September 2012

Here are a few highlights from the month of September.

On our way to participate in a Branch social in Békéschaba we took some time to check out a palace.  It's used for a school and a small museum now.

 We took a little walk around the grounds.

 Yes.  I think this is a better picture too.

 I took this because I have never seen a Smart convertible.  I bet you never have either.

 So, the activity was a Mexican night.  We ate tortillas and beans made by the young missionaries.  We played 'Pin the Mustache on the Mexican'.  Not a game that is likely to catch on in California any time soon.

 We had a hot pepper eating contest.  This picture is to document that I am breaking out into a Habanero sweat. 

 Of course, there was a pinata for the kids.

 For my pepper prowess, one sister gave me a little hot pepper plant the next week.  The week following that, this sister gave Andrea a string of hot peppers from her garden.  The word for 'pepper' is 'paprika'.  In case you don't know it, Hungary is the home of paprika and so the Hungarians take their peppers very seriously.

This is our district.

 A pose with our sister missionaries in Szeged just before Sister Kramer, on the right, got transferred.

 This is a shot of our outdoor market place in Szeged.

 There was a baptism in the Szeged branch this month.  Three from the same family.  We rented the Seventh-Day Adventist church again.

 After thirteen months in Szeged, we found out that the best picture of this church can be taken from this corner.

 Have they released the Pepperoni Whopper in the States yet?

 Not wanting to waste a good idea, we began plans for a Mexican night for our young adults in Szeged.  Here they are making pinatas.

 We took a preparation day this month to visit the zoo in Szeged.  We'd meant to do it for many months.  The penguin exhibit is new!

We took pictures but I expect you won't be too interested in any that we're not in. 

 Who's watching whom?

 Ditto.

Andrea organized this project for a primary activity day.

 So, we had our YA Mexican night.

This is our good friend and Zone Leader, Elder Velasquez.  No, he is not Mexican.  He is actually Canadian. (His parents are from Guatemala.)

We hope you all enjoy these few pictures and that you are all having a great October.