Today's post goes out to my favorite country in the world other than the U.S.- Hungary!! Man, I love that place!! I served my mission there from May of 2005-November of 2006, and yes, I speak Hungarian!! I love the place, the people, the food, and the language!! Bear with me, as there are going to be several pics!! I can't help it! I miss Hungary!!
Nora and Gabor are my favorite!! They weren't married when we started to teach them, but they were married on a Friday, baptized on a Saturday, and confirmed on a Sunday! When I left, Nora was in labor with Dominika, now two years old! They went to the temple and were sealed as a family a little over a year after they were baptized! This pic is from last October when they were here to visit for a NuSkin Conference. My family loved visiting with them!
Classic Mission pic! This is one of my districts- in Buda.
Szandra may be the whole reason I served a mission! Pictured here with Anna, who introduced her to the church, she was one of the first that I taught who got baptized!
She is awesome! She joined the Church at 18, and is now getting ready to turn in her mission papers! I love her to death!!
This is an amazing fountain, made out of Zsolnay porcelain in Pecs, Hungary where I was a greenie. The porcelain is manufactured in Pecs, and said to be unbreakable (though I haven't tried to break the piece I bought there). It is very unique, this is the real color, the blueish green is absolutely beautiful!
If you can see it, this is the wall of locks in Pecs, Hungary, where I started my mission. This wall has countless locks on it where couples, or even unrequited lovers have declared their love for each other by placing a lock on the wall. Some are engraved, others just plain, but there are no keys here! This signifies that love is eternal to them, their hearts, like missionaries' hearts are locked tight!!
This gorgeous yellow church is in the main square in Kecskemet, Hungary where I finished my mission. It is one of four churches in this main square where we used to street contact and chat with people. I love the Nagy Templom, as they call it!!
The Hungarian Seal. It is a very symbolic rendition of what my favorite people have been through... the crown (now on display in the Parliament Building) is really quite a piece of history itself. The cross on the top is crooked just like in the seal... a reminder of all the many hardships that Hungary has gone through to be where it is today!
Hajra Magyarorszag!!
This pic is of the parliament building in Pest! I was able to go on a tour, it's incredible inside and out. It sits right on the banks of the Duna (in Hungarian) or the Danube river, which runs straight through the heart of Budapest, separating Buda from Pest! I served on both sides!! I love Budapest!!!
In Pest, there aren't too many beautiful places. This is called Erzsebet Liget, or Elizabeth Park. It is a run-down and tragic, yet stunning reminder of the Russian communist rule! Once upon a time it was incredibly beautiful and new, now just pretty!
This is in Budapest. The bridge is known as the Chain bridge, isn't it beautiful?
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