HOUGH HAPPENINS: Elder Jake Hough, 11.13.18--week 16

OK. here comes the week. And its a lot. For starters, the day I emailed yall (last week), we got a call late which is not normal for us from a member, Lala, awesome guy. He told us that someone in TBánya posted on facebook that there are 2 white american kids walking around the city trying to force their way into apartments and homes at 8 pm (For the record, 8 pm is like super late for hungarians, they never come to doors after that but we are asked to preach unitl 9, so we go forth anyway!), and that they are aggressive and dangerous and are not good people. That was not good to hear at first, because then people wouldnt listen to us before we actually talked. But after we went back out the next day adn hit a door of a man who said he had SEEN the post and slammed the door in our faces, I laughed. I laughed out loud and Peery Elder was like you ok and I was like "yeah, jsut thanking Satan for his stupidity!" He said I dont get it. I then explained that Satan is scared of what we are doing in Tatabánya and that he doesnt want us to continue to work hard, but by doing so he actually made the work more efficient and faster and effective because now those that wouldnt have accepted the gospel wont waste our time trying to bible bash and we will really find those that are being prepared to receive the gospel in this life. That was really funny but true, and so yeah. That really helped instead of hurt.

A cool thing was when our investigator Robi heard about the facebook thing or saw it in our lesson with him, he looked at us and said "Így tovább", the dopest thing ever. Continue like this. Push through basically. If our investigator has that faith with only three lessons, we should have the same faith as well. So cool to hear that from him.

Alright, so Transfer calls. This was crazyság. We got a call from the zone leaders tuesday night saying that one of them was going to Budapest to become AP (assistant to the president of the mission), and the other is dying (nearing the end of his mission and going home) in a few days, so we literally us three were going to man Győr and Tatbánya (an hour train ride each way) for 6 days bouncing back and forth between cities to teach investigators and work and that required packing and travel and crazy logistics. Weve been doing that and its been crazy but fun for sure. tripanionships are trickier in the field than in the MTC I learned this week haha! But yeah, Huber elder dies tomorrow, and we were hoping peery or I did not get transferred this time because that would mean we go to Tatabánya today, pack as fast as possible, then leave tomorrow. Luckily, that did not happen, so we are together the 12 weeks, but I had the worst feeling I was leaving which thankfully didnt happen, but something did happen that was crazy and that no one expected: Peery, Me, and another elder are gonna be a TRIPANIONSHIP for the next transfer! THat was crazy. Baer Elder, whose grandma I served with in the Houston texas temple (!!!). But yeah, that is gonna be awesome we meet up tomorrow, but that also presents some problems. The first being our tiny fridge is NOT big enough for three, barely big enough for 2 as it is, and we have the smallest apartment ever haha! Itll be an adventurous 5 weeks though for sure! Funny how the Lord definitely has a sense of humor because I was in a tri(panionship) for the MTC, one transfer free, and now Im BACK IN IT WOOH!

Love yall!! This church is TRUE!! No way it isn't!!

Hough Elder

Visiting some "dope castles" in Gyor.