Sziasztok!!
I hope you all had a great week!
This year, I will hit my one year mark. I cannot believe that this point has come. I still remember getting my mission call like it was yesterday. And then even then I had to wait a few months before entering the MTC. This past year has been a roller coaster. I have learned so much. I have had some of the best of times and some of the hardest of times in my life. I have met some of the most incredible people that I know will be in my life forever. I have learned so much about the church. I have learned so much about myself. My testimony has been tried and tested but has grown so much. As many of you know, I resisted the thought/feeling I had to serve a mission for a couple of years. Now, I can't imagine my life without serving a mission. As hard as it has been, I have grown so much from it and will always be grateful that I served. Even though I am pretty exhausted ;) I am excited I still have 6 months left. I am going to try and focus on all the good things because before I know it, I will be on my way home and sad to be leaving!
Zone Conference
This past week we traveled to Budapest for Zone Conference. It was a special Zone Conference. Elder Kearan from the area Seventy came to speak to us. It was really cool! It was a lot of discussion that he just guided. There are a lot of things I learned that I want to implement to help me be a better missionary. There are a lot of things I also realized that I need to change. But the amazing thing about this gospel, is we can always repent and become better. It was also nice to go to Budapest and see some missionary friends! :) That's always fun. We also got to ride the train there and back with our friends who serve in Kaposvár.
Funeral
On Friday, us missionaries were asked to go sing at a funeral. We were actually asked by some people in the Érd branch. I got a call earlier in the week from a number I didnt' know. When they said who it was, I was so excited because he was the Ward Mission Leader in Érd! He is originally from Pécs and someone he knew died and he was asked to do the service. So even though it was under sad circumstances, I got to see an amazing family from Érd this week. We were waiting inside the cemetery just waiting and they walked in. The kids saw me and ran up and gave me big hugs! It was so nice to see them. I got to see them again on Sunday too at church. One of the little girls kept asking me to come back to Érd with them. :) It was so fun to see them.
Investigators
Aniko - We had a program with a new investigator of ours we met in English Class. We set up with her to teach her a little about the church and to help her with English. In the end, we didn't speak any English. We started the program and she asked us for a Book of Mormon. We explained it to her a bit and she said she would read it. We then took her on a little tour of our branch house because she wanted to see all of the paintings we had. It was a great program!
Ági - Some exciting news about Ági is that she accepted a baptismal date! We had a program with her a few days ago. Things have been going pretty slow with her and honestly Sister Hafen and I were feeling very discouraged and not sure what we should do. But a few nights ago, it was very calm in the house which is rare. We asked her if she had read and prayed. She said she had. We asked if she had prayed to know if the Book of Mormon was true and all of the things we taught her were true. She said she had and she believed it was all true! We asked her if she would prepare to be baptized on April 18th and she said yes!! We were so excited. There is still a pretty big obstacle that we have to tackle but I know that if we all have faith and she puts her trust in God, it will work out.
Well that's about it for this week. We have a busy, exciting week ahead of us. On Thursday, we have my year mark and Sister Hafen's 4 month mark so we are going to celebrate somehow! And then on Friday we are having another Zone Training. The exciting part is that they are all coming to Pécs!
I hope you all have a great week. This church is true! Heavenly Father loves us all so much. We can pray anywhere, anytime. He will always listen. Christ loves us. He suffered and died for all of us. We can always become better.
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
I hope you all had a great week!
This year, I will hit my one year mark. I cannot believe that this point has come. I still remember getting my mission call like it was yesterday. And then even then I had to wait a few months before entering the MTC. This past year has been a roller coaster. I have learned so much. I have had some of the best of times and some of the hardest of times in my life. I have met some of the most incredible people that I know will be in my life forever. I have learned so much about the church. I have learned so much about myself. My testimony has been tried and tested but has grown so much. As many of you know, I resisted the thought/feeling I had to serve a mission for a couple of years. Now, I can't imagine my life without serving a mission. As hard as it has been, I have grown so much from it and will always be grateful that I served. Even though I am pretty exhausted ;) I am excited I still have 6 months left. I am going to try and focus on all the good things because before I know it, I will be on my way home and sad to be leaving!
Zone Conference
This past week we traveled to Budapest for Zone Conference. It was a special Zone Conference. Elder Kearan from the area Seventy came to speak to us. It was really cool! It was a lot of discussion that he just guided. There are a lot of things I learned that I want to implement to help me be a better missionary. There are a lot of things I also realized that I need to change. But the amazing thing about this gospel, is we can always repent and become better. It was also nice to go to Budapest and see some missionary friends! :) That's always fun. We also got to ride the train there and back with our friends who serve in Kaposvár.
Funeral
On Friday, us missionaries were asked to go sing at a funeral. We were actually asked by some people in the Érd branch. I got a call earlier in the week from a number I didnt' know. When they said who it was, I was so excited because he was the Ward Mission Leader in Érd! He is originally from Pécs and someone he knew died and he was asked to do the service. So even though it was under sad circumstances, I got to see an amazing family from Érd this week. We were waiting inside the cemetery just waiting and they walked in. The kids saw me and ran up and gave me big hugs! It was so nice to see them. I got to see them again on Sunday too at church. One of the little girls kept asking me to come back to Érd with them. :) It was so fun to see them.
Investigators
Aniko - We had a program with a new investigator of ours we met in English Class. We set up with her to teach her a little about the church and to help her with English. In the end, we didn't speak any English. We started the program and she asked us for a Book of Mormon. We explained it to her a bit and she said she would read it. We then took her on a little tour of our branch house because she wanted to see all of the paintings we had. It was a great program!
Ági - Some exciting news about Ági is that she accepted a baptismal date! We had a program with her a few days ago. Things have been going pretty slow with her and honestly Sister Hafen and I were feeling very discouraged and not sure what we should do. But a few nights ago, it was very calm in the house which is rare. We asked her if she had read and prayed. She said she had. We asked if she had prayed to know if the Book of Mormon was true and all of the things we taught her were true. She said she had and she believed it was all true! We asked her if she would prepare to be baptized on April 18th and she said yes!! We were so excited. There is still a pretty big obstacle that we have to tackle but I know that if we all have faith and she puts her trust in God, it will work out.
Well that's about it for this week. We have a busy, exciting week ahead of us. On Thursday, we have my year mark and Sister Hafen's 4 month mark so we are going to celebrate somehow! And then on Friday we are having another Zone Training. The exciting part is that they are all coming to Pécs!
I hope you all have a great week. This church is true! Heavenly Father loves us all so much. We can pray anywhere, anytime. He will always listen. Christ loves us. He suffered and died for all of us. We can always become better.
Sok szeretettel,
Simons Nővér xx
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