Naegle Nover: highlights Oct. 20th

Well I have just been enjoying myself reading and writing other emails, so this one will be one of highlights.

1. Szilárd, who used to be impossible to teach, switched from the English teaching portion of the lesson to the gospel portion all by himself, without us having to change it. Then he showed up when they were having institute and stayed the whole time. Apparently he liked it because he showed up early to our next lesson asking if he could look at a copy of the Doctrine and Covenants, and then during our lesson, right after we said amen to the opening prayer, he asked us what repentance is and how it works. We were more than happy to teach him that as well as the rest of the entire Plan of Salvation. Then he came that weekend to institute, a dinner, and a fireside all in a row. Then he came to sacrament meeting the next day. Although that may be because we guilted him into it by telling him that we were singing for the primary program and that it was his only chance to see it.

2. We had the thought to call Erika, who we thought we may never meet with again, and she wanted to meet with us. We had a good program and she not only agreed to set a baptismal date goal, but also prayed that both she and her husband could be Mormon.

3. I got my birthday package!! Thank you family and Grandma and Grandpa!! And Steels for getting it from Budapest for me.  It was wonderful.

4. Two new way cool investigators. One is a mom who has a husband and three kids. The other is a 15 year old who told us that she is just confused by the whole religion thing and doesn't know what to believe about God. So we are teaching her the Plan of Salvation. So fun!

5. Some brethren came to visit Debrecen this weekend and so everyone put in a lot of effort to get people who are inactive to come. There was a fireside on Saturday, and the Primary program was on Sunday. A lot of people came and it was really cool. Both Elder Hawks, and the other man (I don't know his name) did an amazing job of teaching us and reaching out to the members.
After the fireside I had the really amazing opportunity to translate while the one brother met with a man who is a return-missionary but went inactive. The spirit was so strong and I could feel how much this brother from Romania loved this man who we need so much in the branch, and I could feel a little bit of the sorrow of the inactive man. It will be hard for him to come back but he can! All of us can come back. That is what is so amazing about the Atonement. We can all become better. and by trying to become better, we can be happy.
The Primary program was great and it was a wonderful Sunday. We ate lunch at the Steels' after and we had a wonderful time talking with Elder Hawks, who even offered to take letters to our families in Utah which is a big sacrifice because he is a busy and we live far away from him. Sister Steel made a gorgeous cake and I got to blow out a candle and it was so nice to be there with so many wonderful people.

I found out that one of the elders from my MTC group had to go home because of an injury and I was sooo sad. It made me realize what a blessing it is to be able to serve a full-time mission and for the first time I had a nightmare that I had gone home and I was really sad. Sariah is already home and I can't believe it! I am so grateful for my mission and especially that I get to serve here in Debrecen with my awesome companion. I am so blessed. I love the gospel and I know it's true. I get to turn 21 in Hungary as a missionary! Woohoo! Wouldn't have it any other way. Have a great week and God bless!

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