Morgan Elder in Magyarország

(Today Ted didn't have time to write a very long email... so you are getting excerpts from his daily audio journals that he uploads each week. Enjoy!) A dog I feel in love with while tracting. My new favorite breed. 01-22-2018 We had lunch with Tartiana. She made meatloaf with whole boiled eggs in it so you get whole cross sections of the eggs with the meat and you eat it with mashed potatoes, It’s really really really good! She shared a spiritual thought, she compared the gospel to music. How we act on the principles of the gospel is like how we dance to the music; of course we have to hear the music and take it in first and that is like studying the words of Christ and learning what we are supposed to do so that we can learn the dance. The music is good on its own but if we dance that is even better. That was really profound. We had family home evening with the oldest member of the church in Hungary, he’s 93, because he’s 93 and lives all by himself he cooks really...

Kedves Mindenki! It was a good week. Tuesday it snowed about 2 inches, we also had interviews with President Szabadkai. I love interviews with him, he has so much love and peace about him. This week we focused on hunting down former investigators. Most of them had moved, we made a few appointments to try back next week, but one couple let us in and we had a wonderful conversation, and now we have a new investigator! We were in the right place at the right time, and I know it was a miracle. Saturday decided to go to a building that Elder Martin and I tracted last transfer to see if we could make contact with someone we had set an appointment up with but we had not ended up meeting with. When we were at the building looking at the building directory for the name and apartment # -- right at that moment a man and a woman came and put in their code so they could get into the building and we were able to get into the apartment that way – we started talking to the man and woman who let us...

This week was pretty normal. I had some very busy days this week, which are the best days when you are missionary. The highlight of the week was that the Zone leaders, now Elder Garrett and Elder Biesinger, came from Szeged for splits this past Friday and Saturday. It is always a lot of fun. Elder Biesinger is new as a zone leader this transfer. He is the great-great grandson of the first missionary sent to Hungary in the 1880's, cools stuff. He also served with my trainer Elder Martin in Kispest last summer, so it it was cool to have that in common, both serving with Elder Martin. Elder Garrett and I spent the day doing studies, and lots of tracting, we worked on streeting approches, and found some cool potential people to teach. That evening we went over to a members house to watch President Monson's Funeral. I loved that the common theme of the speakers was that President Monson, like Christ, went about doing good in everything he did. He is a really good example t...

This week was the end of my first transfer in Hungary, and the beginning of my second. **Usually LDS missionaries get transferred, moved or paired with new companions, every 6 weeks throughout their missions, but in the Hungarian mission we are transferred every 9 weeks to coincide with the 9 week MTC (mission training center) training schedule. Wednesday, we went up to the mission home in Budapest to go to the transfer meeting. It was cool to see almost all of the missionaries in the mission all in one place. I got to meet Elder Stringham who was my trainers trainer, meaning Elder Martin's trainer. Elder Stringham is my grandfather, which is the funny mission way of saying my trainers trainer. Elder Stringham returned home after transfers this week, so he is home now and I hope he is doing well. Elder Stringham and Me I met up with my new companion Elder Phillips, and Sister Jensen, who has been serving with us in Kecskemét this last transfer found her n...

Sziasztok! So much has happened and it's only been 2 weeks since I've sent an email.  The highlights of the last two weeks: I went to Szeged for the day for splits with the zone leaders... ... then we rode with them up to Budapest for the Christmas zone conference. It was lots of fun. I got a flu shot, ate good food, lots of fun talents at the zone conference talent show. Christmas here was awesome, we had meals with members, and celebrated Christmas day with them. I got to skype home which was awesome! 40 minuets is so short!! It was so good to see all of you on skype and to watch that video my family made for me of Christmas greetings. I miss you all!! The highlight of this last week and this transfer was a baptism on the 30th, our investigator János Attila was baptized. It was wonderful! János was spiritually prepared and the baptism was very special. The spirit was super strong. The next morning in sacrament meeting he was confirmed a member of ...

A Christmas Call with Elder Morgan... Well, at least most of it!