From Coast to cOstrava

Hello all!!! So yup. I am officially training! Its so easy when you have such an adorable and sweet companion. Seriously, I am so grateful for her fresh and optimistic view on everything. I absolutely adore her and am feeling very blessed. 

 

Sestra Schoen and Sister Daugirda

 

Missionaries in the Czech Republic

Our normal place to email is closed so we found this place but bad news is that we can only be on technically for 30 minutes and if someone boots us off we can't get back on... :/ so I am freaking out about now. But it is fine, if I don't get to tell you much more than that I am loving this transfer already and really excited about all the things we will accomplish, that should suffice. I want to send my love to you all and thank you for your thoughtful and inspiring emails. I love you!!!! I love being here and constantly finding more and more to learn. I am really growing so much closer with my Savior and my testimony is really deepening. 

 

I love the gospel! Faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end, all we really need to know in order to be saved. It really simplifies a lot I think, but at the same-time it means we have more personal responsibility to progress. 

 

We are not just simply saved because someone blessed us, we have to use our agency, ability to choose, at every stage. To believe is a choice, to repent is a continual process of action, baptism must be cognitively decided (I may have made that word up...) and in order to keep the companionship of the Holy Ghost, we must stay worthy and follow its influence. And of course to continue that every moment for the rest of your life, ya that is alot. I guess that is why some would rather just ignore the existence of God completely. But they are missing out on soooo much! We know that when we learn to sacrifice a broken heart and a contrite spirit we are guaranteed, assured eternal life and all that our Heavenly Father wants for us. It is beyond worth it. I am so grateful to be here and work with these wonderful people. 

I Love you all and I keep you in my prayers always:)

S Laskou,

Sestra Schoen

 

THEN...in her e-mail to me (Courtney, her sister)...

Not much time to respond back much, I had to jump off for some guy then wait to get back on, had to coerce the librarian a bit to let me...kinda a ridiculous system and I could tell she was hesitating to let me pay again to get back on after his time had expired, but I love her anyway!!! grin and bare it. literally, I feel like we just grin and bare our testimony, I might have spelled that wrong. 

 

I love my little trainee, Sister Daugirda, the name is really throwin the czechs for a loop lol. She is really sweet, its like being with Giselle as a companion from Enchanted. She is from SLC Utah and this is the most opposition she as faced in her life, so I just want her spirits to stay up. We love studying together though from the scriptures so it is awesome. Looked outside just now...its raining. poop. no umbrella. yay!!!! haha my companion is going to love this. :) I love you all and I am glad you and mom are buying everything for me:) and the sleeper sofa sounds awesome. Excited to visit:)