We
had a baptism!!! The man that I interviewed was baptized by the Branch
President. It was so cool! We did it in a Adventist church, because we
don't have a fount to use. It was a very pretty building and it went
great!
Hungary had it's Stake Conference
last week! There is only one Stake in Hungary which takes up the middle
half of the country and the cities around Budapest, and the remaining
six cities are on divided into two Districts: one is on the far western
part of the country centered on the city of Szombathely (this includes
the city of Sopron, where I served), and the other one is in the far
east centered on the city of Miskolc (this includes the city of
Debrecen, mentioned by Pres. Monson in one of his conference talks).
Szeged, my current city, is part of the stake. Dang, don't you feel so
informed right now? :)
The Stake President has been in
office for like eight years and he's rocking it. The common joke running
throughout the members is that he is the "best Stake President ever",
but then again, he's also the only Stake President. Ever. Lol.
There were talks from members throughout the stake including youth
speakers from Szeged, the new Branch President in Kaposvar (where I
served!), and some really solid members from Buda, Pest, and Kispest,
which are all parts of the city of Budapest. So yeah, the meeting was
broadcasted to the Szeged branch house and we got to watch it on tv. So
fun :)
Because the Summer is here, all
the ice cream stores are opening up in Hungary! Here there are two kinds
that you can buy: "fagyi", which is like a gilato type soft-served ice
cream, and "jég krém", which, directly translated, is "ice cream" or the
kind you would get at Baskin Robbins. ALL of our investigators want to
go get ice cream with us and then sit on a bench in a park and then talk
about the gospel. We gladly did it! It's been great, I don't think I've
had more ice cream in one week than this past one! The weather has been
beautiful!
Last night, I realized that I now
need a new planner. You know what that means? NEW TRANSFER. And it's
next week! I cannot believe how fast these past nine weeks went! I'm a
little nervous, but I think it will be a good one next week. That also
means that I will be emailing on Tuesday instead of Monday, so just a
heads up.
Sweet moment of the week:
Missionaries have been meeting with "A" since last Fall. He has had a
few obstacles to his goal of baptism that he has been working on, and
has been hesitant to set a date. This last week we met with him and
talked about his scripture reading. Normally, it's a good thing if he
read a verse or two, but when we met with him he had read EIGHT
CHAPTERS. He looked different,too. Lots happier. Absolutely crazy. We
(Elder Shoop and I) both felt it would be good to bring up baptism with
him. We told him that we both felt it was time to set a date and to work
out his problems. He looked at us, and then said it was time!
So...August 4th! Woo! We're so excited! We also got to Skype at his
house for Mother's Day, and so my family got to meet him! He loved
seeing you all! :)
I'm so grateful for my mission. I
love it. I got to talk to dad on Skype for a few minutes after my mom
had to go take all my brothers to church. He talked about making this
last year count. I feel so tired nowadays, but it's a good tired! It's
the kind of tired that makes me know I'm working my butt off! I'm
excited for transfers next week. I have a feeling it will be a good one
:)
Have a great week! :)
Sok Szeretettel,
Elder Giacalone
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