A great ending to a crazy week

3/3/14

What's up Pops,

 

Things were good this week but sooooooooooooooooo crazy at the same time! It was so nerve racking at times. We almost got dropped by the D family, but we saved it in a last-ditch effort lesson. They won't be getting baptized very soon, but we still have them investigating the church, which is all that counts for right now. Planning the baptism for Carlos was super crazy too. It seemed something was coming up everytime we tried to schedule it. It was such a logistical nightmare. It ended up happening though, as you already know, and boy was it good! It was a great baptism! Carlos is awesome!

 

This week went by fast for me just like it did for you. Sadly, lots of our investigators are struggling right now. It's been kinda tough meeting with them so most of them who were on date are now off. That kinda sucked but it's alright. I am sure it will work out in the end. We still have had tons of success over the past two transfers. It has been awesome to have been a part of it! We find out this Saturday who is staying and who is going. I am probably going to stay and Elder J is probably going to leave. We will just have to see though. Crazier things have happenend before.

 

It is great that you are going to write me a letter haha. Nope, I don't have a printer unless I get on a specific computer and that one is usually the first one claimed. Good thinking dad haha.

 

Well, I hope you had a great week and it sounds like you did. I am glad that work is going good for you right now. It's crazy to think how busy the church is business-wise. I would have never thought it would be that crazy to work for the church, but it makes sense. God's work is only going to get bigger too. Good luck haha. We will both be able to experience it, too. It is already getting crazy-busy, which is good.

 

Like I said I hope you have a good week. I love you guys! Thanks for all that you do to support me on my mission. I love you guys for that! You're one awesome dad and family!

Love, Elder Sedlacek

 

What's up Mom?

This past week was crazy but way good. Carlos got baptized! Easily one of the biggest miracles that has happened so far on my mission. It was so great to see him get baptized. The week was also super crazy. Crazy as in the D family almost dropped us, the baptism almost didn't happen, and our investigators and recent converts are kinda struggling. It was just super crazy. In the end though, it ended great with getting to see Carlos get baptized. He is going to do so great as a member. I am totally going to be there when he gets sealed in the temple to his family. That family is awesome! 

 

Thanks for sending the package. I have been waiting for it haha. Sounds like you had a busy week with the blue and gold banquet. I am glad that it went well for you guys.

 

Sounds like the bishopric had fun this week with callings haha. It's going to be weird to come home in 17 months and see all the changes in the ward. There are already people I don't know . We can deal with that when it comes though haha. Nick is right about the Docrine of Christ. I definitely have a testimony of the Doctrine of Christ. I love it! It does work for everyone if they do just as Nick said and apply it. 

 

Thanks for fasting for me. You're the best, Mama.

 

Well, it was a good week. I hope yours was too. It is crazy how fast time has gone. It's only going to get faster too. It is great that we are having much success and that it's happening in other areas of the world also. The hastening is happening right now!

A miracle story: 7th baptism scheduled

 

This is Jackson, the "fluffiest, most lovable dog in the world."

What's up,

How are you Mama? I am doing pretty good. This week was good. I hope yours was too. I didn't get the letter yet, so maybe I will today. It's exciting to hear about the ward's new mission calls.

This week we did have a baptism. Nick was baptized and it was great. It was probably the biggest showing of non-members at a baptism that I have seen so far on my mission. He had a ton of family there. It was great. For this week in baptism news, Carlos on date!!!!!!!!!!!! Carlos is on date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {Mom's note: Can you tell he's a little excited about Carlos' baptism??}

 

We had an awesome miracle with Carlos this week. We met with him and before the lesson his wife Sariah (who is a member) had let us know that she thought that watching The Testaments with him would really help him. Turns out that was VERY inspired. The video was great and the spirit was strong the whole time. At the end of the video, Carlos just sat there, not saying anything, but just thinking to himself. He was totally dumb struck. The spirit had given him a spiritual backhand to the face haha. All he could say was he was dumb for thinking the Bible was the only scripture in the world. He finally came to realize that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. That was the light bulb moment we had been waiting for with him. This is the same guy Elder J and I thought about dropping right after the first lesson because he was soooooo stubborn. Turns out he is awesome and will make a super good member. He loves God so much and will not do anything that is against His will. I love that guy!!! 

 

Well, that experience with Carlos pretty much made my week. I am so happy that he is getting baptized this week. I still can't believe it. It is truly a miracle. 

 

Sounds like you are going to have a fun week with the Blue and Gold banquet. It does seem like yesterday I was going to them haha. Time goes so fast. I still can't believe I have been out 7 months pretty much. I have to make the most of it because it goes super fast.

 

I bet Mia did great on her talk. She should consider doing student gov. I think she would really like that. Next women president of the united states haha.

 

Tell J.H. thanks for doing the pamplets for me. He's awesome. I am sure you allready told him thanks, but you should do it again for me haha. I will send him a thank you note. (Good idea Mama.) Thanks for all that you guys do for me. You are awesome. I am glad that HF is blessing you while I am gone. He is certainly blessing me as well.

 

For March 1st we only have 1 baptism scheduled. The D family would be getting baptized, but they have to come to church one more time and their grandson who lives with them keeps getting sick. It is going to be such an awesome baptism though with Carlos!

 

I am doing well. The only thing I need from you guys is prayers, like you are already doing, and a Mormon Messages DVD from Seagull book or somewhere. My face is doing pretty good. I went to the doctor this week and got some prescription stuff. Should start to really help me out. Brother J paid for it too, so he is so awesome for doing that for me. The members up here are awesome. I love them!

Surprise of the week: Leading the mission!

 

 

Elder Sedlacek at the Darigold plant.

Snow on the ground in Washington

What's up Mama,

This week was great. We had zone conference and then Elder J and I caught the Sunnyside cold that has been going around forever. It isn't too bad of a cold. I can deal with it. Well zone conference was really good. It was fun to hear some training from President. I have some exciting news, too. At zone conference, President came up to me and Elder J and said that he wanted to come out with us that night. Long story short, he wasn't able to that night because he is a busy guy, but he met with us and the Bishop that night. He told us that Elder J and I are leading the mission right now! I could not believe it! I knew we are having lots of success, but I didn't think it was the best in the mission. Now our goal is to make our numbers the worst in the mission--but keep our numbers the same haha! We just have to stay humble. I am not having any trouble with that haha. I know it is only by God that we are having this much success. 

Denise's baptism on Saturday and her confirmation yesterday went well. She felt the spirit super strong both days. It was fun to see her get emotional. I know that sounds bad, but that is a good thing on a mission. It means she was feeling the spirit as you already know. Our baptisms for this coming week--we had them on date but they didn't come to church yesterday because they are sick--we have to put them off a week, and Nick, the other one on date for Saturday, we aren't totally sure yet. He is having some struggles right now and we are meeting with the Bishop today to find out more. I hope we can have a baptism this Saturday though.

That is exciting missionary news for the ward. I bet they are all going to love their missions, like I love mine haha. Missions are a great thing!

I am glad that Nicole liked what I said last week haha. I didn't think it would help her that much, but hey, whatever works!

The weather in Utah sounds alot like the weather in Warshington right now. I went out this morning and it was weird. The air actually smelled good because it had just finished raining for a bit. There isn't any snow on the ground anymore. That melted off like the middle of the week and it got pretty warm. It was nice.

Yes, in Sunnyside we always email from the church because it is easier on us. President doesn't really care where we email from, we just can't use members' computers for it like it says in the white handbook. He is really just a handbook president. I like him a lot. We have a very similar personality haha. Maybe that is why I was assigned to him and not another one.

Thanks for working on my ipod. Did you put the new music on its own playlist? Thanks for doing that though for me since I can't do it myself haha. What have you found out about the Mormon Message DVD? I don't really think I need much from home other than those things. I will let you know though if I do need anything. I will be needing another journal in probably a couple of transfers. (Just to let you know). I am a little over half of the way through the one I have right now.

What's up Fathuh,

This week was good. We had zone conference as you probably already know. They did a training on the difference between teaching and ministering. Often times we missionaries get too focused on teaching what they the investigators need to know, more than on what they need personally. We have been trying to focus on that for our investigators this week. It wasn't the best teaching week, but we did get to teach Ava, the new investigator we found. She is doing great. She didn't come to church, which we were kinda disappointed about, but she was spending time with her son who she doesn't get to see much. We taught her the restoration and it was probably one of the best lessons we have given so far as a companionship. The spirit was super strong and she really liked the Joseph Smith story. She said she felt really good when I was saying it, and that she understood it all and it made perfect sense. We committed her to read and pray about the Book of Mormon to get a testimony of it and she said she would. Most of our investigators are sick right now with the flu, so we didn't get as much teaching this week. We did give lots of blessings because of it, so that was a benefit. The baptism on Saturday went well. It went really good actually.

Yep, we have been having really good success lately. We are leading the mission in fact. I thought that was crazy when I heard it! They are even having us give a training in zone meeting on Tuesday and we aren't even in leadership. Did you ever have any leadership on your mission? I don't remember, but maybe you did. All the missionaries in this district are convinced I am going to have leadership. I am not going to hope for it but if it happens, it happens. I will, and am continually trying to be a better missionary. I always try to listen to the spirit because that is what converts. Those are cool stories you shared with me about listening to the spirit. It is so important that we do listen to the spirit. Heavenly Father also gives us trials to help us to grow and become better. I know that too. Sometimes the mission is hard and you feel like you want to throw in the towel and quit, but the blessings that come if you don't are so much more worth it in the end. We just have to have an eye on the future and don't look back, like Elder Doube's talk in conference. If we do that everything will work out.

It is good that the US is doing good in the Olympics. It sucks that the colleges aren't doing so hot in basketball right now. It is a good thing that the Jazz are sucking it up right now so they can get a lottery pick next season. They need one of those so they can be better in the future.

I heard from mom that the weather is pretty good right now in Utah. It's the same here in Warshington. It has been pretty warm the past couple days which is what I like. Surprisingly though with the name like Sunnyside you would think that you would get good sunsets. We practically don't even get sunsets here. It's weird. The sun just kinda goes down. I miss the Utah sunsets. They are always super pretty. I think only a couple times on my mission so far have we had a okay sunset haha.

Libby is funny haha. I haven't really had that many doors slammed in my face except for maybe like 10. Most people are really nice, but just tell us to get out of there. I have knocked tons of doors and most of them have been polite to us. I guess that is a blessing of serving in the states.

That is exciting about the new missionary news in the ward. That is going to be cool for the ward to have that many missionaries out serving. This July is going to be a crazy time for the WKM with all the leaving and coming missionaries. 20+ missionaries are leaving, so there will probably be some calls to Kennewick from your area I would bet. You guys will have to let me know if you hear of any from our stake that will be coming to the WKM.

I love you guys soo much and thanks for all that you do for me. I say it every week but I really mean it. You guys are the greatest! Thank you for praying for our investigators, too.  I love you guys! 

-Elder Sedlacek

All we need to do is become as a little child.

 

How is it going Dad,

This week was great! The baptism went super good. It was almost too easy. I didn't know baptisms could come that easy haha. We just met him 3 1/2 weeks ago! He was golden and he was super excited for his baptism. It was fun to see him that excited. He already told us that he wants to be a missionary someday and he is only 21, so he easily could. As for the baptism coming up this week we have Denise getting baptized on Saturday. She is awesome too. She is so ready and has a strong testimony of the gospel. She is even starting to do missionary work in her own family. Three words to describe her: She is awesome! For the following Saturday, the 22nd, we have three people on date. Nick, who is the boy friend of a member who is progressing really well. He wants it for himself and even goes to early morning seminary each day. He is going to do great. The other two on date for the 22nd are Becky and Jackie. Becky's mom just passed away on Thursday so I am sure she could use some prayers. They are still doing great, besides the fact that they are grieving the loss of their mom and grandma. They told us yesterday that they are gaining a testimony of the gospel. Marie is also doing really well. She came to the baptism for Myron and she really liked it. We have her praying for an answer if she should be baptized on March 8th, so pray for her too that she will be able to make the correct decision for her.

I had a miracle story that happened to me this week from following a prompting that I got. I'm not going to tell you in the email though haha. I need something to write a letter about, so you will just have to wait. I really do try to follow every single prompting I get from the spirit. It really helps out in missionary work. Like an experience I had this week: Our district has a goal for 15 baptisms this transfer for all of us 6 Elders. We had been meeting and discussing how we were going to achieve the goal because that is a number we felt like we needed to set, but the district has never pulled a number like that, so we really needed a plan of how we were going to get there. We had several ideas of what we needed to change to achieve the goal and some of those were prayers, personal sanctification, and trust in the Lord. I chose to study sanctification and really had a lesson from the spirit. I turned to the index and started reading all the scriptures on sanctification. There are several ways we can be more sanctified, like through the atonement and yielding our hearts to God. I came to one in D&C though that really stuck out to me. It teaches that we are sanctified through magnifying our calling. I had known that our calling as missionaries is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. Our calling is the Doctrine of Christ. I realized that the district was getting away from the purpose, by trying to set all these complicated ways of achieving the goal of 15 baptisms when all we need to do is become as a child. Submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to the will of God,and apply the Doctrine of Christ in our own lives and we will have success. The whole district was amazed at what I thought of and they all really loved it. They are convinced that I am going AP now too haha. We will have to see about that one haha! Well anyway, that was one of the many experiences that I had this week.

That is super funny about you and the hula dancers hahahahhahahahahah. I want to see a video of it. I bet you had fun though even though you were embarrassed. I never though you would dance or even could haha.

Yep, I had heard that the Olympics were starting up again. I was kinda bummed that they were the winter ones when I heard, but it doesn't bother me now. I just have to deal with it haha. That is sweet that the Jazz were able to beat the Heat. I wonder if the Heat were trying though? haha. That is good that Utah is doing good. They need to keep winning.

Well, I love you guys and am so excited to be one of those 66 missionaries from our stake. That is exciting that I am not on the bottom row anymore haha. Time does go by fast. Keep me updated if I move up anymore haha. I am grateful for all that you and the whole family do to support me while I am on my mission. You guys are the best family I could ever have! I really do love you guys tons!!

-Elder Sedlacek

Enjoying every moment!

February 3, 2014

 

What's up mom,

I am doing great! This week was another good one. It was kinda slow at the beginning ( I don't know why) but it picked back up the rest of the week. How was your week? Good to know that I will be getting a package. I have been wondering where it was haha. That was nice of you to put goodies in for kids. Good thinking haha. Yep, yesterday was the Superbowl. It was fun. I actually got to watch a little bit of it at the member's house that we had dinner at. We had all this Superbowl food and played with the family. It was lots of fun. The city wasn't as crazy as I thought it would be. There were some fireworks going off but that was about it. Well, the work is going great. We had 5 investigators at church which was great, and we have 5 on date for baptism, one of them being Myron for this Saturday. It is going to be sweet to see him get baptized. He is soooo excited. We had lots of lessons this week too. That is a cool story about the girl in Florida. That is really all it takes to share the gospel. Let the missionaries do the "hard" stuff haha. The Lord wants you and everyone else to share His gospel. He will help you with it. All you have to do is ask Him, and I am sure you know that already. 

The bathroom looks super good! Kelly did a great job. I bet it is super nice to use now. It is good that Heavenly Father blessed you guys to be able to have it nicer. He is the The Best!

I love you guys sooo much. That is funny that Nick is jealous. He should be haha. It is awesome right now. I am trying to enjoy every moment because it is already going faster than I though it would. 

You guys are the best!

 

What's up Dad!

Yep I found out the score pretty much right when it ended. The Seahawks did awesome. I bet it wasn't even much of a game. I got to see a couple minutes of the last of the 4th quarter because we were at a member home eating dinner and playing games. It was a fun night. That is fun that you guys did a score guessing game. So does that mean that Sarah actually watched football for once???? That would be crazy haha. Sounds like it was a fun time though for you guys too. I also heard about Groundhog Day yesterday and that he saw his shadow so more cold weather. Funny, because it has been snowing up here ever since I found out. There is practically no snow on the ground though, which is weird. It isn't Utah snow up here. It is crappy Washington snow haha!

My week was great! We had 12 member present lessons which is awesome. That is the 3rd week in a row that we have had awesome member present numbers. It is showing in the success in the other numbers as well. Members are so important in getting investigators baptized. We have a huge teaching pool still. We lost two investigators because we baptized them, but it seems HF just gave us a couple more new ones, so yep, we are keeping it up. Sunday was great. We had 5 investigators there and it was a good testimony meeting so that was good. Testimony meetings are always so sketchy haha. The investigators we had at church were Myron, Nick, Becky and her daughter, and Steve. They are all doing great. They are probably the most solid investigators. We have a couple more like Denise, Michelle, Sydnie, and Marie who didn't come, but we are going to check on them. It was a really good show to sacrament meeting anyway. Myron is going to be getting baptized this Saturday.  I think Denise will be getting baptized the week after. Becky and Jackie are doing really well. We weren't able to meet with her husband because he was on the road all week driving his truck. They are awesome people. We had a awesome lesson this week with them. The spirit was super strong and they learned a lot and committed to be baptized on the 21st of this month! And to think we just found them and Myron three weeks ago! The work is progressing so fast. It is awesome to see and be a part of. 

Sounds like church was great for you and the family. That is great. I love meetings like that where you just feel the spirit so strong. They feel like they just re-charge the spiritual tank. That is probably what the sacrament is partially for. It always seems like it helps me to re-charge. 

That is good that work is busy for you too. 10-12 hours a day, think back to when you had 16 hour days on the mission haha. It is not the same work though for missionary work and a regular job so I feel for you dad haha. It will be cool though I am sure when you finish up the project that you guys are doing and look back on it and see what you have done. I am sure you are having fun though doing all that work.

You are right, the bathroom does look super nice. It is way nicer than the bathroom I use everyday haha. I bet it is nice to use. You guys are lucky! haha

It is fun that you guys are putting in for hunts. If you want to put me in for points, by all means go for it. I don't mind either way. It would be nice to come home and have bunches of points that I could use. But like I said, I don't mind either way. That would be cool if you guys can draw a tag for something. Just make sure you duck hunt haha. That is the most fun type of hunting of coarse haha. Don't worry, it won't get me thinking too much about home.

It's funny that you went and bought a Hawaiian shirt haha.  You should get a big straw hat to go with it. That would be funny.

I am glad that you guys were able to use the card I sent. You deserved it. I love you guys sooooo much. Thank you for all that you do for me. It is awesome that you are helping me out. I didn't get the package yet but I should  real soon. Thank you for it in advance.  I hope you all have a fun Valentines day and month too. Thank you for all the support! I love serving a mission!!! The people and experiences are awesome!

Love, Elder Sedlacek

Two baptisms and some crazy Seahawks fans all in one post.

A little bit of home!

1/27/14 Emails

What's up mmmmmmommmmm,

How ya doing! I am doing great. This week was the most productive I have ever had on my mission so far. It was crazy!!!!! It started out that we put Jose and Cheyenne on date, as you already know. Well, they both were baptized this week so Elder J and I had 2 baptisms this week!!!!!! We also had 14 member-present lessons!!! This week was sooooooooo busy but soooooo worth it. I am staying in Sunnyside with Elder J for right now, which puts him at a year of his mission in Sunnyside. That is just crazy but no trainer call for me haha. He will probably be gone after this transfer which means I will probably be here for the next 3 months at least haha. I don't mind, because Sunnyside is doing really good right now because we will have 3 more baptisms in February. I am certainly blessed to be serving here right now. 

I am glad you liked my pics haha. Vince is an older guy haha. He is like 60-something. I am sure he will want to come visit. He told me he wants to be at my wedding and he wants to be there when I have my "12" children haha, so I am sure he will want to come sometime. He is a great guy. A good example too.

The bathroom looks super nice! I am excited for when I can use it again haha. At least it's getting done slowly haha. Looks great though. 

That is a cool story that Elder L had. The spirit does know what's best and where to go. I haven't had anything like that before but I have been guided as to who to go see and when. The Holy Ghost is an awesome gift to have. I like your story of the temple too. That is crazy that it is that busy. Is the Ogden temple closed or something? I wonder if they will build one in Kaysville or somewhere around there. It will be cool to see what's going to happen.

I did get Libby's and Sarah's letters. All they want is my ipod haha. I will let you just deal with it. I don't really care about it because it's super old. 

I bought myself a Seahawks shirt this week to celebrate them getting into the Super Bowl, as well as the success we are having in Sunnyside.

I love getting to talk to you guys a little bit. Mondays are awesome! I love you guys! 

 

Elder Sed says this house is a good example of the "crazy Seahawks fans" all over Washington.

What's up Pops!

This week was great! We had 2 baptisms! Both the baptisms were great. There is always such a spirit at baptisms that I love to feel. It was really just an awesome teaching week. We had 14 member present lessons! That was just amazing in and of itself. All of our investigators are doing well. Myron is really excited for his baptism. We have met with him three times this week because he loves it so much haha. He is a great guy. Really loves the gospel. We have him and two other people on date for baptism in February. Another family we are teaching is the _____. They are great people too. They are Baptists who are looking for a new church that is more family-oriented. They are all doing so great. The dad drives a truck and takes the Book of Mormon everywhere with him so he can read it. The mom is doing great too. They are progressing really well. I just love that family.  That is a couple of our major investigators right now. I will write a letter about the other ones to save some time. Sunnyside is really just doing awesome right now.

That is great that the Utes are doing so well right now. Hopefully they can keep it up. It would be cool to see them in March Madness. That is funny about the Jazz haha. They suck major bad right now, but hopefully it works out for them in the end with the rebuild. It is funny that you liked the Seahawks house haha. See what I mean with crazy Seahawks fans everywhere here?  It is going to be interesting to see what this town is like on Sunday haha. I had to laugh when we saw that house. I just had to take a pic. It looks really good though. 

Sounds like your calling is going good for you. Are you the most senior high council man yet? 

I am so grateful for the gospel in my life and the blessing it is, and that I can be a missionary and spread it to the world. It changes lives! I saw that with Jose. He is doing so much better than he was when I first met him. Now that he has the Holy Ghost, he has changed so much. He looks so much happier and you can feel the Spirit around him. I am sure it will help him tons with his life right now. I just love being a missionary! I love the people of Sunnyside too! Thank you for all that you guys do for me. It means a lot. I love you guys so much. I will write you guys a letter today too.

Love you family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Elder Sedlacek

First baptism!

Elder Sed (top center) and the Ellensburg Elders. 

When Elder Sedlacek gave his farewell talk in church, he bore his testimony that he knew the atonement is real. I don't think it's any coincidence that his first couple baptisms (one last week and one coming up this week) are two people who he would never have guessed would change their lives like they have. But through the power of the atonement, they have done exactly that, and Elder Sedlacek has been able to witness it. What an amazing blessing!

1/20/14 email to Mom

What's up Mama? 

This week was so great. It was kinda funny finding out about Vince's baptism. Monday when I was emailing, I didn't get the email from Vince, so if I hadn't gotten on during the week I wouldn't have seen it. Here is the story why I was even on the computer during the week: This week I got a bill from the medical place that I went to in Kennewick a while back for $10. I had to get on the computer to pay it. After I paid it, I had the thought to check my email and that is when I read about Vince's baptism. I was so freaking excited when I found out I hardly slept that night!  Anyway, I got approval to go from President Ware, which was super lucky because he wasn't going to let me, but he could tell that I really wanted to go see it. Since it was my first convert baptism, I got approval from him to go. It was a really nice baptism. Elder S got to baptize him, which I didn't mind, because it was so great to see him get baptized. He has such a strong testimony. It was fun to see his reaction when he saw that I was there. Elder S and I kept it a secret from him, so it was a huge surprise. He was super happy that I was able to make it. I was super happy too.

Well, to answer your question, I am staying warm and getting enough to eat. I want some good recipes that are fast and easy and cheap for missionaries to make. If you could send some in the mail that would be great.

Our investigators are doing great. Yesterday we put Jose on date for baptism this Saturday! We had a talk with a member of the bishopric and the ward mission leader before church and that really made us realize how prepared he is. We went home and said a prayer for an answer to see if he was ready for baptism and we felt like it is a good idea so we put him on date for the end of the week and he is super excited. I hope everything works out with it. He really needs the presence of the Holy Ghost in his life. It will help him so much right now, especially with making good decisions.

The bathroom looks super nice!

That is great that Nicole was able to get a job. I have been praying for her to find one that will work for her. Turns out Heavenly Father pulled through again. I will wish her a happy birthday too.

Sounds like church stuff is going well for you guys. That is good that Jared is finally growing up haha. Maybe he will get taller, but I will always be stronger haha.

Well Mama, I am doing great up here in WaRshington haha. Thank you for all the prayers and support. I love emailing to you guys too.

Love, Elder Sedlacek

Email to Dad

 What's up Grandpa Dad. haha

Can you believe that you're a week older since last week? haha. Just messing around with my OLD Papa. This week was great. I was able to go to Vince's baptism like you probably already know. It was great and kinda funny. When he was getting baptized, Elder S forgot to let Vince plug his nose, and when he was dunking Vince he smacked his head on the side of the font. It was bad haha but Vince was alright. He didn't even care either! haha He was just so happy to be getting baptized. He will be an awesome member and a long time friend. 

Last week was great! We have 5 progressing investigators right now with 3 of them on date for baptism. Jose is on date for this Saturday. Sadly, Cheyenne fell off date and wants to put it off but we are going to try to get her baptized this Saturday, too. She is so ready but she doesn't realize it yet. She really wants to be baptized, she just wants to put it off. We are going to have a lesson Ttuesday just on baptism so I hope she will change her mind. Pray for her to receive an answer to get baptized sooner rather than later. 

This week we taught 15 lessons which was still amazing. Nine of them were member-present lessons with investigators. It was still a great teaching week for us. Sunnyside is having bunches of success right now. It is a blessing for me to be serving here when it's like this. I hope I'm not training here in a week and a half. It is training numbers though. It will be interesting to see what happens at transfers this week. By next P-day I will know what's going to go down. I had my quarterly interview with President Ware this week and he said I am doing great. He said I am really good at adjusting to different comps, so hopefully I don't get bounced around my whole mission haha. President Ware is an awesome guy!

One of the benefits of serving in the states is hearing the scores of the big games. I already knew who was playing in the Super Bowl because I am pretty sure all of Warshington had a party last night haha. Everyone here is so excited for the it. It is crazy. I don't think the Super Bowl will be too distracting. Who knows how well the work will be in 2 weeks on Sunday, but it will be fun. I probably won't be able to watch it though which is okay. That is awesome Utah is doing so well in basketball. Maybe they will make it into March madness. That would be fun.

That is great that work is going good for you. I bet it is fun to work for the church. In a way I am working for the church right now and its pretty fun haha.

Well I hope you have a great week Pops. Have fun playing with Duke haha. He is a funny dog. I love you, Papa! You're awesome!