Cookies and Book of Mormon's

 

Christmas Giving

 

We had a very fun activity on Sunday.  Saturday, I had made Christmas cutout cookies and Chocolate Crinkles to take to all 11 of our neighbors in our apartment building.  My idea was to deliver them with a special gift of the Book of Mormon as well.  So, after church on Sunday, Sister Weberg and I decorated the cookies, and got 11 Book of Mormon's ready to deliver.  

 

 

Busy decorating our cookies!

 

 

 

Some of the finished plates ready to go.  The big one is for our Landlord's family.

A gift of Christmas Cookies and the gift that keeps on giving - A Mormon Könyve!

 

The Sisters came to help us with the Hungarian language that we are not so great at! 

We are ready to go! 

 

We had such a good time!  We began at 6:00 p.m. and started at the top of the stairs, working our way down.  At each door, we rang the doorbell and when they answered, we said, "Boldog Karácsonyt! (Happy Christmas)  Then, the Sisters explained that Sister Weberg and I were their neighbors and that we had a special gift for them.  All of the ones who were home, accepted both the cookies and the Book of Mormon.  On the top floor, lived a young family with two darling children who smiled the whole time at the Christmas cookies.  :)  They were very appreciative, and when we went down to the next level, the wife came running down the stairs to give us a plate of poppy seed pastries she had made.  She told us we could just bring the plate back later (in English - turns out she's an English teacher).  :)  So, the Sisters and us will do just that! 

 

All of the neighbors we talked to were very nice, appreciative, and accepting of the Book of Mormon!  At this one door a couple of levels up, an elderly couple answered the door and invited us in.  The lady busied herself arranging suti on a plate for us to try.  Her husband asked us questions.  They attend the Reformed church and wanted to know what the difference was between our church and theirs.  Sister Roney did a very good job explaining a little about the restoration of the Savior's Church to the earth.  They exchanged phone numbers and will be calling them back.  They would like to attend one of our meetings to see what it is like.  :) 

 

At another door, an elderly man opened and was pleasantly surprised to recieve our cookies.  It was my turn at the door, and I handed him the cookies on top of the Book of Mormon, but he took only the cookies.  :)  So, I said, "És, a Mormon Könyvet!"  (And, a Book of Mormon)  He then took the book in his hands and looked at it with wonder and said, "A Mormon Könyve!"  I could tell by the bookcase in view from the door, that he was an avid reader and he seemed very interested in our gift that keeps on giving.  So, maybe he will read it!  He actually spoke a little English too.  As we got further down the stairs, the remainder of our neighbors weren't home, so we will have to try again.  But, it was the most fun activity!