Londa Chase

This is my new companion getting introduced at Gofri Est. As you can see she's tiny. She's from Hawaii. I really like her. She is here on a temporary assignment until my permanent companion comes. She has been serving in Germany at another YA Center. Even though she's new to Hungary, she has had alot of experience in Germany that has been very helpful here. She has 9 children so cooking for large crowds comes natural to her. We are having a good time.

Szandra Boleska's Homecoming

This is a girl from Hungary who recently returned home from her mission. We had a big party for her on a Gofri Est in May. One of the members brought a chocolate cake. We found out later it had alcohol in it. There were also cherries in it that had been soaked in some kind of alcohol. One of the missionaries told me about the cake. I told him we weren't going to say anything. It was nice of this sister to bring the cake and we were just going to appreciate her thoughtfulness. My companion, bless her heart, just said " well everyone will just be a little happier on their way home tonight." I loved it. I thought it was a great response.

Dinner on Vatsi Street

We went to dinner for Wendy's birthday on Vatsi Street. This is what I ordered - chicken breast with aspargus. It was delicious. They also served yummy bread at this restaurant so I was very happy.

Vatsi Street

This is a main street in Pest. We went to dinner one night and found this group of people just frozen in their tracks on the street. They stayed that way for about a minute and then someone blew a horn and they all started jumping and chanting something over and over. It was very fun to see. I guess they were just walking and suddenly stopped mid-step. We didn't know why or what was going on, but it was fun to see it happen. The one girl in the middle who stopped with her foot in the air was probably regretting that pose after a couple minutes.

Elder Davies and Elder Miller

These are the current AP's Elder Davies - ( the taller Elder) is the one who told the story about Football. He's about 6'3" - 240 lbs. One day in HS they had a substitute coach in the weight room who happened to be a woman. The guys on the team were not very nice to her. He said he knew it was wrong so he just did his own thing and tried not to get involved. The next day his coach really worked them out hard for being so disrespectful. He was very upset that he had to do this hard workout when he had done nothing wrong. His coach called him into his office and said "Davies, I expected more from you" He said it was then that he realized he had done something wrong. He hadn't stood up for what he knew was right. He sat quietly and watched his teammates be rude and said nothing. He said it taught him a very important lesson.

May Bulletin Board

This is one of the hard things for me to do here. Each month we need to make a Bulletin Board for the Center. This is the one for May. I've decided when Megan comes in June, she can make the one for July, August and Sept for me so I won't need to do it for a while.

Wendy's Birthday

This is Sister Bagozzi. She and her husband serve in the office. Her birthday was on May 5th. She's always setting up everything for everyone else's birthday so finally it was her turn. She even got the wear the Birthday tiara. She is a super nice lady. I feel very lucky to be here with her and her husband.