My last letter....

Wow. Time goes by so fast. This is really hard. We have had such a great week. I dont even think I can explain all my emotions in an email. It has been so great!

We had a Hungarian Rost last p day....it was a huge miracle! It was beautiful weather the whole day and then as soon as we left the branch house with everyone, it started to DOWNPOUR!!!! Everyone was so sad! We had been planning on it for so long. So we stopped under a bridge, said a prayer that it would stop raining, and did some yoga for a few minutes. Pretty soon it stopped raining and we went and got a fire started. It was delicious! A Hungarian roast = pure bacon fat dripped over bread with onions and peppers. SO DELICIOUS!!! And so unhealthy! haha! Best roast ever! And the biggest miracle of it all, we were talking to our branch president a few days later about the roast and he said that in all of Szolnok it downpoured for hours....there was only one little area where it didnt rain and that was right where we were doing our roast. Miracles do happen! God has really watched over us this week and our investigators.

We also got to go on a crazy drive with the Smiths this week. We got lost and were going on all sorts of weird roads. But we ended up finding the city of storks and that was really cool! Enjoy the journey while it lasts!

We also went to see this guy named S B. He is hilarious and he loves the missionaries. He isnt a member but the missionaries do a lot with him. We went out to his house with the Smiths and he is really into hunting. We were looking at all of his things, when we turn around and saw S B running at us in a big wild boar pig skin. Sister C about had a heart attack. I was laughing so hard! Wild boars are big! haha!

All of our investigators are doing so well. I wont lie though...it has been so tough to say goodbye. So tough. I am just so glad that these people really are in the Lords hands. The Lord is taking care of them. Every program has just been perfect this week. I have come to love these people more than I can even describe over a simple email.

On Sunday during primary, all the kids and the primary teacher got up at the end and sang me a song. As stressful as primary is sometimes, I love those kids with all my heart! This week has just gone by so fast.

Yesterday, we went and met with M along with the branch president. We had one of the best programs again. It is amazing to see the difference the gospel can make in someone's lives. Afterward, M and I said goodbye to each other. It was really hard. M thanked me for teaching her about enduring to the end. I was honestly a little surprised by that...I thought she was say a lot of other things before she said that. And then she just sincerely thanked me for never, ever giving up on her. I always came and loved her no matter what she did or what she said. She thanked me for enduring to the end with her because now she finally knows what she needs to do to get her life back in order. The greatest of Gods miracles are really the miracles that take place in peoples hearts.

I cannot believe this is my last letter home as a missionary. I feel so many different emotions. I have learned so many things on my misison. I have had so many hard times. I have had so many good times. I have experienced so many heart aches. I have experienced so many miracles. But no matter what I was experiencing, God was always by my side, cheering me on to be better. To become something. The Lord has just taken me on the most marvelous journey I have even been on. He has given me so many gifts and has only asked that I share them with others. In sharing them with others, my life has become so much more meaningful. God does speak to us today! He is so aware of us. We need but only search Him.

I am so grateful for my mission. I am so glad that the Lord gave me enough strength through my trials that I did not give up. I love being a missionary. And I am excited for the opportunity to go home and continue to serve and grow. Thank you for all your love and support for me on my mission. I really do have the best family in the entire world! I couldnt have done it without you all. I love you lots! And I will see you in a few days.

Falslev Nővér

This is L. We found him on the day that we got 5 let in programs....our miracle saturday. He just got baptized on Saturday. 

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS JASON AND SHELECE!!!!!!! That is so exciting for you both! I cannot wait! Our family just keeps getting bigger and bigger! We trully have been so blessed!

Well, this week has literally been CRAZY. And very emotionally exhausting. But its been great all at the same time. Its just crazy how fast everything can change.

It has been pouring rain all week this week. We have had some fun times in the rain. One day, we were just having a hard day, and it started to pour on us when we were walking home. We had no umbrella's....well we had mine but it broke. We looked at each other and wanted to cry but then we decided to just dance in the rain. We were soaked! But hey, that small decision made us so happy. Happiness trully is a decision. It cant be based on our circumstances.

This week we have spent almost every day with the M. I love those girls with all my heart. Unfortunately, I cant say a lot of what happened this week. But I am just hoping and praying that we can continue meeting with them. We will see what happens this week. If anyone could majorly use some prayers, this family could! We started the stop smoking program with one of the girls and it has been going really good! She has been trying so hard! I hope that these girls can be baptized soon!

We also had a cool program with G and her family. We talked about the Holy Ghost and it was an awesome lesson. They learned a lot. Afterwards, G turned to her mom and asked if she could be baptized. Her mom said yes! So we are really going to start teaching their family. They are the coolest family ever! I am so excited!

É is doing well and just more and more excited everyday to get baptized. She is so excited to be clean! We are just continuing to support her until she can really make a decision with what she wants to do about being married. She is going strong though!

Church was awesome yesterday. We got to teach primary and it is honestly just my favorite to teach the kids! I feel like I have learned so much from the children here. It helps me realize how I need to change to develop more attributes.

M is also doing well still. She came to church again yesterday and just loved it. We went to visit her this past week, and about 2 minutes after we got there, the elders and the Smiths had decided to come visit her too. So we had 6 missionaries to visit her! haha! We decided to sing a song to her and began singing and her dog didnt like it very much. He was growling at us the whole time and we were having the hardest time not laughing. We made it through about the first 3 verses when we all just started laughing from the dog growling at us because he couldnt stand our singing. M just couldnt stop laughing. I have never ever seen a bigger change in someone in my life. She is so much happier and seems like she just doesnt have the weight of the world on her shoulders. The gospel really is easier when we are able to turn our hearts to the Lord.

This week I have learned a lot about the blessings of keeping the commandments. I have wondered a lot about why there are so many horrible things that happen in this world to people who cant necessarily control their circumstances. I realized that even though your life may not be perfect and you will still have hardships, keeping the commandments is what really keeps us in safety. Keeping the commandments is really what brings blessings and happiness. God gives us the commandments and we have the choice to obey them.

I love this gospel so much! I cant believe time is running out so quickly! I love being a missionary! I love you all! Have a great week!

Falslev Nővér

MIRACLES, MIRACLES, MIRACLES

Wow! I wish you could all just be here right now. This week has been awesome. Its just hard to put it all into words....except that basically I just want to take all of these people home with me! haha!

This week we had an awesome program with É. I asked her what she had been learning from the BOM and she just said that she wants to get baptized even more. She realized that she has to change and really act. And it all came to her as she was reading the BOM. She set a baptism date for Sept. 21 so hopefully she will be ready for it by then! She is doing awesome and is learning so much. We have had some really good programs with her also. She is hoping she can get baptized before then. It is just hard because she still doesnt feel like she has gotten an answer of what she needs to do with her partner. She is doing awesome!

Also this week, we spent a lot of time with the M. I LOVE THOSE GIRLS!!!!! We had the funniest program ever teaching them the law of chasitity on tuesday. We taught them at the branch house and the elders were there. We told the M that they needed a plan of what to say when they had a hard time keeping the word of wisdom or the law of chastity. So we had the elders come in and pretend to give them alcohol and things. It was hilarious! But it was amazing that even though it was a practice, afterwards, the girls really grew in their testimony about it just practicing telling someone why they dont drink and things. It was a super good program.

The next day, we decided we were going streeting and we found D on the street having a really hard day. We havent been able to meet with her by herself and so we had a program with her. It was one of the most heart breaking programs I have ever had but D told us everything. And at the end of our lesson, she just looked at me with tear-fillled eyes and just said the only thing that brings her happiness is the church. And the only thing she wants is to be able to be baptized and to have all the bad things washed away from her. She cant wait to be baptized! And she agreed this week to start on the stop smoking program. She really wants to do everything she can to get baptized. Even when everyone and everything else in her life tells her that she cant do it. She is seriously just my hero. We asked the branch president here to give her a blessing as she starts the stop smoking program and to watch over her this week. It was such a powerful blessing. It was one of the most tender moments of my life. I am so grateful for the priesthood.

We also went and got icecream with the M girls this week. And they just covered me with icecream! It was all over their face and their hands and they just got it everywhere without realizing it. I was sticky everywhere! But I could just only love those girls anymore. They could really use  some prayers this week if anyone would like someone to pray for :)

On Saturday we had a big cleaning day at the branch house and it was so much fun to clean with all the members and our investigators! A lot of people showed up and it was just a good time to talk to everyone and have fun while doing service. Right at the end, we went over to F M's house with the branch president. She has totally and completely changed her life. It was such a great program! And she wanted to come back to church! We went and picked her up on sunday and when she opened the door, she was in the prettiest dress and she just looked so happy. She looked like she had just unloaded 100 pounds from off of her back. She loved sacrament meeting and just said that she finally felt like she was home. She finally felt peace. And she is coming to english class and wants to start learning more again. Miracles happen.

This week we also got to go help a member who is really struggling. She has a huge garden and it has been a lot for her to handle and the weeds have just been going crazy and her garden was really dry. We went and helped her. She has no running water at her house, so we had to haul all of the water in buckets from a big barrel clear back into her garden to water. Irrigation is such a blessing! It was quite the job to do. And I couldnt believe she had been trying to take care of that big garden all by herself. It was good to help her in the garden. I love service!

I learned a valuable lesson this weeks about miracles. Miracles really are not in healings, and in just the physical things. The biggest miracles are the miracles that happen within our own hearts and in the hearts of other people. The gospel really does change people. It heals their hearts and lightens their burdens. I love this gospel so much! I am so glad to be a missionary! I love my life! And I love these people more than I can even express!

Falslev Nővér