We had 2 investigators in church

April 1, 2019

Sziasztok mindenkinek! (Hi everybody!)

This past Sunday we had 2 investigators in church. One of them has a baptismal date, and the other one is a 23 year old female. She was first found by missionaries last year, and we have started to teach her again. She has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and we invited her to be baptized. She said she was already baptized Catholic and doesn't feel the need to be baptized again. So of course we explained what it means to know the Book of Mormon is true. We will continue to work with her and maybe watching general conference will help her realize she must be baptized. We had a handful of lessons with new people and a handful of other planned appointments fall through.  That's just how the work goes sometimes. 

This past week we found a 13 year old boy named M. Last year he was living with his Aunt in Miskolc and the missionaries taught them and M was baptized in March, but later he moved back with his mom to Pápa. We visited his house and met his mother. He is the only member of the church in his immediate family, so he will need a lot of support form the missionaries/branch if he is to return and stay in activity. He actually lives on the same street as the meeting house which is very convenient. He has not yet been to church in Pápa, and he has lived here for a while. We are excited to take him to church to meet the branch members. 

Right outside Pápa there is a NATO airbase and about 400 people are stationed there including 150 American air force men. So we run into Americans every once in a while which is always fun. We ran into the chaplain who is stationed at the Air Base.  He is from Montana, and it was fun to talk to him. We gave him our information so he can tell people at the base about our church services.

I forgot to mention but a couple of weeks ago we did a service project in Pápa as a branch, and we picked up up a bunch of trash along the road.  We filled 14 bags. We got to wear the yellow Mormon helping hands or "Mormon Segítő Kezek" yellow vests which was pretty cool. 

  I haven't seen the church's Easter video yet, but I'm sure it will be in Hungarian. There is a little Easter lesson outline prepared for missionaries that we are supposed to use throughout the month. Easter Sunday is emphasized similar to how Christmas was emphasized last year. We are to try and get as many people as possible to church on Easter, and it is supposed to be centered on Christ. That is crazy that Elder Running and I played together in the Folkman's house.

Sok szeretettel, (Lots of love)

Udy Elder