Grateful for our knowledge.

"He who cannot forgive others burns the bridge over which he himself must cross."

Thats just a random quote I love from the Christian cookbook you sent me mom hah! RIght under each recipe theres a quote or scripture from the bible hah. This one was right under the recipe for ''Deep Dish Taco Squares' I dont think Ill ever get around to making that in this life but its a tiny bit tempting now with the lack of Mexican food in Hungary!

This week was a study in contrasts. Ill try to make sense and share a little of what Ive been feeling. I think I have talked about Bogi a little but anyways she is an investigator we found in the area book that was taught by the sisters a year ago. We looked her up and started meeting with her. She is 17, reads Hungarian poetry, is in a Latin corus, and uses HUGE unrecognizable words. Weve had some good lessons with her where the Spirit has definetely been there comfirming the doctrine right there in the room. We have focused on the Book of Mormon a lot and challenged her to read out of it everyday. Shes been reading at least two chapters out of it everyday. She even texted us one day when she read Enos that she loved it so much she had read it 3 times already and loves the thought in the last verse of finding rest in the Savior.

She is very prepared and accepted our invitation to be baptized on June 11 after she recieved an awnswer about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. She did have to ask her parents if she could be baptized though and so we have been praying SO much this week. Friday night we got a phone call from Bogi telling us about her conversation with her parents. She was so sad they told her she needs to wait a year to be baptised (they want to make sure she really wants to do this) and that she cant meet with us until school gets out at the end of June. It was probably one of the saddest phone calls I have had but it was so neat to hear her tell us how she was praying in her heart the whole time. Pleading with the Lord for patience and peace during their conversation. Its so good to see that she know has a personal relationship she is working on developing with God. She is continuing to read from the Book of Mormon and pray and we are excited to meet with her at the end of June. 

It was interesting to see how happy we were not when she accepted baptism but when she told us she believed and wanted to know the Book of Mormon was true, as well as when she told us how hard she had been praying and that she knows that it will all work out in the end. Her testimony and faith inspire me. Im so grateful for the hope that repentence gives us. Repentence is what we are sharing as missionaries and baptism is just a small step in the process of repentence. Im so grateful for a loving Father in Heaven who sent his only Begotten Son to earth to experience suffereing beyond any comprehension. I cannot imagine how hard it must have been for God to watch his Son go through that and all because he loves us, his other children.

Im so grateful for the knowledge we have. Dont take it for granted. Share it and choose to be happy because of it. 

2 Nephi: 15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.

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Love,

Elder Hughes

A month ago we told our investigator that we couldnt find a good Kakáos Csiga in Debrecen and this week her friend and her made some Kakáos Csigas and then went to 10 different bakeries and brought us one from each so we could know where to get the best one! Theyre the best! SIdenote: It was also the hardest day to get up at 6:30 the next morning.