Kaylee in Budapest

Well my last week at the MTC has proved to be a pretty eventful one!

GOOD NEWS... WE GOT OUR FLIGHT PLANS LAST FRIDAY! We will be headed out bright and early Monday morning! We fly from Salt Lake to Chicago, and then to Germany, and then we end up in Budapest Tuesday at about 10AM their time! It blows my mind that the time is finally here! I am so stoked!

Saturday we took our last learning assessment! I still don't know everything I need to know, but it was amazing to listen to the recordings afterwards and see how much we really have learned in our short time here at the MTC!

Sunday was our last normal Sunday since we have General Conference this weekend. Which by the way, are you guys stoked for it, cause I know I am! Growing up I definitely never took advantage of General Conference as much as I should have, but I regret that now! General Conference is such an amazing experience that we are privileged to hear from God's chosen apostles and to hear the guidance they have for us! I would challenge each of you, whether you are a member of this church or not, to write down a couple questions that you have in your life and listen to conference! Even if it is just for one session, I know that if you pray to Heavenly Father and ask Him to help you find your answer and then you truly listen to the counsel of the Prophet and his apostles, you will receive answers; I promise! Anyways, this last Sunday we took our last temple walk as a branch! While we were sitting at the temple I looked over and saw this girl and I told my companion, I was like "That girl looks a lot like my friend Aubrey, but I'm pretty sure I'm just hallucinating it because I just haven't seen my friends in forever and I really want it to be my friend." But then the girl looked up from reading her scriptures right then and we made eye contact AND IT REALLY WAS HER, IT WAS AUBREY! So she like stood up and ran over to me and just gave me this big huge hug! So that was super cool that I got to see her!

Monday was our last day with the Albanians, they flew out Tuesday morning. It's funny cause at first we thought they were kind of crazy, but we became pretty good friends with them and it has been a lot different this past week since they left! Saturday night we had one last sand volleyball game with them and it was a blast! At one point my team kept missing the ball, so totally joking around I was like "Hey guys, can we stop sucking?" Right after that, the other team served and the ball flew straight to me and I wasn't paying attention and it just hit me and went out of bounds. I honestly didn't think it was that funny, but Elder Anderson of the Albanians started laughing so hard he was crying, so apparently it must have been pretty funny to him! On Monday we also had the opportunity to watch Richard G. Scott's funeral! Funerals are generally kind of sad, but he had such a beautiful service and everyone had only the best things to say about him. People like that truly are an inspiration to me and make me want to be a better person, so that one day people can say the same things about me! I know that I am by no means perfect, in fact I'm pretty far away from it, but it's the people we meet and the little things that happen to us that constantly remind us to keep on trying to be better!

Yesterday was our last day of class with our teachers! How is that even real! For the first time ever they finally spoke some English to us! They shared with us some personal stories about their missions and some of the joys and the hard times that they experienced. Honestly I am somewhat scared and I have no clue what lies ahead of me in Hungary, but I am so excited to be able to go! Missions aren't easy, I've come to find that out for myself. But I've also come to gain a stronger testimony of my Father in Heaven and of our Savior Jesus Christ. And with that knowledge I also know that the future is bright for all of us! I am excited to embark on this new journey in Hungary serving the Lord and I wish you all the best until I see you again!

Szeretettel,

LeBaron Nővér