-Had an allergic reaction to a peach this week, so that was exciting news! Everything is fine, just a swollen lip, itchy throat, and some sneezing. Weird that food can do that to you!
-Went to Budapest for exchanges with the Assistants. I got to serve with Elder Hudson for the day! Exactly a year ago we were serving together in Sopron. While on exchanges, we were led to an awesome Islamic guy who wants us to teach his girlfriend. He said, "It's hard for me to relate to her and teach her about God, since she's a Christian, but you guys are Christians, so you can totally relate to her better and teach her about God! Will you please help me?" He was one of the coolest people I've ever talked to and I know that we were led to him! It was one of those interactions that you just walk away from with a huge grin on your face.
A lot of missionary work is talking to inebriated and/or crazy people on public transportation:
-There was another baptism! This time it was an 8 year old boy from Eger. Members from the Eger branch came up to Miskolc where the baptism was performed, since Eger doesn't have a baptismal font. The water was ice cold, so we spent about half an hour running pots of hot water from the kitchen to the font hahaha.
-We had Branch Conference here and President and Sister Hettinger came to Church with us and spoke in Sacrament meeting. It was great to have them here with us and the conference was uplifting and inspiring.
-We went to Eger and had a finding activity as a District. President Hettinger has asked each of our Districts to go finding together for an hour and a half each transfer. I didn't want to be boring and just go street as 4 because that's not really creative or special, so I thought a lot about what we could do that would be creative. One morning, I had an idea! It gets REALLY hot here and it's important to stay hydrated. I thought we could tape pass along cards to bottles of water and use that as an incentive for people to talk to us. The Church has also made a series of 1 minute videos which answer questions of the soul very simply, so I thought we could give bottles of water to anyone who was willing to watch one of those videos and talk with us. We took a whiteboard out to a town square in Eger and went to work! It was great :) We had some good conversations, but unfortunately we had to rush to catch our train, so we didn't get to be out for as long as we would have liked. We'll have to try it again in the future!
-I finally got to try the dreaded kocsonya! When I came home the first time, people always asked, "What was the weirdest food you ever ate?" And I always disappointed them because honestly, Hungarian food isn't super weird. Well, that is except for kocsonya! Kocsonya is like soup jell-o that's served cold. Imagine you have a meaty soup but instead of broth, it's jell-o. Also, they don't just put meat in it, they throw things like pig tail and ears and nose in it too! Luckily, we had a pretty tame kocsonya which just had boiled eggs, carrots, chicken, and jell-o in it. I took some pictures and even got a video of it jiggling. There's nothing inherently bad about it, it's just... so unnatural. Glad I got the experience, but I wouldn't be disappointed if I never ate it again haha.
Missionary work is simply the best. This next week will be my final full week! It's been a wild, wild ride, but I wouldn't change anything about it. It's been an amazing experience. I'm grateful to have come to know a new nation, a new people, tons of new friends, the Gospel, and my Savior. I've come to know that He is so keenly aware of each and every one of us. Salvation is so personal, and that will always be an important truth to me. I know that God lives, that Jesus is our Savior and that the Holy Spirit bears witness of these truths when we listen and remain worthy of it! Nothing has brought me as much joy and peace as the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Have a great week!
szeretettel,
Elder Burnett
This cat silently judges them each morning. Made me laugh.
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