Baird Elder left on wednesday which turned out to be perfect timing cause all the members wanted to see him before he left so we were able to visit almost all the active members (something we are supposed to do at the begenning of each transfer so that we can work better with them.) This also means we got fed a lot. Which always is good in the moment but not as good when youre tracting three hours later in a hot ten story and feel like a balloon but I think its worth it.
Me and the soup I made Heaps Elder after we got back from his dentist appointment and half of his face was completely numb hah!
We met a really kind néni named Barb and today as we were walking back from the grocery store (after jumping into a bus at a stoplight cause the driver had the door open for air circulation but I thought he opened it just for us! I thought it was God just being really nice to us giving us a little break and not making us walk to the bus stop and I guess it may have been but to the driver of the bus it was just a misunderstanding haha!) we were stopped by a 30 yr old woman who told us she had been looking for us. She told us she used to go to church and meet with the missionaries but somehow lost contact. We set up a teaching with her for this weekend and are full of hope for this transfer. God blesses those who strive to keep his commandments.
Thursday we had a great zone training on finding. We then were able to go on splits with the assistants which so happens to be my trainer Heaps Elder! We laughed a ton, I learned a lot, and we found a great bácsi who they will meet with this week! It was fun to be around the Szabadkais and Sister Szabadkai made us the best mashed potato pogácsa's ever! Also after the Zone training I was asking Sister Szabadkai where I could find brocolli in Szolnok cause I had looked at the market and couldnt find it in Tesco either. She gave me a couple places I could look and later that night while Heaps Elder and I were working in the office with President she came down with a big bag of fresh brocolli haha she told me she had to run to the market for something and wanted to get some for me! They are the greatest I love them so much!
This week I tried to focus on the spirit. I figured from my studies that if we always keep the spirit in mind we will be more likely to follow its promptings as suddle as they may be. If we keep the spirit in our thoughts and decide each morning to give our will to God we will be able to dicern the quiet promptings that come when they come, because they do come everyday. I like the example of Alma found in Alma 8:9-18. Alma puts his whole heart into teaching the Amalekites but nonetheless gets kicked out. (That part has taken on a whole new meaning the past 6 months haha) Then after the messenger appears to him and he tells him to turn around in verse 18 it says he "speedily returned". He of course is blessed for his immidiate reaction of exact obedience and blesses many more people in result. We must make the concious decision to do what the Spirit prompts us to do. No matter how terrifying that may be whether it is going back to Amalekiah or back to a 10 story you were just kicked out of or saying something kind to someone who offended you. We have the blessing to act and not react. If we go out with the intention to minister to Gods children, our brothers and sisters everyday. Then the Lord will work wonders among us.
Szeretlek
Hughes Elder
And me and Stringham Elder (Hes the best and from my MTC group) after Missionary Correlation Meeting in Buda.
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