#5 Kispest: Ye May Know the Truth of All Things

Howdy y'all,

Things are good our here in Magyarország. Last P-day we went to the Hungarian national museum "Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum," because P-day was on Tuesday we had a lot more options because the big museums are closed on Monday's here. It was really cool, they have 3 big exhibits, one about the Hungary from 5000 BCE to 1000 CE and then from 1000 CE to 1600 CE and then from 1600 CE to 1990 CE. it was a wild ride, cavemen to Celts to Romans, to barbarians to franks to Magyars and then all of the crazy with the Turks and the Austrians, revolutions, 2 world wars, communism, and then freedom, it was quite the trip.



I am just blown away every day how pretty European cities are. Spring is here, and the trees this week have been making leaves and some have been blossoming. It's really pretty. one week left of suit season! (We can wear slacks and short sleeve dress shirts during the spring and summer)

We had some really good lessons this week about The law of chastity, The doctrine of Christ, Missionary work, and prayer. I love the people we meet with, sometimes it can be frustrating or challenging, but I love it. I'm glad they called me on a mission.

On Tuesday we streeted in the town square and I streeted by myself for the first time in a long time and I surprised myself at my ability to talk to people on my own. I talked to a woman all in Hungarian and I understood the whole conversation and worked out well. We met with a referral from the mission AP (assistants to the mission president) named James who is an atheist, but he was genuinely interested in understanding us better and he had very thoughtful questions. It was a nice discussion.

On Wednesday, we got onto the bus and we heard someone say, “Hey Elders!” Which can mean only one thing, we ran into some American Mormons. It was really cool, because it’s really fun to be recognized as missionaries by other Mormons because the vast majority of people in Budapest don’t know who we are, or don’t care, it’s nice to be appreciated. So, we got appreciated for a little bit.

Coolest thing that happened: I was going to buy a new transportation pass, which expired on April 6, on of the best days of the year, and while walking through the mall to the ticket kiosk, I ran into Enikő, and supper cool member from Kecskemét, and on of my best friends here in Hungary. She was in the city for some classes, it was really good to see her again.

Saturday night We have a regular ward activity, it’s a game night. I really love this activity. I lose in these games a lot, which is kind of new for me. It’s the language barrier and not understanding, because when the card games are in Hungarian and I don’t understand Hungarian it’s hard to win. Once I do understand I start winning.

On the weekends the M2 metro line is closed, so we use buses that replace it, but then the buses are super crowded. Sunday was the parliamentary election for Hungary, which made it even busier. We rode the buses up to meet with an investigator who is from England. He fed us Indian curry that was super spicy. Hungarian food is not spicy so I am out of practice eating spicy food. It was really good but I felt weak. We had a great discussion with him about the Book of Mormon and the visit was a good experience.

Sunday was also my half birthday! 19 and ½!

On my mission I've been learning how to cook better. This week I made Banana bread and I made stuffed peppers for dinner. While making a sauce for stuffed peppers I accidentally made a really delicious tomato soup, which I will probably make again because I love tomato soup.

In my personal study:

I've been thinking a lot recently about a talk from a few conferences ago about the Book of Mormon. "God’s Compelling Witness: The Book of Mormon." I listened to another talk from President Gordon B. Hinckley (former President of the church) about the Joseph Smith and how the Book of Mormon is one of the great witnesses of his being called of God, the more I learn about the Book of Mormon, the more amazing it is to me. Even though there many witnesses of its truth, the one that our Heavenly Father asks us to use, which is the best one, is to gain a testimony by the Holy Spirit.

Consider this promise from the Book of Mormon:

"And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is." Moroni 10:4-6

I know that if we pray to God, and ask Him with real intent (a true desire to know for ourselves if it is true) and faith in Christ Jézus, we will receive an unshakable witness that the Book of Mormon is true.

I love you all.
Morgan elder.

Listen to me speak Hungarian: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PzVv4ClfAv8aNdGr0vwNbgpG-uLHTzQN