


Well, well, well, this week was a pretty long one, filled with both ups and downs.

Last
week for Pday we were able to go to this place called Csesznek, it is a
castle ruins and it is seriously just amazingly beautiful! Also, like I
loved my first 3 cities to death, but did I ever mention how much I love
mountains? Unfortunately the Kecskemét domb doesn't quite do the job!
Anyways, I will send some pictures, because the place was amazing! Also
we got bácsied for a good long 30 minutes, so of course we had to get a
selfie with him too!

Last
Tuesday was an amazing day! We started out the morning with a lookup of
an old investigator that the previous sisters had met with. I don't
know how much potential she has, she is willing to meet with us, but
doesn't really seem that interested in the message of the gospel that we
have to share, and her children are really rowdy, but we were able to
talk about the importance of prayer and the knowledge that we have a
heavenly father who loves us and wants to help us in this life so that
we can return to him after this life!
She said that she never really
prays, but agreed to pray at least twice daily this whole week. We are
planning on meeting with her later this week too, so hopefully she will have kept that commitment we gave her and that we may be able to find
the part of the gospel that will be able to help her see that the gospel
can offer more to her and her family and will truly peak her interest
and get her wanting more!


After
our lesson with her, we went to contact an older lady that the sisters
had tracted into last transfer and given a Book of Mormon but were not
able to set up with again. When we rang the csengő her husband came out
and we started talking to him. He said that they had received a book of
Mormon, that he had read from it and that he thought it was a great
book, but that he was catholic and would like to stay catholic. I told
him that we understand, but we would just like to meet with people and
talk more about the Book of Mormon and what we can learn about Christ
from that book, and then proceeded to ask him if he would be interested
in meeting to talk more. Unfortunately he said no. I'm not exactly sure
why, but for some reason I was just impressed by the spirit that there
had to be something that we could say though to get him to want to meet
with us, but after asking some questions, and him politely saying that
it didn't really interest him, I didn't know what else to say. But then
comes his walking down the road with a bag of groceries. I wasn't sure
what to expect, but she was very kind! She told us the same exact thing
that her husband had: got a Book of Mormon, read from it, really great
book, catholic, want to stay that way, and is not really interested in
learning more. I was kind of at a loss of where to go with things, so I
just started talking about the weather and their beautiful garden,
thinking that if I got them talking possibly they will say something
that I could use to pull in an aspect of the gospel, because I just felt
deep down that this couple had a lot of potential and wanted them to be
able to know fully about the gospel before they decide that its not for
them. Well, before long, "M", the wife, was going off about the world
these days, and then "J", the husband, butted in out of nowhere and
asked me if I was thirsty. Seeing it as the opportunity to get inside
their house, I told him yes, and with that they invited us in. Inside
their home we were able to see from their wall displays some of the
things that they treasure most in their lives. "M" started telling us
about her life looking back on it, some of the trials that she has
endured and the lessons she has learned. I felt inspired to ask her,
that if she could only give us one piece of advice that she has learned
from her life, what would it be? That got her talking more about how
sacred our time is in this life! I asked her about her beliefs about
after this life, and then shared with her our beliefs, and the knowledge
we have that we can return to live with God and our families for
eternity. We were running short on time because we had another lesson to
get to, so we quickly explained that there is actually a whole plan
that God has prepared for us so that we can make it back to Him, and
asked if we could come back and share it with them another time. So we
will be meeting with them this Wednesday! I am really excited for this
lesson, and to see where things will go with "M and J", they are such
kind, amazing people, and they deserve the true joy that only the gospel
can give!
Later
that same night we were able to meet with an old investigator we found
in the area book this week. It turns out that her son is actually a less
active member and he was willing to participate in the teaching also!
We talked about prayer and shared some scriptures in 3rd Nephi when
Christ taught the people why prayer is important and how we should pray.
It was a really good lesson, and they both committed to say their
individual prayers daily as well as praying as a family! The less active
member also said that he would like to meet with the Branch President
and start to come back to the church, it was really neat!

Wednesday
and Thursday I was sick, so we didn't get to go out and work,
unfortunately. But luckily by Friday I was feeling better and we were
able to do our weekly planning, go through some more things in the area
book and then go out to work. We were able to visit "G" Néni again, she
is just such a sweet lady. We shared with her some of our favorite
scriptures about hope and faith and how if we are willing to humble
ourselves, God will help us to be strong! She in turn shared some of her
favorite scriptures with us, as well as a letter she had written to the
mission president when she was baptized in which she had written her
testimony. It was such a sweet testimony, and you could just feel her
conviction as you read it. I pray that she will be able to have the
opportunity to attend sacrament meetings, and in the meantime I hope
that the spirit we bring into her home when we meet with her will
continue to keep her heart upbeat!



Saturday
I had a nice surprise! My investigator "E" from Békéscsaba and her
boyfriend "J"came to Veszprém to see me! It was so good to be able to
see her, we just spent our lunch hour showing her around the beautiful,
breath- taking belváros of Veszprém and then unfortunately had to say
goodbye and get back to work, but it was literally amazing to see her
again, I have really missed her these last 3 weeks! That night we were
able to watch the Cultural Celebration for the temple re-dedication with
the branch, and it was so neat to see so many familiar faces from
Hungary being able to participate in it. It just really struck me, how
many opportunities the gospel provides for people, besides of course the
obviously abundant spiritual blessings. There were a few kids that I
saw from Szeged and Békéscsaba, and if they would have never found the
gospel, they would never have any of these amazing opportunities that
they have received as members. One boy in specific, I watched as
President Uchtdorf patted his head and then gave him a hug, and I just
couldn't help but thing what an amazing experience for that little boy,
that he will be able to hang onto as he pushes through the struggles of
growing up in a split family home, surrounded by nonmembers, trying to
do his best to stay strong in the gospel. Heavenly Father and the gospel
truly just have so many things to offer each of us, if only we are
willing to accept them!

Sunday
was the Freiberg Germany temple re-dedication, so we got to go up to
Győr for that! It was such an amazing experience, definitely a once in a
lifetime thing! I was able to understand just about all of it, which I
even surprised myself at, but unfortunately I was really tired and I
honestly do not remember a huge amount of what they said, but that's
alright, because what matters more is the spirit that I was able to
feel! The temple is truly the most amazing gift heavenly father has
given us, I hope that as we continue to work hard here in Veszprém that
we will be able to help our investigators, less actives, and recent
converts to be able to see the temples for what they truly are and that
they may have the desire to live worthily to be able to go there and
partake of those sacred blessings found only in the Lord's house!
Besides
the amazing temple dedication, yesterday was also like the best day
ever because I got to see the Mecseriék's again! And get this, "K" even
remembered my name! That is a pretty big deal, I was touched haha! As
usual, "J" and I colored, "Á" and her did my hair, and "K" played a song
for me on his drum set!What an amazing family, I am so glad that I can
call them my little Hungarian family, cause they are seriously some of
the greatest people I have ever met! So enjoy all the pictures to come! I
love you all and will talk to you next week! Have a great week!
Sok Szeretettel,
LeBaron Nővér
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