President and Sister Hettinger drove to Szeged yesterday so that we could partake of the Sacrament. Sisters Freeman and Mudrow, Sister Tyler and I, and Bonnie gathered in the chapel when they arrived. We all sat in spread apart chairs, and President Hettinger wore gloves as he prepared the bread and water. We sang "Upon the Cross of Calvary" while he started breaking the bread. He blessed the bread, and brought us each our own small plate and piece of bread. After everyone had recieved theirs, we sat quietly for about 5 minutes before he blessed the water and brought us each a small cup. It felt so peaceful and quiet as we all sat and pondered and partook of the Sacrament. It's been about 2 months since I was last able to in Kispest, and I felt filled with emotion and gratitude for an opportunity. We finished the short service with "Press, Forward Saints" before a quick goodbye as they left for Budapest. I'm so grateful they would drive down to Szeged, and especially for the opportunity to have the Sacrament again.
We posted our first ad! Tyler nővér and I watched trainings from the Alpine German Mission who've piloted this for about 2 years and pretty much perfected the process. We've been experimenting with creating and posting vlogs (short intors to missionaries and what we do) and are doing a mission wide training tomorrow morning to announce it to the mission!
This phrase is from one of my favorite Book of Mormon chapters, Alma 26, when Ammon shares his gratitude for the blessings of the Lord he's witnessed. "And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which say thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we started from the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?" I 'could not have supposed' all that being in Hungary would entail. Sometimes things are better understood backwards, I think!
There are such good ward members here in Szeged. And tonight as we were at tge laundromat, a lady asked for help starting her load and it turned into an hour long conversation. Talking with real magyarok! We traded Facebooks and will keep in touch!
Love you family, and have a great week!
Love,
Emma Rae
Francis nővér
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