Sister Emma Rae Francis: "Egy fényoszlopot láttam..." (I saw a pillar of light...)

Sziasztok!

Last Monday after P-day ended at 6, the Tóth family invited us over for Family Home Evening and dinner. They just got sealed in the Ukraine temple and moved to a new apartment, so after dinner Brother Tóth dedicated their home. Sister Tóth is from Ukraine and Brother Tóth is Hungarian,so they communicate with each other through a mixture of Hungarian, English, and Ukrainian! Sister Tóth served borsch (a Ukrainian soup) and they sent us home with a huge bag of potatoes! It was such a neat experience, and a witness of the power of the priesthood.

This week we streeted at Örs vezér tere, Nyugati, and Keliti pályaudvar, three big city hubs in Budapest. Our goal is to share the Restoration with as many people as we can in preparation for the upcoming April General Conference. While reading 2 Nephi 30 this week, verse 8 almost jumped out of the book at me! The gospel is going to all corners of the earth and our goal is to teach the Restoration! Joseph Smith's simple prayer was a turning point in history, and our lives will be forever blessed by this knowledge of the fullness of the gospel.

We had two lessons with Brigitta this week. We've been doing lesson with her where we spend 30 min teaching English, then teach a lesson during the other 30 minutes. We are trying really hard to help her come to church so we can continue to teach her. She has a son, and works as a radiologist. We love teaching her and hope that she continues to come closer to Christ and progress towards baptism!

Every csütörtök (Thursday) at 6 pm, there's a free English class at the branch house! Come and join us! 😊 Kellmer nővér and I teach the advanced level. The first 2 levels have books to use but level 3's is still in production, so at the start of this year we created a new class schedule where we start with a spiritual thought then review last week's assigned homework, then learn a new topic (foreign customs, cooking, sports, doctors office vocab, etc.), and assign new homework for the next week! The first 2 weeks have gone well and I think our class members are enjoying it and learning!

The Millets are in charge of the YSA in Budapest, and just adjusted it so there are activities for interested friends with games and such, and others with more in depth learning. The first one with this new system was at our branch house in Pest instead of at the Buda building, and it went well! There was a good gathering of young adults and missionaries, and the Millets made it a fun night and a good experience with the gospel for these new friends.

Kellmer nővér and I started have been humming "Hark, All Ye Nations" all week so we finally learning it in Hungarian so we can sing it together! It's becoming a fun tradition to sing and harmonize together as we walk and cook and such :) Kellmer nővér is such a good trainer and friend, and we learn so much together every day. The best feeling is when we walk in the door of our apartment and know we gave the day everything we could. There is no better feeling!