Anyukám és családom,
In terms of work, it is really slow right now. I am back to
square one again, like always, but I will be working hard again and everything
will work out again. I did get some weird things happen.
1- I saw a child herding geese into a gate
2- I saw a drunk guy laying in the grass, and then
later trying to ride a bike barely succeeding
3- I had a let in, and their dog absolutely loved us.
4- Met a guy with a last name of ördög (devil)
5- Saw a guy pushing a hancart that had to men in it.
One had some mental thing and said "Szép napot!" [Have a nice day!] To everything and
everyone.
6- Saw a Bácsi (old person) weeding whacking his lawn
with only a really tight black speedo. Hungarians here usually use weed
whackers to mow their lawns
Here are my first impressions of Kecskemét :) Loving it
already. Not as pretty as Pécs, but I think it is pretty awesome. It is a ward
here, and I have already gotten 8 referrals, so hopefully this next week, there
will be some success.
Love you all a ton, stay safe!
sok szeretettel
Decker elder
From Karen: When I received Justin's letter, I thought "Where in the world is Kecskemét?!" And I have no idea how to pronounce it! So here's a map showing where Justin has landed:
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And here's a little info I found online-
85km (53 miles) SE of Budapest
Kecskemét (pronounced Ketch-keh-mate), a city of just over 100,000 people in the western portion of the Great Hungarian Plain, definitely has a village feel. A quiet, sun-baked city with wide, open squares and broad avenues, Kecskemét is blessed with some of the most interesting architecture in the Great Plain region. The town's dizzyingly colorful Art Nouveau buildings may be the equal of any in the country outside Budapest.
Kecskemét was the birthplace of Zoltán Kodály, the early-20th-century musicologist, teacher, and composer who, along with his friend and colleague Béla Bartók, achieved worldwide renown for his studies of Hungarian folk songs and for his compositions. Kodály also developed a method of teaching music that is used worldwide. Today, a music school in town bears Kodály's name. Kecskemét is also famous throughout the country for its many varieties of apricot brandy (barack Pálinka).
Most importantly, there are missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! Want to attend church? Here's the address and phone number for the ward. Services begin at 10 a.m. If Hungary isn't in your travel plans, try http://www.lds.org and find an LDS chapel near you!
NYÍRI ÚT 40KECSKEMET, PESTHUNGARY
