January 14, 2019
Jó Reggelt! (Good morning)
This past week we went to Dunaújváros for exchanges. It is always nice and refreshing to go
on exchanges there because we can spend the whole day proselyting and we don't
have to worry about the office work, because if people call us we can just say
we are in a different city. It was really good. I was with Elder Jameson. It
surprised me how much more friendlier the people are there compared to
Budapest. Almost every single person was willing to talk to us.
Our office work has been busy as well. I've been doing the
normal things getting immigration paperwork ready for the incoming Romanian
missionaries and also extending apartment contracts in Romania, and all the
other things.
We had two people that we are teaching come to church which was
cool. We met with one of our investigators who really likes the Catholic Church
and our church, and goes to both services on Sunday. But he has some doctrinal
issues with the Catholic Church. We also did some tracting in this nice neighborhood, and the first
door we knocked on let us in, and they were a Chinese family. It was pretty
funny because they didn't know Hungarian and they didn't speak English very
well.
To answer your question about the senior missionary couples and
the language: There are no senior couples that can speak Hungarian. I don't
think there ever was a senior couple here who has learned the language because
it is too difficult of a task. There are some that can say a simple prayer and
stuff, but no senior couple can speak it like the missionaries. A lot of people
know English so the senior couples can usually talk in English to a lot of
people. If not, then somebody needs to translate for them. For example, usually
missionaries translate all of church for senior couples throughout the country
because they can't understand. But maybe in about 20 or 30 years there will
returned Hungarian missionaries called to Hungary as senior couples who can
speak the language.
That is it for this week. Hope you all have a good week!
Üdvözlettel: (Best regards)
Udy Elder
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