Hello all!
so I guess I've only been in hungary for
two weeks but man does it feel like I've already been here forever!
We had to go up
to Buda for new missionary training so our pday got bumped to tuesday.
IT was really great to see the girls from my mtc district. It felt like
we had just been there as new missionaries. It was really cool to see
how their different experiences have been and it was great to hear that
we were all doing well.
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Well this week has been harder but so
so great. In Érd we don't get too many people who want to meet with us
but that is okay becasuse it means we get to go tracting a ton! We
mostly tracted this week but we had a couple of people we contacted on
the street who were pretty legit. One of them was a g (what we say for
gypsies so we don't sound like we're being racist) and he was really
legit. We had been walking up the street earlier flyering but nobody
wanted to take the flyers and we passed him but we kept walking . We
came to the end of the street and saw that there weren't many other
people so we decided to turn around and as we were walking back he had
turned around too I guess because we passed him again so I gave him and
angol óra flyer and he was like "what is this?" and stopped to talk to
us. He was really excited to hear that we were mormons. He is a j.w.
but somehow had a book of mormon and was really confused with the fact
that what the j.w.'s teach and what the book of mormon teaches don't
line up. He said he loved the book of mormon because it is like a better
version of the bible. We tried to explain to him that the book of
mormon comes from our church and that we love it too, but for some
reason it didn't click to him the the j.w.'s and mormons are different.
He said he really wanted to come to angol óra because he wanted to learn
english and we gave him a pass along card too with out number on it. He
seemed super interested so we're prayng he either calls or that he
comes to angol óra.
We also taught I_ this week. She is actually one
of the elder in the mission's grandma. He is half hungarian and is from
canada. She is probably one of the sweetest and sassiest ladies ever.
She has been taking the lessons for forever but just won't agree to be
baptized. It is also kind of hard because she sometimes forgets what we
teach and doesn't really read her book of mormon. She mostly skims it.
But she is super legit and already basically lives the standards. We
talked with her about the word of wisdom and she said that she would
keep it. She was so nice. I basically was sitting there not being able
to say much and then she said something while looking at me and sort of
laughing so I looked over to my trainer confused. And I guess she
basically said that I was a "poor dear" beacause I couldn't understand
but wanted to help so much. She is really cool and really thinks about
everything we teach her so I am praying that we will know what we need
to do so we can help her.
We had dinner on wednesday night
with the american family in the ward the palmers. It was cool to be in
hungary and be in a member's home. It is cool to think that the church
is the same everywere, down to the pictures of the first presidency on
the wall and a book shelf full of scriptures and deseret books. They are
a super nice family and such cool people.
Last night we went
to a less active member's house, E_. She is an older woman who is
regularly pretty sick so she has a hard time getting to church. We
talked with her about how we could help her to come to church and how we
are always here for anything she needs. She was nice and made us
dinner. First we had a really good soup. It was paprika and vegetables.
Then she brought out the main dish which was rather interesting. It was a
bowl full of this sort of gravy with peas in it and a fried egg and a
sort of sausage meatball thing. The gravy was sort of sweet and the meat
was incredibly salty and chewy. It wasn't too bad when it was warm but
her apartment was pretty cold so it got cold fast. I'm not the biggest
fan of gravy so it was definitely harder to get down. She was so sweet
though and kept asking us how we liked it so we just kept saying "finom"
or delicious. And she would get the biggest smile on her face that I
couldn't help but eat more. After we left then we were both feeling a
little sick and luckily sister sellers said that that is not a very
normal hungarian meal. I sure hope she is true but I guess I'll get more
used to it if it is normal. I guess hungarians really like gravy though
so who knows, maybe I'll like it too after eating it for a year and a
half.
It has been a great week and difficult with just
tracting all day but I know that it is going to pay off soon. Each
morning, I keep feeling like something great is right around the corner
and I know if I keep doing all I need to Heavenly Father will lead me to
those people who will need my help. I love it here and I know there is a
reason why I am in Érd right now and there are always people who need
the gospel. I love being a missionary and I love Magyarország!
heath nővér
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