THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT IN HUNGARY

You have many options when you buy your chicken. These are just a few of them.

These markets are huge. The fruits and vegetables are amazing.  There are rows and rows of meats, cheeses and pastries as well.  This is one of three levels.

We with Elder and Sister Bagozzi try to feed the missionaries  once and awhile on Sundays.  Here is Elder Depallens and Elder Beaumont.  Elder Depallens finished his mission this week and is going home.

Our YSA getting ready to play "War games" in the park for their Friday night activity.

"War games", Hungarian version of "Steal the flag"

 It's been a busy, but great week! An additional assignment we received this past couple of weeks is to be trained as the temporary mission office couple.  The new mission office couple does not come until August 1st.  The currant office couple leaves June 30th.  We will run the mission office for one month then we will train the new couple. There is much to learn but we are enjoying seeing how the mission runs and interacting with all of the missionaries more.  It is amazing  how much there is to keep track of.

Tuesday night Institute was pretty interesting.  We always fix a meal for the YSA before Institute then serve dessert later that evening during the social hour.  Just as we were setting out the dinner we received an email from the Institute teacher. Something came up and asked if we could fill in.  We are thinking we can't read the manual in Hungarian and I don't think I can learn Hungarian in 30 minutes before class.  After a frantic look for something that we could present, we found a DVD in Hungarian about the "Proclamation on the Family".  This was the first time either of us had seen it so were not sure what they said but we got the general idea.  After the film we talked about the importance of families and opened the time up to questions and answers. Through translators we had a very interesting discussion.  Its amazing how the spirit can come and help teach when it is needed.

This week we had a wonderful district meeting taught by our Sister Trainers.  They led a discussion about the importance of charity and love in our missionary service.  They concluded by a quote from the prophet Joseph Smith, speaking to those first missionaries who left their wives and children to serve the Lord.

"Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God.  A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.  This has been your feeling, and caused you to forgo the pleasures of home, that you might be a blessing to others, who are candidates for immortality, but strangers to truth: and for so doing, I pray that heaven's choicest blessings may rest upon you."
                                                                      Joseph Smith