We went to a little village called Berhida about 30 minutes outside of Veszprém to have dinner with a cute little néni named Erzsika. We got STUFFED! Her house was interesting because all of the doorways were about 6 feet tall at their highest points, so I had to duck under every doorway. The house was on a big plot of land, with lots of fields and farmland. Erzsi was telling us that they recently harvested whatever crop was being grown in the fields out back and then it rained really hard. She said that the rain had caused a handgrenade from World War II to surface in her field! She called the local police and they came and roped off the area and then put a big rock on top of the grenade until further notice. I guess that's probably the best solution for now, considering Berhida probably doesn't have a bomb squad. We laughed pretty hard about it. Erzsika also has an ancient dog named Pongo. He's 17 years old and looks like a bad taxidermy!
While we were there, we ate sandwiches with peppers, cheese, and lunch meats. Then we had a little spiritual thought and after we finished, we went back in for the main course. She started us off with a bowl of home made chicken noodle soup, then stuffed peppers (imagine bell peppers stuffed with a meat loaf type thing, drenched in a tomato based sauce), and then finally lángos (fried bread with sour cream, garlic, and cheese). It was so delicious, but I was painfully full! Erzsi told us that now we would never have to tell anybody that we starved in Hungary (no pun intended, Hungary in Hungarian is Magyarország).
We also went tableing with some members and it was great! We were advertising a fireside that would be happening on Saturday where we would discuss the Plan of Salvation. Elder Biesinger and I had a small part where we explained what happened in the pre-earth life. Only one investigator showed up, but that one investigator loved it! She was an older woman who says she was Roman Catholic. She participated the whole time, answeing questions and even asking some. The next day, she came to church and stayed for all 3 hours and we set up to meet with her this week! It was very cool.
One thing that I learned this week is that pride is a very misunderstood sin. A lot of people think that pride is just thinking that you're better than everyone else, constantly being competitive in everything you do, and finding joy in being above the rest, but there is another part to pride which we often overlook, in my opinion. Pride also includes putting our own will above the will of others, including God's. A prideful person has the attitude of, "My will be done, not Thine." When we are prideful, we sit and wish that God's will would just change to allign with ours. We may justify our wrongful behavior, thinking that our ways are greater than God's ways. We may receive a clear answer to our prayers, yet refuse to accept it because it wasn't what we expected. When we receive an answer and refuse to act on it, we are doubting God in a prideful way. I had never really thought of pride in this way until this week. We need to trust in God and His perfect plan. We need to be willing to act with faith, doubting nothing, even if we may not understand. We need to obey with exactness and never justify our wrong behaviors. If we do this, we will show God that we love Him and we will show meekness and humility. I know that God's plan is perfect. I know that He loves us and knows each of us personally. We will be blessed as we say, "Not my will be done, oh Lord, but Thine."
I hope you all have a great week! Stay strong and always look for a reason to be happy.
Sok szeretettel,
Burnett Elder
I learned a pretty funny saying this week while we were eating at Erzsi néni's house. "Tele vagyok, mint a déli busz." Which means, "I'm as full as the noon bus!"
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