Goodbye Summer.
Well,
we walked in the pouring rain to our internet kavé, this morning. I
think the end of summer is coming to a close, by the weather and by the
number of kids complaining about going back to school.
I can't believe it's the first of September! Time goes by so quickly, that's for sure!
This week was really good in Pápa. We had the opportunity,
on Saturday,
to accompany one of the members at her work place to participate in a
cooking contest to represent our church. More specific, it was a pörkölt
cooking contest. We get there and the senior sisters are already
chopping up paprika peppers, they were waiting for the Elders to get
there so they could start chopping up wood for the fire. Something that I
found was really interesting is how creative and innovative the
Hungarians are. For the "fire pit" they used old tire rims, like I would
have never thought about that in a million years in America. Maybe, I
am just not that creative but I thought that was awesome. Working at a
Scout Camp for three years came in handy on my mission, who knew? Not
going to lie, they needed help cutting the wood, so I took it upon
myself to take the little hand axe and help them (Where is my best
friend-- shout out to Emily Sorensen). We got the fire started and put a
liter of pure fat in the dutch oven, luckily we put all of it in the
dutch oven, so there wasn' t any to put on the bread. That's what they
do here is put fat on bread and put some onions on top, some paprika and
they call that lunch. I shouldn't judge it if I haven't tried it, but
in my mind it doesn't seem that appetizing, but Hungarians love it and
Hungarians make the best food, so I think they know what is good and
what isn't. Anyhow, we put the fat in, and added the meat and water and
just let it cook above the fire. It ended up being really yummy!!
There were tons of groups who cooked pörkölt. It was actually a charity
event, where people could come around and taste your pörkölt for 400
forint (about $2). I asked one of the ladies who was in charge of the
event, where the money was going and she said, "to whoever needs help in
the world...wherever they are...America, Africa, anywhere." I was just
sooo blown away. Hungarians are the most charitable people in the world,
they don't have a lot, but they give everything to other people who
need it more than they do. I am just so inspired by the Hungarian
people, everyday. I don't know if I came to Hungary to help them, or so
that they could help me. I'm sure both, but I feel like they have taught
me so much more than I have taught them.
My mission has been great, I am praying for all of you
and wish you all good health and sucess in whatever you pursue (Is that
cheesy or what?)
Whitaker Nővér
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