Maradni-- to remain

Dear Everyone,

Transfers are upon us! Sister Orme and I will be staying together another transfer :) I really look foward to this! She has taught me so much, and I really look forward to working more with her. We have had a lot of sad, funny, spiritual, and you-name-it experiences together, so it is nice to know that we will be together another transfer :) So as put in the title of my email: the Hungarian word "maradni" means to remain :) Maradni fogok Miskolcon--- I will remain on Miskolc (yes, "on" Miskolc :)

This last week, we were out tracting near one of the famous castles here in Miskolc, and we found a young little family. The parents have 3 children all under the age of 3! While their living circumstances are very humble, they were very warm and welcoming to us when we came. It was a miracle that 2 of the children were asleep when we arrived and the little newborn (1 1/2 months old) was very calm. It was a great environment to invite the Spirit and really get to know the family. The 2 year old woke up part way through the lesson, but it was amazing to see that as we all prayed together, the little boy (2 year old) knew exactly what was going on--- he folded his arms, bowed his head, and meaningfully said "amen" at the end of the prayer! It was so obvious that this family really is involved with their relationship with God. We really look forward to going back to teach them next week. We believe that we were led to this family for a reason, and we feel it an honor that we have the opportunity to teach this family about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Last week was really great. We started teaching our English classes again, and had some really neat people in attendance that we will be meeting with personally. Edina is still working hard to obtain a testimony of Jesus Christ, and it is such a special experience to assist her with this. It is teaching me so much! It causes me to reflect on my own testimony of Jesus Christ and how I have felt His hand in my life--- the strength of my relationship with Him. We also went back to teach that old woman that I mentioned a couple weeks ago that we met on the bus, but then miraculous found her when we were tracting in a 10-story. She was actually quite sick when we got there, but we were able to talk a bit about the Restoration. Although she is very Catholic, I think this will actually go somewhere :) She is a very sweet woman. We are working hard to find people to teach and to teach with the Spirit those we have already found. We had a good experience streeting yesterday after church. We met a lot of really sweet people, and we were able to give away one Book of Mormon to a man that we will be setting up with to meet with this week. So all in all, it was a really good week :)

Yesterday for church, we had District Conference here in Miskolc. So it included all of the members from Miskolc, Eger, Debrecen, and Nyiregyháza. An area 70 (Elder Matti T. Jouttenus) joined us, as well as our mission president and his wife. It was a wonderful conference. I participated in a musical number with some other missionaries, and it turned out really nice even though I only had maybe a 1/2 hour of good practice time together. Since my mission president and his wife will be wrapping up their work here this summer, it was really special to hear them bear their testimonies to the Hungarians in our area. They were very heartfelt and full of love. Following the actual conference meeting, food was provided for everyone in attendance, and there was an additional little meeting for new converts and investigators. Our sweet Edina was there, so our branch president got to talk about her and introduce her to everyone else. She loved it. It was so neat to see all of the new converts and investigators that made it out to the conference.

Well, here's saying good-bye to this transfer, and hello to a new one! The work is going great, and we are working hard to fulfill our calling as representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ. The church is true!

Love,
Kimball nővér