Glimpses of Budapest

The Chain Bridge joining Buda with Pest

Basilica of St. Stephen (above and below)

Statue atop Gellért Hill

The Parliament Building

Looking from Pest to Buda

One of the many outdoor restaurants

The magnificent Opera House

Heroes Square (above and below)

President Baughman with Maeve and Chris Baughman
in front of the palace in the Castle District.

 

To the right and below are photos taken at the Indoor Market Hall (Vásárcsarnok), a covered market in the heart of Budapest.  This market houses numerous stands selling fruit, vegetables, meat, Hungarian paprika, breads and other baked goods, plus an Asian market and booths selling folk art, toys, linens, leather goods and other finds.

This and the following photos were taken in the Castle District of Budapest on Aug. 20, 2010, one of Hungary's national holidays.  Craftsmen and artists from around the country set up booths, displayed their wares, and demonstrated how to make them. 

It takes a steady hand to decorate those gingerbread cookies.  Some
of them have very intricate patterns.

Dressed in native costumes

Dyed hair and good food - Hungarian style

The holiday ended with a spectacular fireworks display over the Duna.

July 2010

Our departing missionaries - 7/7/10 - Elders Szvoboda, Szvoboda and Chiarelli
with Sisters Newman, Hammond, Owen and Szvoboda (yes, another one!), and
Elders Liljenquist and Huggard.  Our mission was blessed to have two
mini-missionaries who happened to be siblings of our Elder Nephi Szvoboda. 
Sister Szvoboda came from Utah to serve with us for 6 weeks and her brother, Reuben,
came from Vietnam to be with us for 6 weeks. 

Our July arrivals off for some exercise:  (Left to right) Elders Paas, Johnson, Nielson, and Leavitt,
with Sisters Jordan and Wright; Elders Schwieger (back) Conklin (front)
and Elders Szvoboda and Daybell, the president's assistants.

President and Sister Baughman with Elder Müller visiting the Budai family in Hodmezövásárhely

Elders Leavitt and Egan with Sisters Crosley, Roderick and Shurtleff (left to right in photo)

Each week our missionaries teach English (and sometimes German and French) for free to hundreds of people.  They meet in our churches around the country.  A prayer and spiritual thought are always offered at each lesson. Many of the people have felt the spirit during their classes with the missionaries and have asked to know more about why we are here in Hungary, what makes us so happy, and why they feel a sense of peace when they are with the missionaries.   

Elder Lundeen (left) and Elder Musters teaching one of our many English classes

May 2010

Departing missionaries - 5/26/10 - Elders Pickerd and McRae with Sister Holzapfel. 
Behind Sister Baughman and to her left are Elders Davis, Roundy and Hay.

April 2010

Our departing missionaries:  Elder Garrison, Elder Runia, Sister Richards (next to Sister Baughman),
Sister Barker, Elder Wilcox and Elder Laitinen

Elder Laitinen baptized his father shortly after returning home to Finland.

Elders Jones, Brockman, Feuz and Kennedy in Tatabánya

Every April and October the missionaries serving within the stake boundaries gather at the Stake Center to watch General Conference.  In between sessions they have a "bite" to eat (see photos below):

Elders Baumgartl (left) and Müller

Elder Houstman (left) and Elder Garrison

Elder Clark (left) and Elder Bennion

Elder Gardenhire

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