Erzi's House

We visited Erzsi in a falu called Somogyaszalo near Kaposvar.  She has the most wonderful house!  We thought you might enjoy seeing it.



This is Erzsi.  She has spent some time making this a wonderful home.  This is her kitchen.



Sister Vasica, Erzsi, Sister Gordon, and me!



Giant meatballs in a tomato soup.  Very delicious, or as they say in Hungarian, FINOM.



This set of dishes is so beautiful!  It was my favorite.



This is a lovely bathroom.  Cheerful colors, too.



This fireplace was designed by a friend of Erzsi. Very unique and artistic.



This is Erzsi's husband.  The dogs are quite friendly.  One of them scratched her back on my foot during lunch.  We missionaries love to serve!



Erzsi explained about her love for cactus.  This is on her front porch.  She has some beautiful aloe vera plants.



This is a pot tree.  It is actually beautiful to look at.  This is the nicest one I have seen.  I think it is very Hungarian.



Erzsi loves the cactus plant.  Her cactus is soft to the touch.  If a cactus is raised in a humid climate, it must be friendlier!



More succulents.  She Erzsi loves them!  In the background is a boat.  They live near a lake, too. Erzsi's house is so fascinating to see.

Serbian Crepes

Sister Vaseca treated Elder Peterson and me to some Serbian crepes, which she calls pancakes and Hungarians call palacsinta.  They are just as wonderful as they look!  We put Hungarian jam on them. Hungary has wonderful jam by the way. They should be famous for it. The sisters also put chocolate and banana slices on them.



The charming hostesses, Sister Vasica and Sister Gordon.



The grateful guests, Sister Peterson and Elder Peterson

Meet a Couple of our Friends

We took these pictures one Thursday night at the branch house.



Gyorgy, who is posing with Elder Szerdi and Elder Fitzgerald, is a member of the branch.  He was in the Branch Presidency for a while.  By the way, Elder Szerdi is from Pinon Hills.  We may see him again!



Rita is and English teacher in Kaposvar.  She comes to the advanced English class on Thursday nights at the branch house to stay up on her English skills.  She speaks English perfectly.  She is raising her family in Kaposvar and loves it here.  She is posing next to Sister Gordon

Spring Cleaning

Because people live in apartment buildings, Kaposvar and other cities have an annual spring cleaning week.  People pile things they no longer want on the curb.  Then anyone who is interested in what is there may take it for free.  After the week is over, the city workers come around in trucks and pick up anything that is left.  We saw a lot of people picking through the stuff.   One man's trash. . .

Children's Theater Festival

This is a special Festival.  It is called the International Biennial of Young People's Theater.  There are some fun activities that go on during the day for children.  It lasts a few days.



The men on stilts do a little play for the children.



They really get the audience involved.



The two men wrestling together is (are?) really one man.  It's very cute.  Kids love it!

A Visit to Kisbajom (My Little Problem)

We visited Evi, a member of the church living in Kisbajom, a small falu about 40 kilometers from Kaposvar.  There is another falu further way called Nagybajom, which means "my big problem."
This was a great visit!



Hungarian chickens are big, beautiful, and healthy!



These pigs were small, pregnant, and healthy.  They are having a good life!



Sister gave the lesson from the Book of Mormon.



We sat outside and had a nice visit.  This little boy is named Oliver.



Evi, Szuzsa (her daughter-in-law, who is expecting twins in July), Jasmin, and Oliver.  Szuzsa will have 4 children under 4 years old.  Who would ever do something like that?

Searching for Members at the Croatian Border

We drove with Sister Vasica and Sister Gordon to Totujfalu on the border of Croatia looking for a member of the church who lives out there.  The river is the border, and it is beautiful.





Sister Vasica was happy.  She is from Serbia and speaks Croatian, which came in handy that day.



Sister Vasica and Sister Gordon at the edge of the river.



Down by the river. . .



A close-up down by the river. . .





We loved this tree lined road!  It looks like it goes on forever.





We are deciding if we are going to open the gate and face the wrath of the big black dog who is growling at us from behind the gate.




It's not all fun and games!  Sister Vasica promised to protect Sister Gordon from the dog.  He was pretty scary.  She also spoke Croatian to the people in the house.  They were very friendly and fed us some cabbage bread.  They didn't even know us, but they were very kind.  And the dog went from growling at us to licking us as soon as he knew that his owners accepted us.



This is a very friendly family in the falu.  We stopped to ask for some information.  The father just happened to be a cousin of the man we were looking for.  It's a small falu after all. . .