8/16/16~BACK-TO-BACK BABY!!! (Training...I'm So Excited)

We won the Presidents challenge, once again, so this time for our reward we got to go to the theater and watch The Secret Life of Pets... It is the cutest movie ever, i would definitely recommend seeing it!

BBQ with "E"

Well folks, transfer calls are in and turn
s out I will be peacing out of Békéscsaba and leaving my little baby, Sister Dorny. It is a little bitter sweet, or actually alot bitter sweet, but I am also looking forward to this next transfer, as I will be white-washing into VESZPRÉM... WITH ANOTHER GREENIE!!! So as hard as it will be to leave Sister Dorny, I also could not be more excited for this amazing opportunity! 

This last week here in Békéscsaba has been AMAZING! I am sad to have to leave, as it is every time we leave a city, but I can truly say that I am leaving it a better place than I found it and that I myself am leaving a better person than when I first arrived! It is amazing to look back on the past 4 months, and see the progress that all of our investigators have made, but also all the spiritual progression that I was able to make for myself! I will always cherish the sweet memories I have gained and the relationships which have flourished with the people here in Békéscsaba as we have become brothers and Sisters through the Lord's work. Also, Sister Dorny is AMAZING!!!! I could not have asked for a better companion for the last 9 weeks, she was perfect for me at that time in my mission, I learned SOOOO much from her, and I was able to humble myself alot as we worked together to be able to better help our investigators! I am super excited to see what the Lord has in store for her, and what she is going to be able to accomplish on her mission, because I know that she is going to change so many lives here in Hungary; she has already changed mine! It is a little bittersweet to part ways this transfer, but i am thankful for the eternal friendship that we have built, and I am also looking forward to the opportunity to train again and be able to do my best to be a great example to my new companion! 

We went to one of our investigators concerts, and it was amazing!

This week has definitely been a wonderful way to leave Békéscsaba! On Wednesday we had a lesson with "L and J", and it went so well! We talked more about faith, and "L" has finally decided that he believes in God which is a huge step for him! We continued to talk about how faith is a verb, and how we have to put action into our faith our it is nothing. Then "L" asked what he needed to do then! We had prepared really well for that teaching appointment and had drawn a huge diagram of the connection of faith and hope and tying it into the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to link them, we had written the question on the board "so what do I need to do?" So we pointed "L" to it and followed through the steps. He said he has faith in Christ, he said that he has repented, as did "J", which led to the next step: Baptism! We talked for awhile about the importance of baptism in order to truly be cleansed of our sins and the significance of the covenants that we make with God through baptism, as well as talking about the gift of the Holy Ghost as well as all of the other countless blessings we receive from making that sacred covenant. "L" then said that he thinks he better pray about it then! So we gave him the two dates Sister Dorny and I had prayed about: October 1 or 8, and "L" told us that he will pray about it every single day until he receives his answer! That was the best news ever!!! We also asked "J" if she would be willing to pray about those two dates, and she said that she would too! I have no doubt that they will be getting baptized soon, it is just a matter of which date! They were both so ecstatic, happier than I have ever seen either of them and they both just had something new about them as they considered the thought of being baptized and being able to be cleansed completely from their sins and receive the blessings God has waiting in store for them! We met with them last night as a follow up, and they are both praying still and reading! We are trying to help them to be able to better recognize answers to their prayers, so that they will know when they have received their answer. They also had some questions about tithing, fasting, and word of wisdom, so we talked through those, and they seemed to understand it after we finished answering the questions! They are such great people, I am so thankful that I have had the opportunity to get to know them!

We also had the chance to meet with our investigator "E" and she is seriously just an amazing person! I literally don't know if I have ever met a more Christ like person, she just makes me want to be so much better! I have come to love her so much! We followed up with her on the word of wisdom and she is doing amazing! She didn't want to waste all of her coffee by throwing it out, so at first she just slowly weened herself off of it, drinking less and less each day until she finished it all, and last week she finally finished it! We actually talked to her this morning also and she has officially been a whole week without any coffee, which is a huge step for her, given that she used to typically drink 4 cups a day! The first few days were really rough, but we talked to her and made sure that she understood why she isn't drinking coffee, and she said that she knows it is because the Lord has asked her not to, as well as the added health benefits! She is doing amazing though, and she even started taking her Book of Mormon to work and she reads whenever it isn't too busy and she can take a little break! She is making such great progress! 

We also got dogged on a few lessons, but that's alright, because we just didn't let it get us down, but we will keep trying to meet with them and share the gospel with them! We were able to meet again with our new investigator from last week and he is doing amazing! He has so many questions and such a desire to learn more about God! Also he is 24 and could really help the branch and be a solid priesthood holder when he joins the church, so I am super excited about that! 

Overall it was just an amazing week, a great way to finish here in Békéscsaba! I am excited for the things that await me and my new greenie in Veszprém!!!

I hope y'all have a great week! I love you all!

Sok Szeretettel, 

LeBaron Nővér

Cause sometimes you come home at the end of the day, and just have to go for a run!

 

And other times we talk too long and then you have to run to catch your bus every single time we visit!

Then there are the times when the AC breaks and so you have to camp out on the balcony cause the apartment is too hot, and you actually secretly just miss camping!

When the fan catches sister Dorny's skirt ahahhah

                  "E" and her boyfriend took us to Gyula for                      Lavender flavored ice cream!

More from Gyula! I just love "E" favorite person ever!!!

Helping Julika with her family history work

Today we found a golden retriever walking down the road on our way to the library for email, and there is nothing i love more than a golden retriever, so here are a million photos of me with this beauty of a creature!

Us with the cutest couple ever!

I'm so grateful for the opportunity I had of serving with Sis Dorny, she's a wonderful person!!