This week was the Hungarian celebration Szen István napja, so we didn't receive a letter until Wednesday. Justin likes to save the stories of injury and robbery for his siblings. He sent this to Tad.
August 21, 2013
Dear Tad,
I also have a good story. Believe or not typing is super
hard right now. Yesterday we went with the Branch here and we did an outing out
in the woods. It was super fun, and I did the most lame thing ever. I was
trying to open a package of salami with a knife and I guessed wrong which side
was the sharp side, so inside of cutting out away from my fingers it went in
and I cut two of my fingers. One of them I got pretty bad. I bled everywhere!
It was quite a cool cut. But no worries. Hungarian women are the best nurses
ever. Imagine four women around one finger all giving advice and nursing me
back to health. They cleaned it up well, bandaged me up, and gave me many tips
of what to do with it. It was super cool of them, and they were really nice to
me. They even gave me chocolate to eat. I really did have a wonderful
day.
sok szeretettel
Decker elder
He sent this to me.
August 21, 2013
Családom és Anyukám,
It is really weird that Zach is in Mexico on a mission now.
Here is how you should tell people that we are on missions, say, " Elder
Decker Decker elder, are on missions." You will drive people
crazy.
Last week we had a really funny day. We had to catch a bus at
7:30 to go to Dunaújváros for a zone training. So we walked and got to the bus at
7:15. A few minutes later my companion realized he didn't bring his passport.
It is not required to carry it around, but he needed it because he was going to
go to Budapest right after the training to get his residency permit. For that you
need your passport. So with 12 minutes we ran almost a kilometer back home, got
his passport and made it back in time to catch the bus drenched in sweat.
Please take a moment and just imagine two elders in suits running like madmen
through the streets of Europe. Funnier is as we were running back we ran into
the other elders, I yelled at them and asked if they had their passport. They
didn't as well, so they ran as well :)
I apologize I didn't tell this you last week. I totally
spaced it, but yesterday was one of the biggest holidays in Hungary. It is
called Szen István napja. It was really cool because we went into the mountains
with all the members and played a ton of games. (I gave a good story about it
to Tad) My favorite game was the plank walk, or the skiing walk. It is when
there to boards that three people walk on together, and it is a race. I was
with a 7 year old and a 10 year old. We destroyed! We were so fast, it was so
much fun. There also was a scavenger hunt, and of course soccer. I am still not
the best at it, but I had a lot of fun. Yesterday night we also went and checked out an outside folk dance
concert. It is really good to see the Hungarians are keeping their culture
strong. They were really good, and it was fun to stand under the huge cathedral
and watch these people. it was a good feeling and a moment I could definitely
say, "I am not in Utah".
I am loving life, but I can't believe that I only have 11
months left, soon it will be just 10. I feel like it is getting really fast, so
I am doing my best to do all I can. Love you all
sok szeretettel
Decker Elder
