We have had a busy time since the last p-day, a lot of fun stuff happened.
On Tuesday after emailing we went and visited a relative of Elder Murphy's home teacher. She was a really nice old lady, she runs a pin shop in downtown Budapest, but over time the shop turned into a museum. She has a lot of really old pins which was fun to see. After chatting with her, we went to the Hungary National Museum, which was a lot of fun. I haven't been in a museum for a while, and it was a lot of fun to see some cool things about Hungary's history. It's a really cool country and the Museum was fun to visit.
On Tuesday evening we visited Erszébet, one of our investigators. Our lesson with her was really cool. An hour before we met, some kind of family problem came up, and she was really worried about it. When we asked if she had read the chapter we assigned her last time (Mosiah 4), she said she had, but we felt like we should read it again together. So we did, and after we read Erzsébet said that she found the answer to her question. Later, when I talked to her on the phone, she said that she was able to solve the problem the next day. So this lesson was a great example of the power of the Book of Mormon. Also, one of the members with us, Tibor, made a really good analogy, that when we live our lives and face problems, it's like we are walking in a valley. We can't see a lot of stuff because Mountains (problems, worries) block our view. When we read the scriptures, they take us to the top of these mountains and we can see how to solve the problems that we deal with.
Long story short, this was a really good lesson.
On Wednesday we had a lot of time for finding. It was a lot of fun, and we tried to use the time as well as we could. Finding has been a struggle recently, but we are working on it. In the evening we had a lesson with Alex. It was a fun lesson, and apparently Alex and his brother talked about us a bit, and his brother was interested, because he (the brother) called and referred himself. He lives near the west border of Hungary, so we won't be meeting with him, but he sounds really cool.
Thursday was a really busy day. We had district meeting, and after district meeting we had a Thanksgiving lunch. Elder Murphy and I made some turkey and palacsintas, and the other companionships made mashed potatoes and other foods, and then we had a delicious Thanksgiving lunch together. Later we met with one of our investigators who's been really sick, and we gave her a blessing. Giving blessings is always a cool experience, although sometimes it's really scary to do in Hungarian. But things always work out. Anyways, after that we had English class and game night. That was pretty much our whole day.
Friday we had weekly planning, then we visited Krisztina and her family. We talked about the Plan of Salvation, and it went pretty well. We've been teaching the Plan of Salvation a lot recently, so we're getting pretty good. After the lesson we met up with the Kispest Elders, and I went to Kispest with Elder North. We went to an MCM, and after that we spent some time finding. We even talked to some people on the public transportation, which was a lot of fun. It can be super scary, but I learned that you just have to do it and then it gets better.
Saturday we were on exchages for almost the whole day. We had lesson with a man who really likes the Bible and has a hard time accepting the book of Mormon. We talked about that for a while and then we shared the Christmas Initiative. That was a lot of fun, the video is super good and it really helped the conversation focus more on Christ. After that we had some quick meals and then we had a training with a seventy, Elder Homer. He was visiting Budapest last weekend, and he offered to give us a training. We talked about how to work with members and how to recognize the spirit. It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot.
Yesterday we had church, a long MCM, and after that we spent some time finding. In the evening we visited one of the members here. His name is Zsolt and he invited us over for dinner earlier that day, which was super nice. He made us some really nice food and we had a good time talking with him. We talked about the Christmas initiative with him and it was a fun time. Then we hurried home to make it home on time.
We had a really great week, and our self-reliance topic for the week is Persevere. It was a good topic to study, because it connects really well to the topic of Enduring to the End, which is really important. One of the most important things that I learned is that it is important to keep a positive attitude and just get to work. Nothing really improves or changes if we spend a ton of time worrying about things. We just have to get to work and strive to make things better.
Also I took some pictures. Some are of the area where we live. One is of the Museum we visited. One is of Elder Murphy and me, and one is of Elder Willes.
Terry elder
Elder Willes
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National Museum |
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Elders Terry and Murphy
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