2018. február 26

Sziasztok!

We had a good time this week. Our work has been going well, and we were really busy most of the time.

I don't have too much to say. I just got the news that Grandma Terry died and I'm still reeling a bit. But I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us, and because of His plan we can all be together again. Christ came to Earth to suffer and die for us, so that each of us could have the opportunity to return to our Heavenly Father. We can be together again with our loved ones.

Other than that, we had exchanges in Nyíregyháza this week. Those were fun, it was fun to work with Elder Bridges. Here in Miskolc we had some great lessons with the Naár family and Laci.

So, here's some background on Laci. He's deaf, and the other elders used to teach him, because Laci and his girlfriend lived together in there area, but a week or two ago they split up, and Laci moved to our area, so now we are going to teach him. The lesson with him was a lot of fun. He's a really happy guy, and we've started learning some Hungarian sign language. Fortunately he can read lips, and if we need to get something across, we can just right it down.

We had a bunch of lessons fall through this week, but that's okay, it happens.

Szeretettel,

Terry elder

The picture is of a Monument in Tokaj. It says "Hiszünk Magyarország feltámadásában." (We believe in the resurrection of Hungary) Monuments like this are everywhere, but this is probably one of the nicest ones I've seen. I took the picture from the train on the way to Miskolc from Debrecen.

2018. február 19

Sziasztok!

We had some good times this week. For P-day last week we went to the Diósgyőri Castle here, and it was a fun place. I took a bunch of pictures, which will be attached to the end of the email. A lot of the castle has been restored, which means that we get to touch things. They have an armory, where you can try out the armor and they have swords and shields. So we took some awesome pictures in armor. It was a good time.

Other than that, we had a pretty solid week. We met with the Naár family yesterday, and 3 of them accepted a baptismal date for March 31. It'll be fun. One of their sons doesn't feel like he wants to be baptized yet, but we are going to keep meeting with them and working them. They are such an amazing family, and I am so excited for them. Other than working with them we met with some other investigators that are doing well. We've got some exciting things going on here in Miskolc.ű

We also went to Debrecen on Exchanges this week. It was a lot of fun. I was with Elder Smith. He's a younger missionary, but he is really great and works hard. We had a great time working with them. Debrecen is a really pretty city and the people on the streets were pretty nice.

We had an interesting experience this week. We met a kid about our age on the tram one day, and we tried to talk to him. Apparently, he's been contacted by the missionaries a few times, because he just kinda exploded and started saying all sorts of curse words and terrible things. Not the most pleasant experience. Afterwards, we got on the train to go to Debrecen, and there we met someone who saw our nametags and wanted to talk. It was interesting to see how one person kinda blew up with no provocation and the other reached out to us. The man on the train lives in Debrecen, and we gave the elders his number, hopefully, they can meet with him.

That was our interesting experience of the week. Other than that, it was pretty mellow. We had a good time.

This week I wanted to share a thought from Sacrament meeting. One of the speakers talked out about love and how the first 2 commandments are to love God and love our neighbor. Then she said a great quote "Love is the road to happiness." I really liked that because I've noticed that when we really love and help those around us, we are way happier. It thought it was a great thought.

Szeretettel,

Terry elder

Pictures of the castle:

Elders Cushing, Seeley, Terry, Durney

The sign says, "The ignorant king is like a crowned donkey."

Elder Terry on train to Debrecen

Elder Durney on train to Debrecen

Greetings from Miskolc!

2018. február 12

Sziasztok!
We had some good times this week. We had an exchange with the Eger elders, Elder Leavitt and Elder Römer. We had a good time. I was with elder Römer, he's from Switzerland and he goes home in about a month. It was fun to work with him and we had some good lessons together.

In other news, we met with the Naár family twice this week, and they came to church yesterday. They are officially the most consistent at coming to church. They had to leave after sacrament meeting, which was sad, but they are really awesome. They are super prepared and we're really hoping that they'll decide to get baptized soon. They've already mentioned that they want to be members, but they haven't been willing to accept a baptismal date, yet.

We got a lot of snow here last week, and it was really pretty (see the attached pictures). Other than that we did not have too much happen. We tried to meet with a lot of new people, but a lot of them dogged us. But it all worked out, because we had more time to find some new people. It was fun.

Elder Durney and I have been working hard and we've got some really great investigators. The Naárék are awesome, and we met with a few other people that come to church regularly and read the Book of Mormon. It's been a lot of fun to work here so far. I think this area has had the most work in my mission so far. We're usually pretty busy with lessons, which is really nice.

Sok szeretettel,
Terry elder

Zone Conference

2018. február 5

Sziasztok!

Some fun things happened this week. There was this "Miskolci Farsang" market going on for the last few days, which was a lot of fun. There were a ton of people on the streets and a lot of little shops. Elder Durney and I found some Ocarinas, and I bought one that is almost the same color as the Ocarina of Time. It's been fun to practice playing. We found some other cool things which was a lot of fun.

We had exchanges with the elders from Nyíregyháza, which was a lot of fun because I got to serve with Elder Pulsipher again. It's been almost a year since we were together in Szolnok, and a lot of fun stuff has happened in that time. It was great to see him and work with him. We had a fun lesson with a new investigator, Attila. He's a nice older gentleman, he's not religious, but he's willing to meet with us. We had a good conversation about why we believe in God. He thinks that people believe because they connect the good things that happen to them with God, and he doesn't really associate the good with anything. We talked a lot about how we came to know the God is real and that he loves us.
Other than that we had some fun times. 

We had zone conference on Thursday, and it went pretty well. It ended up being a pretty long meeting, so we didn't have time to do much else that day.

We visited the Naár family twice this week. They are super fun, and they came to church again and stayed for all three hours. They have progressed so much. The other elders were talking to them after church, and elder Cushing told us that they used to be super busy before they meet with us, but since then they've been spending more time resting and having fun as a family. They even cook most of their food on Saturday so that they won't have to do it on Sunday. They are such an awesome family. We've been focusing on getting all of them to read and pray, and they've been doing it. It's so great to see the impact the gospel has on them.

We also met with Géza. He came to church and afterwards we met with him and talked about baptism. He doesn't feel ready yet, but we think that he'll get baptized, now it's just a matter of time.
We have been blessed with some really amazing investigators, and it's been so great to work with them.

I just want to share my testimony that God lives and that He takes care of us. I've seen a lot of people make changes in their lives to accept the gospel, and I've been able to tell how much it has helped them. It's been a privilege to help people come closer to Christ. I love being a missionary and that I can spend all day talking with people about God. This really is the greatest work.


Szeretettel,
Terry elder