Morgan Elder in Magyarország

This week we did a lot of member work to help prepare for the branch conference. We met with some active members and looked up some other less active ones. We went and visited a less active recent convert and her grandson with the elder quorum's president, and then she came to conference which was wonderful. We had a turn out of 34 local members, which for here was a pretty big achievement. I hope we can continue to ride the enthusiasm. This week we found 4 new investigators (two of them on Sunday evening). One of them was referred to us by an investigator and then participated in the lesson with us. They are two men from Jordan, Hossam and Loai, and they are Christians which was neat. They come from strictly Christian communities within Jordan. Hossam is a choir director and used to be a choir director at the catholic church in his community in Jordan. In Jordan they have to pay taxes for being Christian, but otherwise they live in peace with the Muslims there. We talked with ...

It's been a harder week but ilyen az élet (such is life). We keep moving forward!! Sadly, our difficult week was reflected in our numbers this week. It was a bit discouraging but we hope to make this next one amazing.  Zone conference went well. We drove to Budapest with the Oakey's, and hit some traffic and got there late. We talked about creating an environment that makes it easier for the people we are teaching to feel the Spirit. The Spirit was strong in our meeting and I thoroughly enjoyed that. I had my interview with the Mission President. Sounds like next transfer, they will have to find another AP because Elder Martin will be going home, so I may have to train a new zone leader next transfer. We spent some time helping the secretaries, Elder Burnett and Elder Udy, and afterward we went to a Thai restaurant with the Oakey's and another senior couple. We had the opportunity to hold a companionship exchange here in Debrecen with the Nyíregyháza elders. Elder Wr...

This week was a full one. Yesterday was zone conference in Budapest. That's why we didn't write yesterday. They had to shift zone meeting to Monday because of a letter from the First Presidency that told us that Elder Cook is coming on October 24th; so everything got bumbed up in preparation for that. We are responsible for food for Elder Cook's visit, so that's a little intimidating. Last Monday, on my birthday, we had exchanges here in Debrecen with the assistants. Elder Martin and I had a wonderful exchange. We focused on relying on the Spirit. I learned so much from him, and I am sad that my trainer will be going home soon. While on splits we found a good number of new investigators. We also went with the Ockey's to a giant German superstore and had ice cream. That was fun. Elder Martin bought me a birthday cake that night, which was pretty cool. On Tuesday, Elder Martin and I streeted and found a new person to teach. It was like old times! We al...

This was a really good week, we didn't have a lot of lessons, and mostly spent our time finding people to teach. It was really good week. We have been having difficulty meeting with the people the last set of elders were teaching. It's been very difficult to contact them.  I also had a wonderful exchange with the Szolnok elders, Elder Barton and Elder Montoya this week. They came to Debrecen for splits. Elder Barton has been in the country eleven weeks. I remember when I was on my second transfer and it seems like forever ago. Elder Montoya was trained by Elder Udy (My companion in the MTC) about five months ago, so he's my missionary nephew. I was paired with Elder Montoya and we talked and worked on relying on the Spirit in finding and in planning, and the role that prayer has in showing our willingness to the Lord to receive and act on his help. It was a wonderful story. We had did some good finding and got several contacts and a new people to teach. Elder Barton an...

Well in this weeks news: Two elders moved all of their worldly possessions to Debrecen. I'm excited to be here in Debrecen, its a beautiful city. I'm loving it here in Debrecen. The branch is small, but we think it has potential, we have a small handful of investigators, an upcoming baptism, and an awesome senior couple, I think its going to be a great transfer. The weather is chilly and it feels like fall. My birthday is in a week and I'm not ready to be a score old. I wish I could just play with Lego's all day. JK!! Yesterday would have been p-day but we had to travel to Budapest and then go to a dental appointment for Elder Surdu, and then travel back, so we were on a train for 6 hours yesterday. It wasn't that bad, it just took all day, but luckily today we still get to email and go grocery shopping. Wednesday we moved here to Debrecen. On Thursday we met with Andrea and the Branch President to discuss the upcoming baptism. We decided it would be bette...