough to say that they are litterally some of the most important people in the church is the latter days, no doubt in my mind. So all good news. We went and visited those Possible Baptism locations with A and M and E, and we chose a spot. This is going to be really cool! I'll let you know more next week what is on plan. Love you all, and I pray for you! Read the scriptures every day, and Remember to do Family Prayer! True to the Faith says that we should do Family Prayer every MORNING as well as every night. Try it! Elder Connor Dean