Another week gone??? Already?

I cant believe how fast time goes! This week has gone by so fast! I feel like I just emailed. Weird. This week was great though! I learned a lot!

We went to Budapest for interviews. It took ALL day long but it was good. It was nice to catch up on a few things on the train. In my interview, President told me that Hungary is 14 melkezidek priesthood holders away from getting another stake. That will make 2 stakes in Hungary - which means that we can have a temple! So exciting! The work really is going forward! He also talked about in his last presidents seminar, they were saying that the missionaries need to focus more on finding new people and teaching new people and that the members need to do more of the Less active work rather than the missionaries. So some of the things changed in our mission and we are focusing pretty much only on finding and teaching new people and encouraging the members to reach out to the Less Actives! We need the members!!!! They also talked about how NOW is the time that the field is white. Baptisms in Europe have been going up and that now is not the time 'to plant seeds'. It is just such an exciting time to be part of the work! This weekend we had 14 baptisms in the missions! So exciting!

We also went to Miskolc this week for training. We got there a little early so we got to walk along the walking street...it is the longest one in Europe. It was pretty cool! Miskolc is a super old city and they have some really cool builidngs and castles there!

Things with A are going super well! He is loving church and the members have been awesome teaching him and helping him! Members make a huge difference! He is really excited to get baptized! We have had some good programs with him.

Also, unfortunately, one of our super solid investigators this week dissapeared and we had been trying to call her, go to her house and we were pretty worried something happened to her. Yesterday we decided to go to this random part of the city for some reason and we found her on the street. We found out she has just had some crazy things going on in her life and she needed a break right now. It was really sad but I just realized that God really does know where His children are and what they need. I really dont think it was just coincedence that we found her on this random street.

This week I've really come to realize how much the Lord really is involved with His work, with His missionaries, and with me individually. Yesterday, I just experienced a huge tender mercy and I just know that it was the Lord kindly telling me that He is watching over me and cares about me, even when I am not perfect. I was just feeling super overwhelmed yesterday with a lot of things that have happened this week here and I just felt like there was no way that I could be a missionary with all the things that we do. I was kinda having my typical, dramatic 'oh no, its the end of the world' freak out haha! And then our phone rang. It was one of the members here and he asked us if he could talk to us about some things. It was just the answer to my prayer! I realized that the Lord really does know me personally and He knows exactly what we need when the moment comes. Something I realized from this experience was how easily I sometimes forget the blessings and the miracles that God has done for me in my life when I start going through a hard time. Sometimes I am blinded by how hard my current trials are that I forget to remember every other time that the Lord has ALWAYS helped me through my trials when I turn to Him and allow Him to help me. I know it was just a small little thing for me, but it really was a personal answer to my prayer. And I think that is why the simple and small miracles can be sometimes more powerful than the big miracles - they continally remind us that the Lord really is involved in the details of our lives and He knows what is really hard for us and when we need some extra strength and help.

The Lord is involved in our lives! He knows us personally and speaks to us invdividually. I love being a missionary and seeing the tender mercies of the Lord so much in both my life and the people we teach lives. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!!!! What a blessing! I just have been given so much! The Lord is just so merciful! I love you all lots! Thanks for all your letters! Love you guys!

Falslev Nővér

sister rupard and I on our hike last week up Tokaj! Such a good hike!