Monday, August 21, 2017

FAITH IN CHRIST

This week was a little slow but still was great. We went on splits, did miracles and luckily didn’t have to go to the hospital; I have some time to explain that today. So pretty much what happened was I got really allergic in the middle of the night one night because I ate a whole bunch of watermelon, I don’t think it was from that because I may or may not have dared our investigator that if I drained a piece of watermelon in the trash he had to eat the peel of the watermelon, but I missed and I had to eat it so it was totally my fault but it was still funny. Anyway, I woke up and my whole body was itchy and red and so I had to go to the hospital and get two shots. One was in my arm and the other in my butt.... the best part was they were from an old woman and to distract me she smacked my butt and then gave me the shot.... I was crying after because it was so funny. Great story.

This week we went on splits to the city of dreams, Eger. It was so pretty and I had a super fun time. We went music finding which is when we go out into the big square of the city and someone plays the Guitar or ukulele and then the others sing and then there are missionaries walking around talking to people. We put up a poster that had the question. What makes you happy on it. And it went really well. We talked to a lot of people and had some good conversations, also some really weird conversations including me getting asked if I would be some girls husband and if Hollywood is really cool... I was like uhhh “no I’m a missionary, and Two; I’ve never been there.”  ha-ha So yes, the stereotypes are real... America is still cool to everyone. It was a lot of fun and we had a lot of success. We also ate at this amazing pizza place that had the best pizza I have ever had and then this like ice cream cone thing that is like a cinnamon role kind of, I can’t explain it but it was amazing. The cool part was that at the end of the split we were walking down the street and this guy calls after us and he turns out to be from Ukraine and spoke English and wanted to learn about us because he studies religion so we got talking to him and go his information and are going to send it to the mission home. Super cool! Everyone is looking for the Gospel.

This week was interviews and it was great to talk to President. We almost missed our bus to interviews because we were planning some stuff and I looked down and realized it left in 4 minutes and we didn’t have socks or shoes on so we ran all over the place and then flew down the street and made it. It was great. I always love being able to talk to my mission president and it’s even cooler that I get to do it in my mission language. For sure one of the coolest parts of serving here! I love him and he is great. We had a good talk and he gave me a hint of my transfer call. I think I will be staying here in Miskolc and training a new Zone leader. So that will be super fun but we will see! Next week we get the call. 

This week we once again had a cool miracle happen. We went to look up Csabi one of our potential investigators and he ended up being home and he let us in and we taught a super awesome lesson and answered all of his questions and the best part was that I was able to relate to him really well about how he felt about God and how he feels like he is looking for something in his life. It was really cool and we hope to be going back this week. 

Our investigators are doing good but not progressing super well. We hope that Monika will be baptized next transfer but she is still drinking coffee and not coming to church on a weekly basis. So we will see what happens but we are still finding lots of people and it is going really well.  

All is well here in Hungary and I am doing good. I am excited to work hard for the last week of the transfer! It’s crazy that this is my last transfer coming up. Time flies! We are moving into our new apartment this week and I am excited for that. I would like to finish with a quick thought.

I have realized recently that faith in Jesus Christ is what leads all to strive to be the best they can be. If we are cutting ourselves short, it might be because our faith has dropped and we don’t have the rock hard faith that we used to have, we aren’t willing to make sacrifices, or don’t want to have to do something because we feel there is no need for it. As I have come closer to Christ it has become much easier to just trust in God and do his will because my faith is in Christ. I once heard this quote... a bird doesn’t land on a branch because it has faith in the strength of the branch, but instead it has faith in its own wings. I may have shared this before but let us all have the faith in Christ to relax and do His will and know all will work out for the better. 

Sok Szeretettel 

Elder Ure  


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