We had another great week here in Békéscsaba!
We had a little adventure on Thursday when we went to look for a mother and daugther who are not active anymore. We went to the building where they lived and rang the buzzer but there was no answer. We wanted to get in the building so we could leave a little birthday treat for the daugther by the door. The building was set up a little funny and we weren't 100% which apartment she was in. After knocking on a few doors and some detective work, we finally found their apartment and left the little treat there. Luckily, as we were leaving, we ran into them on the street and got to chat with them a little bit. It was really nice to be able to see them and to wish the little daughter a happy birthday.
We had a cool program with a guy named Lászlo after English class last week. He had met with missionaries before and received a Book of Mormon but had only read a little bit of it. We explained to him a little bit about the Book of Mormon using the pictures at the front of the book. He understood a little better where the book came from and promised that he would try reading it again! He told us that since he has started coming to our branch house for English class, his life has changed. It is so amazing to see the Spirit working in people's lives!
We had some really great programs this week with our investigator, Hajni, who is on baptism date. She is still working on things with her family to be able to be baptised but so much progress has been made. We have all been praying for her and fasted for her last week and miracles are happening. Its so great. She has such a strong testimony and desire to follow Christ and be baptized.
One exciting thing on Sunday was our investigator, Irén came to church! We hadn't been able to meet with her for a little while. But we met with her on Friday and invited her to church. She told us she has to cook on Sundays...but before we could say anything she said "well...maybe i can just do all the cooking on Saturday instead" and sure enough Sunday morning she showed up to church and stayed for both hours! It was so great to see her! And we had two great talks given by Elder Haws and Sister Smith. One was about testimonies and how we can gain personal testimonies. The other was about trusting God always, especially in hard times. So perfect.
This weekend we got to go to Buda, AGAIN! I love going into Buda, its so much fun. Sister Whittaker had a New Missionary Training she had to go to. Which meant that Sister Geröly and I got to go with two other Sisters and tour a little bit of Budapest. That was so much fun since I hadn't had the chance to go yet! We went and saw Parliament which was beautiful. We saw a Holocaust Memorial. There are a bunch of metal shoes along the side of the river. This shows where Jews were lined up, told to take off their shoes, and shot into the river. It is so heartbreaking and a really beautiful memorial. Then we saw a few other things around the city and it was an adventure! We were able to meet some interesting people on the train ride there and give out some pass along cards. On the way back, we got a whole car to ourselves and got to each do a little personal study and chat a bit. It was a really great trip. But it is always good to go back to Békéscsaba!
A few weeks ago I started a study journal as I am doing my personal study in the morning. It is so great! I feel like i learn so much from doing this. Yesterday I was reading an article from the new Liahona called "Be Strong and of Good Courage." Here are a few quotes that I loved from it...
"The Lord has placed currents of divine influence in your life that will lead you along the individual plan He would have you fulfill hear on Earth." (Elder Richard G. Scott)
"We may not be satisfied with our circumstances and thus spend time wondering when things will change. If we do this, we miss out on wonderful opportunities for spiritual growth."
In the last few paragraphs of the article it also talks about how sometimes, we will not know the outcome of what we do. Sometimes the Lord asks us to take a few steps into the darkness, and as we are faithful and do so, He will then light the way for us. I love that. It went along perfectly with where I am readying in Alma. In chapter 27, Ammon suggests that the Lamanites go to the Nephites. The King, however, is fearful because of all of the bad things that they did to them in the past and thinks they would want to destroy them. However, twice he says that if the Lord tells them to go, they will go. That shows incredible faith. Even though he was fearful and didn't know what would happen, he said that they would go wherever the Lord told them to go. That's how we have to be in our lives. Sometimes we will be required to do something that we don't know why or what the outcome will be. But if we have faith and trust in the Lord, He will provide a way and will help us.
I hope you all have a great week! Thank you for all of the emails! Sorry for those of you who I didn't have time to respond to. I really appreciate hearing from you all even if I don't have a chance to respond.
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
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