October 2, 2012
Family and Mom,
I honestly have no idea what my apartment address is. I have
not been able to figure it out. I will try to figure that out in the next week
and tell you next week. I am sorry about that. I did get Brenna˙s and your
letter. They made me feel very loved and they were a bright spot in the day.
I do have a jacket that is a hand me down that Sister Scott
gave to me. It has been working wonderfully. I will be getting some more winter
supplies next P-pay. . .
My last week is just as busy as ever. The lord continues to
pour out his blessings on us. Right now we have a man named Gábor on baptismal
date, he just needs to quit smoking! In which he is doing really well. He
hasn˙t smoked once since last Friday. What a miracle. He is a real example to
me of how willing he is to change and become more like the Savior.
Last week was a reward for all the finding we have been
doing. We were able to have three more new investigators that began last week!
We were so happy about this. The lord really does bless you if you are doing
his work. Last week I went splits again, this time is was with my Zone leaders
and I went to Miskolc. There I learned greater about humility. One of the
Programs we went to was with this lady name Zsuzsa. She is a woman with a
husband who is a drunk, has four children, and lives in the most poorest house I
have ever seen. It is split into three rooms, but the whole house is about the
size of your family room. Her house also looked abandoned, as in the walls
looked like they were falling apart, and her rook was fading, and she just
looked so tired. Through all this, she still takes care of here kids, and has
faith in this gospel in which she reads and prays every day. She is even trying
to get her kid to be baptized. What a woman. I was happy to meet with her so
she could feel some kind of love from someone... she even gave us treat for the
trip home. I am grateful for the life God has given me, and I hope I can help
more people like Zsusza while I am here in Hungary.
Last Saturday we had another day of six hours of tracting.
This time both of us were starting to get real put down. No one was accepting
anything, and we were in the middle of this falu named Maklár, and nothing was
getting done. Well the power of prayer is real my friends. Every let-in we have
had is because I prayed earnestly and with real intent that someone would let
us in. Last Saturday in Maklár we both were really hungry and thirsty and we
both didn˙t know how we were going to keep going under these circumstances, so
I said a prayer and asked if he would help one person give us al least some
water. The very next house this lady came out, I said my slaughtered Hungarian,
and for some reason she let us in and gave us water. From that point we taught
her about the BOM and what it can do for her, and she cried and cried and then
gave us some süti, and then she told us all about her trials in life, and I
showed her Mosiah 34:13-15, and then we said a prayer and left. We felt so much
better after that moment. Elder Wright then wanted to go home, but I explained
to him that I said a prayer before that house and I asked God for that moment
so that we could keep on working. So we did and we received two more numbers
from people that were interested in the next half and hour. So out of the 93
houses were rang, the 6 hours we tracted, it wasn˙t until the last hour, and
the last 10 houses we found real success. Endure your trials with faith, and
God truly rewards you. He has already done it many times to me while I have
been here in Hungary.
Unfortunately I have no more time to spend with you, but
please know I love you all very much, and you bring much joy to me when I hear
about your lives and when I think about you all. I can˙t wait for the day when
I can hug you all again and see you, but I am loving it her. This is my life,
and my joy. The gospel is true, and it brings many souls unto happiness, true
happiness. The contrast between LDS life and worldly life is very apparent,
stay in this church, it truly protects you from much sorrow. I love my God, my
savior, my work, and my family. I am a servant of God.
With my love
Szeretetemmel
Decker elder
