November 18, 2013
“Yeah, how bout you
tell them about operation.....Ku-sum-wii”
I hope someone figures out where
this quote comes from. Because if you do... :)
Greetings one and all!
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| My little Spartan |
Basically this week has just sky
rocketed to absolutely awesomeness! I don't even know where to begin! Let’s
start with my new companion, because he deserves it.
Elder Gaytán. Nuff
said....Ok, I guess I'll add some more info in there. He hails from the land of
Mesa, Arizona and he is a member of the 'Old Guard' as mom puts it, being that
he came on his mission when he was 19. He was actually in the same group as
Heather in the MTC. He says one of the main things that he remembers about her
is that she said that she has a battle axe at home. Yup, that's her for sure!
Get this though, he has 7 siblings. Why is it that I get all the people who
have like a billion siblings?!?! Every time we meet with a new investigator
I'll be like 'Oh, I only have 2 sisters' with a nice reply 'That's nice. And
how bout you? How many do you have?' 'Oh, have 7' And they flip out and just
adore him! Ha ha, it doesn't bother me, but I just find it funny how I always
end up with the big familied companion. Other things about him: He's half
Mexican, half Portuguese; he wants to be a journalist or business man when he
goes home; he's a movie quoting machine, which is sad for me cause I was
usually better than all my other companions at it; he also played rugby in high
school, and we both are having the time of our lives right now. My goodness I
have not laughed so hard in so long! I don't know what it is, but we laugh at
the smallest and dumbest things and there have been times where I can hardly
breathe, ha ha! It's been so great.
Next off, one of our investigators
was baptized this weekend and I had the privilege of baptizing and confirming
her. It was such an awesome experience! Plus she was totally ready and prepared
for it. She was found in July and has been progressing super well ever since
then. She loves the Book of Mormon and she has said that she has seen how much
of change the Gospel has made on her life and how she is grateful for the
missionaries in tracting into her and sharing the gospel. There was a point
when we gave her a priesthood blessing to help her in giving up coffee and she
had me give it and afterwards she said that she felt super warm inside and that
she could certainly feel the Spirit in the room and the next time we met with
her she had been doing a lot better with coffee and hadn't been drinking.
Then
at the baptism she was so happy and afterwards I could only see strength and
happiness radiate from her. And when I gave her the Gift of the Holy Ghost I
just allowed my mind to be open to the Spirit and just said whatever I felt was
right and afterwards she shook my hand and told me that it was exactly what she
needed to hear. I didn't think anything of it, but I know that I was speaking
that I felt a warmth throughout my body and I knew that what I was saying was
right, or that it was according to the Spirit. This weekend has been a
spiritual high and I am absolutely blessed to have been able to be a part of
teaching such a tremendous person. Already she is going to be a great strength
to the branch and in blessing other people’s lives. I am excited to see the
Lord bless her and her family’s life.
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| Baptism Day in Eger |
Lastly, I would like to thank you
guys for the package that you sent me. It came in so fast! I didn't expect to
get it so fast! President attended our baptism on Saturday and brought the mail
with him and told me 'Well, I have a nice package for you in the back of my
car.' Totally caught me off guard, but I was super excited after I opened it
and found all of the goodies that were in it. (Ok,
little mom note here: I wrapped these
things in CHRISTMAS PAPER hoping he would get the hint and open it on
CHRISTMAS!!!! nope) My companion too was excited since you
had stuff for him. He says that he loved it and the hats were genius, thank you
so much! We had some fun taking pictures that night, so I'll include some
pictures of our night of fun with the elf hats.
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| Christmas Elves waitng with awe and wonder for Santa. |
I also want to thank you for
the Springbok Scarf!!! OH MY WORD I was so stoked to get that! It's amazingly
nice and I cannot explain to you the biggest grin that I had when I saw it. Was
that from dad? Please tell him I love it so much and I'm looking forward to
wearing it with my jersey the next time we watch a Springboks match. Plus, my
companion is a rugby player and was super surprised when he saw that I was a
Bokas fan. Thank you so much you guys! I loved it so much—especially the candy
and peanut butter. Thank you, Sister Marshall for putting those in the package.
:D BTW, the little envelope that says 'Don't open till Christmas' has been
really tempting me. I'm going to wait till Christmas, but it definitely
tempting to open, ha ha.
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| A nice, normal picture of Elder Magda and the Springbok scarf. |
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| ....and this is the REAL Elder Magda! |
To answer some questions—one of the
weirdest things that someone has said to me as we were at their door? Ha ha, I
think my favorite would be that I asked this guy the question 'If you could ask
God one question, what would that be?' and the guy said 'What is your favorite
ice cream flavor?' Ha ha ha, I just busted up laughing inside! I don't know if
I would say that is weird, but it was sure funny to hear. I would like to know
that answer to that question too! It's just not the most important one to be
asking right now ha ha. Your next question was ‘What is considered a large
family in Hungary?’ A large family I would say is having 3-4 kids. It's hard
for them to imagine having more than that. ‘Do many people in Hungary speak
English?’ Most people can speak a tad bit of English, or at least the basics.
But it's rare to run into someone that is pretty fluent, or at least here in
Eger.
Alrighty ya'll, this week has been
great with a wonderful Spirit and we are looking forward to our first full week
together workin' hard! I will send letters out! I promise! I'm already trying
to make up from my terribleness in the past! Don't hate me, ok! :P
I love you all! Be strong and of
good courage!
Szeretettel,
Magda Elder
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