I hope you all had a wonderful week! :) This past week a lot happened. As you all know it was transfers. On Wednesday, we traveled into Buda. It was so fun because when I got there, a lot of the members from Békéscsaba were there so I got to see and talk to them all! It was a nice little Békéscsaba reunion! I also got to see a couple of missionary friends which is always fun!
I am now serving with Sister Kovács and Sister Jeppson. Sister Kovács is from Hungary and goes home at the end of January. Sister Jeppson is from Eagle, Idaho and this is her first transfer! They are so fun. To be honest, I was a little worried because I was coming into a companionship where they had already been together for a few weeks and were good friends. But we all hit it right off and have been having so much fun the past few days!! I am really excited for the next few weeks.
I am now in the city Pécs (pronounced pay-ch), which is beautiful!!! (I forgot to take pictures this week of the city but I will send some next week ;)). Its a big city! Definitely a lot bigger than Békéscsaba or Érd! But its so pretty. I think I will really like serving here. It was sad to leave Érd and the people there. But I also felt like it was my time to leave. I felt ready to go to a new area and have the chance to meet with and work with new people. I will always love and miss Érd but I am excited now to be in Pécs. I don't really know many of our investigators yet since I just got here. But we have one who is getting baptized at the end of January which is really exciting!
So transfer day was on New Years Eve so most of the day was spent traveling. When we got to Pécs we went out to meet the Elders at the main square. But there was a concert going on which was terrible so we didn't stay. We actually were so tired and cold we just went home and went to bed. We had New Years day off so we just relaxed a little. We went to lunch with the Elders. Which was really fun because we sat down and there was a TV right in front of me. And a Manchester United game was just starting!!!!! I was so excited. I just sat there and ate pizza and watched the first half of the game! :) I did try and talk to the other missionaries and get to know them a little bit too ;) but I was really enjoying being able to watch the game even though I didn't get to finish it!
We have had a few programs since I have been here. One is with this lady who was baptized a few years ago but I don't think she really understood anything when she was baptized. We tried to teach her about the gospel of Jesus Christ but we ended up just talking to her about prayer and faith. Which was good but it was a little hard because her husband, who is a little deaf, had the TV on really loudly watching movies. We walked in and the movie Ever After was on in Hungarian. And then Dr. Doolittle started. It was kind of hard to focus but it was funny. Wow...I sound like I am just watching movies/TV all the time. I promise we are doing missionary work ;)
It has been really fun thinking of new years resolutions this year. It is cool that I reached my half way point at this time. I was able to look at the first half of my mission and evaluate how I want the second half of my mission to be. I have loved the first half. There were some of the hardest times, but there were also some of the funnest times. I am really excited to have a great second half of my mission. I have learned so much already about the gospel, about myself and about the kind of person I want to be. I have met some wonderful people: investigators, companions and members. My testimony has grown so much. I am really grateful for this Church. I know that it is true. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that anyone who reads it, and asks Heavenly Father for themselves if it is true, will receive an answer. The answer may be just a small thought or feeling, but we will always receive an answer. I love Hungary! I love that I get to be here and serve the people here.
I hope you are all doing well. Have a great week! :)
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
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