Since our arrival in January 2015 no snow has fallen where we have served. We were excited to finally have a beautiful snow storm this past week. Both of our young Elders are from Arizona where they don't experience the snow often. This was a treat for them, at least at first. As the week wore on we think they were ready for a warm up. Something about fresh snow that makes everything look magical. We did a lot of walking this week with the Elders to visit some of their referrals and new friends. One of the ladies we visited had a beautiful home up in the avenues of Eger. Because of the cost of heating she kept the heat off in most of the house. We enjoyed our visit with our coats and gloves on. The spirit warmed our hearts, however. At another house we had an interesting visit with Eugene who owns a small business working on DC motors and other small electronics. His hobby is repairing and collecting old time radios and parts. Along with his antique radios, he showed us his vacuum tube collection. This may not be interesting to most but Elder Peterson was amazed. Eugene's prize "pet", as he called it, was a WW11 German radio amplifier tube. He said this tube would cost about as much as a car.
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| Everything looks so magical, we can hardly believe we are here in this beautiful place. |
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| Elder Lawence and Elder Larson getting dusted by the first snow, standing by the castle gate. |
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| View of Eger over the wall of the castle. |
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| The snow illuminated by the street lantern. |
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| Eugene proud to show us his" Wehrmacht Telefunken" WW11 radio vacuum tube. |
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| Elder Larson and Elder Lawrence enjoying Eugene's antique radio collection. |
In the park at the center of Eger you will find a well kept ice skating rink for the enjoyment of all. Some of our YSA wanted us come join them for fun on the ice. It has been a while so we were a little reluctant, but up for the challenge. We had a great time and got to know them better. What is best news of all, we didn't break anything. We were surprised at the reasonable cost. The equivalent of $2.85 for skate rental and all evening skating.
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| David, Gabbi, Sister Peterson, Elder Peterson and János enjoying an evening on the ice. |
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| A little tipsy on the ice but no broken bones. |
We would like to share a quote with you from our studies this week.
"The Lord knows the way because He is the way and is our only chance for successfully negotiating mortality, His Atonement makes available all the power, peace, light and strength that we need to deal with life's challenges-those ranging from our own mistakes and sins to trials over which we have no control but we still feel pain."
"The Lord has promised to heal our broken hearts; to take upon Him our pains and sicknesses, to blot out our transgressions, if we repent, and loose the bands of death. He promised that if we will build our lives upon His rock, the devil will have no power over us. And He has vowed that He will never leave us or forsake us. There is simply no mortal equivalent. Not in terms of commitment, power or love. He is not our last chance He is our only chance." (Sherri Dew April 1999 GC, "Our Only Chance")
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