Can I just say...
...I serve in the most awesome mission on the planet.And now that I have that on the table I will tell y'all why!
First off: Easter
Awesome!
That is it, that's the only word I need. I had such a wonderful day. We have an investigator, her name is Icú and she is so the bomb! She called us up on Saturday night and she informed us in no uncertain terms that Kubricky and I were to plan on being at her house and to bring our appetites and not only but... "holnap meg Hetfő". "Tomorrow and Monday."
It wasn't scary, and it was soooo delicious. We went on Sunday and she was all ready for us, and after a scrumptious very Hungarian very Paprika-y pleasantly filling but not "Dear-Goodness-Why-Did-I-Eat-10-Days-Ago?!" sort of way we taught her and her grown daughter, Agi the Plan of Salvation.
When we came over the next day, she had another referral (this would be the fourth) at her apartment waiting for us. And she fed us again and it was soooo good once again and we gave her friend a copy of the Book of Mormon. She was so excited to cook for us and basically just love us to death, and she did both! She came out and set a very traditional hollow chocolate egg wrapped in red foil next to and then...a completely unexpected mercy straight from Heavenly Father happened.
For my companion and I EACH she brought out a bottle of Love Spell from Victoria's Secret Garden.
Love Spell from Victoria's Secret Garden is the best scent ever according to everyone who has ever smelled it. I LOVE it, but obviously I can't find any here. She might as well have handed us diamonds the size of our fists in a Sister Missionary's eyes. I mean, the Spirit was so strong, the Love was so strong, the food was so Good AND we get our favorite pampering lotion in existence?!
This can't be real!
Zone Conference
Also happened this week up in the city. We combined with the Pest Zone which means nothing to y'all but to me it meant that I got to see three of my beloved Elders from my MTC group. Stevens, Swearinging and Ruggles. We kept congregating together...it does my heart so much good to see them. Seriously, they really are my little brothers. When they split us into the groups for training we were all together except Ruggles and we stuck together. Swearingin and I got to teach other a 10 minute first lesson (about the Restoration) in Hungarian and it was so cool to see our abilities in the language to communicate beyond, "Szeretlek".
Conference was just good plain nourishment for my heart and soul. Thus, it accomplished its purpose.
Every missionary we have been in contact with outside of our District has been telling us what they have heard... Its a little weird to be told by 10 people in one day that you are in a companionship that is making a reputation that the whole country knows about. All I want to do is work hard, with all my mind, might and strength, and that is all Kubricky wants as well. We were in Interviews with President (seperately) and he just sat back with each of us and asked us, "Well, how does it feel?" When he asked each of us this question we were terriffed to wonder what the heck he was talking about. He explained to each of us in no uncertain terms that we are fine examples of what he wants to see in every companionship in the country.
"My mission president just told me in mission president lingo that I'm the Bomb..."
Gulp.
We just want to work...but we had a full day and a half work sucked out of our available time and we were amazed to look at our numbers and still see them come ridiculously close to Mission Standard. We are working so hard it feels weird to be home for lunch, or wake up at six thirty (as opposed to five after five)... All we see it what we don't get done, it is difficult to accept that people...missionaries are looking up to us. I am a part of something really amazing, and I will never know what I did to deserve it.
And as if that weren't enough...
The river that flows through Szeged has been progressivly getting higher and higher for the past month. Last week the Army came in to help, and finally on Saturday we got a call from our District leader.
"We have been told to get home, get into our work clothes and get down to the Tisza to help with the flood."
We had been foaming at the mouth to help with this, so a command to do so from the mission president was a dream come true! The district did just that and we spent Saturday evening helping unload sandbags where the river was already seeping through into the street.
It was awesome.
The only reason we didn't spend our whole time Sunday doing the same thing was that there were too many volunteers there already when the District leader arrived.
But...in closing...
Those are just a few reasons why I am serving in the most awesome mission EVER.
I thought y'all might like to know...
:)
posted by Ashley @ 3:28 AM
