Hi everyone!!
I hope you all had a great week! Not a ton to report from here this week, actually. We had a few good programs. Our best one was on Friday for sure though. It was with that family that I wrote about last week (the one who we tracted and it took a while to finally meet with but it went so well...András, Éva and Tibor). We taught them the Plan of Salvation. That program was another testimony builder to me of how the Spirit is the real teacher. We taught it to them and my Hungarian was...understandable...but not the best haha but somehow they were still able to understand and feel the Spirit. We asked them if they continued to learn these things and gained their own testimonies if it was true, if they would be baptized. They all said YES! I will keep you all updated on how that goes. We will meet with them again later this week. We were so excited and happy!
Earlier on Friday, we went to Buda for Zone Training. We had a great training on the importance of church and why it is important for everyone to go to church to gain their own testimonies. It was a great training because we were able to implement it that night with András, Éva and Tibor :). We actually offered that if they could only make it to the first hour, that was great. But Éva said she wanted to stay for the whole three hours! :) We offered to meet them and walk with them to church. She about jumped out of her seat and came over and hugged us and kissed us each on the cheek! :)
Yesterday we were able to travel to Pest for Stake Conference. It was a great Conference. There were soooo many people there. All of us missionaries had to sit in a separate room. They actually released the Stake Presidency and called a new one. It was really special because we got to hear all of their testimonies. We also got to hear from a member of the Seventy (...I don't remember his name) and then someone else (who I am also not totally sure who he was... :P). But the cool thing was...they were both BRITISH. It was so fun to hear British accents. It was also cool to hear the talks in English and then hear the translation afterwards. I was trying to see in my head how I would translate what they said (I am very glad that I didn't actually have to do it! ;)). Something that one of them said that really stuck out to me was "Real intent is the difference between eating bread/drinking water and partaking of the Sacrament." That one really made me think!
This week as a mission we were studying Charity and Love. That is one of my favorite attributes to study. I was able to re-read the talk that Elder Holland gave at this past conference, "Are We Not All Beggars?" which was my favorite from what I had heard. I love that he talks about how we need to help others. At the very end he says, "Although I may not be my brother's keeper, I am my brother's brother, and 'because I have been given much, I too must give.'" Life is hard. Everyone has trials and difficulties. As we read in Alma 7:11-12, Christ performed the Atonement, the greatest act of charity, so that he could perfectly understand every pain, trial and affliction that every single one of us will go through. Though we may not all understand each other's trials, Christ does. And we can be the tools in His hands to help those around us. We may not even know what others are going through. But as long as we are kind and loving to all and searching for opportunities to serve, we will also be serving Christ.
Sorry it is kind of a short email today. I don't really have a lot to report on. This is the last week of the transfer though so next week I will be writing on Tuesday with the transfer news!
I hope you all have a wonderful week. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support. It really means so much.
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
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