March 2010

Our new missionaries - March 2, 2010 (left to right) - Elders Müller (from Arbon, Switzerland),
Proctor (from Pomona, CA) and Diamond (from Salt Lake City, UT)

Our departing missionaries (left to right):  Elders Garcia, Forbes, Boody, Nemelka, Johnson and Beers

Elder Wilcox with Sister Wade (left) and Sister Harris

One of our March Zone Conferences

What a happy group!  Sisters Owen, Newman, and Low with Elders Kunz, Larson, and Pinkston

Taking photos at the end of zone conference

Special visitors:  Elder and Sister Teixeira (right) seated next to President Baughman, and Brother and Sister Richardson (left side) seated next to Sister Baughman.  Elder Teixeira is a member of our Area Presidency, and Brother Richardson is a member of the Sunday School General Presidency.

Elders Feuz (front) and Kennedy (back) enjoying some süti with the Tatabánya members

Elders Laitinen (left) and Runia, the president's assistants

Elders Runia (left) and Garcia

Elders Golze (left) and Garner carrying mission supplies

(Left side) Elders Chiarelli, Laitinen and Garcia with Elders Brockman (front right) and Runia

Elder Runia, Sister Shurtleff, Sister Barker and Elder Clark (back row, left to right) with
Elder Mullen and Sister Newman in Visegrad on preparation day.

Elders Peugnet, Clark and Garner with Sisters Garner, Harris, Wade and Barker (front row)
Elders Davis, Runia, Chiarelli and Golze with Sister Shurtleff (back row)

Sisters Barker, Kovacsis and Shurtleff with Elders Anderson, Garrison, Gardenhire, Müller,
Mullen and Wilcox enjoying the view at Visegrad

The Szolnok Branch members with their first Branch President, Elder Peugnet

Elder Musters (left) with Elder Caviness (second from right) at the baptism of Krisztián and Julika
in Szolnok, March 20, 2010

February 2010

Sister Wade with her new companion, Sister Harris - Feb. 2010

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We were sad to bid an early farewell to Sister Marshall.  Sister Harris quickly responded to the call to serve with Sister Wade in the Center for Young Adults.

Elder Pickerd (far left), Elder Cheney, Orsós András (in white), Elder Hay and Elder Németh in Komlo.

Elder Recksiek (far left), Elder Hosch (in white) and Elder Cheney (far right) at the baptism of Orsós András in Komlo.

Four of our great missionaries (left to right) - Elders Gardenhire, Smith, Musters and Tracy

A joyous occasion in Sopron - the baptism of the Édés family!
Elders Hintze and Nichols participated.

In February President and Sister Baughman were privileged to attend an event in Budapest where the church's Humanitarian Dept. presented some 250 wheelchairs to disabled people.  Brother Colton from Germany represented the church and presented the wheelchairs.  A member of Parliament and a representative from the American Embassy were in attendance.  TV cameras and other media covered the event.  It was touching to see the disabled come forward and receive their new, custom-made wheelchairs.  Some of our missionaries also attended the event and helped the people get their new wheelchairs to their cars.  The church does not allow proselyting at these events.  They are simply acts of Christian service. 

Brother Colton (standing) and Klinger Gábor (far right), the Budapest Stake President

We were entertained by a wheelchair dance ensemble.  They were wonderful!

Somlai Csaba, one of our members from Érd, also participated on the program.

January 2010

Our departing missionary, Elder Szabo

Sister Marshall departed Hungary on Jan. 15, 2010 due to an illness. Elder Golze (left)
and Elder Chiarelli, our two office elders at the time, were with her at the airport.

Sister Wade (left) and Sister Kovácsics (right) bidding farewell to Sister Marshall. 

Elder Cheney (left) and Elder Recksiek entertaining us in Pécs

Elder Hay (left) with Elder Németh, one of our native Hungarian missionaries, in Pécs

December 2009

Elder Grossen with Anna (left) and Piroska from Pápa

Elder Grossen (left) with Anna, Piroska and Elder Szvoboda - Dec. 5, 2009.  Piroska and Anna are mother and daughter and were baptized in Györ.

Welcoming Elders Rowland, Mullen and Marceil, Dec. 8, 2009

Touring the city - Heroes Square

Elders LaFlamme, Bird, Fast, and Casper, Dec. 9, 2009

Elders Szűcs, Wilson, Smith and Cantlon, Dec. 9, 2009

Our departing missionaries - Dec. 9, 2009 - Sisters Eskelsen and Brown with Elders Casper, Grossen, Wilson, Smith, Bird, LaFlamme, Szűcs, Fast and Cantlon

Elder Szűcs, one of our native Hungarian missionaries, greeting his mother after being released, Dec. 10, 2009.

Our Buda District missionaries - Dec. 2009

(Left to right) - Elders Peugnet, Gardenhire and Garner.  Elder Garner is one-half of our
office couple and is the former Chairman of the Math Dept. at BYU.

Our December Zone Conferences included training in the morning followed by lunch.  During lunch we watched part of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert with Brian Stokes Mitchell.  We also enjoyed viewing our annual missionary DVD, comprised of photos taken by the missionaries during the past year.  Each missionary received a copy of that DVD as a remembrance.  In the afternoon we

celebrated the Christmas Season in the mission home while enjoying a rare treat - cans of rootbeer! We sang Christmas carols and each missionary received a special gift from President and Sister Baughman.

 

Front row, left to right:  Sisters Shurtleff and Holzapfel, Sister and President Baughman, and Sister and Elder Haslem.  Back row, left to right:  Elders Anderson, Jones, Nemeth, Bohner, Egan, Davis, Smith, Lynn, Hintze, Morgan, Pinkston, Brockman, Garcia and Wéber.

Front row, left to right:  Sisters Richards and Andersen with President and Sister Baughman.  Back row, left to right:  Elders Caviness, Musters, Szvoboda, Smith, Gardenhire, Ottley, Liljenquist, Johnson, Roundy, Bird, Tracy and Kunz.

Front row, left to right:  Elders Baumgartl, Kubricky, Wilcox and Huggard.  Second row, left to right:  Sister and President Baughman with Sister and Elder Rollingson.  Back row, left to right:  Elders Beers, Szabo, Recksiek, Marceil, Dencs, Kennedy, Pickerd, Hosch, Hay, Nemelka, Cheney, and Nauman.

Front row, left to right:  Sister Wade, Sister and President Baughman, and Sister and Elder Garner.  Middle row, left to right:  Sisters Newman and Crosley, Elders Bennion, Peugnet, Mullen, and Goltze, and Sisters Barker and Wolfe.  Back row, left to right:  Elders Clark, Mason, Garrison, Laitinen, Beers, McRae, Runia and Chiarelli

Front row, left to right:  Sisters Low and Hammond, Sister and President Baughman, Sister and Elder Williams, and Sisters Owen and Dunaway.  Back row, left to right:  Elders Macelka, Miller, Forbes, Larson, Boody, Daybell, Davis, Houstman, Feuz and Rowland.

We celebrate birthdays each zone conference.  We always sing a birthday song and present Milka candy bars
as a little gift.  Above is Elder Runia, Elder Davis (the birthday boy) and Elder Laitinen.
 

Sister Baughman asked each missionary to make an ornament for the mission home Christmas tree.  Each ornament needed to have a photo of the missionary and his or her name on it.  In years to come, the ornaments will be a wonderful reminder to the Baughmans of all their great missionaries.  

Below is one example:

Elders Kennedy, Nauman, Daybell and Bird with their Santa garland.

Our little tree all decked out with ornaments from the missionaries.
Some of them were very creative, to say the least!

Elder Ottley displaying the "missionary" Christmas stocking his mother made for President Baughman.
It included a white shirt, tie, dark pants and name tag.  Talk about clever!

Elder Morgan in the Tatabánya Branch Christmas program

Winter wonderland in Tatabánya - Dec. 2009

Two of our wonderful Tatabánya members, Edina and Ferenc, at the Christmas celebration
in Tatabánya.  A group of our missionaries sang Christmas carols in the square
to celebrate the season.  (They also sang in Budapest at the Christmas Market.)

Christmas morning brunch