Still in the székes lands!

we made valentines!

15 February 2016

hello all! yet another week on the island with my lovely companion sister greenwood.

 

Tuesday:

We had transfer calls in the morning then emailed and that evening had a program with the viktoriaék! It was pretty good. We talked about faith with them and read Alma 32 from the children's book of mormon. 

 

Wednesday:

We went tracting for a while and got sister greenwood's first let in!! woo! It was this crazy family of gs and so this is what happened. So we were csengőing [ringing] into the building and this kid comes up and asks if we want to get in, so he lets us in and we go up to the door that we stopped on but he got off the elevator on the fourth floor. We asked a ton of people with no real success until we got to the fourth floor again. We didn't know which door was his so we just went for the first door and as I went to ring the bell the door flung open and these two guys were standing in the doorway. We told them we were missionaries and they said wait a minute and brought their even bigger and buffer dad to the door and as soon as we told him we were missionaries he said "gyertek" or come in. We go in and start trying to teach them but the whole time the dad is trying to get the family to listen but nobody wants to, until he finally forced them to. It was interesting. Basically I taught the restoration like three times. It was super funny though because as I was trying to explain the book of mormon to the dad and I was telling him about how lehi got commanded to leave jerusalem then he was like "oh I've seen a movie about this" and then brought in prince of persia and was telling us that the main guy in it was a prophet and he had like this prophetess wife and it was...interesting. But as we invited them to church they were very honored and told us because we invited them to church they're going to invite us to make food sometime. So, that was fun. We'll see what it is with them next.

lovely family we tracted into.

Later, we met our new elders. Elder anderson and a greenie because elder mellor is dying in a few days so there's a trio. They seem good. 

Thursday:

We had scheduled a program with Andrea so we took the bus out to her. On the bus then this guy came up to us and was staring, which isn't too unusual but then he plopped his bag down on sister greenwood's lap and started unzipping it and so we were freaked out a bit. Then after he pointed at her name tag and was like (in very hard to make out hungarian) "whats that". I told him we were missionaries but he didn't seem to understand. Before he got off the bus though he stroked sister greenwood's hand and was like "nem baj, nem baj." (no problem, no problem). It was interesting to say the least. When we got to andrea's her door was locked (usually we just walk right in because she is in a  wheelchair and can't open the door for us). We called to reschedule with her and she got really sad that the door was locked. It was pretty heart breaking. 

We decided to do some tracting out near andrea's so we went a few streets up and started tracting. Nothing too exciting, except a dog peeing on us through a fence and a bácsi asking us which sect we are from. 

Later we had a program with Péter, the guy we tracted into last week. We brought a member Atilla with us. When we got there he had a friend over, Zoli. We started talking with them and I basically went over with Zoli what we talked about with Péter last time and it was good until they started to argue a bit. We think that Péter invited his friend Zoli over because Zoli has a vast knowledge of the bible and religions. It was actually super cool though because Zoli and Péter kept making these arguments but I had an answer for every one of them. It was kind of rough on greenwood though, because she couldn't understand as much and so it just sounded like arguing for her. But I was amazed that I was able to answer them and in the end the complimented my hungarian which was kind of a cool moment. It was also kind of cool because Atilla visited sister sholly in Érd when we served together and so he saw how well I could speak there (aka, couldn't) and he said it was just so cool to see how I have improved. I felt kind of cool. But even though they were argumentative and didn't want to listen they said we could come back next week and teach them about God's plan for us. Should be good. 

 

Friday:

We had district meeting. 

Later we had a program with Emil. He called greenwood a wild flower. 

greenwood and andi

Saturday:

tracted. 

sport nap. aka, játék est. [game night]

 

Sunday:

21 baby!! woot! 

We had church which was good. Napsi and Andi are going to be me and greenwood for farsang (a holiday here. sort of like halloween in spring to scare away the winter). So that will be adorable. 

Before játék est we had cake and rakott krumpli with the elders! I think this is going to be a birthday tradition for me to have rakott krumpli on my birthday because last year elder meek and lindow made it for me in érd. Sister greenwood was adorable and got me a cute magnite for my birthday. It was good! 

Well I hope that you all had as good as a week as we had here! Sometimes life can be weird and you get peed on by dogs but still God loves you and has a plan.

Happy monday and have a good week!

Love,

Sister Heath 

after a year of searching. I found the license plate with my initials

just walkin down the streets of hungary in the rain with a cake.

me and napsi

 

Boldog születésnapot!

so on sunday then napsi and andi stole our name tags and bags and started running around after church acting like they were us and it was just super funny.

 9 February 2016

hello all! So transfer calls came and surprise! I'm staying with Greenwood in Székes! anyways, here was our week!

Monday:

We made pogácsa (sort of like these hungarian roll things) and bean soup with Ági Néni. Super basic hungarian stuff. It was good. We now qualify as typical hungarian house wives. 

Tuesday:

We had cleaning checks and the Lunds came. They're a pretty cool senior couple. Super down to earth. 

Later we had a program with the Viktoriaék. It was super great. We helped Linda with her english homework a bit and after we taught them the plan of salvation. It was super cool because Linda had tons of questions and by the end her dad was even answering them with stuff that we had taught them. It was super cool. I hope they progress. 

Later that night then we had this private number g ring us (when they call, let it ring once then hang up so you have to call them back) twice but we couldn't call them back so we were super confused but then one of the greenies from sister greenwood's group called us and was like "how's your pizza?" and we were like what? but then we went downstairs and the pizza guy was annoyed because he had to wait and apparently woke up one of our neighbors who got angry. SO that's the story of how the nyiregyháza sisters ordered us a pizza.

Wednesday:

We had a program with Nagy Tamás. It was good! He brought a friend and we taught them the restoration. It was super cool! She also had this diamond in her tooth so that was interesting... is that like a new look or something?

Later we met with Andrea and read from the Liahona with her. It was nice. 

That evening we had a really good program with this guy we tracted into named Péter. He had a ton of questions and it was super cool because when we gave him the Book of Mormon he was like, I was thinking I needed a new book to read..well, God gave you the best book ever to read! We're going back this week and are super excited! 

Thursday:

We had a long day of tracting. 

Later we had angol óra and basically just spent the whole class drawing animals on the white board and talking about what sounds they make. Apparently hungarian pigs say ruff ruff and ducks say páp páp and bears say broom broom. 

Friday:

We had district meeting.

Later tracted some more. 

In the evening we had a program with emil. It is always and interesting program. He is a super smart guy and we always have an interesting discussion with him and he gets it all but at the end he just won't come to church. I think he's just nervous but I haven't figured out what of yet. He said that maybe he'd come to angol óra first...interesting

Saturday:

We had a program with nüsi néni. It was good. It was cool because we talked a lot about resurrection and she was really confused with how that will work but as I explained how Christ was resurrected and how he was the same person (we know because of the nail prints in his hands), just in perfect form, she seemed to understand. She in the past has just been really closed and claimed that resurrection is not going to happen but as I talked about Christ's resurrection she seemed to understand how that can happen for all of us! It was super awesome to see her understand.

Later we went ice skating for sport nap. It was fun.

Sunday:

We had church and later játék est. 

Monday:

In the morning we got sister greenwood's residency card. Then we tracted. Then we had lunch.

Later we had a program with a former investigator named Balázs. It was super good. He had trouble recognizing answers so we talked a lot about how the Spirit works and about prayer and it was just really good. He's a super sweetheart and he really just wants to know if its true. 

That evening we had dinner at a members house way out in this little falú a million miles away (well an hour, but it felt like forever). It was super great. It was little napsi's family and it was just super fun. We have a pretty great branch here. 

Well, I hope you all have a good week! I love you all tons and Happy Birthday David and Julia!! I hope it was a good one for both of you!!

love,

Sister Heath 

we were waiting by this door tracting the other day and the only thing we heard was meowing and then this little guy stuck his head out and followed us for a few houses before turning back.

Life is good and God is still real

székes belváros at night

2 February 2016

happy tuesday to you all! so fun fact, our emailing place is closed here every first monday of the month so thats fun. Thus emailing tuesday.

Monday:

Nothing super exciting. We tried peanut butter flavored oreos. Not worth it. They just taste weird. 

Tuesday:

We got all of sister greenwood's stuff figured out at the hivatal and now she will soon be legal! Later that day we helped this member's boss. She works at this english school so they recorded us saying some simple sentences in english so they can play them to their students later. It was cool. They were super nice. 

Wednesday:

We visited this lady named andrea. She has MS and is in a wheelchair and basically confined to her home which is sad but she was super sweet. We read Elder Uctdorf's talk, a summer with aunt rose to her and chatted for a bit. It was nice. 

Later we went tracting and on the way to our area we got streeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. That was fun, she told us that our work was beautiful but our church was wrong, but it's all good. She was impressed that we could speak a little hungarian. haha

After tracting for a while we were trying to csengő into this building and this néni told us that it wasn't any use because half the people weren't home and the other half wouldn't let us in but I told her that's okay, we'll keep trying and then right after she left we got buzzed into the building and the guy said he was busy now but we set up a time to meet next week!

It was my year mark in hungary so we got some take out and just spent a relaxing night watching our search for happiness. It was nice and cheesy. 

Thursday:

We had a program with Bogi in the morning and found out that her calling is to help with primary music and so she asked us to help her, so I think we're basically going to be in primary every week. #score.

Later we had angol óra. It was good. I gave them a pancake recipe so that will be fun to see if they can make it. 

Friday:

We had district meeting. 

Later we tracted. 

Yup.

Saturday:

We had weekly planning.

Later we went tracting and met this guy who said he was interested and we could come back! 

Also, Luiza got baptized in Pécs!! Wooo!! 

Sunday:

We had church, and during sacrament meeting napsi drew little flowers in my planner. 

Later we went to primary and it was fun, we helped with the music and colored. All that life needs to be :)

Heath Nővér (aka napsi)

sister greenwood and andi

Monday:

We made hungarian food with Ági néni int he morning. It was fun. We can now cook pogácsa like a real magyar. 

Well, I hope you all had a good week!! Life is good and God is still real so that's what keeps us going. 

love,

heath nővér

Gondolkodom, tehát vagyok / another great week in Székesfehérvár, Magyarország!

most adorable graffiti

18 January 2016

Hello!! so here was my first full week in Székesfehérvár!

monday:

We had a family home evening at this members home at this members house. It was really nice. We made little hungarian sandwiches (basically bread, kolbász and butter). The we shared our spiritual thought and played uno. It was fun. One of their little girls is obsessed with elder bradshaw, so that was funny. She was giving him all sorts of hugs and tons of stickers. 

Tuesday:

We went to the hivatal to get sister greenwood's residency card. The sisters from dunaújváros had to come up here to get theirs too, so that was nice to see them. It was kind of a miracle because sister greenwood's papers got stained by the blue folder they were in but they still accepted the papers so that was good.

Later we went tracting and I got kicked out of a building for the first time in my mission! It was funny though, because sister greenwood has already been kicked out twice. I've been much more used to tracting family houses, not ten stories so it has been a little getting used to that here since there are more ten stories. But the lady was just so rude. I think the people are nicer in pécs and I've gotten a little softened. I did hear that the closer you get to budapest the more closed the people are but I started my misson right near budapest so I didn't understand as much back then but now that I'm back closer to pest than I'm sort of realizing it. It'll be a good challenge though I think. 

#allday #everyday

 That evening we had a good lesson with the Viktoriaék. They are a couple that runs a daycare and have four kids. It was really good. We talked about the book of mormon and prayer and their daughter (I think she's 10) showed us all the books she was reading and at the end their little son (I think he's three) said the prayer! It was freaking heart-melting. 

That night, as we were headed home, there was the biggest spider I have ever seen just hanging down out of the tree outside of our building. It was disgusting. Sister greenwood had nightmares about it. 

Wednesday:

We had a program with a less active, Bogi. It was really good. She's super nice :) 

Later we visited Nüsi Néni. She is super old and stubborn but awesome. She talked about so so much stuff. I don't even know. There were too many topics we went through but she said that I was a good little prophetess so that was cool. She said that I was different than the other girls. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing...

kati néni. Shes this statue in the town square that if you rub her nose its supposed to give you good luck.

Thursday:

We had a good program with a less active Istvan. He talks. so. much. But he was really nice and he loves the temple so that's good. He said his dream in life is to go to salt lake to see the temple and shake hands with president monson. 

After that we had Angol óra. I was kind of nervous because it was my first time teaching something that wasn't profi but teaching kezdő was good. After the lesson the students said that it was really good because I made them all talk. so that was good I guess. There is this adorable couple from angol óra that we walked home with, Toni and andi. They are super cool. (more about them later)

Friday:

We had district meeting..it was different but good I guess. 

We had a lunch program with a darling néni named ági. But she doesn't like it if you call her néni. She is super cool. She offered to teach us how to cook so sometime we're probably going to go over there and cook with her! woot! She made delicious rakott krumpli. 

We then tracted some, but with not too much success. We did give out one book of mormon but she didn't want to meet, but it was good. But then we noticed the sun was setting and there was a little pond nearby so we took a break and watched the sunset and we have the song clair de lune on our phone somehow so we just played that and watched the sunset and had one of those "I'm in hungary" moments. It was really nice. 

After that we had a program with a sweet bácsi named emil. It was good, he gave us little cookies and soda but was weirded out that we both chose to drink water instead of coke. It was funny. He was just so confused. But it was good.

our sunset we saw while listening to clair de lune. We felt like we were in a movie or something.

sister greenwood and her spirit tree.

me and "greenie" wood!

Saturday:

We had weekly planning and some tracting. We finished like this really long building and only got hung up on twice over the intercom. so that was good. 

Sunday:

We had church! It was good.  I've become friends with this little girl in the ward named Napsi. She's the branch presidents daughter and so adorable. Probably one of the chillest kids I have ever met. 

Later we had dinner with Toni and Andi. They made us pizza and pumpkin for dessert! They are the cutest couple ever and they met at angol óra like four years ago. Really cute story. But they've been the type of people that missionaries have been meeting with for years but nobody has really done missionary work with them, just more like friendshipping. But when I asked them if I could share my favorite scripture with them it was really cool and they loved it. Andi was totally loving it and Toni just got this sort of contemplative look on his face. It was really interesting. I really think they have potential. 

Well, that was our week! I hope you all are doing good! Love you!

Sister Hit 

theres a lot of cool graffiti here

I really want to go to this dentist...

car.

25 January 2016

another great week in Székesfehérvár, Magyarország! 

monday:

After emailing we went ice skating with the elders and one of their investigators. It was pretty fun. The best part though was that elder mellor tried to scare me by scraping his ice skates really fast in front of me but instead just ended up falling. #karma

ice skating

Tuesday:

We went tracting and met this darling néni outside of her building as we were trying to csengő in. Her name is Piroska and she smelled like pálinka (hungarian alcohol made out of fruit). She at first was curious about why we were trying to ring in and I told her that we were missionaries and it was okay if she didn't want to let us in that we would keep ringing other's bells to see if they were interested. She didn't say anything and just started at my name tag so I asked her if she had heard about the church. Basically we got into this long discussion about why god gives us hard things and I gave her a book of mormon and she said that we could come back sometime. She was super sweet if only a little drunk but she has a hard life and we can't wait to see her again.

 

After we had a lesson with a less active named Rozsi néni. She is an interesting lady and definitely believes in reincarnation. But she had this super sassy cat with a short tail so that was fun. Then at the end of the program as we were saying goodbye, she pulled out this other cat from behind her bed or who knows where and was like, "this cat's cuter, the other one is ugly". 

Wednesday:

We had lunch with Toni at this cafeteria near his work place which was straight out of the seventies. It was cool.

We had planned a program with this lady but nobody was home/they didn't answer so we ended up going tracting over near her house in some family houses. It was greenwood's first time tracting családi houses so that was fun. She got the whole smell of wood smoke and dogs barking experience while freezing your butt off. It reminded me of érd :)

Later we had a missionary world wide training that we watched at the branch house. It was super cool to get training from the 12 about how to be a better missionary and what we really need to focus on. 

the lakes are all frozen over!

Thursday.

We had zone training in dunaújváros. It was great to see my little pécsi missionaries again :)

also, (photos to follow) elder martindale (the elder I sewed the fox for christmas) gave me an early birthday present which turned out to be a smaller version of the fox I sewed him that he sewed all by himself! Its pretty adorable. 

After that we had angol óra. Nothing too exciting.

#pécsifamilyforever

 a doodle elder martindale did during zone training

Friday:

We had a program with emil, the less active. It was super good. We talked a lot about repentance. The spirit was super strong. Hes a darling bácsi. 

Saturday:

We tracted this giant building. It started snowing during the middle of it so that was pretty. 

Sunday:

We went to primary for the third hour of church. It was fantastic, literally one hundred percent understandable. I wish we could go every week. 

We had a really good program with a guy named tamás whos been investigating for like three years now. It was super good. 

well, thats about all for this week! 

sok szeretettel,

Heath Nővér

my new little fox. (ignore the mess)

we found an angst wall in town.

cute little thingie outside a toy show in the belváros

 random thing hanging from a lamp shop.

 

surprise transfer!!!

16 January 2016

so yet again, I cannot get out of a city at a normal transfer! I am now in a city called Székesfehérvár. Good luck pronouncing that one family. Some things happened here in székes that made it so they needed to be switched around so I am now am with sister greenwood who just got to hungary in december so shes still all new and green and stuff. Things are good!

but lets see what happened this week!

monday:

We had a program with Dávid about the temple and the importance of his new family history help calling, so that was good :)

Later one of sister willets' friends from byu who is actually hungarian made a surprise visit since he was home for the holidays so we walked around the city a little with him and it was good.

willets and levente (her friend from byu)

Tuesday:

We had a program with P_ Kati and guess what? she said that she is going to get married in the summer!!! This is a huge deal because last time she asked her pár then he was drunk and threw a chair and it was really scary and she said she would never be able to ask him again but she said that on new years he surprised her by asking for her hand! 

Later we met with Merci and talked about new years resolutions and goals and just how much God loves her and wants to help her in her life. She is just the biggest sweetheart. 

After that we went tracting for a bit and we got this fantastic let in with the Szily family (pronounced silly). So szily béla and judit are basically the coolest ever. Béla appartently had been to temple square and to see the outside of the d.c. temple and had an old translation of the book of mormon and one in english too! He was super interested but his wife judit was a little more skeptical but we taught them the restoration and it was super cool and he asked us to come back some time! They also had two huge snakes and three tarantulas..so that was interesting but they are super legit and we can't wait to teach them more. 

Wednesday:

We had district meeting because the zone leaders were up for splits and we had a training from elder martindale about families and how they relate to the gospel. It was super good. We then had lunch and after that a lesson with Erzsi. It was really good. We read the family proclamation with her and basically a lot of what our district meeting was about. She really wants to be married and I really think her pár will actually go through with it soon. It has been really cool to see as I have been meeting with her the change that has come across her family. At first her pár was super creepy and just smoked a ton but recently he has been super nice to us and doesn't give us the creeps anymore! and if he smokes he does it in the other room not around us. I just love erzsi tons. 

After that program we had probably on of the most interesting programs I have ever had. So one of the members here, Tibor, referred us to his friend Szilvia. Her mom had just passed away and so Tibor said that we were meeting with her basically to comfort the family. So we got there and there were tons of people over but basically szilvia just wanted us to talk to her dad. But her dad was not having it and wouldn't come out of his room but then she brought us in there and he got up and moved to the living room and then after lots of persuasion from szilvi he listened. We talked a lot about what happens to people after they die and basically just reassured him that he would see her again and then share a few scriptures from the book of mormon with him and he was very curious about the book of mormon. We ended up talking for a really long time but at the end he was smiling again and it was really nice. (story continued on thursday)

We ended our evening making american pancakes with andrás as a little wednesday night FHE. It was nice. 

Also, I got watercolors, my life is happy :)

Thursday:

We had a program in the morning with Safrány Erzsi and it was super good! She was feeling kind of sick so we basically just talked about Christ's atonement and how we can actually use it in our lives and it was just nice and simple and the spirit was there.

We then went to the funeral for Szilvi's mom. It was cool because Tibor came up to us and said that szilvi told him that her dad said that last night was one of the best nights of his life. Tibor said that the change he saw in him was unbelievable. It was really cool to see that, even though we didn't say anything extraordinary to us, that it completely changed his outlook on his wife's passing. While still sad, the fact that he knew that she was no longer in pain and that she was in a happier place made it a little easier to cope with. I am so grateful for this gospel and that I know that after this life, I will have the chance to be with my family forever, if I follow the path that God has given us and make and keep the sacred covenants I tie with God in this life. 

That evening we had angol óra and because there were so few of us, we combined classes with the beginner class. Hanna came to angol óra and her english is so good!! She never speaks it with us and we knew she could speak but we didn't know she was that good! 

patrik and hannah

with lamar da prim (aka patrik)

Hannahs

andrás' first american pancakes!

 Friday:

So that morning we got the call that I was going to Székes so we had a few programs but we spent most of our free time packing as much as we could. 

We had a program in the morning with Gizi néni and it was really good. We talked about different ways that the spirit teaches us and how to recognize it and it was really good. She also told us all about this book she read, I think the english title is kite runners, but basically she told us the whole story line. It was really funny. But then we gave her a conference liahona to read and it was great. She is so wonderful. It was funny though, because I didn't want to surprise her and distract her from the lessons by telling her that I was leaving but at the end she asked when the next transfer was and we were like "sometime in february" and she was like, okay, then I'll have to call Jozsi (president szabadkai) before that and tell him that he can't take either of you girls away from here. 

Later we had a lesson with Luiza and Gizi (the member) came too. It was about the law of chastity and it was actually really good. Instead of the usual way we teach it we focused more on how its a commandment given to us to strengthen our families. It was super good and Gizi was a huge help. 

After we had branch council and then I went home and finished packing. 

Saturday:

We waited for the sisters from székes to come to pécs and then we took some last photos and headed back. We got to székes at like seven thirty that night and then there was a branch sport nap going on still so we headed to that and I met a few members there. 

last district photo

​saying goodbye to dávid at the train station

last photo with baby!

 Sunday:

We had church and then headed home for lunch and I started unpacking. We had a játék est that night and it was good too. Nothing too exciting. We got to know each other a bit more :) sister greenwood is super great. She's from new mexico and I really think we're going to get along well! We decided that I am kind of like her mary poppins because I'm not her trainer but more like her nanny coming to stay. Its pretty fantastic. 

Monday:

Today we just had kind of a relaxed morning walking around the city getting to know it a bit and this evening we're going to a members for Family home Evening. it should be good :)

I hope you all have a good week and that life is good! 

love,

Sister heath 

székesfehérvár

this is a cute little clock that plays music and all that jazz when it goes off.

best statue ever.

the new district! elder mellor, bradshaw and sis greenwood!

first district selfie

New Year in Pécs

 saint hanny!

4 January 2016

Boldog Új Évet!!!

Monday:

We went and visited this old turkish temple in the center of town. Super old and pretty! 

Turkish temple

Tuesday:

We had a lesson with Luiza about tithing! It was super great! She is just so ready for baptism!

We then had a dinner appointment at the Primék! It was super fun. They are really such a great family. After that we had családi est and sister Widtfeldt and her family were here to visit so they came! It was strange seeing sister widtfeldt not as a missionary but it was so fun! The branch all got super excited to see her and Mária even came to családi est to see her :) It was really sweet!

the widtfeldts and the branch at családi est!

Wednesday:

We had a really good lesson with Safrány Erzsi about the plan of salvation. It was super good and she really felt it. She teared up a few times during the lesson. She is still kind of stubborn but I think she wants to believe it and she is starting to understand!

After that we had a lunch appointment with the Kieferék! She is the cutest little néni. Shes super hard to understand when she speaks because she kind of blurrs all of her words together but its so adorable. She is really nice and we met her daughter too who is inactive.

After that we had another feeding program with Mária. She is seriously just the most wonderful woman ever. We talked about the steps of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Aand after that we got dinner and cocoa with the Widtfeldts and dávid. It was super good. It felt like the old days.

Thursday:

NEW YEARS NIGHT!!

We had a program in the morning with Kati. She stuffed us full of soooo much süti. I swear, I've eaten more this Christmas season than my whole mission combined. It was good though. We talked about the ten commandments and just started going over the whole "no other gods before me" thing.

After that we had a program with Erzsi :) It was supah good. We also started talking about the ten commandments with her but instead assigned it to her as a sort of check list to see what she can do better and just work at one at a time. (heres where things get sketchy) so she brought out this plate of lentils in this sort of gravy soup with pieces of fat in it (hungarians eat straight fat...its gross.) But she was like "this is what we eat for good luck on new years" I guess its a traditional lentil soup sort of thing that gives them good luck. But we had just eaten lunch before that and my comp was super full so she didn't have much room to eat much of it so I had to eat my whole big bowl to make it not look like we both hated it. It wasn't too bad. I think I've sort of lost my taste buds on my mission. But the sketch part comes later that night.

All the sudden I just feel super sick. We made pizza for dinner so I thought that maybe it just smelled weird to me or something and made me nauseous but nope, not the pizza. I had food poisoning from erzsi's lucky soup. I guess though that I can say I was throwing up all new years! The branch this sunday was super funny because they heard I was sick and they all were like, "drank too much?"

So basically all night throwing up was fun, but I got to hear the fireworks and drunk people singing on the street! haha

Friday:
Basically slept all day but was able to keep water down!

Saturday:
Was able to eat some crackers!!
I was feeling well enough that evening that we were able to go to this little missionary training meeting given by one of the high councilmen here, Ted Kelly. It was real good! He basically let everyone know what their roles were as ward missionary and such.

Sunday:
We had church! It was great! All the testimonies were really good.
After church one of the elder's investigators invited us over and then to look at this almost life size nativity scene in one of the churches nearby. So that was fun. Shes a really cool néni who's super into yoga and all sorts of natural oils and things so that was super funny. Shes totally what I want to be when I'm her age. She had this giant atlas and this really cool map too telling the different nationalities in hungary. It was cool.

cool nativity scene in the church at the end of our street. Apparently one of the prettiest in hungary according to a néni sitting looking at it.

a beautiful painting in the same church.

 Well, I am back to healthy and normal so this should be a good week! I hope that you all are doing great and that you have a happy new year and for those of you starting new semester, good luck!!

love,
Sister Heath

It snowed!

Pécs in the fog