Tuesday, September 8, 2009
September 7th
So great News We moved Szilvi's bap date up to september 26th!!!!! and she is so ready to be baptized its sweet. So this week we got Elder Forbes in our companionship, its been sweet, hes a funny kid and he really helps with everything. So ya we met with those guys again that i was telling you about last week and we gave them a book of mormon. They were pretty interested so i think it will go good.
This week i went on splits with the Zone leaders and Mcrae and i went to this little city outside of pest to go tracting. Man that was fun, there are some funny people here in Hungary. WE taught a few people about the REStoration, it was tight. WE were outside for about 5hrs that day just tracting, so it was a pretty tiring day.
Well this week was pretty good, we missed getting mission standard by one program, but there was some good stuff that happened this week!!!! Thanks for everything! I love you guys!
-Elder Smith
This week i went on splits with the Zone leaders and Mcrae and i went to this little city outside of pest to go tracting. Man that was fun, there are some funny people here in Hungary. WE taught a few people about the REStoration, it was tight. WE were outside for about 5hrs that day just tracting, so it was a pretty tiring day.
Well this week was pretty good, we missed getting mission standard by one program, but there was some good stuff that happened this week!!!! Thanks for everything! I love you guys!
-Elder Smith
September 7th
So we met with szilvi last night and she is totally ready
> to be baptized but she feels like she doesnt know enough, or
> that her testimony isnt strong enough. So were really
> praying for that right now. Also that building in the Piture
> is the Parliment Building i thinks its one the the most
> famouse in Europe but im not sure, but ya its way beautiful,
> especially at night when the castle is lite up behind it!
> Its great here its really tough sometimes, all the time, but
> i love it!
>
> Thanks for everything I love you!
>
> -Elder SMith
> to be baptized but she feels like she doesnt know enough, or
> that her testimony isnt strong enough. So were really
> praying for that right now. Also that building in the Piture
> is the Parliment Building i thinks its one the the most
> famouse in Europe but im not sure, but ya its way beautiful,
> especially at night when the castle is lite up behind it!
> Its great here its really tough sometimes, all the time, but
> i love it!
>
> Thanks for everything I love you!
>
> -Elder SMith
August 31st
Dang I remember Waverunner Football that was some good times, also moon rock, hahah thats a good name! Wow so you guys seemed to have alot of fun this week! Im glad, Well i also had alot of fun this week! i decided to look up these people that Mansell and i Found while tracting one day, and we ended up teaching like 15 people in about 3hrs, set up some return appointments and im am really excited to go teach them now. Haha so this one guy i looked up his name is Zoli, and his freinds were over just hanging out and they all were really interested in the Joseph smith story! They were Romanians, gypsy, but cool people. Haha one of the guys Loves the Utah Jazz and praises Darren Williams, hmmmm sounds like reed! But they are way funny and its going to be sweet i hope that they really do want to learn about the gosple.
Also this week we had zone Conference, which was way awesome! I learned so much from it, how to become a better missionary and just person. The spirit was so strong in there that President baughman couldnt even start his final remarks to us so he just bore his testimony and talked to us about how to cherish our missions. Man i Never want to leave, ive had some really scary nightmares about going home and i have to wake up and walk around the apartment for about 10min to convince myself that i am still on my mission and that im not going home yet. Haha i need to stop eating late at night!
Oh so we made a goal this transfer to acheive misison standard once and Super Standard once, and last week we got Super standard!!! actually we almost doubled superstandeard but wow it was so awesome to see the drive and work we put into getting that goal and how much work we did last week. I hope we can keep it up!
So i got the Packages, Thanks Mom!!!! and if anyone else chipped in thanks. But no i havn't opened the presents yet there sitting on the side of my bed right now. Oh So this thursday we will be getting Elder Forbes in our companionship because he is finished with being a secretary. He is way awesome so i am excited for that!!!!!
well this is gettting pretty long and were going to a castle today i think so i will try and get some pictures!
I love you guys a ton and thanks for everything. Especially the pictures!
-Elder Smith
Also this week we had zone Conference, which was way awesome! I learned so much from it, how to become a better missionary and just person. The spirit was so strong in there that President baughman couldnt even start his final remarks to us so he just bore his testimony and talked to us about how to cherish our missions. Man i Never want to leave, ive had some really scary nightmares about going home and i have to wake up and walk around the apartment for about 10min to convince myself that i am still on my mission and that im not going home yet. Haha i need to stop eating late at night!
Oh so we made a goal this transfer to acheive misison standard once and Super Standard once, and last week we got Super standard!!! actually we almost doubled superstandeard but wow it was so awesome to see the drive and work we put into getting that goal and how much work we did last week. I hope we can keep it up!
So i got the Packages, Thanks Mom!!!! and if anyone else chipped in thanks. But no i havn't opened the presents yet there sitting on the side of my bed right now. Oh So this thursday we will be getting Elder Forbes in our companionship because he is finished with being a secretary. He is way awesome so i am excited for that!!!!!
well this is gettting pretty long and were going to a castle today i think so i will try and get some pictures!
I love you guys a ton and thanks for everything. Especially the pictures!
-Elder Smith
August 17th
Ohh Cool So the waverunners are Done!!! thats good to know how do they run? WEll this week was way awesome!!!! THe most Tiring week of my mission so far though, WE had tons of programs and the best of all is that we put 2 investigators on Bap Date!!!! The First ones of my mission!!!! man its so cool to know that they are really wanting to progress and come closer to Christ. So Szilvi is on for november 21, but hopefully alot sooner, and then Rozsika Néni is on for Dec. 19. Wow its so exciting!!!
So did you give her my Address? haha oh and make sure when you give my address its the mission home address. THe Hajnoczy Budapest one. wow Jordann is going that is so good to hear, he's an awesome kid. Wow wade is getting home i remember Carla asking me to write him but i never did, sorry, but now hes going to be home so tell him hi from me and i think that will count.
Ya this last week has been really tough though, but there is a really good example that has been in my mind alot lately. REally tall pine trees high up in the Mountains are always exposed to strong winds so their roots and trunks are very strong. but trees that are just down on the valley floor never have wind like that so they are not as strong. But the point is that the more things beat at you or the more trials that come your way, the stronger you become. So its a good thing to have hard times, its what builds us up. WEll family i love all you guys and hope your week is great and heres a good scripture for the week, Helaman 5:12!
-Elder Smith
So did you give her my Address? haha oh and make sure when you give my address its the mission home address. THe Hajnoczy Budapest one. wow Jordann is going that is so good to hear, he's an awesome kid. Wow wade is getting home i remember Carla asking me to write him but i never did, sorry, but now hes going to be home so tell him hi from me and i think that will count.
Ya this last week has been really tough though, but there is a really good example that has been in my mind alot lately. REally tall pine trees high up in the Mountains are always exposed to strong winds so their roots and trunks are very strong. but trees that are just down on the valley floor never have wind like that so they are not as strong. But the point is that the more things beat at you or the more trials that come your way, the stronger you become. So its a good thing to have hard times, its what builds us up. WEll family i love all you guys and hope your week is great and heres a good scripture for the week, Helaman 5:12!
-Elder Smith
August 13th
This transfer hit me really hard,
> my new companion isnt that much older than me so the
> language is alot tougher for us. Mansell turned this area
> around when he came in and i told him that i would not let
> any of it die, so there has been alot thrown on me but its
> ok im really glad that i can do this i feel like this is my
> time to really Prove Myself. Ya Budapest in the
> Winter is actually really beautiful but way cold. So its
> probly a good thing you didnt take the deal, also i dont
> think ill even be here in January, i really hope im not here
> too much longer (But i dont want to leave the work we have
> here)
> So i have some quesitons about how
> to deal with things, i know that you put up with these types
> of things with us when we were kids but how do/did you deal
> with people when they go against just about everything you
> say or suggest? Or When somebody doesnt use the type of
> language that is even appropriate? How would you go about
> getting somebody out of lazy lala land all the time and snap
> into reallity without beign rude or
> immature? Thanks dad your awesome! haha
> thanks for putting up with us all those years.
>
> Thats good to hear that Business and church is
> really good right now, that means things are happening. Ya
> things are really happening here right now too, its really
> neat to see how my work ethics have changed. Im not trying
> to sound prideful but i have looked back alot and realized
> how much i have changed in my attitude towards working and
> my dedication to work. Its changing for the better, man i
> knew coming on a mission was a good choice! haha wow this is
> something that you can NEVER even understand unless you
> actually DO IT. im excited for you all to meet Mansell and
> his parents on the 30th, they are some neat people. And when
> you see him tell him this "Ohhhhh
> Dang" haha he'll probly
> laugh. Thanks Dad so much for you support
> and Help i love you all tons! Tell the Branch i say hi to
> everone!
>
>
>
> -Love your son -Elder Smith
>
> my new companion isnt that much older than me so the
> language is alot tougher for us. Mansell turned this area
> around when he came in and i told him that i would not let
> any of it die, so there has been alot thrown on me but its
> ok im really glad that i can do this i feel like this is my
> time to really Prove Myself. Ya Budapest in the
> Winter is actually really beautiful but way cold. So its
> probly a good thing you didnt take the deal, also i dont
> think ill even be here in January, i really hope im not here
> too much longer (But i dont want to leave the work we have
> here)
> So i have some quesitons about how
> to deal with things, i know that you put up with these types
> of things with us when we were kids but how do/did you deal
> with people when they go against just about everything you
> say or suggest? Or When somebody doesnt use the type of
> language that is even appropriate? How would you go about
> getting somebody out of lazy lala land all the time and snap
> into reallity without beign rude or
> immature? Thanks dad your awesome! haha
> thanks for putting up with us all those years.
>
> Thats good to hear that Business and church is
> really good right now, that means things are happening. Ya
> things are really happening here right now too, its really
> neat to see how my work ethics have changed. Im not trying
> to sound prideful but i have looked back alot and realized
> how much i have changed in my attitude towards working and
> my dedication to work. Its changing for the better, man i
> knew coming on a mission was a good choice! haha wow this is
> something that you can NEVER even understand unless you
> actually DO IT. im excited for you all to meet Mansell and
> his parents on the 30th, they are some neat people. And when
> you see him tell him this "Ohhhhh
> Dang" haha he'll probly
> laugh. Thanks Dad so much for you support
> and Help i love you all tons! Tell the Branch i say hi to
> everone!
>
>
>
> -Love your son -Elder Smith
>
August 10th
Well this was a crazy week Monday and Tuesday Mansell and i planned tons of programs It was awesome. Man that kid worked so hard to the very end. His parents came to pick him up and they toured the country all last week. And they came to some of the programs with us, so he was even working then! Dang thats the hardest thing i really have had to do on my mission is watch him go home. He was so awesome great example to me too!
Im glad you remembered the Gassers homecoming because i forgot to remind you of it last week. Man they were such great leaders for this misison, im really missing them, BUT the Baughmans are awesome too. A different style leadership but he has really brought alot to this mission. there pretty funny people too! So we had some good lessons this week, Éva, one of our investigators finally came to church yesturday! she didnt quite agree with everything but i know that she felt the spirit so were hoping that it will progress. Also Szilvi and her son came again and they are really liking it. Hopefully this week we will be able to put them on Bap-date.
I have a ton of work ahead of me now, im excited for it because i am really hoping to learn alot out of this next transfer, but its going to be pretty tough. I am already tired as crap mentaly, physically, and spritually, but im really making it a goal this transfer to study the scriptures alittle more in depth so that i can re-fill my "Virtue Bucket" daily.
On Saturday we were teaching Éva, her and my companion were going all over the place and she was just getting confused and fighting things that we were teaching and the spirit wasnt there, it was really tough because i could tell she wanted to know really what was true but the lesson was bouncing around so much that we couldnt teach. So at the very end I just bore a VERY simple testimony, it was cool because when i opened my mouth the whole room changed and the spirit hit every one really hard. I told her that there is only one way to know if something is true or not and that is to ask God. Then after that we were able to end the lesson Formally and we said a prayer then asked her to come to church and she said No, but we asked her if thats really what she was feeling right then and then she went really sober and said that she would but that we would have to meet her at the metro stop. It was a pretty neat experience i hope that she can remember how she felt when the spirit hit her.
Other than that im still working out every morning and eating pretty good! Ohhh wow so I found this little fruit shop at our metro stop and they had these peaches in there that are about the size of a softball and they were perfectly ripe!!!! ohh they were so good! Well I love all you guys and hope that this next week will go well for you all.
-Elder Smith
Im glad you remembered the Gassers homecoming because i forgot to remind you of it last week. Man they were such great leaders for this misison, im really missing them, BUT the Baughmans are awesome too. A different style leadership but he has really brought alot to this mission. there pretty funny people too! So we had some good lessons this week, Éva, one of our investigators finally came to church yesturday! she didnt quite agree with everything but i know that she felt the spirit so were hoping that it will progress. Also Szilvi and her son came again and they are really liking it. Hopefully this week we will be able to put them on Bap-date.
I have a ton of work ahead of me now, im excited for it because i am really hoping to learn alot out of this next transfer, but its going to be pretty tough. I am already tired as crap mentaly, physically, and spritually, but im really making it a goal this transfer to study the scriptures alittle more in depth so that i can re-fill my "Virtue Bucket" daily.
On Saturday we were teaching Éva, her and my companion were going all over the place and she was just getting confused and fighting things that we were teaching and the spirit wasnt there, it was really tough because i could tell she wanted to know really what was true but the lesson was bouncing around so much that we couldnt teach. So at the very end I just bore a VERY simple testimony, it was cool because when i opened my mouth the whole room changed and the spirit hit every one really hard. I told her that there is only one way to know if something is true or not and that is to ask God. Then after that we were able to end the lesson Formally and we said a prayer then asked her to come to church and she said No, but we asked her if thats really what she was feeling right then and then she went really sober and said that she would but that we would have to meet her at the metro stop. It was a pretty neat experience i hope that she can remember how she felt when the spirit hit her.
Other than that im still working out every morning and eating pretty good! Ohhh wow so I found this little fruit shop at our metro stop and they had these peaches in there that are about the size of a softball and they were perfectly ripe!!!! ohh they were so good! Well I love all you guys and hope that this next week will go well for you all.
-Elder Smith
August 3rd
Wow so this morning We got transfer calls, Dang where did this transfer go? We've had so many programs lately that all were doing is planning and then teaching its really tiring but were starting to see some success out of it. Also we had a goal this week to talk to 2000 people as a district. Wow we almost made it but its been really rewarding, knowing that the only way to achieve the goal was to always be talking to EVERYONE you see. We streeted everywhere, haha Funny story real quick so i have always wanted to street a guy on a bike, so the other day there was this guy who looked happy, he had a smile on his face (that is very rare in Hungary) and he was riding his bike kinda fast and he thought i was going to move for him but i just stood there, Steadfast and Immovable :D, and i just gave him a huge smile and starred at him till he stopped. I started talking to him and he was so astonished that i stopped him on his bike, that he listened to my message. I ended up getting a find from him and we talked alittle more, it was fun we got to know each other pretty good. But that was fun now im so pumped to stop everyone on a bike, maybe ill step it up and stop somebody on a motorcycle next!
Well last monday we went and just sight saw the Buda Castle Wow that is an amazing place ill send pictures next week, also we went to the Baszilica, its like the Second largest one in the World it was pretty neat. Ok so on Thursday we went to a members house to eat and they had these red peppers that are supposedly really hot. They dared me to put them in my soup so i broke them up and put them in and ate it. they were expecting me to have a weird reaction but they werent that hot. But heres the bad part, so my contacts were bugging me that day so i rubbed both my eyes right after that and then realized that the Pepper was on my fingers. Dang that hurt So bad. I took almost 30min for it to stop hurting. Bu ti can still see so thats ghood.
Well this week has been good, Mansell is leaving again, but oh yeah im am getting Elder Huggard as my new companion hes a pretty funny kid i know him from zone confrences in Debrecen so im am excited about this next transfer.
Thanks everyone for your prayers, in know i say that all the time but i can really feel them its awesome!!!! thanks I love you all a ton!
-SMith Elder
Well last monday we went and just sight saw the Buda Castle Wow that is an amazing place ill send pictures next week, also we went to the Baszilica, its like the Second largest one in the World it was pretty neat. Ok so on Thursday we went to a members house to eat and they had these red peppers that are supposedly really hot. They dared me to put them in my soup so i broke them up and put them in and ate it. they were expecting me to have a weird reaction but they werent that hot. But heres the bad part, so my contacts were bugging me that day so i rubbed both my eyes right after that and then realized that the Pepper was on my fingers. Dang that hurt So bad. I took almost 30min for it to stop hurting. Bu ti can still see so thats ghood.
Well this week has been good, Mansell is leaving again, but oh yeah im am getting Elder Huggard as my new companion hes a pretty funny kid i know him from zone confrences in Debrecen so im am excited about this next transfer.
Thanks everyone for your prayers, in know i say that all the time but i can really feel them its awesome!!!! thanks I love you all a ton!
-SMith Elder
July 20th
Wow i bet that the fireworks were cool. WE actually had
> some here in the duna that we got to watch the other night.
> I dont know what for but probly amerikans. So on saturday
> they said that Hungary was going to have The biggest storm
> they've had in 100yrs. It was pretty bad at about 6:00
> but it was mainly just a wind storm. (Just like any other
> work day in Wyoming) then it rained pretty hard. But
> everything is ok so if you heard anything about it its all
> good. Hungarians like to exagerate things alot.
> Thats cool that you had another
> baptism!!!! She sounds familiar, is it Cameron Wootens.
> Brooks friend, sister? So we had the opportunity
> to give a sister in our district a priesthood blessing while
> we were at a recent converts house. it was really cool and
> yes it is so awesome to be able to have this gift and
> responsibility of the Priesthood. Its really hard sometimes
> here, it really hits me that out of the about 10 million
> people here in Hungary onle maybe a couple hundred actually
> have the preisthood, and out of them only about half are
> actually active.
> Wow so this week we meet this guy,
> Robert, that the sisters handed off to us. He is about 40yrs
> old and is having a really hard time in life. His life is
> pretty much fallen apart and he is very depressed but he
> knows that there is a God and he prays all the time. He is
> very umm... i dont know how to say this.... open to things
> and down to earth. Yesterday we taught him about the word o
> wisdom and he agrees with everything and knows that its
> true, we told him that his life will improve and he will not
> be depressed anymore, we taught alittle about the atonement
> but didn't have enough time so we will talk more
> tomorrow i think. Man this guy is going to be alot of work
> but i can see it in his eyes that he wants to change so bad
> and he loves Jesus Christ so much, so If you could pray that
> we will know what to do and say and that he willl have the
> courage and strength to overcome his addictions and to have
> faith in the Atonement. that would be very helpful!
> I have had a hard couple of weeks with
> the language and its really been getting me down, i got weak
> a couple times and started like beating myself up over it,
> but ive been praying for it alot lately and last night we
> had a program with this really cool Member named Bálint and
> it was really interesting when i stopped focusing on
> the structer of the way he was putting things together and
> just listened to him it was amazing i carried on a full
> conversation with him and taught him an entire 3rd, and we
> understood each other, it was really cool. When you totally
> put your trust in the spirit its amazing how much better you
> can speak and understand.
> ohh also at church yesturday, Szilvi and
> her son Bálint, that we have been teaching for awhile, came
> and it was way awesome, haha i little scary because the
> sunday school teacher started to twist the Word of Wisdom
> around a little and we tried to correct her in class but she
> wouldnt lilsten. So next time we meet with her we are going
> to need to clarify it up alittle. But other than that she
> had a good time!
> Well life is good here Mansell and I are
> doing the P-90X Workout program still and so im healthy, mom
> :) i did get a sore throat and some gunk build up but its
> starting to get better, we eat very healthy and i wash my
> face every night and morning. But its so humid and hot here
> that it still gets me sometimes. But i love it here we have
> alot of programs going so thats good!
> Ohh by the way i would like some
> pictures of the family like when we went to powell, and
> other places so that i can show people that my family does
> more than just stand in front of tree's and smile!
> Thanks i love all you guys and thanks for your prayers!!!
>
>
> -Elder Smith
>
> some here in the duna that we got to watch the other night.
> I dont know what for but probly amerikans. So on saturday
> they said that Hungary was going to have The biggest storm
> they've had in 100yrs. It was pretty bad at about 6:00
> but it was mainly just a wind storm. (Just like any other
> work day in Wyoming) then it rained pretty hard. But
> everything is ok so if you heard anything about it its all
> good. Hungarians like to exagerate things alot.
> Thats cool that you had another
> baptism!!!! She sounds familiar, is it Cameron Wootens.
> Brooks friend, sister? So we had the opportunity
> to give a sister in our district a priesthood blessing while
> we were at a recent converts house. it was really cool and
> yes it is so awesome to be able to have this gift and
> responsibility of the Priesthood. Its really hard sometimes
> here, it really hits me that out of the about 10 million
> people here in Hungary onle maybe a couple hundred actually
> have the preisthood, and out of them only about half are
> actually active.
> Wow so this week we meet this guy,
> Robert, that the sisters handed off to us. He is about 40yrs
> old and is having a really hard time in life. His life is
> pretty much fallen apart and he is very depressed but he
> knows that there is a God and he prays all the time. He is
> very umm... i dont know how to say this.... open to things
> and down to earth. Yesterday we taught him about the word o
> wisdom and he agrees with everything and knows that its
> true, we told him that his life will improve and he will not
> be depressed anymore, we taught alittle about the atonement
> but didn't have enough time so we will talk more
> tomorrow i think. Man this guy is going to be alot of work
> but i can see it in his eyes that he wants to change so bad
> and he loves Jesus Christ so much, so If you could pray that
> we will know what to do and say and that he willl have the
> courage and strength to overcome his addictions and to have
> faith in the Atonement. that would be very helpful!
> I have had a hard couple of weeks with
> the language and its really been getting me down, i got weak
> a couple times and started like beating myself up over it,
> but ive been praying for it alot lately and last night we
> had a program with this really cool Member named Bálint and
> it was really interesting when i stopped focusing on
> the structer of the way he was putting things together and
> just listened to him it was amazing i carried on a full
> conversation with him and taught him an entire 3rd, and we
> understood each other, it was really cool. When you totally
> put your trust in the spirit its amazing how much better you
> can speak and understand.
> ohh also at church yesturday, Szilvi and
> her son Bálint, that we have been teaching for awhile, came
> and it was way awesome, haha i little scary because the
> sunday school teacher started to twist the Word of Wisdom
> around a little and we tried to correct her in class but she
> wouldnt lilsten. So next time we meet with her we are going
> to need to clarify it up alittle. But other than that she
> had a good time!
> Well life is good here Mansell and I are
> doing the P-90X Workout program still and so im healthy, mom
> :) i did get a sore throat and some gunk build up but its
> starting to get better, we eat very healthy and i wash my
> face every night and morning. But its so humid and hot here
> that it still gets me sometimes. But i love it here we have
> alot of programs going so thats good!
> Ohh by the way i would like some
> pictures of the family like when we went to powell, and
> other places so that i can show people that my family does
> more than just stand in front of tree's and smile!
> Thanks i love all you guys and thanks for your prayers!!!
>
>
> -Elder Smith
>
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