Being healthy is so awesome! It
feels so great! Lots of fun getting to go back to normal work this last week
with my awesome companion, Elder Magda. After a week where we were stuck inside,
we actually got more working hours in this last week, than I have in any of my
weeks yet.
We have two investigators (husband and wife), Péter and
Borbala, who religion is very new to. They really love the family aspect of the
church, which is awesome and we have taught them the Plan of Salvation and the
Restoration. We have talked about Jesus Christ with them but felt like we should
go more in depth. So, today we plan on teaching a lesson all about Jesus Christ
to these two awesome people.
I think its a really vital thing that they understand
more about Christ. Christ is the center, the main point of everything we do. The
Plan of Salvation wouldnt be possible without Christ. The Restoration would not
have been possible with out Jesus Christ. For if there was no Christ there would
be nothing to restore, and if there was no Christ the Book of Mormon would be
pretty pointless, for the Book of Mormon is all about Jesus Christ.
I refound some awesome verses on Christ recently.
Isaiah talks about Christ in 53:3-5 "His is despised and rejected of men; a man
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted." Im not gonna write verse 5, but go read it, its great.
Christ went through everything for us. He understands
our sorrows, our angers, frustrations, and pains. In His perfect life, he
suffered through "temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue,
even more than men can suffer, except it be unto death;" (Mosiah 3:7) He died
and suffered for our sins.
And yet, he was perfect, he endured all of
it perfectly and as a perfect being and submitted Himself to the Father's will.
He is there for us, and asks that we follow Him and keep His
commandments.
Elder Magda is actually in a TV thing that the main news service in Hungary
did on the Mormons. Here is the link:
So, the main missionaries the news thing
shows and talks with are the mission APs, but they also interviewed Elder Magda
and have some shots of him teaching english class. He says his name during his
interview so hopefully youll be able to catch it, its in Hungarian, sorry. It
was recorded while he was serving in Budapest thats how he got in
it.
Also, another tv station did a thing on the
LDS religion and the majority of it is snipits of the Resoration concert that I
watched live while I was in Buda for my kidney stone. At the very beginning
after the first lady is interviewed you can see my back in the audience, on the
last seet on the left in the center row, I am sitting next to Pres. Smith who is
in a suit, then just after that you can see just a portion of my face as the
camera showed Pres. Smith. Its also in Hungarian, but some of the songs the
chior sung were in English, good stuff. Heres that link. It might need a plug-in
installed to play so if Mom and Dad cant get it please someone help them watch
it :) Thanks.
Nothing specific is coming to my mind about
this last week, besides how completely much I felt 120% back to health. It is
such an awesome feeling being a missionary, being set appart to represent Jesus
Christ. Honestly, this last week I have felt I think a lot more comfortable with
the missionary life. The work here in Eger is a lot of fun. Both of us
companionships are on fire. Teaching a lot of people and seeing this marvelous
work go forth. Its way exciting and way fun. All of these things combine for
feeling better than I think I ever have.
A departing missionary talked recently in a
zone training in Miskolc. He talked about how there is a difference between
being tired because we worked hard and being tired because we didnt. The first
tired feels awesome, Ive definitely felt the difference at times I
think.
- Money: Its about 225 forint to a dollar. There are 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 forint coins, then 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, and 20000 forint bills. They use coins a ton here, its super common and a lot different from the US.
- They have BBQ sauce here! Its not the best, but its BBQ sauce which is awesome! They dont really have peanut butter though, but every now and then you can find it. The Tesco we go to just started carrying peanut butter this last week so I just bought some peanut butter in Hungary for the first time, it was awesome. No maple syrup or brown sugar though. I think those are the main food items Hungary is missing.
- Branch: Its a branch not a ward in Eger. 30 people in attendance this last Sunday. Its smaller than normal in the US but strong and good and wonderful people. We try to have a few member present lessons ever week, I think our goal this week is 3 member presents.
Much love to all of
you!!!
Elder
Shoop
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