Well this was the
week. I have now been a missionary for a full year and I don’t even know how to
feel about that ha-ha It’s a really cool feeling but also like wow I have never
lived another life. Its great!!
Well this week
winter came early. It is once again freezing here and I am not prepared for it
in any form of the word. It was a surprise for everyone here.
This week we have
found so many people to teach and I know it is not because of us. We found
multiple people just through knocking on doors and walking on the street. We
have found a little boy named Roland that goes to church by himself every Sunday
and is really humble but is in a hard situation where he has to go to a certain
church because of the school he goes to but he wants to be baptized so we will
be working with that this week! Also we found a couple that is going to pray
about the book of Mormon and see if it is true.
Sadly this week
we had one of our investigators drop us. We taught him the word of wisdom and
he was not willing to follow it and we tried to set up a time with him to talk
about it and see if he can work it out but he does not want us to call him
anymore so that was a hard part of this week sadly.
This week we were
successful in getting the actual police called on us. I don’t say that as a
good thing I just say it as a funny thing. We were tracting at night and an old
lady called the police because she thought we were trying to rob people so they
pulled up and were super nice when they saw who we were but I called my mission
President and he talked to them and we ended up just having to go home which
was lame but yes I can now say that I have had the cops called on me. woohoo
haha.
This week we had
one of the craziest things happen to me in my whole mission. We were walking on
the street and I said hello to a girl walking by because I say hello to pretty
much everyone and we keep walking and she calls after us and so we stop and
start talking to her and she is acting super weird but she says she wants help
spiritually and for us to help her find peace and forgiveness and we had a
super long conversation with her but after a while I started putting the pieces
together of what she was saying and who she was and why she was walking the
streets at night... yes I was talking to that type of girl on the street. I
realized this after I had given her a Book of Mormon and heard her life story.
It was so sad and I really wanted to help her so once I figured it out who she
was I just testified of the Book of Mormon and that it can really help her life
if she really wanted to change but wow was it a crazy experience... I walked
away in just awe.
This week I also
hit my year mark and to celebrate I spray painted one year onto my shirt and
lit it on fire!! It was awesome and that is a tradition here. I went to Bences
and he helped me with everything it was so great!! I love that kid and if I
leave I will be super sad to say goodbye to him.
He has a
certificate hung in his room now saying he is an aronic priesthood holder and it
has my name on it for the person that gave him it and it was so cool to see
that and that it will be there forever. It was the coolest feeling ever!!
I would like to
finish my email with one of the coolest things that has happened on my mission.
At the beginning of this transfer we found an old woman that took a book and
then called two weeks later and wanted to meet just did not have time until
this Monday. We met with her and she was the cutest little old lady and she
loved the gospel and accepted everything we taught. It seemed like she was
already Mormon. We taught the restoration and she wanted to hear more and more
and was just loving every word we said. She loved why we were here, and she just kept
saying that it was true because she could see it on our faces. So we come to
the end of the teaching and I start talking about prayer and how we can pray to
God to know if the things we have taught are true and if Joseph Smith was a
true Prophet. I told her we pray with our own words and just ask God what we want
to know. So she was like I love that! When can I say one? I was like uhhh well
of course right now. If you can remember back to my farewell talk I talked
about an experience where I would hear an older woman pray and I would be able
to understand every single word. I got the strongest impression that I would be
able to learn Hungarian and I would not need to worry. Well, this woman started
to pray and it was the most beautiful Hungarian prayer I have ever heard and I
understood every word. The spirit ran over me and I almost was brought to
tears. I knew that God had given me my answer and that revelation had come
true. God knew that I would learn this language and that this woman’s prayer
was an amazing blessing to my life. I know prayer is real and I know God knows
what we need in our lives. I love you all so much. Have an amazing day!
Love Elder Ure
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