It was totally freezing this week and I was very grateful for my warm coat. I may look like a Jehova's Witness but I am warm and alive. We did some tracting this week and had some interesting experiences. Sunday night we went on splits with some members and Dóra and I were tracting along in the evening (by the way it starts getting dark at about 3:30 and as soon as it gets dark the Hungarians sometimes get really upset if you ring the doorbell) around 7:00 or so. We got a phone number from one guy and then had no success until one man came out to the gate on the phone. It turned out that he was on the phone with his 80-something-year-old mother who was railing on the phone out of grief since they had just found out that her daughter (the man's younger sister) had been murdered and left behind two children. The man himself was in a rage and at first wouldn't even let us speak because he kept going off about how he doesn't believe in God anymore since God wouldn't let something like this happen. We didn't really know what to do but just kept trying to get a word in here or there and all the while the mother kept yelling over the phone, he even had Dóra speak with his mother on the phone. After a bit he calmed down and apologized and almost sent us away several times saying that there was no point etc. etc. and wouldn't even take our card but finally he said that he did believe in God but that he wished He would give him a sign to let him know what to do. We promptly told him that we were the sign from God and explained how he could find hope and peace and he started weeping and kept grabbing our hands and said he hoped we could help. We gave him a Book of Mormon and a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and a card and he said he wanted to meet sometime in December. So hopefully he will let us in when we go back. It was definitely a crazy experience, especially since I had really prayed to know where to go and when I saw that street I felt good and decided to tract there. We kept going after that but infortunately of the two people that answered one was "cooking" and the other swore at us so badly that when I recorded it in my record I used a lot of little stars. My mouth actually fell open when he said it.
Anyway, our investigator Enikő is doing fabulously. She came to church and she just looked so good. She will get baptized for sure, it's just a matter of time. We also met with Aniko again and she had read so she is progressing!! We had five people in church which was super cool. Dóra spok in church so her mom came and we got to meet her. Dóra's inactive cousin came with her boyfriend and we had the cousin of a member who's dad won't let her get baptized as well as another member's son who we are trying to start teach. So there is a lot of potential to work with. I just got a phone call from a lady we met on the street saying she is actually going to come to our program in half an hour so I have to run but my final news is that we got transfer calls and I will be training this next transfer. I am a little nervous but I think it will be fine. I hope I can be a good trainer!!
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