10/20/08
so we had transfers this week, and i am staying here with my companion for one more. our district leader left and we got elder d... he was my comp back in my 3rd transfer in the böszörmény :) he is a funny one :)
this week has been ok, really slow, but i hope it picks up with the new transfer starting and all...
so heres some answers to quesitons:
1. my day goes about like this. at 6:30, the phone alarm goes off and i get out of bed and pray and then do some crunches and pushups and work out with this weird stretchy band thingy for a half an hour and then i go shower and have some yogurt and little crackers for breakfast... then we have personal, compansionship, and language study till about 10:30 to 11 and then lunch. for lunch i usually have some ramen noodles and tefföl (tejföl is like sour cream, but better!!!) then we head off to either programs or tracting or streeting till night time... then we come home and study some more or talk or cook... that is a usual day for us, we usually hit the sack between 9 and 10:30 depending on what ll we need to get done... we also plan a little at night for the next day...thats a normal day for us... usually
2.Hungary in the fall is a lot like utah, only it doesn't seem as cold... yet... it will get there. the leaves don't really change ehre, a few bushes do, but for the most part, the green leaves just kind of fall off the trees and turn brown or golden browon on the ground like usual... i do miss the tree color changing... we got really cold 2 weeks ago and now it has warmed up a tiny but, but now it is getting serious and is lowering a little each day. all the hungarians daw there lots of clothing layers and it is kind of funny, all the old ladies tell us to go get a coat on or ask where our coats are... we went to a program yesterday where we sat down and we were baked with the full bore fireplace across from us... i thouht i was going to melt... most saunas don't get that hot!!!
but ya, fall here is a lot like back home... same weather for the most part and. except for the leave sdon't really change... which is the only bummer...
although, walnuts fall off the trees and so we collect those and eat them tracting :) good white walnuts :) a few weeks ago, we got peaches and apples and such too :)
3. they are still sending new missionaries to hungary, but not as many... they are downsizing this misison as i think i told ya once, but maybe not, but by the time i leave, we will be at only about 65 missionaries... right now we are at 100, so now the groups coming in should be smaller and smaller, like in january, we have a group of 1 elder and 1 sister coming in, haha! awkward!
4. in my district there are 4 elders, we are all here in dunaújváros. me and my companion, and then our district leader and his companion.in pécs i had 6 in our district and in debrecen,. we had 10, so it just depends on where you are at... but usually about 4 to 6.
5. my favorite part of the book of mormon is probably where ammon goes to the lamanites and converts the king and king lamoni.... he goes to a foreign land and probably a new language (maybe?) and tries to serve them and teach them the gospel and he does most of it by example. its hard out ehre with lots of people already knowing who you are especially in this city, so i try to be an example all the time, to the people and ther missionaires, and its not easy a lot of time, but i try to none the less... but i really like that part. the other and maybe more favorite part is when christ comes in 3 ne 11. i love that, especially since i have been reading the new testament and jesus the christ together... it has been an intense doseage of christ, but it has been awesome! it is kind of like reading a narrative on christs life while reading christs story... i read about he miracles in the bible and then get the full explanation of them in jesus the christ. it is awesome! i am about half way through jesus the christ and i started a while ago, i am excited to read it!!!
one funny, unfortunate thing that happened is that me and my comp went to an atm to get some money out for this next week and my comp was just going to drain his account of all its money to see how much it was and such like that and to save some for later and when he went to do it, he had a bit saved up, so he entered in to get out about 70,000 forint, which is about 360 U.S. dollars well, the machine worked and spat out hte card and made the whirling noise, and the slot opened for the money, but nothing came out... we stood there for a while and after a miunute, the machine beeped and said something about it not working and the transaction was cancelled... well, after a buch of phone calls and such we went to the bank and they can't do anything, becasue we have an american card, not a hungarian debit card, so we made some more calls and it turns out that the transaction wet through and that my comp pretty much lost 360 bucks... our finance lady is trying to deal it out with the bank and salt lake to see what they can do, but ouch!!!! that was our excitement for thieis week, so he is mooching off me for the time being, we should fiund out somethiong by tomorrow :) ouch!! that is why i only do a little at a time...
well, i love you all and i will talk to ya later!
Gaufin elder
p.s. thanks for sending a package, i will keep my eyeballs peeled :)
love ya!!!
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