Mostly Eger

 This week we went to Miskolcs twice--once for Zone meeting on Friday and once for District Conference on Sunday (District Conference instead of Stake Conference.)  Friday, the Zone leaders did an outstanding job on teaching us.  The Zone leaders are Elder Nabroski on the left and Elder Kreiberg on the right--wonderful missionaries.  After zone meeting we got permission to go home by way of Eger to visit the Herds. They are the senior couple serving in Eger.  Eger is Rick Steve's top pick for a town to visit in Hungary outside of Budapest.  So we took our Rick Steve's book to see the sights. Herds were kind enough to go with us. 

 I love sidewalk cafes!

 The cobblestone streets of Eger on Dobo Utca (street).  Istvan Dobo is the hero of Hungary.  He held off the invasion of the Turks and was greatly outnumbered--kind of a Hungarian Davy Crockett. The town is famous for this.

 We are working our way up to the castle/fortress.

 Overlooking Eger

 On top of the fortress walls

 The castle has a small wax museum depicting heroes of Hungary; then you can explore some of the tunnels under the castle.

 Changing the  subject.  For Sunday dinner I decided to try making some Hungarian dishes on my own--paprika chicken, nokedli (a little dumpling) and cucumber salad.  The man on the end of the table is Szabos, the investigator the elders brought ( not Virgil). 

Happenings this week

 These are branch members, Kaity and Kaitika--mother and daughter--that we went to visit.  In the course of the conversion (all in Hungarian) the mom was showing us her baptism pictures and I heard "Elder Kreitzer" mentioned who is my nephew.  I got kind of excited and she showed us a picture of Elder Kreitzer.  I emailed him and he told me the story.  He had just gotten to Hungary and Debrecen was his first area.  They went tracting the 2nd night he was here and on the 2nd door they knocked on they found Kaity.  They taught her the gospel and she was baptized.  I thought it was pretty neat to have that connection.  That was 12-13 years ago.

 Sister Kennedy and Sister Magda at Kaity's house

 I love this sight--all the backpacks and shoes of the missionaries and others lined up in my entry.

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 This was YSA FHE at my apartment.  They are playing Mexican train, waiting for palacsintas (crepes.)  Starting with Virgil, going to the right around the table is Villie, Sister Weberg, Elder Cutler, Dorie, Roberta.

 This is Janos.  He is an investigator.  He is making palacsintas for the YSA and missionaries.

 We had the missionaries over for a Steel Breakfast the morning of transfer calls.  I wanted to take a picture of these yolks--they are really yellow.  Steel breakfast is hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, bacon, and biscuits.
 The missionaries get so excited for transfers, waiting to find out where they are going is like Christmas.  It's pretty exciting waiting for that phone call.

 Steel Breakfast with the missionaries.

 Date night. This is a rare find in Hungary--  ice, water glasses, we even had a picture.

 Ahhhhhh.  Here we are in Hungary, eating outdoors under a canopy, beautiful weather--couldn't be better.

We even topped dinner off with an ice cream cone.

 For Primary this week, four prophets attended.  King Benjamin (Elder Andersen), Moses (Elder Steel), Joseph Smith (Elder Brown), Thomas Monson (Elder Cutler)

 This really sweet family in the branch, the Baloughs, invited us to Sunday dinner to have some Hungarian cooking.  They made goulyash and palacsintas which were both delicious.

L-R, Csaba, Eszter, Anna, Angela, Csaba.

TEAM DEBRECEN!!!  Go team!

 

 This week we were sent these two great missionaries.  Elder Nyman (and 18 year old, fresh from the MTC) and Elder Andersen (a former AP)  We now have 3 sets of great missionaries.

 These are our adorable and wonderful sisters, Sister Kennedy and Sister Oberhansley.  We were so happy that we got to keep Sister Kennedy, we were afraid we were going to lose her, but we didn't.  She is staying here as a sister trainer and is joined by another sweet thing, Sister Oberhansley, another sister trainer.  They are a fantastic duo.

 Another picture of Elder Nyman and Elder Andersen

 The Debrecen team!  They are the best and we feel so blessed to associate with them. 

Elder Cutler and Elder Brown.  We were so happy that they got to stay another transfer.  They are hardworking missionaries besides being a lot o fun.  We love them alot.

Senior Conference in Budapest

 A senior conference is held quarterly in Budapest and all the senior couple come in to socialize, receive training, and do some sightseeing.  It was held the last week in August and we enjoyed meeting all the other seniors.  This is the only chance we get to meet the other couples and there are some very dynamic people serving in Hungary. In this photo we are all walking to our tour.

 We had a tour through the Hospital in the Rock.  It was built many years ago and is now only used for tours.  It was set up like it used to be with wax figures.  It was pretty interesting.

 We went on a tour of St. Mattias Cathedral on Castle Hill in Budapest.  It has a gorgeous tile roof and really beautiful on the inside also.

 A falconer?

 Overlooking Budapest from Fisherman's Bastian

Another angle of the church.

 A replica of the crown jewels inside the cathedral.

 On to another subject.  This is district meeting with all the elders and sisters.  They like to take a photo before transfers because next district meeting there will be lots of changes.

Back row. L-R Elder Cutler, Elder Steel, Elder Brown, Sister Oberhansley, Sister Ruperd, Elder Foster. Frost Row.  Sister Magda, Elder Gaytan, Sister Weberg, Sister Michaud, Sister Steel, Sister Kennedy

 This is the day we went tracting with Elder Cutler and Elder Brown.  We split and went up the street, doing both sides.  It was pretty successful.  The people were nice, we talked to a lot of them (Elder Steel and I just smiled a lot), They made a few appointments to return.

Saturday night is Sports Night at the church.  Elder Steel played quarterback that night.