We also got to go up to the city of Győr for zone
training this past week. The city is absolutely beautiful and I would
love to serve there in the future. We were able to drive home with the
Brown's for the return trip from the city back to Sopron. I absolutely
love the Browns! Sister Brown makes a mean apple pie-I mean, this thing
is fantastic! So it seems whenever we are talking to her she brings up
that she will make us a pie or something for us, or have us over for
lunch or dinner. But besides the fact that they make food for us, they
are very engaged in the work. They always want to assist in our programs
and what not. Really grateful for them.
One of our investigators is rapidly becoming my
favorite (is that allowed?). His name is Imre and when we meet with him
we always hangout on his front porch with him. He always has interesting
and deep comments to what we teach him. He is truly sincere with his
learning and his faith. One thing though, is that he smokes at least one
cigarette while we meet with him. It's only like 45 minutes when we
meet, but he can't go without one even for that amount of time. I really
hope his faith will carry him through the Word of Wisdom lesson we have
planned for him...
Other than that, we have been running around the
city trying to figure everything out. For example, we were at the train
station the other day and we decided to grab the first bus and see where
it took us. Well, we ended up somewhere up in the wilderness of the
forests above Sopron. So we took the same bus back down to Sopron, just
to end up back at the train station. We killed a good 45 minutes getting
lost on the bus, and we were a bit down. So we went to the Brown's for
apple pie.
Score.
Anyway, I sat in with young men's
yesterday and my one YM taught the lesson to me on the Sabbath Day. He
did a really good job, and he will be set apart a teacher next week at
church. It's gonna be great! :)
Also, speaking of church we had a couple from
California come visit the branch yesterday. They were both here doing
genealogy work in Austria, Germany, and Hungary. It was so cool getting
to talk to them and...well, speaking English at church! Woo. Fun moment
of the week: so our neighbors are college girls, and sometimes they do
things that aren't necessarily "sympatico"with the Law of Chastity, so
we "accidentally"dropped a Law of Chastity pamphlet outside their door.
We are so sneaky...not really, but that adjective seemed to fit best
right there.
Well, Hungarian keeps coming along. I learn new
phrases and words every day, and when we table I find myself usually
alone with a Hungarian on the street for several minutes at a time, and I
am not nervous and I can comprehend what is actually being said. It's
funny how long I have been here, but it still feels like I got here like
last week. Time is really weird here.
Love the Lord. Love the work. Love Sopron. Love my companion. Grateful to be here.
Sok Szeretettel,
Elder Giacalone
P.S. We busted out the sweater vests this week, no big deal.
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