Week 6: Thinking Hungary Has been Attacked

So this week was interesting. Monday it was raining hard but I did get my first haircut in the field! It turned out pretty swell. These Europeans know how to cut hair.

Tuesday morning we got to enact our emergency plan. I was honestly freaked out but excited at the same time because I thought it was real. I thought that Hungary was like bombed and all the missionaries had to leave but it turns out it was a drill. So I got to pack and unpack all my things in the same day.

Wednesday we got to go to a falu (village) outside of Debrecen. It was pretty cool seeing all these old century looking houses. It reminded me of all the pictures I saw in AP World History of all the old looking houses in rural Europe. After coming back we had our first lesson with an old investigator who turned out to be a free mason. He had a lot of questions about our church and we helped clarify some misconceptions he had. Super awesome guy! We plan on meeting with him later but unfortunately he is moving to Budapest so I'm not sure how long we have to teach him.

Speaking of Budapest, we have zone conference this coming week so we get to travel there on Wednesday. I heard about the explosion so I'm making a concerted effort to stay away from crowded people and gas.

Saturday was Elder Haroldsen's two year anniversary so we burned his suit. It turns out the sisters had some vodka left in their apartment for some reason and we used that to burn the suit. It was interesting but fun!

Cool story/spiritual thought about this week. On Monday it was late and we still needed to tract. With little hope of finding someone to teach we went to the first apartment complex we saw. The first person politely told us he wasn't interested. But the second person we tracted turned out to be an old investigator and she let us in!!!! We ended up giving a spiritual thought to her and her roommate, both students from Nigeria, and we scheduled a return appointment! What a miracle that we found her! This definitely helped increase my faith. We found 6 new investigators total throughout this week which was miraculous! Faith brings miracles and miracles build faith!

Viszlát,

Elder Ballard

Falu

The Forum where we shop.

McDonald's 

Sister missionaries who serve with us in our area.

Emergency drill

Old Hungarian

McDonald's: waiting for our food.

Sister missionaries got a rat.

Elder Haroldsen's two year anniversary so we burned his suit

Wednesday we got to go to a falu (village) outside of Debrecen. It was pretty cool seeing all these old century looking houses.