Well another week has come and gone! We had another good week here in Érd. We did a lot more finding again.
One cool thing we have going on is we started meeting with this lady named Ilona. She is actually the grandma of an Elder that I knew in the MTC! (He is half Hungarian but grew up in Canada. He only came to the MTC for our last two weeks there but he came to the country with us). She lives right in our neighborhood. She met with missionaries many years ago but stopped. We went and met with her last week and she is the nicest, cutest lady! We brought out a Book of Mormon and she didn't really seem to recognize it or remember it from when she used to meet with the missionaries. We told her about it, and bore our testimonies about it. She said that she would read from it. It was a really great program. I am not going to lie though I was pretty nervous. Of course, I want to share this message with everyone that I can. But it is just super special that I can share it with the family of one of my friends.
Another cool thing that happened this past week was with a man named István. We were streeting and we stopped to talk with him. He was less than enthusiastic to speak with us so we said goodbye and kept walking. We ran into the branch house to get a box of Book of Mormons that we and the Elders had brought back from Budapest this week. Then we started walking home. As we were walking, we saw the same man walking towards us. We just figured we would say "jó napot" and keep walking. But instead, he stopped, was much kinder, and started talking to us a little. We tried to tell him a little about our message but once again, he wasn't very interested and we parted ways. We walked for a few more minutes and talked to a few more people. Then Sister Erlandsson turned to me and said "that guy is behind us again!" So we slowed down to see what would happen if we ran into him again. Just a few seconds later, we heard someone calling after us. He, very kindly, asked us if he could have some of our pass along cards with the pictures to give to his grandchildren. We said of course! We started chatting with him a little bit and as he was starting to say goodbye and walk away, we asked if he had ever heard of the Book of Mormon. At that point, it started to rain so we all ran under the tunnel by the train station. We started talking to him a little more and asked if he would be interested in reading one. He said yes. Luckily, we happened to have a box full of Book of Mormons with us! :) We exchanged phone numbers and then separated. Hopefully we will be able to meet with him later this week! :)
This week we also had Zone Training which was good. It is always fun to go into Budapest and see friends! :) We also got to stop at a really good Pékség (bakery) and get this massive bread thing filled with nutella. Oh. My. Gosh. Need I say more? :)
This past week for my personal study I have been reading from "Our Heritage" which talks about the history of our church from Joseph Smith all the way up until now. It is great!! I recommend everyone to read it (members and non members!). It was incredible to read about the examples of the early members of the church. All of the things that they went through for their faith was incredible. Their strength and faith are examples to all of us.
Well I hope you all had a great week and that this next week is good too. This is the last full week of the transfer! Next week we find out if I will be staying in Érd or leaving. I am hoping I get to stay in Érd for another transfer! I have only been here for 4 weeks! But anything can happen...
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
(Emily had a filter on her camera this week, so the pictures are have a strange look. She turned it off again now.)
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