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| What a beautiful surprise it was when we were driving around with a member, and what did we see? A GOAT!!! Well, actually 2 goats! |
I don't know about the rest of you, but when I first heard that I would be
serving in Hungary, my first thought went to little cottages, with
white picket fences, dirt roads, and goats in the front yard... I know
now that I was clearly a little off! Hungary actually has those things
we like to call cities and turns out its a pretty civilized
socialization. For many aspects I was gladly surprised to find out that
my first thoughts were so far from reality, I do have to admit that I
was sorely disappointed about the goats aspect though! If you were
friends with me on snapchat before the mission, you know that I kind of
like goats as my story was often random adventures with goats that would
take like 20 minutes to cycle through.
It was
evident that I wouldn't be finding goats in Szeged, but when I got my
mini transfer call to Kecskemét I was pumped! The word for goat in
Hungarian is Kecske, so surely I figured I would be able to find a
plethora of kecskék in Kecskemét. Once again, WRONG! Turns out i am
wrong a lot these days! This transfer I was determined to find a goat
while we were tracting out in one of the little villages outside of
Kecskemét.
Well, Sister Jeppson and I have
made it 2 months with no success, but then along came EASTER!!! What a
beautiful surprise it was when we were driving around with a member, and
what did we see? A GOAT!!! Well, actually 2 goats! But I really only
like the baby one, moms are kind of boring! And it was in Kecskemét, we didn't even have to wonder out into a little falu! We pulled over the
car and asked the owner if I could hold it! She told me that she wasn't
sure if it would let me hold it, cause it was born just 3 days ago! But
then, it just ran out of the little pen and I picked it up! And thus, my Easter day, my transfer in Kecskemét, and basically my whole mission
was made, right there in the blink of an eye! So you could say our
Easter went well! (Refer to the 20 million pictures with goats below)
Aside
from the fun adventures of Easter, it was also a great day in spiritual
aspects also! It is quite interesting because as missionaries we have
the opportunity to go around and try and talk to people about Christ
this Easter holiday, which is the reason we celebrate Easter to begin
with, yet people don't have time to talk to us about Christ because they
are busy with their Easter activities. A little ironic if you ask me,
but its whatever!
Church this week was great!
The talks were centered on Christ and His Atonement! Berta, one of the
members, spoke about His Atonement and the ways that we can use it in
our lives. One of the most beautiful things about the Atonement, is that
no matter how much we know and learn about it, there is always more! We
will never be able to fully comprehend the love he has for us, and the
power that His Atonement has in our lives! And with each talk given, or
each scripture read, our testimony and understanding of Christ, His
Suffering, and His love for us can grow!
Last Monday, Sister Jeppson and I had the opportunity to attend Family Home
Evening with the Mecseri family! For the Spiritual message, Bishop
shared with us a short film about a violin! It showed the violin maker
putting everything he had into making this beautiful violin. Someone
then bought the violin for their child, and after a while of practicing
the child decided he no longer liked the violin. The violin was then put
into storage, sold, and endured a lot of hits and falls throughout the
years. At the end of the film there was an auction in which the violin
was being sold, however, nobody wanted to buy it. At this point, the
wood was battered, one string was broken, and it wasnt all the
aesthetically pleasing. It wasn't until a man stepped forward and played a
song on the violin that the people realized just how beautiful the
violin was, and in that instance the value of the violin sky-rocketed.
This violin is symbolic of each of us. Just like the little violin
maker, we have a Father in Heaven who created us and loves us very much.
However, sometimes life gets hard and like the violin we get a little
battered, our polish wears off, and the way that people sees us no
longer aligns with the way that our Father in Heaven sees us. With the
society we live in these days, it is easy to be hard on ourselves and
loose sight of our true value, which can only be assessed through the
eyes of God our creator. It is important that we do our best to remember
who we are! We are all children of God, and He loves us each very much!
We need to not be so hard on ourselves, and just remember to love
ourselves as we are while trying to continue become better and more like
Christ! We must also remember that everybody else is also a child of
God. Don't be too quick to judge other people, we can never know their
full story, and we are not in a place to judge, as we ourselves are
imperfect beings. This next week I challenge all of you to try and see
the people around you the way that their Father in Heaven would see
them!
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| Celebrating Easter with some good 'ole Apple Sparkling Cider |
I have to go now, but I hope you all had a great Easter! Have a great week, I love you all!
Sok szeretettel,
LeBaron Nővér
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 J. and Á. did my makeup! J. told me afterwards that I looked like a clown, I would have to agree haha |
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FRISS PÉKSÉG!!!!  | |
