I hope you all had a great week! :) We had a good week here in Érd. We had some really great programs with some of our investigators. Wednesday was cool. We were just sitting in English class when this young guy walks in. He is a guy that Sister Erlandsson and I had streeted a few weeks ago. Well, actually...he streeted US. He figured we weren't Hungarian so he came up and started talking to us and was really excited to hear we had a free English class. So we invited him, he didn't show up. Then a few weeks later we hear "Hey! Mormon girls!" And there was this guy again! He said he was bummed he couldn't come to the English class. We told him it was okay, we held it every week! He didn't realize it was every week and was excited he could still come. Anyways, hadn't seen or talked to him in a few weeks until he showed up on Wednesday. I told him he could introduce himself to the class and he basically just took over :) he introduced himself and then asked everyone else about themselves. Then he asked about "Mormons." Orsi (a member in the branch who always comes to English class) basically taught the whole Restoration. Then we talked about praying and how it is a way we can literally communicate with our Heavenly Father and how we have a living Prophet on the Earth today. It was pretty cool! Then after English class we had another little...I actually don't know what to call it in English but basically people are invited to stay and there is a little spiritual thought by a member in the branch. We only had tree people stay (this guy, Laci, and two other people). After the short spiritual message by the Branch President, we did some caroling. The two other people left but Laci stayed, listened and even sang a few with us! Then, he started asking questions about the Church. The Ward Mission Leader basically taught him all of Preach My Gospel! All of us missionaries just sat and watched in amazement as the branch just sat with him and answered all of his questions. We thought, "alright, Attila has this covered, we can just go now! ;)" Just kidding. But really it was so cool to just listen to them talk about the gospel. Laci said he would come back next week and we gave him our card! Hopefully we can start meeting with him and he can learn more about the gospel.
On Thursday, we had a really great program with a new investigator, Szofia. She originally wanted to meet for English (and still does) but was willing to talk about the gospel as well and even asked what seemed to be perfect questions. We taught her the Restoration and she was very open minded. She is so fun! I really loved talking with her! We had a program later that day with Ilona that also went well. We talked to her about the importance of obedience and prophets. Then she asked questions about baptism. She asked how it works, what to wear, etc. She isn't on bap date yet but she is so close. For both of those programs, I was nervous to be honest. But, I know that Heavenly Father had prepared them so well that they were successful programs. I know that the Spirit touched both of their hearts and did all of the teaching.
On Friday, we went carolling with the branch. That was fun! We had a bunch of the branch members standing and singing, with two missionaries going on and pass out cards with the kids handing out candy. Everyone thought the kids were so cute so were more willing to take our cards as well :) it was really fun to just go out and sing some Christmas songs! We even had a few people stop and just watch and listen for a little while. It was a great way to bring some Christmas spirit!
I really enjoyed my study about the Christ-like attribute humility this week. One idea that I read in both Preach My Gospel and True to the Faith is how "Humility is not a sign of weakness. it is a sign of spiritual strength" and "You can be both humble and fearless. You can be both humble and courageous." I loved those so much when I read those. This week, as things went a little better for us, I had to make sure to remember to thank Heavenly Father. The good programs we had, the great conversations we had with people on the street, etc...those are all thanks go Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. As missionaries, we are just hear to provide the information. The Spirit is the whole who does all the teaching. Heavenly Father puts us in the places we need to be and helps us know the things we need to say to people. The more I have been on my mission, the more I realize that I need to work on humility. I really enjoyed being able to focus on it this week and think of ways that I can be more humble.
I reach half-way on my mission this week and it blows my mind. Missionaries always talked about how fast their mission goes and how they couldn't believe how fast it went. But really...I literally cannot believe that I am reaching half-way!! Just makes me want to work as hard as I can and have fun because before I know it I will be heading home...
I hope you all have a wonderful week! And if you haven't had a chance, you should check out this video. I just saw it this morning and it is incredible! http://www.mormon.org/christmas?cid=HPFR112814529
I love you all and miss you all! Sorry for those of you I didn't have a chance to respond to this week. Just know how much I appreciate hearing from you. I hope you all continue to have a wonderful Christmas season! :)
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
Some pics from last Sunday with Santa Claus :)
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