Justin had his call sent to his
apartment--so none of us would open it. As if! He should trust us. His dad was
out of town, but the rest of his family, and a few friends and roommates,
gathered at his apartment to watch him open his call. He leaves on June 27 for
the MTC and will be serving in the Hungary Budapest mission. I was stunned. But
as I read the letter, and saw the signature of a prophet of God, I knew it was
just right.
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| Snapshot of Justin's mission call |
· The official name of Hungary is ‘Hungarian Republic’.
· Hungary is situated in East-Central Europe and shares its
borders with Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
· The official language of Hungary is Hungarian and its
currency is Hungarian Forint - HUF.
· The main religion followed in Hungary is Roman Catholicism,
followed by Calvinist, Lutheran and Greek Catholicism.
· Hungary follows republican form of government.
· The largest city in Hungary, Budapest, is also its capital
and its cultural, economic and industrial center. Budapest is one of the most beautiful capitol cities in the world and is one of the top tourist destinations.
· Hungary is one of the oldest countries in Europe, founded
way back in the year 896.
· Hungarian language is also known as Magyar and is the direct
descendant of the language spoken by the Huns, who gave the country its name.
· Asian genes form only a tiny percentage of the Hungarian
population.
· The Kingdom of Hungary was one of the largest states in
Europe, around 1000 CE.
· Hungary was amongst the first communist-era countries that
opposed the Soviet regime during the Cold War.
· The Hungarian Grand Prix of 1986 was the first Formula One
race to take place behind the Iron Curtain.
· In 1989, Hungary became the first communist-block country to
open its borders with Western Europe.
· The noiseless match, Rubik's cube, holography, ballpoint
pen, theory of the hydrogen bomb, BASIC programming language and the krypton
electric bulb were invented by Hungarians only.
· Hungary has one of the most important thermal spring
cultures in the entire Europe. There are as many as 1,500 spas in the country,
adorned with Roman, Greek and Turkish architecture. Hungary also boasts of 450
public baths.
· Numerous established composers, like Béla Bartók, Zoltán
Kodály and Franz Liszt, belonged to Hungary.
· Till 2007, 13 Hungarians had received a Nobel Prize.
· Hungary has won the sixth highest number of Summer Olympic
gold medals.
Source: www.interestingfunfacts.com
