November 7: Short Week

Szervusztok,

So this week is kind of really short. 

I cooked some super yummy chili and choco chip cookies today!  

We went on splits last Friday and Saturday. My splits companion wouldn't stop talking about politics which drove me crazy! First of all, we aren't even supposed to talk politics at ALL as a missionary, second, his "huge expanse of knowledge" about politics is mostly just about who will give him the most guns and who is against abortion. While I agree with some of his points I rarely agreed with them for the reasons he did. I am sorry to say that I broke once on the split. We were in the apartment and his lecture was getting long and I kind of exploded into him and told him more of what politics is really like and stuff, I don't know a lot about politics, but I attacked his logic and felt horrible afterwards. Now I see why we aren't allowed to talk about them. But don't y'all worry, I repented!

So my companion has yet done another thing to bring laughter to Pápa. We have a long wooden pole in our apartment from a broom that broke. We were about to leave and he picked it up and pretended like he was going to hit me as soon as I got out of the kitchen. Well.... As he was winding up he perfectly placed the point of the pole. It perfectly smashed into one of the light bulbs in our chandelier type thing and COMPLETELY shattered it. There were tiny pieces of glass everywhere!! It was super funny!

This week I accidentally broke the back of a bench while we were tracting. We were tracting into a big apartment building. In Hungary (and other places) you have to ring through an intercom system to get people to let you in. Well... While my companion was ringing in and trying to talk to someone, I was leaning on the side of the bench.... I picked me feet up, for a reason I still don't know, and the back fell out from underneath me. The wood was super super rotten. Well. I was able to wedge it back together. A little later (same building) I noticed that I could do it better. So I kind of knocked it back apart and wedged it a little better. While I was wedging it again a little néni had seen me knock it back apart and came running out with a couple other people she had called and started screaming at us and telling us how new the wood was (How is the new wood rotten then?) and that she saw me break it. We tried to talk with her but she yelled and some of the other people just told us to get out of there. So we left. The annoying part was that she didn't even see me initially break it. She just saw when I was trying to put it back together better! 

Ever since the oreo has come to Hungary they have used it in almost every way they could. The Donut was actually pretty good!

Well... That is about all! Have a great week!!

Elder Biesinger

November 14: Week of nothing...sorta

Sziastok!

This week has been pretty great! I went on splits in Győr, a really pretty city close to Pápa. It was a lot of fun. I learned a lot of Hungarian and how to better share the gospel.

We met with an active family this last week that had two adorable little boys! The are like 2 and 4 and they have so much energy!! Super crazy. They would punch my companion every time that they walked past him. It was pretty great! 

Last night we were tracting and we found two adorable kittens. My companion hates cats but we stopped and played with them for a little bit. I guess they liked us too much. When we left they followed us for about 5 minutes and we started to feel guilty for stealing the hearts of someone elses kittens. So we walked back and then turned and ran and so they couldn't follow us! That was probably the most exciting thing that happened this week. Oh wait..... IT SNOWED!! Super fun.

Also, we, as missionaries, can't talk about politics with anyone.  Well... thanks to the elections we have spent our week telling people that because we live in Hungary we don't care about our elections. The Hungarians still insist that we talk about it. We then sit there for anywhere between 5 to 15 minutes listening to them rant or rejoice about the direction our country might be going in. Silly Hungarians!!

Pictures  of when it was snowing,

an apple cider my family got when we were living here

and my companion!​​​​​​

the kittens. The one where my companion is like terrified of the cat kind of shows his feelings to them

My companion got bored and made his own music video. It explains him well, he is like one of the best people in the world! 

The picture descriptions are a little out of order so it will be a puzzle for you all!

Thanks for reading!

Elder Biesinger

October 31: Holy COW this is a long week

Hi everyone!

So this week has been longer than usual. We usually have P-days on Monday but due to a Hungary holiday it go moved to Wednesday. Well... On Wednesday the library is closed and so we couldn't email using the library. All of the other internet cafes and whatever were all closed also due to various reasons! So after we walked around for like 2 hours of our precious day we just went back to our apartment and our mission president told us to start working again early yesterday and then take our emailing time today. Our P-days have been insane this transfer so far!! 

On Halloween we were tracting really late at night and we were walking past this bike shop and this HUGE dog slams up against the gate and I almost died! But I didn't jump very badly. My companion on the other hand could have joined the US Olympic team because he jumped so high! He felt so embarrassed about it later that he went into our room and sat by himself. When I went in there the window was wide open and the screen was up. I thought that he might of just gone out and then went around to the front door so I left the room and went and unlocked the front door and looked out. He wasn't there. While I was wondering where he was I heard him call our from our room. I went in and saw where he had been. Since he had felt bad he wanted to scare me (also because it was halloween and he is just a goofy person) and he crawled into my bed (our beds have like storage area beneath them and the mattress folds up to reveal the area.) and had sat there for 30 minutes waiting for me to come into the room! 30 minutes!!! Sadly it didn't work...

I made lasagna this week for the first time! It was incredible!! I have tried to cook a couple different things without success so far on my mission. I was really hoping that this would turn out! Well... I really like it, and my companion also says it is good!

We were going into the government building where we change our addresses on our residency cards that all missionaries get. Every transfer, if we move, we have to go and change where we are living. Well... when we were there the lady who was helping us got really concerned and was like "why are you moving so much! That is impossible to move this much!". Well.... sorry to tell you lady but as missionaries we kind of move around a little...

This week I bought a wire whisk and some measuring cups. I now have like 9 different kitchen appliances that I have bought here! I am the  moving kitchen!!

So. Pictures 1. super cool mug I got from my parents that I think my friend made! 2. Homemade madartej. Oh... so the whole bird milk thing a couple of emails ago is just a weird Hungarian thing. It is actually usually like eggnog or sweet vanilla pudding. But the place we got it did a really good job! That is also my companion 3. I am holding a beet that one of the members in our ward had gotten from his garden. He had like 3 of them!!! And they have this huge monster tomato plant that is growing out of a crack in their sidewalk! 4.We were throwing a party for a super rendes person in our ward and my companion was a table dancer! 5. This is a picture of a rose (not my companion). The person who drew it drew it in like 5 seconds. I am not even kidding. It was ridiculous!!

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I wasn't done and I accidentally sent it. 6. My companion and I are making one Hungarian food a week and we made paprikás csirke this week! It turned out really well! the pictures on this email now. 1. There is an Aldis here in Hungary!! There is one in Medina (where I lived in NY) Super weird!! 2. My companion was cutting onions and he got so tired of crying he struggled to get saran wrap stuck to his face to protect himself! 3. And awesome apron that I got from someone in my family!! It says "You can call me elder Cook" Love it!!!! 

KK I am done now!! I wish you all a good week!!

Elder Biesinger

October 25: Crazy, Crazy

This week has been kind of crazy. We had transfers and yeah..... it has been awesome. I love my new companion. He is kind of crazy and insane, but super funny and chill. He is also very obedient which is one of his more admirable attributes! We have had some fun, we like to banter and tease in good nature. He is also healthy which is helping me to be healthy also. I haven't eaten any bread this week and very little meet. Lots of produce though!! We are also going to start running every morning now, super excited.

So awkward moment. We were tracting (my new comp and I) and we were ringing bells to get into a big apartment building, cause you have to do that here, and this lady let us in. As we were walking up, on the first floor there was a lady outside of her door. We stopped her and asked if we could talk. She said no and we went on our way. The lady who let us in wasn't interested and so we knocked on all of the rest of the doors in the building since we were already in there. Well... towards the end my companion started telling me a funny story,as he was telling me the story I look down the stairs and see the door to get out, I look at the door that I just knocked on and started to piece things together. Before I could finish a lady answered the door. It clicked.... WE HAD TRACTED INTO HER 5 MINUTES AFTER SHE SAID NO!!!!! Super awkward!!

This week has been full of great things. I am running out of time to email so this is all I am sending!

Have a great week!!

Elder Biesinger

P.S. I didn't take any pictures this week.... sorry!!