Safe Arrival - A Message from President Smith

Elder Nichols has arrived safely in the Hungary Budapest Mission!  We are excited to finally have him here! When we returned from the Airport, the missionaries went out tracting – and helped teach two discussions (“programs”).  We then held initial interviews.  Following interviews, we held a nice dinner in the Mission Home. The missionaries then went on a short tour of Budapest - including visiting Gellert Hill (the place where, in 1987, Elder Russell M. Nelson dedicated Hungary to the preaching of the Gospel). Tomorrow will be a busy day.  Following the completion of interviews, the missionaries will have photographs taken for residency permits.  They will also be “contacting” individuals on the street (called “streeting”). When the missionaries return to the Mission Office, they will receive some brief training and will then be assigned their first companionship and their first city.  The missionaries will depart to their new area of service. We have asked the missionaries to e-mail their family on Preparation Day (Monday).