Let God Prevail - October 6, 2020

 Happy General Conference weekend! 

On Saturday we joined Gábor's baptism in Szeged over Zoom. It was a special experience to see the members again and remember that life continues even after you leave an area. Bonnie said one of the prayers, Csaba gave a talk, Péter conducted, and Erika shared her testimony. All these people I love so much! Péter was baptized just over a year ago. He baptized his neighbor Imre a few months later (while I served in Szeged) and he conducted at Gábor's baptism as a new member of the branch presidency. I love and miss Szeged. I'm so grateful for the months I served there. 

I also love Kecskemét! This week we delivered banana bread to a few ward members before General Conference and shared a little conference message. When we stopped at Tardi Anna's, she invited us in and served us little glasses of water while she shared things she learned in her scripture studies that week. She is about 80 years old and her husband died many years ago. There seem to be so many widows like Anna in Hungary. All she wants is someone to talk with about the gospel. She never complains about what she's been through and always reminds us that the most important things are to "olvasunk az Úrnak a szavait és imádkozunk és részesülunk az Úrvacsorából." (read God's word, pray, and partake of the Sacrament) She is in charge of choosing the hymns each Sunday for my companion or I to play on the piano. She always does it with such care and consideration. Wow how I love and respect her. I'm so grateful I can finally sort of communicate and understand. We left feeling so uplifted. 

We learned how to index **in Hungarian** with a member from Debrecen. So so cool. Notice the "Kemeny" last name--it's magyar. 

I hope you all had a wonderful General Conference weekend. We watched the first session live at 6 pm on Saturday night, then the next three sessions on Sunday, and the final session Monday morning. Here are a few phrases I really liked during conference: 

-As far as the gospel of Jesus Christ goes, this family is ALL IN. -Bednar

-A temple recommend represents your desire to LOVE what HE loves. -Rasband

-Love is both critical and possible. -Oaks

-Live by duty and obligation rather than by worldly entitlement. Christofferson

-What is needed during times of crisis? TRUST. -Uchtdorf

-By union of feeling we find power with God. -Eubank

-We must delay contention, promote righteousness, and engender a love of God amongst us. -Eyring

-We succeed through overcoming. -Oaks

-Turbulence enables our influence to be more penetrating. -President Nelson

-Pray earnestly and work hard. -Ballard

-Persistent faith produces patience. -Harkness

-Favor with God is dependant on devotion to God. -Nelson

-Trying times build in us the very virtues that makes God divine. -Holland

Banana bread to Anna <3 on an exchange with Thompson nővér. 

My all time favorite quote was, "Angels give us the chance to change and help us to become better." I know there are angels on both sides of the veil, because Heavenly Father gave me my mother. Happy birthday yesterday, Mama. I love you! 

Love, 

Emma Rae

Francis nővér