the Prague Saints

Today was a beautful Sunday! We were up early to catch the Metro to the church buiding and be a little early to say HI to everyone. The first person that met us at the door was Jirka Matejcek who is about our age and served a mission in Tempe Arizona. It was good because he spoke English with Andi so she wasn´t too lost. There were several missionaries there as well as one of Curtis´ MTC teachers and his family. Dan Reeves is from Hooper, just down the street from Roy and he and his family are here while he studies for his Masters degree at Charles University. It was fun to see him again.

Curtis also got to talk to Tomas Vit, whose father was baptized while Curtis was here. It was good to catch up with him too. Also Sister Canek, the brach presidents wife greeted us as well as Eva Matejckova, Jirkas mom and his little brother Martin who is now 19 and is contemplating a mission.

Since we thought that President Yost and Sister Yost werent coming back until Sunday night we were surprised to see them walk into the meeting just before it started. Tomas Vit conducted the meeting and had all of the visitors stand, including two other former missionaries who were visiting. One of them was an assistant to the president when Curtis first got to the mission. He and his wife have been traveling around Europe for 3 weeks and have 2 more to go. We decided they were CRAZY and that 2+ weeks is perfect. More than that and we´d be really tired. Especially since the Morleys had been robbed on a train in Italy and were out their video camera, ipod and 250 Euros! That is something we DO NOT wish to experience.

During the meeting Curtis was called on to speak for a few minutes and bear his testimony. It was a great experience for him and though he was nervous it was assuring to see familiar faces in the crowd. After the meeting President and Sister Yost came up to talk with us. They were excited we had come to visit and recognized Andi from the MTC where they had eaten dinner together several times. It was fun to see them. They are WONDERFUL people and President Yost is doing great things with the mission. Things are different from when Curtis was here, but different is good and changes are a continual thing. President Yost will be leaving in a month or so and a new mission president will make some changes of his own. We wish them all the best.

Ed Barner, the resident American in Prague took us, the Morleys, a Czech-American and his wife, and two of his friends that were visiting to Slavia Cafe, a famous restaurant on the Vltava River with a great view of the castle. Curtis thought the food was AMAZING! Andi wasn´t so hot on it, but blames it on the fact that there were no vegitables on her plate--welcome to the Czech Republic! If its not sauerkraut it doesnt belong in traditional dishes.

We went back to the room to change and then to wander the city and do a little "window" shopping. Tomorrow means new ties for Curtis and maybe a few other things....

Now we are off to get some night shots of Prague and then to bed...

CandA