We had our "Invite a friend" to church Sunday

Jó Reggelt!

This past week was really good for us.  We had the special “Invite a friend” to church Sunday. It was a really good success.  There were 49 people in attendance which is about 10 more than average.  It was good to see our efforts did not go to waste as we met with and encouraged church members to invite friends, neighbors and relatives to this sacrament meeting.  There were 9 non-members in attendance which was great, six of which the members invited to this sacrament meeting.  We have already set up an appointment with one of the 6 nonmembers in attendance and the other ones are currently in the works.  There was a big potluck afterwards with a lot of homemade Hungarian food which was really good.

Our investigator and her 9-year old daughter came to church for the third time.  Next month they will be moving to Pécs, so we will make sure the teaching transition to the Pécs missionaries goes smoothly.  Also, hopefully we can help with the move.  

This past week we were in Pécs for a baptismal interview and exchanges. Pécs is where my old Hungarian mission president lives, President Szabadkai, and we actually got to see him because there was a Church (Elders Quorum) BBQ. The baptismal interview was also successful which was awesome. 

The returning member we've been working with came to church this week. He was sick last week so he didn't come. He is coming back into activity now which is great. 

Sok szeretettel,

Udy Elder

We met with two students that go to the University here. One is from Zimbabwe and one is from Libya.

July 16, 2019

Our district

Jo Reggelt! (Good Morning!)

Today we received our transfer calls.  Both of us will be staying here.  I can’t believe the final transfer has finally come and it has been almost 2 years.  This past week we were able to visit a returning/part member family on two occasions.  The parents are members, but they have 2 young adult kids who live at home who are not members.  The parents have not been to church for a long time.  We had a good lesson with them where we read Moroni 6 and discussed it with them, and focused on the importance of coming to church.  The father came to church which was really good.  We plan to continue working with them from week to week to help them stay active and help the kids progress towards baptism.  Sadly one of the other returning members we are working with who came to church the past two weeks, didn’t make it to church this week. But we will do all we can to help him out as well.

A couple of weeks ago we met with two students that go to the University here in Dunaújváros.  One of them is from Zimbabwe and the other one is from Libya.  The one from Zimbabwe speaks an African click language, and he read the Book of Mormon to us in the click language which was cool to hear.  He downloaded the Book of Mormon app on his phone and he was really surprised to see his native language on there.  Also this past week we were in Budapest using the metro when we ran into a man named "M" as soon as se stepped on the metro.  He is from the Ivory Coast and moved here a few weeks ago.  He said he looked up the church on the internet, but he couldn’t find it in Budapest.  He went to church a few times in the Ivory Coast and really liked it.  It was crazy that we ran into him, and he ended up going to church in Pest this past week.

As far as people being taught, we had a handful of lessons last week, and people promised that they would come to church, but they didn’t show up..  The “invite a friend to church” in Dunaújváros will be this Sunday.  We are excited to see what results come from it. 

Forest we walk through 

Elder Udy

This past week we had Zone Conference in Budapest

July 8, 2019

This past week we had Zone Conference. The focus was mainly on better preparing people

for baptism and also helping the members in their ministering assignments.

Our zone

This past week was a little disappointing in that a lot of the investigators planned to come to

church, but they didn't show up. But there is always next week so no need to worry.

We meet with two young men who are about age 25 a couple times last week. We had a

lesson where we did a meeting house tour, and it went really well. We were able to very

clearly explain the doctrine of baptism as we looked at different paintings and showed them

the baptismal font. We even showed the video when Jesus was baptized. They both

expressed a desire to be baptized. We are excited to work with them and see them in

church with us in the coming weeks. 

We are working well with a returning member. He is an endowed Melchizedek priesthood

holder. He has been inactive for about 8 years but has attended church the past two

Sundays. We have lots of success in our lessons with him and we've even been inviting

ourselves to bike with him to church. 

Like usual we knock on doors and street contact people. From what I've noticed people are

a lot more willing to talk to us in this city compared to the other cities I have served in.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that this town is smaller and was a 100%

communist town. 

I don't know what happened to the birthday card, but it still wasn't there. My companion got

a card that was sent after my birthday. Maybe you can track it and see what's up with it.

Sok szeretettel,

Udy Elder

We had the chance to bike with him to church

July 1, 2019

Jó Reggelt Mindenkinek, (Good morning everyone)

Last week was really good. We are starting to see more progress in the work here. The woman we have been teaching and her 9 year old daughter came to church again this week which was really good. We had a really good lesson with her this past week. She likes how the people in our church live what they preach every day of the week. She really enjoyed our church services, and we are excited to help her learn more. 

Also a returning member came to church this past week. He hasn't been to church in years, so a lot of members were surprised to see him. We had the chance to bike with him to church to help motivate him.  In the past he has held a lot of callings in the church. We plan on helping him repent and return to full activity in the church. 

We are also continuing to meet with a couple members every week to help encourage them to do missionary work and especially to invite their friends to the special sacrament meeting on June 21st. We are excited to see what can result from the missionary work of these members. 

Our church building in Dunaüjváros

We also did a district finding activity this past week, in Budapest. We were in Kálvin square which is a really busy place in Pest. We had a ukulele, sang some songs, and used a couple of Book of Mormon banners. 

This week we started our English Connect class. We had a pretty good turnout, about 12 people.  Hopefully there will be more in the coming weeks. Quite a few church members came which was good. The Branch President and his wife came since they don't know English, and their son is going to marry someone from Malaysia so they want to be able to talk to her. 

Also this past week I got a smartphone. I never thought the day would come, but I finally got one on my mission. Since I go home soon I don't have to buy one and the mission gave me one to use until I go home.

Sok szeretettel, (Lots of love)

Udy Elder