Monday, July 28, 2014

PICS!

Visiting castles, confusion looking at bus schedules, and more.


These hills were alive with the sound of music, interestingly enough.
This picture accurately demonstrates the confusion of bus schedules
Just walking about the castle. No big deal.
Sister Senkane and Sister Schoen (on P-day, thus the casual l

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Just a short note this week


We went to a castle today and it was a blast! Will send mo pics next week! And try to get some letters out soon! Thank you all for your wonderful support, I love you all so very much and I love it here in the great CZ. This truly is a great adventure!!!
s Laskou,
Sestra Schoen

Monday, July 14, 2014

Ostravalelujah!!!

Howdy All!
Great week this week and I absolutely loved all your emails. I am loving Ostrava, it is just go,go, GO! all the time. woo! We are doing really well together and I just adore Sistser Senkane, she is such a an amazing example for me. I love her insight on things and its great that we are just enough different that it is not boring, but also just enough similar that we get along really well. She is like the peanut-butter and I am like the jelly. :) I love you all sooo very much!!! Words cannot express it adequately. But just imagine I am squeezing all of you just as tight as I can!!! <3
s Laskou,
Sestra Schoen
PS. I have been making more and more jokes in czech:) And people besides me are laughing. That doesn't even happen in english haha. (insert Napolean Dynamite "YES...")

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Ostrava-lanche of Awesomeness!

First off. You all lose! I have gotten several brief mentions of Cassidy's 15 minutes of fame in reference to so you think you can dance but no actual information or a story.... You're trying to drive me mad aren't you??



 Haha I am so soooo excited to hear more about it as sooon as possible! This week was great, we had some awesome lessons and miracles of course. That group of friends are good, we talked to them for a bit again but the whole pulling out of the world is proving to be difficult. The world's influence is a very strong force here, as I am sure it is everywhere, but man it's irritating! We attempted to celebrate 4th of July in our own way... burgers and contacting people on freedom! (and that morning I may have blasted Celine Dion's God Bless Americe and Im Proud to Be an American by Al Green). My poor Latvian companion was I'm sure a tad annoyed with my cheesy, eccentric pariotism but #represent.

On the way to a training in Prague weeks ago with my new companion, Sister Senkane


We went contacting as a district (btw there are 6 missionaries total in our branch Cam) in a park and talked about how God has given us the ability to choose and he wants us to keep our freedom and also know how to use it wisely. That is something that is engrained in my heart and although I can't rant on politics persay, I can rave about what a blessing it is to be free to make our own decisions. Liberty is priceless. But some take it for granted or rather, dont thoroughly understand it. We have 100% control of what we do, what people forget is that we dont have control of the consequences. But if we know the outcome we want we can make the most of the decisions we make in order to achieve that outcome. Thereby using our ability to choose correctly. If we direct our lives to achieve a distant point we will achieve it and learn in the process. The quote, "aim small, miss small" comes to mind. The idea that we are tossed about by the many choices around us is absurd and in actuality robs us of the freedom to choose for ourselves. Opposite of popular opinion, we do not have to try everything even the harmful things the world has to offer. That is just pressure to satisfy a public demand. We have to make smart decisions so we are not held captive to negative consequences. If we know that doing something brings a less-than-desirable result, let us use our noggin's to direct us towards a new path that will help us actually grow. I feel like that is logical. Rant of the week again. Apologies. Just been on my mind. I love you all!