So we found out this week exactly what sister Behunin will be doing with her new calling. I didnt think it sounded too crazy at first but I am quickly coming to realize how hard it will be for all of us. She is going to be going to different cities where sisters are and training them. She will be gone at least 1-2 times a weeks for 24 hours at a time plus the travel time to get to whatever city she goes to. I didnt think it sounded that crazy but it actually will leave sister Fresh and I alone to do a lot of the teaching with our investigators. Kinda nerve wracking but that is how we will learn the language faster. Sister Behunin leaves this afternoon and wont get home til late tomorrow night, then she leaves wednesday afternoon and wont get home til either late thursday night or maybe friday morning. Luckily the members here are really nice and are willing to help us out! We really couldnt do it without the members here! They are awesome! It will be really good for sister Fresh and I. Sister Behunin is one super busy sister! I am just glad I dont have to do what she does haha!
This week has been so awesome! I just love being in Hungary!! We have been having so much fun and we have seen so many miracles this week! We had the best lessons with one of our investigators. He is getting baptized June 22 and he is so excited! He wants to serve a mission and is asking us lots of questions of what he can do it order to be a missionary now. He said he wanted to look like a mormon at church now and so yesterday he wore a full on suit the whole time for the first time. That is quite an accomplishment because it is pretty hot here. He is just so ready to be baptized! he cannot wait to be a member. And the coolest thing was that his mom was really against him being baptized. We found out that the missionaries taught him and his family about 9 years ago and he remembered them from when he was a little boy. Then when he saw the missionaries he just remembered how he felt when he was little and wanted to talk to them. His mom was very against him being baptized and that is why he didnt get baptized earlier. They are catholic and so him mom said that they were going to stay catholic. But he called us yesterday and told us that he talked to his mom and told her about the church and now she wants to be baptized on the same day as him. So we have a new baptisimal date and we havent even met her in person yet! She has been taught all the lessons I guess a long time ago. And his little sister wants to be baptized...they want her to wait til she is a little older though. We will see what happens with her. It is so cool! I hope I will stay in Buda so I can be there for their baptism! Everyone thinks I will most likely leave though.
We also got another really awesome investigator this week that I really feel like will get baptized. We had an awesome program with her! She works at Nu Skin here in Hungary (a lot of people work for Nu Skin in our ward here - that is how quite a few heard about the church because the company headquarters is in Salt Lake City). She came to church last week and to a few other things but she didnt want to talk to the missionaries at first. We didnt know why. We found out yesterday that she just wanted to find out more about the church and didnt want to feel like she was being sold something. She came to all of church and then we met with her for over 2 hours after church. It was such an awesome program! She is so prepared. She was telling us how she really trusts the members who work at nu skin and she has seen something in them - something that makes them happy and they know who they are. She has seen something different in them and she wants that in her life. She said she felt so good at church and even though it was really strange, she felt like that was exaclty where she needed to be even though she didnt know why. It was such a good program! And we had the best member there! She is just the best. We are going to have a family night tonight with her family and our investigator. I am really excited but REALLY nervous for it. Sister Behunin is going to be leaving to miskolc so Fresh and I are by ourselves. Luckily members will be there but we are pretty nervous. Our investigator is really super patient though and is also trying to learn English so she understands and is way cool about us struggling trying to say things.
This week we've been able to meet with a ton of new people and they have all set up with again so that was great! We are working so well together as a companionship. We have a lot of fun but get a lot of work done as well. We had a lot of our investigators come to church yesterday too which was a huge deal. especially for people in Hungary. They said they all loved it too so hopefully they will keep coming.
I cant believe how fast time is going. I really honestly feel like I just got here and its already halfway through May! I feel like I came into a different time zone since I came on a mission. Its weird. I love being a missionary and helping people. It is an amazing experience to help make people truly happy in their life. There really is nothing else I would rather be doing right now even though it is so hard.
Well I love you all and hope everything is going great! Thanks for all the letters and everything! Love you guys!
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This is the view from Buda Castle. |
Buda Castle |
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