This week I don’t have any pictures to attach.
Sorry!
Tuesday, 28 August
We met with A today. We helped her a little with a
talk she has to give in two weeks; read part of D&C 20 together; and talked
about the many priesthood offices and duties. A has been in the hospital
a lot recently. Things are going well between her and B. We hope to
be able to meet with her in the future.
Wednesday, 29
August
Today we had three to four hours to street. We
finally made it on and around the island. While streeting I had a
tragedy. Because we were out so long in the heat of the day, we stopped
to get ice cream. I got a nice chocolate covered one on a stick.
Three minutes later, tragedy struck. Within two to three minutes, both
the chocolate layer and the ice cream melted enough that the stick slid right
up through it. What a tragedy. I lost half my 45 cent ice cream bar
to the pavement. Oh, what a terrible tragedy! While streeting we
had both a lot, and not too much success. We successfully obtained eight
different names and numbers. However, only three actually live in
Szombathely, so we had to pass off the information of the other five to other
missionaries. During Angolora tonight two new people came. Lastly,
a miracle: I have three new cousins.
Thursday, 30 August
(One Year Mark in Hungary)
It’s been exactly one year since I first arrived in the
country. That is the miracle of today. Today I was on splits with
Elder Haws. We met with K again. Once again we were fed
lunch. The lesson completely fell through with her saying none of this is
new or unfamiliar, and with her not wanting to talk about or watch the
Restoration Film. She, her parents, and her daughter are all practicing
Catholics. She believes that the main cores of our churches are the
same. She fails to see any importance in proper authority, but instead
feels that Christ overcame everything and that faith and commitment in
following Him is all we need. I’m afraid and fearful that we’re going to lose
her. I’m really hoping that a knowledge of the nature of the Godhead and
importance of a living Prophet can reach her. That’s my hardest struggle
with the Catholic Church: some people only claim connection to it because of
tradition, and then use that excuse to try to get out of everything; but also,
on the other end, there are those who are Catholic, who truly desire to follow
Christ and have His presence in their life, so they do what they can, and, to a
degree, they receive some of the light of Christ in their life. However,
when you are already in the light it becomes harder to see additional brighter
light than if you were just in darkness. We also had one dog and two
cancellations which gave me and Elder Haws plenty of time to street and tract.
Friday, 31 August
Today started out with District Meeting. I lead a
training on “The Warrior Part 2: The Armor of God.” The Zone Leaders were
also here and went on splits with the other companionship. It rained all
of today. We had one cancellation, and spent the rest of our day working
on and out of our Area Book. A
half-miracle today is I learned that between streeting, tracting, and tabling,
I’ve gotten 41 names and numbers. Only one have I met with twice (and
then, they too stopped). K, Z, and Z are the only ones I’ve met more than
twice; all three were found by past missionaries. I was just the one to
look them back up and follow-up with them. I hope and pray that out of the
41 and counting I’ve found and collected while here, some will be sought out
by, and meet with, missionaries in the future.
Saturday, 1
September
It’s still raining. We went to Zalaegerszeg
today. When we arrived, we found many stands along the main road for the
“Egerszeg Festival.” However, it wasn’t even a fraction of the size of
the Savaria Carnival. We met with Z for almost two hours. The first
part was around English, but the bulk of the time was on the Plan of Salvation
and following up. She had read out of the Book of Mormon a little bit
each week, read the Restoration Pamphlet, prays daily, and prayed about Joseph
Smith as well as the Book of Mormon. She gets a good feeling and feels
the Holy Ghost each time she prays, reads, and meets with us. She feels
she may have gotten her answer. We talked about everything from the Pre-Mortal
to Spirit World, and she committed to baptism, acknowledging that it’s
necessary. We can’t set a date yet due to how infrequent our visits have
been. I’m excited though. In the
evening we went tracting for a couple hours. My miracle today is the Young
Women’s’ program. It has some really uplifting parts in it.
Sunday, 2
September
Fast Sunday today. We had a good fast and testimony
meeting. The S’s daughter returned from her mission. My miracle was
a good fast and prayer.
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