Well, the day has come. We got our transfer calls this morning. A few weeks ago I had the thought that maybe I would be leaving Békéscsaba at this mini transfer. But I didn't want to, so I convinced myself that I would be staying at least until the real transfer in September! But sadly, I will be leaving Békéscsaba tomorrow! I have grown to absolutely love the people here and this little city. I am sad to have to say goodbye to them and my companions! But, I am excited for the new adventure I will have! Tomorrow, I will go to my new city which is Érd (pretty close to Budapest) and I will be serving with Sister Erlandsson who I haven't met yet! I am sure it will be great and I will love Érd as much as I have loved Békéscsaba! :)
We had a great week here in Békéscsaba! I hit my 5 month mark on my mission which is crazy. I cannot believe how fast the time is going. Also, I mentioned a few weeks a Liahona I had been studying in personal study. I opened it up to one page randomly last week and I saw a picture and thought "hey...he looks really familiar!" Sure enough there was a little story written by Angelica Hagman who married a missionary, Elder Hagman, that we knew when we lived in Greece! It was so fun to see their picture!!! So a little shout out to the Hagmans :)
On Wednesday last week it was a holiday so we went to Gyula for the day. We went with the Smiths and the Elders. It was so fun! We toured a little castle there and got some lunch and ice cream. It was a great way to spend the holiday :)
On Friday we went to Szeged for Zone Training. Unlike last transfer, we actually made it on time :). We were able to drive up there with the Smiths so that was nice! And then we rode the train home. Sadly though, we missed the first train and had to wait around for an hour for the second train. But we met a cool girl and talked to her a little bit so that was fun. It was also really fun to see some missionary friends in the Zone. We had a great training talking about commitments. I learned a lot.
Friday night we also had a little branch talent show. That was fun and we had a pretty good turn out! All the missionaries sang "Let it Go" from Frozen. It was pretty rough haha but it was fun to sing.
On Saturday we had HAJNI'S BAPTISM!!!! So funny story...that baptism font last week. It wasn't supposed to be delivered to us yet. They have to do some plumbing or something so they took it away :( We were all devastated. After days of walking/driving around searching for a swimming pool, we finally found a lake that had been used last year for a baptism. It was pretty gross haha but Hajni was such a good sport. She said that it didn't matter where she got baptized, just as long as she did. She has such a strong testimony. I am so excited for her. She said she feels such peace and is just so happy.
On Sunday, we had a great meeting by the senior couple the Broadheads. They talked all about family history and got me super excited about it! I never really realized how important it really is!! I wrote down a bunch of things that I want to do for family history work when I get home. I would encourage you all to do some family history work! Even just a little bit every week.
Our investigator Rozsa is doing so well. She didn't understand the Book of Mormon when she didn't understand it. But yesterday when we went back, she told us she understood! And that all of her answers were in it! She started reading in Mormon and then just started reading. She read 8 chapters from one program one day to the next program the next day. We asked her if she would pray to know if the Book of Mormon was true and if Joseph Smith was a prophet. Her response was, "Well...I don't really need to. I know its true. But yeah I guess I can pray. But I know it's all true." I cannot believe how prepared she is. I wish I would be here for her baptism but that's okay. I am so excited for her.
Well I hope you all have a great week. next week, I'll be emailing from a new city so hopefully I will have some exciting new stories!
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
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