Surprises :)

Our washer kind of broke, so we had to scoop water out of it with jars and bowls!















Dinner with the Elders on Elder Jackson's birthday :)















Making dinner for the elders with a giant wooden spoon!
















The pinata we made for Elder Jackson's surprise birthday party :)














On the main street of Miskolc


















Me and two darling little girls :)










Dear Everyone,

This last week was consecration week, so the mission had the goal to get as many referrals as possible, and to get as many investigators and RCLA's (Recent Converts/Less Actives) in church as possible. It was a great week :) Here is a portion of my email to my mission president this week:

"Things are going well here in Miskolc :) It's quite ironic that during consecration week, we got 0 referrals and 0 investigators at church. BUT our efforts weren't wasted since we got 7 RCLA's to church and we made a great breakthrough with one of our investigators that has been investigating for almost a year now! It's great to know that at the end of a week, we have the opportunity to report to the Lord on our efforts. And even when we see where our flaws and mistakes were in the last week, we get to repent and do better the next week. So all in all, things are going well in Miskolc and we are seeing progress :)

We've never had problems with our elders here, but this last week, we were able to develop deeper friendships with the elders that we have been wanting since we got to Miskolc. It was one of the elders birthdays, so Sister Orme and I planned a surprise birthday party for the branch game night on Friday, and then last night, we made dinner for the elders at the church and brought cake. So we had a couple good birthday celebrations. It was neat to see how a little extra effort and showing love towards the elders made a world of difference. Again, we never had problems with them, but we are now on a level of friendship that makes both myself and Sister Orme happy and grateful :) This concept of just putting in a little more effort I think applies to everything in missionary work as we always want to be pushing ourselves and our investigators. We get out of things what we put into them, and as I try to apply this concept better this week, I have faith that the Lord will continue to work miracles here in Miskolc and we'll see more progress :) "

Again, it was a great week :) We really tried to get better numbers for the referrals and number of investigators at church, however, things went a different way :) We just saw success in different areas of the work. It was also fun celebrating Elder Jacksons birthday :) Sister Orme and I made a pinata for the Friday night party, and we ate some good food on Sunday that we prepared... it was good :) There was also a holiday this last week, so we had a Super P-Day. On that day, Orme nővér and I got to walk around the city and see some cultural booths with handiwork, and we ate some yummy Hungarian bakery items. It was a really nice day :) However, the holiday was actually three day thing, so when we got back to work the next day, all of the public transportation was on a different schedule--- and we didn't know! So we ended up needing to cancel programs because we couldn't get to the homes of these people :( That was very sad. But this next week, we will get to see those people, so all should be well :)

We watched Finding Faith in Christ with another investigator this last week. So that was my second time seeing it here on the mission. It is so good! I remember watching it as a family once. It's really something special, and it's neat to see the way the film touches the lives of our investigators. I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that this is His true church restored to the earth once again. I know that it is through the Atonement of Him that we can repent and progress and make it back to the presence of our Father in Heaven after this life. We are so blessed to have this knowledge and the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives!

Well, the weather is getting better and better here :) We shouldn't be seeing anymore snow. However the rain is on its way! I am told that we should be receiving a lot of rain in April. I am so excited! I love all of the different seasons that we are blessed with at home and here in Hungary (even though I haven't experienced them all yet). I can't imagine living in a place where it is always hot or always cold. It is the opposition in the seasons that causes me to love all of the seasons. So now that we are wrapping up a beautiful winter, I look foward to getting into this springtime season. It's going to be great :)

I wish you all a wonderful week :) Go make someone smile!

Sok szeretettel,
Kimball nővér