Feel Good Times
What a wonderful week!Although it ended with me needed to come home from church and not see the light of day for several hours...this has been an awesome week on the other side of the rainbow. And never fear! I am feeling much better and will be right as rain in a day or so.
Mighty Mountain Men
So the Elders came with us out to Magdi, the woman who will be baptized this Saturday (yeay!). She had a very large pile of wood that needed to be chopped. Both Duncan and Purkiss Elder were soooo excited to get to work on it!
Both Elders dressed up for the occassion. Elder Duncan, one of the biggest kids in the mission (6'3" and 250lbs or so) came with a bright red flannel shirt on. Elder Purkiss donned bright red suspenders. It was soooo much fun! They chopped all the wood, but we helped by carrying them wood to chop and then piling the wood they had already split down. It was nice to be out in the falúi air...
Reunion
Zone Conference was on Friday in my beloved first city of Szeged. I called up somone I taught from the first lesson right up to her baptism-I know she works in the city and we had 40 minutes from the time of the arrival of our bus and the start of Zone Conference. She "happened" to have scheduled a little get-together with a friend of hers in the branch anyway at 9:00 and my bus arrived at 9:20.
When it stopped and we were able to depart it, I just took off leaving the whole district behind. Although that wasn't the smartest idea because I was the only one who knew where I was going! We all made it at the branch house, though and I flew up the stairs, looking for Zsuzsi.
When I found her, what joy! We hugged eachother over and over again. We didn't have more than a few minutes to talk, but it did my heart sooo much good to see her again. She is so awesome!
Saying Goodbye
At the end of every Zone Conference, the missionaries who will be departing at the end of the transfer are given the opportunity to bear their testimonies. It is often a very emotional moment, but a treasured one. Some really great Elders bore their testimonies on Friday. Elders I look up to and admire and in many ways have tried to emulate my whole mission. I didn't know which was more bittersweet...observing them say their Goodbyes or knowing that the next time this happened, I would be the one doing it.
No matter what, it is time to face the reality that I will in fact, be leaving soon. I need to prepare myself that it is going to be over.
But it isn't that terrible of a fate...I go home to lots of people who love me and lots of people and things whom I love very dearly as well. It'll be fun.
And besides, I still have nine whole weeks of enjoying this yet!
I am just trying to forget how short nine weeks is as I remember that...
posted by Ashley @ 4:22 AM
