The Romanian Assistants and the ones going home are here with us in Budapest today and tomorrow. They flew in this morning and we got to go and pick them up at the airport. We're excited to get to work with them today and tomorrow before they leave :)
I got to plan all of the travel for the Romanian transfer which will take place this week. By that, I mean that I got a list of where everyone needs to go, and from there I planned each step of their travel from start to finish, making sure that they always had a companion and that they could meet up with their new companions before continuing to their end city. It's a big puzzle, but it's kind of fun. The only real problem with it is that it's so time consuming and there are big deadlines. After I planned the travel, I purchased all of the train and flight tickets and then mailed them to the missionaries.
A Jewish synagogue in Pest:
Despite being busy in the office, we also had some awesome lessons this week. We're teaching two people who live in Romania, but who speak Hungarian, over Skype. It's pretty awesome.
We have big things coming up in the next few weeks! The Hinckleys will be coming to the office to work with us (Sister Hettinger's sister and brother-in-law) and hopefully take some of the burden off of our shoulders. I spent some time this week installing new computers for them to use and we're going to be rearranging the whole office later in the week. There's also a transfer next week in Hungary. None of the Hungarians know what's happening yet, so I won't say anything. (We know what's happening because guess what! We get to plan the travel for that too! At least for this one, I have help.)
This week as we were meeting with different people, I had several experiences when the person with whom we were meeting raised a very difficult question, and I had no idea how we were going to answer. In each of those moments without fail, the Spirit took the wheel and words just poured out of our mouths and hearts. It's a feeling that's impossible to describe... You open your mouth and words just come out and you have no idea what you're saying, but you're just spitting out truth and testimony and you just know that it's not coming from you. God is keenly aware of every one of us. He knows what we need and He knows what we need to hear. Sometimes, we have difficult questions - questions that we don't have answers to. When those questions arise, we have to remember the things that we do have questions for. We know that God lives. We know that Christ lives. We know that the Book of Mormon is true, and if that's true, then everything else has to be true. We can still find answers to our questions, but when doubts seem to crowd our minds, we need to cling to those moments in which we felt the Spirit whisper to us that it is all true. I felt that testimony during these lessons, and during those moments in which the Spirit spoke through us.
I testify that it is all true. I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who shows me that He cares in many ways throughout the week. Look for the ways that He shows you that He cares! Write them down, share them with a friend, think about them as you try to sleep! If you do, you'll be humbled and grateful that you have a Father in Heaven who knows you and cares for you.
Sok szeretettel,
Burnett elder
Hungarian of the week: The electrical outlets here in Europe are different from the ones in America. They are circular with 2 dots where the prongs stick in. Someone told us this week that a slang term for an outlet is "malacorr" (maw-lots-ore) which means "pig nose".
Parker goes to this spot each week and said the pic below is when the Nazis occupied Hungary during WWII.
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