Month mark

Cast not away your confidence by elder holland is one of the most powerful talks Ive ever read it I strongly recommend it to everyone.

Everything changed this week. Our branch presidency was released. They are amazing and our entire zone was rearranged. I bore my testimony in Hungarian and played all the hymns in sacrament meeting for our MTC Presidency who are the best. The Finns sang be still my soul in finnish and I cried just a little bit. Finnish is one of the most beautiful languages Ive ever heard. We found out this week that Tolken actually based the the elvish language off Finnish and guess what he used HUNGARIAN for a base of a language as well!!! Guess which one----the ORC'S!!... saw that one coming. Its pretty in its own way. At least thats what I keep telling myself. (You would not believe the amount of Lord of the Rings quotes are used by our branch presidency/zone its pretty awesome.)

Our new pday is on monday which is just the worst because the Temple Cafeteria IS CLOSED we found out today on mondays. But its okay I ate some nutter butter cereal out of a vending machine with chocolate milk. Hannah I heard your testimony you shared was really touching and I miss you a ton. New years was not as exciting as last year but I stayed awake till 10;55 in my bed so Im just gonna count it. Definetely the latest ive stayed up this entire time-- every night I am so tired its great! Mom I saw sister Freestone at the temple this morning Im not positive if she recognized me but its okay. Also does Sister Brown work at the MTC because I think I keep seeing her leading our music but Im never sure If its her. 

We had a mission conference yesterday by our MTC presidency yesterday. It was really great and there was a fantastic talk on the atonement where President Trost made an example of the judgement where God will maybe ask you if you served an honorable mission and you will remember the time on a bus where you  felt you should have talked to someone but you didnt and so you will begin to tell that to God and he WILL NOT remember that or I guess hold it against you if you repented it of it. I know that is true. That after we have sincerely repented, turned towards Christ, and forsaken our sins God remembers them no more. So much mercy and grace. I love this gospel.

The International director of the MTC's gave a fantastic devotional about giving your whole self to the lord. Putting everything on the altar and finding yourself by losing yourself. I love the MTC still. Ill miss my Branch presidency they really have been fantastic and made the MTC enjoyable. They are so personal and kind. Mark Rogers and his wife basically became our surrogate parents and it was sad to see them go (especially since they were going to a spanish branch). Pray for the Spirit search the scriptures with a question pray and THEN ponder/meditate-- that step is so crucial and if you do that the Spirit will comfort you, teach you, and inspire you. I love you all. Sorry my thoughts are everywhere I forgot my binder in my room and dont love you all enough to walk back up the five flights of stairs for the 6th time today. Have the most fantastic week. Share your testimony and you will keep it. If you dont share it you will eventually lose it.

Szeretettel,

Hughes Elder

p.s Mom thanks for the TimTams we had a TimTam slam party with our district one night after studying. It was a great stress reliever and a life changer for some people that havent done the tim tam slam!

pps The first vision is officially memorized in hungarian! thanks for your prayers!