I hope you all had a wonderful week! We had a good week here. We wanted to make Sister Kovács's last week as a missionary great so we worked hard and had so much fun!
Well, I will start off this week with transfer news. We got our calls this morning. I will be staying in Pécs and training! I was so stressed all morning (as I usually am for transfer calls) but as soon as I started talking to President Smith and he told me I would be training I felt so much calmer and really excited. I am a little nervous but I think it will be really fun! I am sad that Sister Jeppson is leaving. Well, I am sad they are both leaving, but we knew Sister Kovács was leaving ;). But luckily we can all still keep in touch. I learned a lot from both of them and I am glad I got to serve with them for a month.
Well, the highlight of this week would be the baptism we had on Saturday! I haven't said much about the people here yet because there were so many new people I have been getting to know and I didn't even know where to start. But I will tell you about András :) The sisters found him about 4 months ago tracting. He speaks English pretty well so I always talk to him in English. Well...one time I tried to talk to him in Hungarian and he asked me to speak in English :P I only got to teach him for a month before he got baptized but we have already become great friends and I was so excited for him!!! I even got to say the closing prayer at his baptism! :) It was such a special day. He just looked so happy! He was baptized by President Szabadkai, the future Mission President. Then the next day in church, he was confirmed a member of the church. He was confirmed by Elder Jensen, a greenie!! As they waked up to the front I felt like a proud mom of both of them! I was proud of András for the decisions he was making! I was so excited for him and the blessings he would receive. I was also proud of Elder Jensen for confirming him in Hungarian! He did such a good job. Perfect Hungarian. Ah it was such a good day.
I will tell you a little about Ági too. She is someone who was streeted before I got here and we just had her phone number. We called her a few weeks ago to set up with her. The first time we went over, she forgot and wasn't home, so we rescheduled. The second time we went and tried to teach her a little English. Apparently she had met some missionaries about 10 years ago but only talked to them twice or so, so she didn't know anything. But she really liked them! She asked us, "if I wanted to become a Mormon...what would I do?" I was just thinking to myself..."did I really understand that correctly!" So we gave her a Book of Mormon and explained a little about her church. The second time we went over, we did more English practice with her and then taught her the Restoration. It was pretty light hearted and we were just chatting while we taught but then we got to the part about Joseph Smith. As I was saying the first vision, she just interrupted me with a serious look on her face and said, "woah...this is serious now." We have met with her a few times now and its been good. It has been a little hard because she has kids its distracting sometimes, but I think she really feels the Spirit. One really amazing thing is she has a husband and a couple kids. Only two of the kids live at home though. And both of the kids have mental handicaps. The older son, who is about 12, has some form of Autism. Whats incredible though, is that Ági said that usually when there are people there he doesn't know, he doesn't behave very well and kind of freaks out. But with us, he is always so calm. He loves us too. One way he shows his love for people (because he doesn't really talk) is by eating their hair... He has tried to eat all of our hair quite a few times :P We didn't know though until last time that usually he only does that with his mom! He also sometimes just comes and sits by us quietly and watches us. Ági couldn't believe it. She said she didn't know what it was but he never acts that way around strangers. I think he just feels the Spirit when we are there and that is why he is so calm and loving to us. He is so sweet and cute! It really is a cool experience when we go over there. I think Ági feels the Spirit too but doesn't quite recognize it yet.
Well those were some of the high lights of the week. I love being a missionary. Zach gave me some good advice this week to stop counting down. I keep thinking, "I only have 8 months left!" But instead, I am going to try and think "Sweet I still have 8 more months to be a missionary!"
I hope you all have a great week!
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
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