simple step of reading a book...

So this week I will start with what I was going to write last week but wasn’t able to do because I had no time to email. So forgive me I am going to make it up to you. haha. 

Last week we had the baptism and words can almost not describe how amazing it was. It was one of the most spiritual and just peaceful moments I have had in my life. So the morning of we went early and filled the font. Once it was filled we realized that the water was so gross because it was full of dusty stuff and all that because... yes sadly it does not get used very often but hey that’s okay because we are smart missionaries so we built a net to fish out all the gross stuff. We went home and tapped a strainer to a broom and went fishing!! It was awesome haha. So after we were done the water was clean and was ready for some baptizing. 

The next thing we ran into was that one of the baptism jumpsuits ended up being to small to fit one of the boys so we had to get a really big one and just roll up the bottom of the legs. It worked great. He just looked like a little marshmallow. We got that all figured out and then came the baptism. 

 We all went into the chapel and sat and listened to a talked and then there was a really amazing beautiful guitar song sung and played by the mom of the boys and a couple of her family friends and members. It was really strong and invited the spirit right before we went into the water. After that we went to the font! Bence and I went first and I baptized him and it all went well. It was a very different spiritual experience for me. It was just peaceful like everything was in slow motion and I just felt so close to Bence and my Heavenly Father. Words really can no describe what it was like. It was really amazing. It was very fast though because we then had to get out and the next brother went and so on. When we got out I asked him how he felt and he said he felt so weird but in the most incredible way he has ever felt. He said he felt amazing had the biggest smile on his face. It was true happiness. I loved it. 

After we went and had another talk and finished with refreshments, which were really good, and I was able to just talk to Bence and just become even better friends. I love him. He is so awesome. 

Then the next day came around and it was the confirmation.... I have never been more nervous in my life. I am serious. I have played in some pretty intense high stack football games and nothing comes close. I don’t know why I think it was just because I wanted it to be perfect for him. So I got up there and we made the circle and I realized they didn’t have a microphone so I just had to preach it. I should have known I just didn’t think about that. So I start going and all the words come out but I was shaking and it was so weird haha. I could not get my left leg to calm down and during the blessing it was seriously like I was in a different world. I have no idea what I said. I can’t even remember what I said when I took my hands off his head. It was just a blur. I wish it could have been a little more spiritual but I still loved it and was such an honor to do. Don’t get me wrong it was so spiritual that I felt like I was going to fly because my leg was going crazy. 

The coolest part came after. Sacrament ended and I walked out and Bence was waiting with his new Book Of Mormon he got. He hands it to me and he says for me to sign it. I asked why and he said, well I want to be able to go and read my scriptures everyday and for me to be able to open it and see what you write and to remember you and my baptism. I was blown away. I took his Book of Mormon and wrote in it and wrote a short message and testimony and gave it back. It was one of the most life changing moments on my mission to see how much I can change peoples’ lives out here. I love this place and I have learned to love the people. It was such a cool experience. So that was the baptism. It was really great. I will never gorget it.

Then this week started and it didn’t slow down…

So we got our new companions by going into a room and sitting down and then the new ones come in and president reads off your name and who your new companion will be. So he read our names and then got a huge bear hug from my new companion. He is a beast. It’s great. So I got a new missionary straight from America. His name is Elder Gentry and I love the kid. He has a full ride to BYU for football so we are already really good friends. He is from Colorado too so that makes it even better. We talk about football and the Rocky Mountains all day long. He works so hard and is a stud. It’s going to be an awesome transfer.

When I went up to Budapest this week I traveled alone. Our mission president is now having us go straight to our new areas and so I went alone to get my new missionary and it was so weird. I felt like a freak being without a companion. I also got lost in Budapest so it was a crazy adventure but I was able to make it there and find my new Missionary SON!!! He’s my little missionary son and I love him.

We went back to our city and got everything settled and that’s when the miracles started to happen. We went tracting on the first night and were able to give a couple Books out but we came to a building and no one would let us in. It was getting late and we said well should we go? But right then this guy came up to the door that lived there and let us in. so we started knocking and a girl opened the door. We didn’t say much but she just let us in and we started to talk to her about the Book of Mormon. After ten minutes we heard the door open and I was like oh no its going to be her husband and he is going to freak out and kick us out... yes that has happened before. But it just ended up being her roommate and she sat down and started listening also. They ended up both being interested and we set up to go back the next day. So we called Bence and asked if he could come with, he was able to so the next day we went back and taught the restoration. It was the best teaching I have ever had. We taught with power and the spirit and asked if they would be baptized right then. They said they want to read the Book or Mormon first but are willing to consider it. I was able to ask Bence for his testimionyand it was the coolest thing ever! He talked about how ever since he was baptized he has been more friendly, more happy and likes to talk to people now. He talked about how he feels so different and has found real happiness. It was so cool. He is a stud. They brought up fate and how it was not fate that we met. The first girl (Maria) the one that let us in said the only reason she opened the door was because she thought it was her roommate (Naomi) but when she opened it she just felt warmth and she said we were glowing and without even thinking let us in. She didn’t know how describe it but she said she would not have let us in if was not for that. It was a true miracle that we went at that time. 

I love being a missionary. It’s hard but I am becoming someone I would not be able to be without my mission. I am so grateful and I am so thankful for all of you. I know that we can all find happiness and the true path in our lives if we follow our savior Jesus Christ. All it takes is a simple step of reading a Book. Praying about it. That’s it. If you truly want to know you will get an answer. I love you all so much have an amazing week!!

Love Ure Elder 

“JOY” AND THE GOSPEL IS FOR EVERYONE

Well an update on me is that this week I got a call that I will be a trainer starting tomorrow! I am getting a greenie!! My own little missionary son. Its going to be awesome I am super excited.

Well this week was crazy and probably the busiest week of my mission!! 

At the beginning we went and visited the bishop and we met his dog.... a Russian beast of a dog. It was so scary. He said that we needed to go into the house while he holds it outside or it will attack us and kill us. I totally believed it because the thing was huge. Seriously the size of a little bear. So that’s what type of dogs are here if you were curious. 

This week was the last district meeting so we decided to have a little party, it was super fun. I made a famous Hungarian food and the sisters made palacsintas, which are like pancakes. We had a little goodbye party and it was super fun. 

This week we got the Zone challenge, which was to get a certain amount of member ‘presents’ as a zone and we were able to do it so we got a free day in Szombathely and we got to play games and even watch a movie!! We got to watch the movie Inside Out!! It was the cutest movie I have ever seen in my life. I don’t know why, maybe just because I am a missionary but I loved it. It was out while I was home I think but no one had seen it so we chose to watch it! If you haven’t seen it, go watch it. It is unreal. We also got to play a lot of games and run around and just be free and have a little fun. I loved it. 

I even was able to play basketball with my mission president, his wife, and even his daughter... I had no mercy and balled out on them. hahah. 

After the zone day, we went and got food and we ran out of time because the food took forever so we had to run a full mile... not kidding to the train station. I ran in and bought everyone’s ticket and gave it to them when they got on the train. We all made it but wow I was sore that next morning.

I will finish this lame email with a really cool experience. I was able to talk to this teen kid on the street today and before I stopped him I was pretty hesitant. He was a very non friendly type and just kinda sketch looking person but right before I walked up to him I just said to my companion... everyone needs the gospel right? And went and talked to him. It ended up being so amazing. He lives in England and loves learning about religion. I was able to give him a book and he was just so nice and friendly. We had a good long conversation and then he left and said he was going to read the Book and learn more. So it gave me a testimony that it doesn’t matter who you are or what your past was, you could still be apart of this gospel. You can find out for yourself. This gospel is really for everyone.

Next week my email will be massive and I will tell you all about the baptism and all the amazing things that happened with that. I just do not have time this week! I love you all!

Love Elder Ure

The church building

WHAT A WEEK

Well this week has been one of the best weeks on my mission. I have had so many amazing experiences and just have been so happy and have made true relationships with people here that I will have for life.

This week started off with us meeting with an investigator from the sisters because he was creeping on them so they gave him to us to teach. This guy is crazy. Our teaching with him went from the restoration to deep doctrine and just was all over the place. He knows a lot about the gospel so we will see.

This week while tracting we played what are the odds. This is a game where you ask what are the odds you do something and you pick a number and then you count down and if you both pick the same number then the person has to do whatever you said. This game has a lot more rules. It is just hard to explain. Anyway, we played and it was what are the odds that one of us does a whole hour of tracting by themselves, meaning just them talking and no help from the other person or no brake. So yes.... I lost and had to do a whole hour alone. It was rough, ha-ha but super funny!

One really cool thing that happened this week was in church. It was fast Sunday so I was sitting there minding my own business listening to the testimonies and a lady comes up behind me and taps me on the shoulder and asks if I speak English. I say yes and she said that she wanted to bare her testimony and asked if I would translate for her.... So I say yes and we both go up there. She starts talking and is using the most fancy words and vocabulary that I almost didn’t even understand what she was saying in English. She is Danish. She started talking about things that I barely even knew how to explain in Hungarian but then it got to a point were she started to tear up and talk about her dad. I was able to translate this part pretty easily and it was a really amazing experience. She started to talk about how the strength and faith of us all being together and strengthening each other is amazing and it was just a really amazing experience for me. I am supering happy she asked me to do that for her. 

The highlight of the week and the last thing that I will be talking about is what happened with the three boys that we have been teaching. This week we taught them all the Commandments in one week. It was a lot of topics and we only had two lessons to do it. We were able to get it done and they understood and accepted everything. After one of the meetings when we planned their baptism, which will be this Sunday the 13^th. I asked them if all of them have decided who will be baptizing them. The two youngest had already picked some of their teachers in church but the oldest (Bence) had not yet decided yet so I said don’t rush it. Think it over and we can talk tomorrow when you get your interview. So we end the teaching and are just talking and everyone is kind of talking and it was just Bence and I by each other. He ended up turning to me and saying that ever since we started teaching them he had the feeling that I should be the one to baptize him. He said he didn’t know why but asked if I would baptize him. When he asked me the feeling that I felt I have never felt before in my life. The only way I can explain it is the spirit mixed with pure joy. I love this kid and it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I of course said that I would love to baptize him and after that he started talking to me and opened up a little bit about his life. He told me how hard his life has been and it really was amazing and humbling. He said at the end how excited he is to be baptized with his brothers and get a fresh clean start. He just got the biggest smile on his face and said, “I am so excited”. It is amazing what baptism really is and how much a blessing it is in our lives. I have never felt such happiness and love for someone. He is such a cool kid and I am so excited to be friends with him for my whole life and even more.

Then later in the week during church he even asked if I would be the one to confirm him into the church which is a whole lot of Hungarian and you have to say it perfectly so on Sunday help me out with some prayers; I will need them. It was really cool though. I am so excited but also super nervous like right before a really big football game. It is going to be an amazing week no matter what! 

I would like to finish by saying how much it means to me that we are able to share the faith and happiness with those we love. This church is such a loving and helpful place. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you have done, or at what point of life you are in, you can come to our church and feel love and happiness. That’s why I love sharing it because I know this is where true happiness is. I love you all so much and I hope you have a great week!

Elder Ure

TEN MONTHS!!!

UNO, LITTLE BOYS, AND WATER GUNS

This week has been full of awesome experiences and some pretty funny ones too.

The week started with us going out to dinner with the Swiss family from last week. They wanted to take us to eat and took us to a really nice place on the water that was really expensive... so I got the cheapest thing ha-ha. They talked Swiss German the whole time to my companion so I just kind of sat there and pretended like I spoke that language too... just kind of laughed smiled and nodded my head.  (Shout out to Dylan) We did that all the time when we served together.

This week something really cool happened. The whole week we got canceled on and we weren’t able to meet with anyone so we went tracting and streeting a lot. One day the person we planned to meet with did not show up so we left and just started talking to people on the street. I saw a guy a ways off and said to my companion... I am going to stop him, give him a Book of Mormon, and baptize him. haha I was joking but at the same time not really. So that’s what I did. I stopped him and he ended up being really nice and talking to us. I was able to give him a Book of Mormon and we got talking and he said, “I would love to meet I am curious about this. I will come to English class and church.” So he ended up being the coolest person ever and I am going to baptize him. I am determined haha. 

This week we played Uno with all the youth for a game night and it was the most insane game of Uno I have ever played. They were screaming and throwing cards and it was awesome. I have never played a more fun game of Uno in my life. Who knew I would need to play with young Hungarian kids.

The best part of this week was when I went tracting on splits with one of the zone leaders. We knocked on a house and no one answered so we moved onto the next one and it had an old lady and a young boy in the yard so we said hello. The young boy had a water gun in his hand and right when he heard us he turned around and pointed it at me and said who are you guys. I started to talk and he squinted me with is water gun hahahaha. I was all wet and I was just laughing so hard. The old lady came over and got mad at him but it opened up a conversation with her which led to her letting us in and teaching her the restoration. It was a really cool program and we are going back this week to teach her again. It was such a cool thing and honestly one of the funniest things that has happened to me while I have been on my mission. Sometimes God works through little boys and water guns….

We also were able to find a lady that had a Book of Mormon from 10 years ago. We told her we can give her a better translation and she said she would love that and we are also going to go back and visit her. I saw so many times this week the miracle of just going to work and working all day and going home so tired and just laying in bed and saying, that’s what I call missionary work. So this week was a really great week even though it was only filled with knocking doors and a couple really cool stories. This was a week that I imagined before I left on my mission! Now I am living it!

I would like to finish with saying a quick message about what I have been studying. I have been reading Jesus The Christ for the past couple weeks and have been loving it. I have learned that he is always there in front of us and that we are never alone. He will never leave us. In the book it gives the definition of Emmanuel. It means God with us. I know this is true and I know he is with us and loves us. I love you all so much. Don’t be afraid of loneliness when your savior is always there.

Love Elder Ure

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY

July 25 

This week has been really good! We have had a hard time meeting with our investigators but we have still been able to find some people to meet with and get a lot of work done! 

I have talked to a ton of Americans this week. There is a air force base in a city close to mine so there a ton of air force guys walking around the city and they are all from Colorado. I keep seeing Broncos shirts all over the place so I just go up and talk to them and it is so nice to talk to some Americans once and a while. 

This week we met with a lady that wants to learn German but is also interested in the gospel so I was able to sit and listen to a half hour of German while my comp taught her and I day dreamed. Just kidding I made some calls and some other things but we were able to then teach her about the Book of Mormon at the end and she said she would like to meet again so that was really cool. I am going to come home knowing German too after this transfer! haha

This week was zone training in Budapest and it was so awesome. We had a training from the sister training leaders that was about how we can think about why we are here. They asked us questions about our goals as missionaries and why we are here and it made me think a lot and I am going to do missionary work totally differently from now on! It was really good to be up in Budapest and be able to talk to other missionaries and learn from each other. 

This week we have done a lot of Bookwork and a miracle came out of it. It was really amazing. We had called this lady that was on one of the papers three times and we were about to give up and put her paper in the back of the book but we decided to go look her up where she lived... which was really far away and we walked the whole way, but we got there and we didn’t know what door hers was so we just started at the top of the building and started knocking on doors to find her. We came to one and she opened the door and said hello elders! And we were like... this must be her but we asked how she knew us and she ended up letting us in and we got talking. She had met with the missionaries a year ago and they taught her kids and her. She just stopped meeting with them because the elders left and she fell between the cracks and was lost. So we shared a scripture and she said we could come back another time. She kept saying she didn’t want her boys to be Mormon because it would be to hard on her if they went on missions. hahah. 

A really funny thing that happened this week was when we had district meeting. We had it in the room we call the icebox in the church because it has the air conditioner and it is always super cold. The thing we didn’t know is that the door was broken and if it shuts, you can’t get out. So yes we shut the door and when we went to get out the door wouldn’t open and we couldn’t get out. So we had to call a ton of people to see if someone could come to the church and open the door from the outside for us. It was super funny and we finally got someone to come.

This week we found a girl that was really interested in the Book of Mormon and is trying to quit smoking. We rang her bell and she looked out her window and just stared at us and we tried to talk to her but she wouldn’t say anything so we moved on but then she yelled after and said she was coming out. So we waited and she came out and we ended up teaching her all about the Book of Mormon and we are going to go back next week and hopefully teach her and husband! It was such a miracle and was really cool. 

This week in church we had two Swiss people come so of course my companion went and talked to them and sat by them. They wanted him to translate for them but he is still pretty young in the mission so sacrament was pretty hard for him. So the second hour comes and we find a Hungarian that also speaks German and he translated for both of them, but the problem was that it was a male so when the third hour came along we needed someone to go into relief society for the women... so yes elder Romer and I went. It ended up working out that I would translate it into English and then he would say it to her in German. It was super funny and kind of fun. It was also really hard haha. Translating a relief society president that talks so fast and uses big fancy words is a task but it was super fun and I loved it.

We finished off the week with tracting and people were super mean and a guy showed me a specific figure within the first 2 seconds of seeing me... no it was not a thumbs up. The cool part is how it ended. We were walking and I had to report numbers of the week so elder Romer went and talked to people on the street. He stopped a girl and they got talking. When I came over they had already talked about the Book or Mormon and I was able to speak probably the best Hungarian I ever have. I bore a really strong testimony of it because the words just came and it felt so natural. It was so cool. We ended up giving her the book but she didn’t want it. We told her she should read Alma 32 and if she didn’t like it she could bring it back to us tomorrow morning. Well this morning she did not come back and give it back to us. It was really cool to see how much the Book of Mormon can do. 

I want to finish with saying that happiness is a decision. Some days are awful and are going to be rough but when we decided to be happy and no matter what happens to find the good in things, you will be happy. Of course there are exceptions but I believe everyone can find happiness in all situations with the Help of our heavenly father.

I love you all! 

Don’t worry, be happy.

Ure Elder

July 18

Well this week was really fast and not a lot has been going on. We had some pretty amazing experiences this week but other than that I feel like last Monday was yesterday. 

I will start this week’s email with a really funny thing that happened tracting. Elder Romer asked me what are the odds that I start my tracting approach using a magazine that was on the ground. It had some crazy looking girl with weird eye make up so it was interesting. So I said one out of ten and he counted sown and we both said 4.... so yes I had to knock on the door and start talking to this lady about eye make up. So what I did was I started telling her we are talking about this magazine and she just started laughing so I said just kidding we are talking about the Book of Mormon and she started laughing even more. The funny part is she ended up talking to us so maybe the way the get Hungarians to talk to us is joke with them about really bad make up jobs ha-ha.

This week we also got randomly invited to lunch by one of the super cool members. He walked past us on the street and he talked to us for a little and then kept walking. Two minutes later we get a call from him and he asks us if we have ate lunch yet and we say no so he says great I will be there in 2 minutes we are going out. So he took us to eat and get ice cream. It was super nice and we were able to become better friends and make a better relationship with him. 

This week we also had a very sketchy experience with a néni. We were tracting and she opened the door and just told us to come in. this never happens and she seems kinda off but us being happy missionaries of course went in. So we walk in and she closes the door behind us and locks it... So that was super weird and we start trying to talk to her and she wont talk to us. Not even one word... so that makes it even more scary. and then the phone rings. She starts talking to someone and tells them to come up so we start to freak out and tell her to unlock the door and that we need to leave, so she does and we leave but we didnt need to freak out because it was just the mail man but it was still super weird and kinda freaky.

Also this week we met with a new investigator and he was crazy but really wants the gospel. It was probably the craziest teachign ever but he wants to be baptized and have us teach his girlfriend too. He talked a lot about Satan and how he thinks Satan has control of him and that when ever he tries to find Jesus people start to be super mean to him and they fight with him and stuff like that. So of course we talked about Joseph Smith with him and he loved that. He wants to learn more and is reading the Book of Mormon but wow was he open about his life and things he has done that he wants to forget about. There are some crazy people out her but he is super cool and a really solid person. The Coolest part was when we were talking about the first vision. He stopped me after and said... now I know these things are true. I can see that you have God in you and you are honest men. I know that this is true and what you are telling me is right. It was super cool!!! He then stopped me again a little bit later and said the same thing! So maybe soon we will be having another baptism!! 

Then this week we messed with a Néni and I kinda feel bad about it but not really because she was really mean and it didn’t hurt her or anyone else. We were tracting and she yelled at us from her window for us to go away and that no one wants to hear what we have to say. So I yell back that okay but we are still going to try. She yells something back that I didn’t hear but we ended up getting let into the building and as we are walking up the stairs we hear the old lady talking to her friend saying that we are in the building and that she told us to leave and that she was going to come and find us and kick us out. So as we hear her coming this young kid walks by and goes up the stairs and she asks him if two men are down on the next floor and the kid says yes, so we creep down the stairs to the next floor and she gets to the floor that we were on and is so confused and starts coming down to the next one and so we go down one more. We go all the way to the bottom and then we just decided to leave because we didn’t want to make trouble but we took a old lady on a walk today. It was pretty funny to be honest. haha 

This week I have gained more love for the Book of Mormon. I love the Book Of Mormon with my whole heart and I am so thankful for it. It gives me strength and I am so happy I can share it with others. 

Love you all!

Elder Ure

AWFUL TO AWESOME

This week has been all over the place and I almost don’t have words to describe how it was. The 4th sadly was pretty lame and all we did was play soccer and I don’t even like soccer. So I am sorry to inform you all that yes the 4th in Hungary is lame. 

This week I will give you a random update on the people that come to English class. We had a guy come this week that is a pilot of a glider and he ended up inviting us to go. So we could have gone flying.... which would have been super coo, but hey maybe he will take me when I come back.

So the first three days of this week were awful. Probably three of the hardest days yet just because people would not talk to us and were so mean. We couldn’t even get out three words before they slammed to door; so Elder Romer and I started playing a game. If you could get five words in before they shut the door you get a point. It made it not so bad ha-ha. 

So lets just leave it at that and say that it was a rough start to the week but then the week turned real fast. We had a program with a very old lady and brought a really cool member that helped a lot because I did not understand what this lady was saying. She had no teeth and didn’t really pronounce things. So it was a big help but I understood enough that they were talking about blessings at one point during dinner. So when it comes time for us to start teaching it was pretty late so we said we will just leave a spiritual message and out of no where the member says and a blessing. I guess I must have missed it but they talked about us giving her a blessing because she was really sick and she said she wanted one. So out of nowhere here I am about to give my first Hungarian blessing... So we get ready and do the oil and my companion does a great job and then I come and put my hands on her head and start to talk. I was so nervous and had no idea what I was going to say and it was in Hungarian so it was even scarier but right when I started to talk the spirit came over me and it almost felt like lighting coming out of my fingers it was so strong. I became calm and just spoke. I have no idea what I said but it just came and after I couldn’t remember almost anything about what I said. It was such an amazing experience and a really cool first blessing experience in Hungarian!

This week we talked to a lot of people on the street and we saw a massive success from it. We met this guy and set up with him to meet one day later and he came! During the program he listened and liked everything we had to say, so we felt the spirit and asked him if he got and answer that the book of Mormon was true, would he be baptized and he said yes!! We didn’t give him an actual date and we don’t know how real he is about it but it was so cool to just ask him in the first lesson and for him to say yes!! So pray for him to be real and want the gospel in his life! His name is Attila. 

So this week we had a date with Elder Romers street find. He got talking to a mom and she wanted to talk about the Gospel but for us to also meet her daughter so it was really funny but ended up being the coolest thing ever. We talked to them forever and they had so many amazing questions about our religion and I was able to talk to them about fasting and the miracles that come from it and that it is a true power. I was able to talk a little about my uncle and that through prayers and fasting he was healed and how much of a miracle that was. They loved it and were so interested so it is amazing what God’s plan is, we just need to be following his path. 

In church this week I was sitting next to the lady that gave a talk. so when she went up there I was sitting by her bag and right during her talk her phone starts to ring and she stops talking and everyone turns and looks at me and so I start looking through her bag to turn her phone off and finally get it to turn of... so that was funny. 

After church was when the real miracle happened. We were able to give three baptismal dates to the three boys that we are teaching. They are studs and they will be baptized on August 6th. I am so excited for them and it was such a blessing for all of them to accept that date. 

Then after church I had one of the coolest experiences ever. We got invited to give service at a disabled home for older people and I usually would have been a little hesitant because it has always been hard for me to go to things like this but when I went yesterday I was truly changed. Right when I got off the bus one of the ladies. (The one in the green that is hugging me in the picture) came up and attached to my arm and didn’t let go almost the whole time I was there. I was able to gain a true love and just happiness to be around these people and I couldn’t have loved it more. I was able to lose myself and be able to see them as God’s children and learn from them. To see how close they are to our Savior and to see how much I really can learn from them. I was able to play soccer with them and just be able to have so much fun. I am so thankful for the experience because I learned so much. I can’t tell you what I learned, I am just changed from the experience and those people softened my heart. It was amazing. 

I am so thankful for this week and couldn’t be happier. It is hard but I love it. I love you all. Try to look for Christ in all those around you!!

Elder Ure 

Sorry, no crazy stuff

So this week we didn’t really have any crazy stories or a lot to write about so I will try to fill this email as much as I can with what happened this week.

At the beginning of the week we opened the windows to get some fresh air to come into our apartment because it was so hot, and the wind started to blow and one of our widows slammed shut and shattered the whole window and all the glass wet out onto the street and blew up everywhere. So we had to run out there and sweep it up and call the land lord... that was a fun call in Hungarian. I don’t know the word for blew up in Hungarian. Ha-ha I was able to explain it though and we got it all figured out so that is good.

This week we went on splits to Szombathely and it was really good. Nothing crazy happened but I was able to learn some stuff from the zone leaders and it was great. When we came back we went to this German club thing because my comp speaks German and he was able to help some people out and help them learn German better. It was good for me too because I spoke Hungarian and the German students had to translate the Hungarian into German so I got to practice also. It was super fun. At the end we were able to talk all about the book or Mormon and tell the people why we were here and why we talk weird and came from such far places. We ended up giving out 2 Books and had a really cool conversation with one of the guys about it.

This week we have been tabling a lot. This is when we take a table set it up in the middle of the city put books of Mormons on it and then just talk to everyone that walks by. It was super successful and we had some really great talks. I had two conversations that were probably 45 minutes long about the city and then the Book of Mormon and then back to the city. It was really cool. One of them was an old lady sitting on a bench and she let me sit by her and we just talked and I gave her a book of Mormon. She was super cute. The other was a super long conversation with a guy that respected me so much and everything I do. He just kept telling me that I was such an example to the world and that he thinks what I do is so respectable and asked why I decided to stop and talk to him, so I told him that I want to give the information and happiness that I have to everyone because it really can help everyone and he was just the nicest Hungarian I have ever talked to in my life. It was a really cool and gratifying talk. 

This Friday we had a compliment Friday which is where we walk around and everyone we talk to we have to give them a compliment, so elder Romer complimented an old lady on her dress and it was so funny how she reacted. She just laughed and didn’t even thing it was real so he said it again and then she realized he was actually being nice and seriously giving her a compliment and she completely changed and was super nice. Hungarians are very hard on the outside but soft and gooey on the inside.

We also got kicked out of a building this week.  It was really frustrating and the lady was really mean so I learned to be nice and to hold my tongue once again this week. All we wanted to do was talk to people and she made us leave. ha-ha. I just wanted to be her friend. 

I would like to finish with a quick spiritual thought. This week we talked about how the gospel can fix anything in our lives. We can find out what we need to do in our lives and can receive guidance in any part of our life. 

2 Nephi 31.20

2 Nephi 32.3

These scriptures talk about feasting upon the word and they will tell us all that we need to do. All we have to do is trust that, and that God can really show us the path that we need to be on. I know that this is true and I know that God wants to help us. I love you all so much. I will try to make some more crazy stuff happen this week.

Ure Elder