This was a nice,
little week.
It all began with a
haircut. My hair was really long, and I sought for someone to slice it off for
me. Unfortunately, our investigator who normally does it for free (and well)
was consistently unable to render her services. Then, another member offered to
help... although she had never cut hair before.
Seeing that the first
thing I heard after she had finished the haircut included the words, "Oh,
Elder Young... I'm so sorry!" I knew that this would be a wonderful
self-confidence boost for the rest of the week. Let me tell you why.
Elder H. and I have
had a lot of time on our hands to look for people to teach. Now, I will be
honest- I hate finding. Even after 22 months of missionary work, I will not get
used to stopping people on the street or begging people to let me into their
apartments. I realized that it really isn't talking to people that I hate
though, but actually that I have just been caring too much about what people
think of me. So my comp and I came up with a new motto to say before every
person we talked to: "I don't give a (pause) what they think!" And it
has worked really well so. So now I'm a weirdo with a shirt, tie, and a bad
haircut who doesn't care what anyone thinks!
One day, while
streeting, some lady came and stopped us to tell us that we are doing
everything all wrong. Did you know that if someone has a briefcase, two bags,
nice clothes, or a child with them, they probably will not appreciate being
stopped. But apparently if they are walking around all slowly, eating ice
cream, or are chilling in a park, they are free game. Our new friend "has
worked for years in every kind of job (except for prostitution) and knows how
to deal with people." Before leaving, she wished us good luck because
"we really need it."
Oh well... we know which building she lives in (a friend walked by as we talked and she told her) and so we will go tract her building and visit her... because we don't give a what she thinks!
Oh well... we know which building she lives in (a friend walked by as we talked and she told her) and so we will go tract her building and visit her... because we don't give a what she thinks!
We had a meeting in
Budapest, and once again, we learned what we are doing wrong. The only thing I
don't like about all the missionary rules, is that there are always more rules
that you don't know about... so when you spend 5000 forint on a gym pass, you
know that the next day they're going to tell you that the 5 years ago the area
presidency made an official announcement that gyms are a no no for
missionaries. Oops.
But we actually
received a lot good instruction, and we will have our Zone Training this
Thursday!
Also, since we were in
Budapest, we got our MAIL! Yay! Highlight of the month. I got a ton from Mom,
and Dad and some other people, so it was really good!
And since we don't
have a car, Sister Smith was sooo nice and gave us a ride to our area (which
means we didn't have to load 32 BoMs and all the mail for the zone onto a
train). YES!
We had a couple
miracles this week too!
There is a member here
who is our neighbor, so we see her pretty often. She is working all the time,
but also going to school, and has to pay for really expensive training for work
as well. We met her at English Class, and afterwards she told us the news that
after school and training and bills, she literally had no food for the month.
She was scared, but kept saying that, "It will work out somehow."
Then that night, she got a call from another workplace (she's a judge for rally car competitions sometimes) and there was some mess up in the system from a while ago, so they called her to tell her that she got more money than she thought she was. It was pretty cool!
Then that night, she got a call from another workplace (she's a judge for rally car competitions sometimes) and there was some mess up in the system from a while ago, so they called her to tell her that she got more money than she thought she was. It was pretty cool!
Then on Saturday, we
got to go back out to a member's house to cut and move wood. We went there a
couple weeks ago with 2 members and the other elders, and there was a looot of
work, and we didn't get near to finishing. This time, 10 guys from the elders
quorum came with us! It went really well. We teach this lady because she is
less- active, so it felt really good to see a service project go through so
successfully that we had planned!
Then on Sunday, we met
with another member who challeged us to chess. He creamed me multiple times, so
we had a lesson on humility... but it doesn't matter. I don't give a what he
thinks.
That's all the
interesting stories I have time for.
Szeresd
Elder Young-ot
1. Making Lecsó for a church activity
2. Tracting
3. The mall closed down their dinosaur exhibit last week :(
4. Taking trains to Budapest... like an animal
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