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Family needed for a Czech Exchange Student 21 Nov 2007
Greetings to you all,

As you may have heard, there are currently six Czech high school students living in the Pleasant Grove, Spanish Fork and Mapleton areas. Overall, it has been an extremely positive experience to have them here. The students are grateful to have the opportunity to improve their English language abilities and to experience American culture, and the families are thankful to have these outstanding students in their homes.

Another group of students is coming over in January, and we are still looking for one more host family. Ideally, the family would be in the Alpine or Nebo School District, but that is not a requirement.

If you or someone you know may be interested in having a Czech high school student staying in their home from Jan. 6 to May 1, please contact me as soon as possible at owen@alwaysrememberfoundation.org.

Often I am asked about the students. They are 14-17 years old, both boys and girls. They are the best students in their respective schools, and go through a rigorous selection process. They communicate ok to very well in English. They are not members of the LDS church, but know that in coming to Utah they will likely be living with a Mormon family. Before they come they agree to abide by a code of conduct that prohibits drinking, smoking, inappropriate relations with the opposite sex, and generally outlines the cultural expectations of typical LDS families.

The families that we consider to be ideal are those who are welcoming, warm, open, financially stable enough to have one more person in their home, and above all, kind.

Again, please let me know if you or someone you know is interested in having a student come at this time.

I will be out of town for the Thanksgiving Holiday, but back over the weekend, so I will gladly get in touch with you then to answer any questions you may have about this program.

Best wishes and Happy Thanksgiving,

Owen Fuller
801.427.4352
owen@alwaysrememberfoundation.org
Owen Reed Fuller Send Email
 
CZ / SK Speaker Needed in D.C. on 13 Oct! 11 Oct 2007
Elizabeth (Clark) Sewell wrote me to express her thanks for the many missionaries who showed up at BYU Law School for the 14th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium. In fact, both she and Jonathon Tichy mentioned how impressed Director Pavla Bendová was with how many that showed up who could speak Czech and Slovak (see my posting on 1 Oct 2007 for more background information).

Elizabeth is with the Czech and Slovak delegation right now in Washington, D.C. for a few more meetings. She needs a Czech or Slovak-speaker in the D.C area who would be willing to take this Saturday (13 October) to help show them the town and take them to the airport. The individual can receive $10 an hour and get expenses reimbursed, which isn't much, but the experience and opportunity are really unique and a great way to serve. If someone is available, please call Elizabeth Sewell at 801-367-3261.
Ryan Mecham Send Email
 
Czech Director of Churches Coming to BYU 01 Oct 2007
Feeling a little rusty about the status of religion in the Czech and Slovak Republics? You will get a chance to brush up on the topic next week at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU. Next week, the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU is hosting its 14th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium.

Of particular note will be a roundtable discussion featuring the highest level delegation that has ever come from the Czech Republic: the Director of the Department of Churches within the Ministry of Culture, Pavla Bendová, as well as Vice Director Jakub Kříž. The Slovak Republic will be represented by Radovan Čikeš from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

Planned topics for this session include the role of religion in the two countries; the main church-state issues facing each; the similarities and differences in the approach to church-state policy between the two; the treatment of minority religions; and the power and influence of predominant religions.

The Czech / Slovak roundtable with Ms. Bendová will be moderated by Jonathon Tichy. Jonathon served his mission under President Winder and later returned to work in the United States Embassy in Prague. Today, he practices law and Prince Yeates & Geldzahler in Salt Lake City.

The roundtable will take place on Tuesday, 9 October from 11:15 to 12:30 at the BYU Law School. The session is free and open to the public. (The room for the session will be posted inside the J. Reuben Clark Building on the BYU campus. For a map, please see http://map.byu.edu/.)

It would be wonderful if the audience for this session contained a number of returned missionaries. It would reflect on the Church and on our continued interested in the welfare of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Jonathon plans to open up the discussion to questions from the floor.

It is also interesting to note that another Winder-era missionary, Elizabeth Sewell (née Clark), is the Associate Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU, who is putting on this symposium.

For more information, you can visit the organization’s website: http://www.iclrs.org/
Ryan Mecham Send Email
 
New Picture for Front Page 27 Sep 2007
Hey everyone...
I'm getting tired of the picture on the front page of the site. I'd like to replace it. If you think you have a picture that would be good there just let me know...

Steve Danielson
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Newly Called 15 Sep 2007
Hey everyone,

My name is Collin and I live in Las Vegas Nevada. I recently got my call to Prague and I will be entering the MTC on January 23. Despite my contact name, I am not a sister missionary lol I got confused on what the contact person was.

Anyways, I would love to get feedback from all the returned missionaries (tips, what to expect, how things were, whether to buy winter stuff before or once i get there, ect....).

Any info would be greatly apprciated!

Thanks!
Collin James McLaughlin Send Email
 
Toronto Foundations First Annual Service Project 22 Aug 2007
The Wallace F. Toronto Foundation is pleased to announce its first annual “Czech and Slovak Republic Service Project” and invites you to participate. The inaugural project will prepare the St. Luke Hospice in Ostrava for its grand opening. For months, the foundation has worked hand in hand with “Charita Ostrava” to provide volunteer service and financial backing for the important services they provide the people of the Czech Republic.

The foundation would like to extend a special invitation to you to come to Ostrava and participate with the more than 50 members of the Brno District of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in assisting the St. Luke Hospice. The hospice’s new building has undergone months of remodeling. The charity running the hospice would like our volunteers to paint and clean it in preparation for its grand opening this fall.

The service project will take place on Saturday, 22 September 2007. Aside from organizing volunteers from both sides of the Atlantic, the foundation will assist you with lodging for two nights (a youth hostel will be available for Friday and Saturday nights – 21 to 22 and 22 to 23 September) and with breakfast and lunch during the service project on Saturday.

Please remember that this is the first annual service project. Planning for the 2008 project will begin immediately following the successful completion of the 2007 project. So, if you cannot attend this year, please mark your calendars to come back the Czech and Slovak Republics in mid-September 2008!

If you would like to participate in the 2007 service project, please email the foundation at information@torontofoundation.org and you will receive further details. Also, if you would like to receive information about future service projects, please email the foundation at the same email address.

More information about the St. Luke Hospice in Ostrava, Czech Republic can be found here http://www.ostrava.caritas.cz/showpage.php?name=lukas

The Toronto Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah that supports grassroots humanitarian and educational projects in the former Czechoslovakia. Established in March of 2003 by a group of returned missionaries, the Toronto Foundation has funded and sponsored numerous projects in the Czech and Slovak Republics in large part due to the generous tax deductible contributions of its friends and supporters. To learn more about the Toronto Foundation, please visit its website at www.torontofoundation.org.
Ryan Mecham Send Email
 
Foundation Announces Donation to Mission Fund 08 Aug 2007
The Toronto Foundation is pleased to announce its support and recent contribution of funds to the Czech and Slovak Mission Fund. The Fund helps sponsor and pay for LDS missionaries serving from the Czech and Slovak Republics. The Toronto Foundation supports these missionaries and their noble efforts.

The Toronto Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah that supports grassroots humanitarian and educational projects in the former Czechoslovakia. Established in March of 2003 by a group of returned missionaries, the Toronto Foundation has funded and sponsored numerous projects in the Czech and Slovak Republics in large part due to the generous tax deductible contributions of its friends and supporters. To learn more about the Toronto Foundation, please visit its website at www.torontofoundation.org.
Daniel James Bergantz Send Email
 
Toronto Foundation Supports Always Remember LLC 06 Aug 2007
The Toronto Foundation is please to announce its support and recent contribution of funds to the newly formed Always Remember LLC. Always Remember helped sponsor a visit to Salt Lake City in April by a number of Czech members and friends. The Toronto Foundation supports these efforts and wishes Always Remember the best in their future efforts.

The Toronto Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah that supports grassroots humanitarian and educational projects in the former Czechoslovakia. Established in March of 2003 by a group of returned missionaries, the Toronto Foundation has funded and sponsored numerous projects in the Czech and Slovak Republics in large part due to the generous tax deductible contributions of its friends and supporters. To learn more about the Toronto Foundation, please visit its website at www.torontofoundation.org.
Daniel James Bergantz Send Email
 
Foundation Supports Slovak Genealogical Society 03 Aug 2007
In cooperation with the Slovakian Genealogical Society and the Slovakian National Library, the Toronto Foundation helped publish a handbook on family history resources available in Slovakia. The book contains a chapter on the LDS Church's family history program and Slovak genealogic resources authored by Toronto Foundation Board Member Jonathon Tichy. For more on the project and a link to copies of Mr. Tichy’s contribution to the book, please visit the Toronto Foundation’s website at www.torontofoundation.org.


The Toronto Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah that supports grassroots humanitarian and educational projects in the former Czechoslovakia. Established in March of 2003 by a group of returned missionaries, the Toronto Foundation has funded and sponsored numerous projects in the Czech and Slovak Republics in large part due to the generous tax deductible contributions of its friends and supporters. To learn more about the Toronto Foundation, please visit its website at www.torontofoundation.org.
Daniel James Bergantz Send Email
 
Czech Dancers performing in Utah 02 Aug 2007
(Ms. Aida Mattingly asked me to spread the word about this Free Cultural Event because the folk dancers "Satecek" from the Czech Republic are coming to Utah. Please read her message below. Ahoj, Owen Fuller)

Dear Returned Missionaries from Czech Prague Mission:

Greetings from the City of Bountiful, Utah!

On behalf of the Bountiful/Davis Art Center (BDAC), I would like to invite you to join us as we officially welcome the following invited countries: Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ghana, India, Peru, Philippines and Poland during the festival’s Opening Ceremonies to the 19th Annual Bountiful Summerfest International (BSI) on:

August 9, Thursday, 7:00 pm, at the Bountiful City Park, 400 N. 200 W. Bountiful.

Also, for the first time in many years, the Summerfest will be a FREE ADMISSION flagship event to the public on Aug. 10 & 11, Friday & Saturday. Bring your families, friends, colleagues and neighbors to this wholesome “fun-filled trip Around the World” with international music, dance, food, arts & c rafts with your visit to Bountiful City Park. Please feel free to check the following websites for detailed information:

BDAC website: http://www.bdac.org/
BSI website: http://www.bdac.org/bsi.htm

And you are more than welcome to be a Host Family.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Aida Mattingley
Chair
Bountiful/Davis Art Center (BDAC)
801 240 6196 office
801 967 3127 home
801 292 0367
Owen Reed Fuller Send Email
 
Toronto Foundation Announces Completion of After S 01 Aug 2007
Sent in behalf of the Toronto Foundation:

In cooperation with the Nová škola (New School) Foundation based in Prague, Czech Republic, the Toronto Foundation is proud to announce the completion of Rozlety (Taking off!), an after-school mentoring and educational program sponsored in part by the Toronto Foundation.

The Rozlety program provided underprivileged children from a variety of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds the additional academic support and encouragement to succeed academically. The primary focus of the Rozlety program was to tutor and prepare disadvantaged middle-school aged students for their high school entrance exams and then to help them thrive in the high school environment. Most of the Rozlety participants were from the minority Romany community among whom illiteracy and drop-out rates are substantially higher than the average in the Czech Republic.

As part of the Rozlety program, the Toronto Foundation funded a supervised after-school club in downtown Prague where Rozlety students received help with their homework, tutoring, mentoring, and the opportunity to socialize with other children their age. The club iprovided a safe place for students to gather who might otherwise be out on the streets or home alone after school.

For more information about Nová škola and the sponsorship efforts of the Toronto Foundation please visit the Toronto Foundation’s website at www.torontofoundation.org.

The Toronto Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah that supports grassroots humanitarian and educational projects in the former Czechoslovakia. Established in March of 2003 by a group of returned missionaries, the Toronto Foundation has funded and sponsored numerous projects in the Czech and Slovak Republics in large part due to the generous tax deductible contributions of its friends and supporters. To learn more about the Toronto Foundation, please visit its website at www.torontofoundation.org.
Daniel James Bergantz Send Email
 
Letter of “Thanks” From the Toronto Foundation 30 Jul 2007
Sent on behalf of the Toronto Foundation:

Dear Friends:

Over a year ago I was asked by the Church to organize and spearhead an effort to obtain government recognition for the Church in Slovakia. This past September, we implemented a bold effort involving over 100 current missionaries, local members, and returned missionaries from the Czech Prague Mission to gather the signatures of 20,000 Slovakian citizens supporting the registration of the Church.

As you are probably aware, the kind-hearted people of Slovakia rallied to our cause in the spirit of Christian solidarity, and that effort was successful. And on October 18, 2006, I accompanied Elder David Bednar of the Quorum to the Twelve Apostles to a meeting with high-level Slovakian government officials where the announcement granting recognition to the Church was made. Earlier that day, we met with the U.S. Ambassador serving in Slovakia. I mention this, because in both of those meetings, the contribution of the Toronto Foundation was expressly acknowledged and commended for the singular part it played in the success of this project.

The Toronto Foundation provided not only significant administrative and logistical support, coordinating literally hundreds of hours of volunteer service by dozens of volunteers, including nearly 30 returned missionary volunteers who traveled to Slovakia to assist in the effort, but it also provided over $15,000.00 in financial support that paid for such things as travel, lodging, and other expenses for missionaries, local members, and other project volunteers. In one instance, there were a number of college-age young adult Church members from the Czech Republic who learned about the registration effort at a Church-sponsored activity and wanted to travel to Slovakia together to assist in this historic project. Most were holding down summer jobs in order to save money for the upcoming school year. The Toronto Foundation, however, was able to step in and provide them temporary work supporting the effort in Slovakia.

As the Executive Director of the Slovakia Registration Project, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to those of you who have supported the Toronto Foundation over the years. I do not hesitate to say that the support of the Toronto Foundation contributed significantly to the outcome of that effort in partnership with the Church Legal Department, the Area Presidency, and the Czech Prague Mission.

In addition to the acknowledgement of Elder Bednar, the Toronto Foundation was also specifically highlighted as a trusted and positive example by several other members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Europe Central Area Presidency, and several current and former mission presidents, all who specifically expressed thanks for the Foundation’s support of the project in Slovakia.

In the end, however, the Toronto Foundation is nothing more or less than you, its loyal supporters. Please consider making a generous contribution to this wonderful organization that, in so many ways, is truly building meaningful bridges to the Czech and Slovak people.

Sincerely,


Jonathon T. Tichy
Toronto Foundation Board of Directors
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Toronto Foundation Hosts Czech Consulate 13 Jul 2007
In partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Toronto Foundation hosted a visit to Salt Lake City, Utah, and Church headquarters by Mr. Tomas Kadlec, Head of the Visa Section at the Czech Consulate in Los Angeles, California, on July 12, 2007. Mr. Kadlec and his staff are directly responsible for processing the visa applications of all LDS missionaries assigned to serve in the Czech Republic. During his visit to Salt Lake, Mr. Kadlec met with LDS Church officials and General Authorities, members of the Toronto Foundation Board of Directors, and toured the Temple Square and Welfare Square. Members of the Toronto Foundation were invited to a private luncheon with Church leaders to honor Mr. Kadlec held in the General Authorities’ “Ambassador Suite.” By all accounts, Mr. Kadlec’s visit was a success and will help the Church continue to successfully obtain visas for missionaries called to the Czech Republic.

The Toronto Foundation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah that supports grassroots humanitarian and educational projects in the former Czechoslovakia. Established in March of 2003 by a group of returned missionaries, the Toronto Foundation has funded and sponsored numerous projects in the Czech and Slovak Republics in large part due to the generous tax-deductible contributions of its friends and supporters. To learn more about the Toronto Foundation, please visit its website at www.torontofoundation.org.
Ryan Mecham Send Email
 
Volunteer Meeting - Always Remember Foundation 06 Jul 2007
Zdravim Vas!

The Always Remember Foundation is holding a meeting on Tuesday, July 17 for all volunteers who would like to help with our three main projects:

1) Bringing three Couples over each General Conference. Three came in April and Three more are coming in October!

2) Bringing over exchange students from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Six High School Students are scheduled to come in August to go to a semester of high school here!

3) English Summer Camps in the Czech Republic.


The meeting will be at the Sedivy's home in Pleasant Grove, UT and will go from 7:30-8:30.

If you are interested in helping out or learning more, send an email to alwaysrememberfoundation@gmail.com.

Mejte se pekne a Do toho!

Owen Fuller
The Always Remember Foundation
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Looking for Curtis Davis' Address 07 Jun 2007
Zdravim. If anyone has an address for Curtis Davis, can you please email it to me (cory.hrncirik@gmail.com). Someone found a journal of his in an old apartment and gave it to me to try to return to him. Dik.
Cory T. Hrncirik Send Email
 
on the way 29 May 2007
Yeah, my first child is on the way and it's a boy. Poor kid...
Jon Peterson Send Email
 
Come join!! 17 May 2007
I made a group for all you facebook users called Czech Republic RM's
Come join....here's the link

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2336782930
Christine Elizabeth Grosjean Send Email
 
Zazrak vsech zazraku - I'm getting married! 28 Apr 2007
Hey all,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm getting married! My fiance's name is Lloydel Johansen and we'll be getting married in July. I'd love to send you an invite - please send me your addresses!
Mejte se moc fajn!
Kammi Lyman
Kammi Johansen Send Email
 
New Mission President 27 Mar 2007
President and Sister Slovacek


Announcement from March 24, 2007 Church News website:




Ellen and Marvin Joseph Slovacek Jr., 53, Czech Prague Mission; Valrico Ward, Brandon Florida Stake; former stake president, bishop, high councilor, stake mission president, stake and ward Young Men president and missionary in the Austria Vienna Mission. President and owner of Northridge Development. Born in Taylor, Texas, to Marvin Joseph Slovacek Sr. and Ruth Compton Slovacek. Married Ellen Dickson, four children.

An institute teacher, Sister Slovacek is a former seminary teacher, ward Relief Society, Young Women and Primary president and gospel doctrine teacher. Born in Enumclaw, Wash., to Robert Jared and Elna Lewis Dickson.

Caleb Pusey Send Email
 
Conference 23 Mar 2007
Does anyone know if there will be a reunion this conference? Or anything with the visiting Czech couples? I will be in SLC for conference and would love to meet up with people if at all possible.
Jeanne K Mecham Send Email
 
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