hey Dad! this was a good week, we had a lot of grace and we
got to go to the Louisville, KY temple! it was awesome! we went with the Porters
as a one last hurrah i guess. they met us in the celestial room after the
session, and gave each of us a hug. it was funny because Sister Porter gave us
hugs too (which never happened normally), so she reached out to give me a hug and my immediate reaction was
internal screaming hahaha! my mission brain took over for a second haha.
President Porter will be speaking the 10th of July, but he did not say what building it is. i am sure you can find out though. i really hope you can record it for me!!
this week, we were able to reach the leadership standards
of the mission! we found a bunch of people and we were able to get a member's referral for her sister, J**, who has had some health struggles that caused her to move in with her member sister. J** had been meeting with the missionaries already, in
Arkansas, and she says she already knows the church is true. she is not
quite ready to be baptized, but it was a huge miracle! she was able to
make it to church on Sunday. we had the mini missionary with us a majority of the week, and it was
super fun, he is a funny kid.
President Welch takes over today--it is crazy. it is weird to think that almost a
year ago i arrived here. it is super weird to think about! i am excited to meet President Welch. in answer to your question, one family that really touched my mission so far is the Scott family who own that
huge bull mastiff dog, they are so awesome! then another guy from Englewood who would come
out with us a lot, and don't forget Frank & Sue and Jeff P!
that is super
cool that Asher and Sam got to speak on Sunday. i am glad Brother A is doing well, i am glad he liked the chopper from the Dayton air museum. holy
cow, 600k people at the air show! that is cazy, i bet that would have been super fun to see, although you were actually doing what i did, moving people. hahaha
we did get some of
the new pamphlets, but it sounds like they ran out, so we didn't get a whole lot
of them. our commissary will come soon though, so we will see how many we get
this time. they are really neat looking. i loved that talk from Elder Holland,
it was super good. we have to keep trying and keep believing to make things
happen, we cannot afford to get discouraged. if i got easily discouraged, i would not
be the missionary i am today! hahaha that correlates with one of my fave scriptures, 1 Timothy 4:7. i have definitely felt your prayers, and i know it
helped us this week. we could not have had such a good week without it! thanks
for all the support you give to me Dad! i love you so much Dad! have a great
week! talk to you later!
-Elder Sedlacek
hey Mom, so we had a great week! i did get my package! thanks
so much Mom! we will for sure enjoy those Slushees! thanks for mailing me some supplies! my insulin is good, i still have a few
more vials i think.
well, your prayers are being answered, we found a lady from
a member referral the other day, and i wrote about her in Dad's email. then we met
another lady named P** who seems pretty solid, we have an appointment with her on Tuesday. nope, we definitely don't judge success the way Heavenly Father does. i
am too hard on myself, because i see lots of missionaries baptize a lot, and then i
haven't had one in a long time. but i have to remind myself that people do have
their agencies to act for themselves, and that as long as i work my hardest and
try my best that i am successful. me and Elder Erickson are in the same boat,
he has only had two baptisms as well, but he also works his hardest and tries his best, it
was an awesome tender mercy to be able to share the same experience.
my fave person this week was probably P**, she is just a cool person. the most fun i had
was with the mini missionary, we all three had a blast together. then on Wednesday we rode past a lady's house on our bikes, and i
had a distinct impression that was not ignorable--hahaha--to stop by. so we
stopped in and found that she had been struggling with some health issues, and
we both had another impression to offer a her a blessing. the spirit was so strong!
it was amazing.
we had a great time at the temple--i wrote a little about it in Dad's email, so you will have to read about it there haha. i try my best!
President Welch takes over today. we had a special conference call last
night as a mission, and President Porter gave us a blessing as a whole mission. it was super cool! i heard about Finding Dory, i heard it was
pretty good, i will look forward to it. that
is so funny about Dukie learning not to bark so much, i love that story!
that is super sad about the Romanian people not having any hope. people need to have hope, but i guess
in some other areas of the world, the people don't think they need hope, they already have everything. so it makes it tough to teach them about the gospel before they can tell you they
are already Catholic or Baptist or Protestant or whatever.
i love being
able to feel the spirit working through me and being able to be an instrument
in the Lord's hands as well. with him, He can help me do anything so long as i let Him. that is cool you had a good experience studying, President emphasizes
having spiritual experiences during your own studies that are even stronger than at
meetings, and meetings are pretty dang cool! i am getting to that point. the Doctrine & Covenants are so awesome!
well, that is about it for this week, President speaks on July 10th and so you will have to figure out what
time it is so you can RECORD it for me, please! i would love to have a copy of
it so i can listen to it. maybe i could sell it for $2 bucks a pop to all the
other missionaries and earn a killing! hahahahaha no way, i would not do that for real hahaha.
thanks for all you do Mom, i have to go now. i love you so
much! have a great week! i will talk to you later! love yah! good luck with my
email hahaha
-Elder Sedlacek
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