This little story is about something that I have experienced so many times in my life, but every time when it happens with me I just feel so much joy.
Probably everyone of you, who reads this blog knows about my passport story.
If not then I mention it one more time. We got married in Finland because I lived there at that time when I met my husband. We wanted to get married just straight in the temple so that is why we did not have other civil marriage. I also told them that I would like to change my name and have my husband's name. Which is not fully my husband's name because his name ends with "s" and my name ends with "e", but this is how it goes in Latvia. I was also very surprised at first when I found out that actually I will not have my husband's name, but something similar to it.
We got married on a Tuesday and those officers ( I mean in Finland )are doing their job just as they are supposed to do. Which means that when I called the tax office I had to face with it that I am not existing there with my old name anymore then I asked the lady if with the new name and she said oh, yeah sure. So, they wrote on our marriage certificate that I changed my name and now I have my new name, but in the mean time I still had my old passport.
So, this is a very boring story so, I try to make it shorter. Then when we tried to register here with our marriage certificate and my old passport they did not accept it.
Now, I have been waiting my new passport over 7 months we thought we should try to go back to the same office and ask them if they would accept a temporal passport that I could get if something "would happen (means if I myself ruin it)" with my old passport.
The lady was very nice, but after couple of minutes I was not able to handle the situation then I started to cry like crazy. I felt that the lady also felt sorry for us, but of course she, herself was not able to change the European Union's laws though I bet she would want to do it. She tried to look at my face, but I was just so sad that I couldn't calm down. The lady said if we get the new passport within 10 days I will get the social security number and that I will be registered.
Then we walked home (luckily this office moved to our neighborhood just about 15 minutes walk). We were both very sad and we were wondering why is this happening with us. Then we talked about the dvd that we watched previous night about the pioneers and then we made the conclusion that WE are also pioneers here in Latvia, even in our families. It felt so much better to know that as pioneers we will always have trials, but those trials will just make us stronger.
So, as we arrived home we both felt so much peace and that everything will be ok.
I checked my email and I got an email from my mom. She wrote in her email (she only sent that email 12 minutes ago when we got home) that: MY PASSPORT WAS READY ON FRIDAY AND IT IS HEADED TO ANOTHER OFFICE AND THEY ARE POSTING IT FROM THAT OFFICE. You cannot imagine what I felt when I was reading her letters.
We knelt in prayer to thank to Heavenly Father His mercy on us.
Then I called the ambassador and told him that my passport is ready. He is such a nice man. He also got so happy for the good news. He said if we are lucky then we can have it even this week on Friday. But I remembered that my mom said that it takes 2 days to get to that office which would post it so my DEAR PASSPORT missed that guy, who would bring it here. I asked the ambassador when would be the next post, because you have to know that there is NO postal service between Hungary and Latvia only if someone , who works in the embassy travels from Hungary to Latvia and then brings the letters with him (or someone travels from Latvia to Hungary, same lame process). I asked him when would be the next post and he said "IN THREE ( 3 ) MONTHS LATER" Oh, yeah I was very happy, no actually I was not happy at all, but then he remembered that he is traveling home at the end of October and he comes back in a week so he said the latest I can get my passport in the middle of November.
HURRAY :):):)
So, what is the conclusion of the story?
For me: that we always have to stand up for what we believe in.
Our life will not be easier as church members, but surely it will be always well worth.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
7 dolog amit szeretnék elérni/csinálni mielőtt meghalok:
Tudom tok benan hangzik, de meg soha sem gondoltam ra mit is szeretnek, mert altalaban, amit szeretnek ahhoz rogton hozzaallok.
Ok, akkor megtanulni legalabb meg 3-4 nyelvet
Azza valni, akive valnom kell ebben a foldi eletben es segiteni a ferjemnek es a gyermekeinknek is.
Missziot szolgalni a ferjemmel egyutt es beszelni a helyi nyelven
Jurmala tengerpartjan (kb 30km tolunk)a jovobeli hazunk udvaran a nyugagyban ringatozni a ded- ukunokakkal egyutt mikozben a ferjem a misszionkrol mesel nekik
(nahat azert csak osszehoztam ezt)
7 dolog amit mostanában csinálok:
- Indexelek a www.familysearchindexing.org oldalon, annyira szeretem csinalni
- Nagyon rosszul ereztem magam a mult szombaton, mert elfelejtettem fozni vasarnapra (pedig a ferjem minden kelleket megvett a kajahoz es nekem meg csak este 11kor jutott az eszembe, hogy elfelejtettem), de igazan egyik napra sem szeretek fozni, mert hanyingerem van a kajatol.
Azert alapjaraton nagyon szeretek fozni. Persze vagy magyar vagy finn kajat fozok, mivel mast nem ismerek. A kis draga mar hizott is vagy 7kg-t miota meghazasodott :):)
- Keszulok az anyasagra
- Magyar szovegeket forditok angolra (de persze azt sem mindig csak, amikor a forditoiroda kuld anyagot forditani)
- Finnul enekelgetek
- A templomba keszulunk oktober vegen es ha minden osszejon akkor 3 hettel kesobb is eljutunk vagyis ketszer :):):)egymas utan.
- Amolyan match makert jatszok az egyedulallo barataim koreben, es az egyik par mar hazasodik is :)
7 dolog amit nem tudok csinálni:
- Akarmikor csak ugy hazaruccani a szuleimhez
- Bizonysagot tenni Istentiszteleten, ok tudok egy kb ujonnan erkezett misszionarius bizonysagot tenni, na de komolyan ki akar olyat tenni.
- Mindig emlekezni arra, hogy azert tobb dolog van, amit tudok csinalni mint amit nem.
- Elmenni az erdobe kirandulni a nelkul, hogy attol kellene felnem valaki leut.
- Meg mindig nem tanultam meg zongorazni, pedig mar sokan probaltak tanitani.
7 dolog amit leginkább vonzónak tartok a páromban:
- Tudom, hogy elrontom az egesz "jatek" ertelmet, de en mindig is azt mondtam, hogy szeretem nezni az "egeszet egyben" ertem ezalatt, hogy nem kerestem bizonyos dolgokat egyes fiukban, hanem inkabb vettem az egeszet egyben.
Szoval en igy szeretem a ferjemet.
Bizonyara az egyetlen ember ebben az egesz orszagban, aki nem gondolja, hogy egy vesztes vagyok, mivel 7 honap alatt nem talaltam munkat (hiaba talaltam 1 honappal ezelott ha semmi sem lett belole). Halas vagyok azert, hogy a szent templomban az osszepecsetelo szobaban talalkozhattam vele es ugy lathattam ot, ahogyan Mennyei Atya latta ot a szent hazaban es nagyszeru erzes, hogy vegre valaki meglatta, hogy en ki is vagyok es ugy latott engem, ahogyan Mennyei Atya.
Hírességek akiket szeretek
szerintem eggyel sem tudok eloallni
7 kedvenc ételem:
- magyar erett oszibarack, amit ha eszel akkor total ragacsos leszel a levetol, amely osszevissza folyik a kezeiden
- finn szamoca
- marcipan
- kaposztas kocka
- makos bubajka (vagy valami ilyesmi a neve)
- lazac leves kaporral
- mikor mirol probalom meg elhitetni magammal, hogy nagyon szeretem, csak hogy vegre kepes legyek valamit megenni
Szeretném ha kitöltenék ezt a "táblázatot":
- Niki szerintem te vagy az, aki nem toltotte ki meg
- Letezik, hogy Nora sem?
Tudom tok benan hangzik, de meg soha sem gondoltam ra mit is szeretnek, mert altalaban, amit szeretnek ahhoz rogton hozzaallok.
Ok, akkor megtanulni legalabb meg 3-4 nyelvet
Azza valni, akive valnom kell ebben a foldi eletben es segiteni a ferjemnek es a gyermekeinknek is.
Missziot szolgalni a ferjemmel egyutt es beszelni a helyi nyelven
Jurmala tengerpartjan (kb 30km tolunk)a jovobeli hazunk udvaran a nyugagyban ringatozni a ded- ukunokakkal egyutt mikozben a ferjem a misszionkrol mesel nekik
(nahat azert csak osszehoztam ezt)
7 dolog amit mostanában csinálok:
- Indexelek a www.familysearchindexing.org oldalon, annyira szeretem csinalni
- Nagyon rosszul ereztem magam a mult szombaton, mert elfelejtettem fozni vasarnapra (pedig a ferjem minden kelleket megvett a kajahoz es nekem meg csak este 11kor jutott az eszembe, hogy elfelejtettem), de igazan egyik napra sem szeretek fozni, mert hanyingerem van a kajatol.
Azert alapjaraton nagyon szeretek fozni. Persze vagy magyar vagy finn kajat fozok, mivel mast nem ismerek. A kis draga mar hizott is vagy 7kg-t miota meghazasodott :):)
- Keszulok az anyasagra
- Magyar szovegeket forditok angolra (de persze azt sem mindig csak, amikor a forditoiroda kuld anyagot forditani)
- Finnul enekelgetek
- A templomba keszulunk oktober vegen es ha minden osszejon akkor 3 hettel kesobb is eljutunk vagyis ketszer :):):)egymas utan.
- Amolyan match makert jatszok az egyedulallo barataim koreben, es az egyik par mar hazasodik is :)
7 dolog amit nem tudok csinálni:
- Akarmikor csak ugy hazaruccani a szuleimhez
- Bizonysagot tenni Istentiszteleten, ok tudok egy kb ujonnan erkezett misszionarius bizonysagot tenni, na de komolyan ki akar olyat tenni.
- Mindig emlekezni arra, hogy azert tobb dolog van, amit tudok csinalni mint amit nem.
- Elmenni az erdobe kirandulni a nelkul, hogy attol kellene felnem valaki leut.
- Meg mindig nem tanultam meg zongorazni, pedig mar sokan probaltak tanitani.
7 dolog amit leginkább vonzónak tartok a páromban:
- Tudom, hogy elrontom az egesz "jatek" ertelmet, de en mindig is azt mondtam, hogy szeretem nezni az "egeszet egyben" ertem ezalatt, hogy nem kerestem bizonyos dolgokat egyes fiukban, hanem inkabb vettem az egeszet egyben.
Szoval en igy szeretem a ferjemet.
Bizonyara az egyetlen ember ebben az egesz orszagban, aki nem gondolja, hogy egy vesztes vagyok, mivel 7 honap alatt nem talaltam munkat (hiaba talaltam 1 honappal ezelott ha semmi sem lett belole). Halas vagyok azert, hogy a szent templomban az osszepecsetelo szobaban talalkozhattam vele es ugy lathattam ot, ahogyan Mennyei Atya latta ot a szent hazaban es nagyszeru erzes, hogy vegre valaki meglatta, hogy en ki is vagyok es ugy latott engem, ahogyan Mennyei Atya.
Hírességek akiket szeretek
szerintem eggyel sem tudok eloallni
7 kedvenc ételem:
- magyar erett oszibarack, amit ha eszel akkor total ragacsos leszel a levetol, amely osszevissza folyik a kezeiden
- finn szamoca
- marcipan
- kaposztas kocka
- makos bubajka (vagy valami ilyesmi a neve)
- lazac leves kaporral
- mikor mirol probalom meg elhitetni magammal, hogy nagyon szeretem, csak hogy vegre kepes legyek valamit megenni
Szeretném ha kitöltenék ezt a "táblázatot":
- Niki szerintem te vagy az, aki nem toltotte ki meg
- Letezik, hogy Nora sem?
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Our trip to Hungary
On the 11 of September we went to Hungary, but to make it cheaper we thought it would be easier to travel by bus and then by train. We did not know that time when we planned this trip that we would not be 2 anymore and that our little one would also travel with us. So, I was so volunteer to travel by bus though I would usually have travel sick on buses, but I thought I can do whatever for my dad's 70th birthday and anyways just to see my parents.
So, we traveled from Riga to Lviv (Lviv=Lemberg) Ukraine and because Martin served in Ukraine he could speak and see "his" country again.
We left at 11.40 am from Riga and arrived at Lviv 6.50am (19 hours) ok, I won't complaint, but those who have been pregnant and even had nausea can imagine what I felt when the guy, who was sitting behind my husband started to eat garlic, some kind of pickles and already smelled from alcohol. BRRRRRRRRrrr so, anyways.
These photos were taken in Poland as we traveled through on the whole country.
We arrived at Lviv just in the morning.
We were planning to go by train to Nyiregyhaza, but our train would leave only in the evening at 9pm so that would have been such a waste of time so then we asked in this bus station what other possibilities they would have to get closer to the Hungarian border. The lady told us that there is a little bus which leaves in 15 minutes that goes to Uzgorod. I was so fed up with buses so I told my husband that I only go if there is a toilet in the bus. The lady said nope, no toilets.
We stepped a little back and started to think what should we do and ( I am so grateful for this thought) we decided that we will go with this bus just to get closer to Hungary as soon as possible. Martin was standing in the line and I went to search for the bus. I found it. Then I went back to tell my husband to hurry because the bus would leave in couple of minutes.
There was not that many hope that we could make the bus since there were still 2 people in front of Martin in the line.
So, I went to the bus and asked a lady, who was also waiting for the same bus to get on. I asked her if she speaks Latvian (not that I would speak, but at least I speak more than Ukrainian or Russian) I told her at first that "our" husband is buying the ticket and is coming soon so please tell the driver to wait then I realized that I said our husband instead of my husband, oh well. She understood and told to the driver that they need to wait. They were so nice and kind. She just smiled back and said, ok we will wait and don't worry.
Finally Martin could buy the tickets and arrived to the bus so we all jumped into the bus and found out that there is no seats for us. The driver said in 15 minutes you will have seats, so don't worry. He nicely let me sit on the top of the luggage. I sat closest to the driver and I was able to see his timetable what time he is supposes to arrive into different stops so the 15 minutes was a little exaggeration. Actually it took an hour and 10 minutes when we got real seat, but oh, well, we were on the way home.
We traveled through the Carpathian mountains. And I survived the bus ride.
So, here are some photos during our bus ride.
We then arrived to Uzgorod after a 5 hours of bus ride (just right after the other 19 hours that we had from Riga) then we caught another bus to Chop which was another 40 minutes ride then we finally arrived to Chop from where we traveled by train to Zahony and changed a train and when from Zahony to Nyiregyhaza. So, after 27 hours of traveling we finally arrived home.
My parents did not know that we would arrive on Friday. They were expecting us for Saturday. We told to my dad (since he was at home when we arrived home) that he has to tell to my mom that there is a package to her from us. Of course she had her birthday package there and we hide ourselves in the cupboard. It was so fun to see my parents after 7 months.
My dad said that he was planting those red paprikas for me. So, here are some photos about it. And just to make this post shorter. WE also had the fruit carnival on the following day.
On the 15 of September we celebrated my dad's 70th birthday and had a chance to meet my distant relatives well, mostly my closer relatives aunts and uncles. It was also fun.
Then here comes some photos from my dad's birthday party.
He was 70 years old.
The second birthday cake was made by my mom and I made those stuffed cabbages.
Then here comes some other photos from Debrecen. We met Elder Laitinen in Debrecen. He is from Finland and poor missionary had to fulfill my dreams and prayers. Before I finished my mission I prayed that there would be a Finnish missionary in Hungary. Well, he got called to serve in Hungary, but by then I also moved back to Finland.
I guess he does not mind that he is serving in Hungary.
Then we have a picture with Viktor. He is just so amazing and talented. We hope that he can go on a mission. He would be such an amazing missionary and tool in Heavenly Father's hand.
Then a picture with my childhood friend Anett. Oh, yeah we had so much fun when we lived very close to each other, but then later on they moved far away from us and that made it a little bit harder.
And there is a photo with Anett's dog. Bloky she is so extremely old that I do not even know how, but older than 15 years old for sure.
And there are some random pictures that we took before we left.
Our train left on Sunday evening.
If any of you ever had a clue what would it be on a train that was doing deportations then you can imagine what I felt during the 1 hour of our train trip.
Luckily my husband came just in time to ask me to go to his car, because on this train woman and man is separated, but in his car there were 2 Hungarian guys. They were so nice. We had such a good conversations with them and overall they let me sleep there with my husband. I was so grateful for them.
But let me tell you what happened on the train when the Ukrainian border guard lady arrived to the train Martin already heard that she said in Ukrainian, that she wants to talk with that Latvian.
His passport is full with visas since he served his mission in Ukraine. And it was also very strange that he is speaking Ukrainian. If that lady was a church member then surely she would not wonder anymore why on Earth he has that many visas and anyways why on earth he was in Ukraine for such a long time. Then here comes the fun. She asked me, who I am. What is that guys name (referring to my husband) when was he born, what month, what year? Where was he born? How do I know him? Where does he live? Where are we going? I know that it is hard to imagine, but try it. You travel somewhere where someone jumps to you and starts to ask about your husband. Then I guess she was satisfied with the answers then she turned to Martin. She asked my husband to read from his passport. Just to prove it that he can read Latvian language. Then he had to translate it into Ukrainian. Luckily he is a translator and anyways he is just so calmed person so that I guess he would also sing the national anthem in Latvian if the lady would have asked him to do so.
After he proved that he is Latvian and I proved it that I am married to this person by my side, she left us.
The 2 guys almost could not stop laughing. One of them said I was expecting that you would also have to dance some folk dances. And you know what, actually last year Martin was teaching Latvian folk dances at the Youth Conference. So, I guess he could have done that too. I love to have this amazing husband.
And where ever we go it is almost always like this. How on earth this Latvian and Hungarian came across? Well, it was so well planned earlier. I believe so :)
So, here are some photos from Lviv (Lvov) the city used to be a Polish city.
It still looks different than the rest of Ukraine, at least for me.
By the way that goat was eating in a public park with some other cows around it and some bulls too. I thought it is interesting because I have never seen goats, cows hanging out in public parks in the city center.
The rest of the photos were made around the branch house. Martin had some zone conferences in that branch house, but unfortunately no one was when we were there.
So, that is why we just have some photos from out side.
So, it was a great trip back to Hungary.
So, we traveled from Riga to Lviv (Lviv=Lemberg) Ukraine and because Martin served in Ukraine he could speak and see "his" country again.
We left at 11.40 am from Riga and arrived at Lviv 6.50am (19 hours) ok, I won't complaint, but those who have been pregnant and even had nausea can imagine what I felt when the guy, who was sitting behind my husband started to eat garlic, some kind of pickles and already smelled from alcohol. BRRRRRRRRrrr so, anyways.
These photos were taken in Poland as we traveled through on the whole country.
We arrived at Lviv just in the morning.
We were planning to go by train to Nyiregyhaza, but our train would leave only in the evening at 9pm so that would have been such a waste of time so then we asked in this bus station what other possibilities they would have to get closer to the Hungarian border. The lady told us that there is a little bus which leaves in 15 minutes that goes to Uzgorod. I was so fed up with buses so I told my husband that I only go if there is a toilet in the bus. The lady said nope, no toilets.
We stepped a little back and started to think what should we do and ( I am so grateful for this thought) we decided that we will go with this bus just to get closer to Hungary as soon as possible. Martin was standing in the line and I went to search for the bus. I found it. Then I went back to tell my husband to hurry because the bus would leave in couple of minutes.
There was not that many hope that we could make the bus since there were still 2 people in front of Martin in the line.
So, I went to the bus and asked a lady, who was also waiting for the same bus to get on. I asked her if she speaks Latvian (not that I would speak, but at least I speak more than Ukrainian or Russian) I told her at first that "our" husband is buying the ticket and is coming soon so please tell the driver to wait then I realized that I said our husband instead of my husband, oh well. She understood and told to the driver that they need to wait. They were so nice and kind. She just smiled back and said, ok we will wait and don't worry.
Finally Martin could buy the tickets and arrived to the bus so we all jumped into the bus and found out that there is no seats for us. The driver said in 15 minutes you will have seats, so don't worry. He nicely let me sit on the top of the luggage. I sat closest to the driver and I was able to see his timetable what time he is supposes to arrive into different stops so the 15 minutes was a little exaggeration. Actually it took an hour and 10 minutes when we got real seat, but oh, well, we were on the way home.
We traveled through the Carpathian mountains. And I survived the bus ride.
So, here are some photos during our bus ride.
We then arrived to Uzgorod after a 5 hours of bus ride (just right after the other 19 hours that we had from Riga) then we caught another bus to Chop which was another 40 minutes ride then we finally arrived to Chop from where we traveled by train to Zahony and changed a train and when from Zahony to Nyiregyhaza. So, after 27 hours of traveling we finally arrived home.
My parents did not know that we would arrive on Friday. They were expecting us for Saturday. We told to my dad (since he was at home when we arrived home) that he has to tell to my mom that there is a package to her from us. Of course she had her birthday package there and we hide ourselves in the cupboard. It was so fun to see my parents after 7 months.
My dad said that he was planting those red paprikas for me. So, here are some photos about it. And just to make this post shorter. WE also had the fruit carnival on the following day.
On the 15 of September we celebrated my dad's 70th birthday and had a chance to meet my distant relatives well, mostly my closer relatives aunts and uncles. It was also fun.
Then here comes some photos from my dad's birthday party.
He was 70 years old.
The second birthday cake was made by my mom and I made those stuffed cabbages.
Then here comes some other photos from Debrecen. We met Elder Laitinen in Debrecen. He is from Finland and poor missionary had to fulfill my dreams and prayers. Before I finished my mission I prayed that there would be a Finnish missionary in Hungary. Well, he got called to serve in Hungary, but by then I also moved back to Finland.
I guess he does not mind that he is serving in Hungary.
Then we have a picture with Viktor. He is just so amazing and talented. We hope that he can go on a mission. He would be such an amazing missionary and tool in Heavenly Father's hand.
Then a picture with my childhood friend Anett. Oh, yeah we had so much fun when we lived very close to each other, but then later on they moved far away from us and that made it a little bit harder.
And there is a photo with Anett's dog. Bloky she is so extremely old that I do not even know how, but older than 15 years old for sure.
And there are some random pictures that we took before we left.
Our train left on Sunday evening.
If any of you ever had a clue what would it be on a train that was doing deportations then you can imagine what I felt during the 1 hour of our train trip.
Luckily my husband came just in time to ask me to go to his car, because on this train woman and man is separated, but in his car there were 2 Hungarian guys. They were so nice. We had such a good conversations with them and overall they let me sleep there with my husband. I was so grateful for them.
But let me tell you what happened on the train when the Ukrainian border guard lady arrived to the train Martin already heard that she said in Ukrainian, that she wants to talk with that Latvian.
His passport is full with visas since he served his mission in Ukraine. And it was also very strange that he is speaking Ukrainian. If that lady was a church member then surely she would not wonder anymore why on Earth he has that many visas and anyways why on earth he was in Ukraine for such a long time. Then here comes the fun. She asked me, who I am. What is that guys name (referring to my husband) when was he born, what month, what year? Where was he born? How do I know him? Where does he live? Where are we going? I know that it is hard to imagine, but try it. You travel somewhere where someone jumps to you and starts to ask about your husband. Then I guess she was satisfied with the answers then she turned to Martin. She asked my husband to read from his passport. Just to prove it that he can read Latvian language. Then he had to translate it into Ukrainian. Luckily he is a translator and anyways he is just so calmed person so that I guess he would also sing the national anthem in Latvian if the lady would have asked him to do so.
After he proved that he is Latvian and I proved it that I am married to this person by my side, she left us.
The 2 guys almost could not stop laughing. One of them said I was expecting that you would also have to dance some folk dances. And you know what, actually last year Martin was teaching Latvian folk dances at the Youth Conference. So, I guess he could have done that too. I love to have this amazing husband.
And where ever we go it is almost always like this. How on earth this Latvian and Hungarian came across? Well, it was so well planned earlier. I believe so :)
So, here are some photos from Lviv (Lvov) the city used to be a Polish city.
It still looks different than the rest of Ukraine, at least for me.
By the way that goat was eating in a public park with some other cows around it and some bulls too. I thought it is interesting because I have never seen goats, cows hanging out in public parks in the city center.
The rest of the photos were made around the branch house. Martin had some zone conferences in that branch house, but unfortunately no one was when we were there.
So, that is why we just have some photos from out side.
So, it was a great trip back to Hungary.
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