In our first few months here, God has allowed us to grow closer to our teammates and make a few Hungarian friends! Our retired neighbors next door gave us a big treat by asking if they could give the kids a little something for Easter. At 8am Easter Sunday, they put goodies on our back [...]
The day we got on the plane to leave the US for Hungary my 9yr old looked at me with tears in her eyes and said “I . CAN’T . DO . THIS” It was as if time stood still and one of those parenting moments I’ll never forget. And if you know my oldest, [...]
Just a short video I shot while heading downtown for a meeting. It’s the view (as best you can see while in a car) on the Petofi bridge. No, I’m not crashing at the end of it. I dropped the camera while trying to turn it off. This was on one of the recent clear [...]
If you are not careful in Hungary, you too will end up eating Rooster Testicle stew. This language is HARD, really hard. I (Christina) am a Hungarian by heritage (both mother and father born in Budapest) but I’ve never lived here full time. I’ve been speaking Hungarian in the US my entire life and yet [...]
Just a day ago Terry was shoveling snow multiple times a day just trying to keep up with the storm. And now, after a full day of sunlight the paths around our new home are dried up…and so are the roads! Hopefully it can be a small symbol of finding our way our out of [...]
This morning is our big girl’s first day of school in Europe. She was verrrry nervous! But, her teacher and her classmates did a great job of welcoming her. So far everything about the school looks great and we’re excited for her new adventure. It’s an international school and she’s got classmates from Hungary, Russia, [...]
We’re six days into our new life in Budapest and we’re getting some real snow. From what we’ve heard, this is the first real snow storm of the season. Praise God that we were able to not only get here before the storm, but look at houses, get bank accounts setup and a host of [...]
Yesterday we successfully landed in Budapest! It’s still a bit surreal. We were last here in May of 2009. It’s been nearly three years of grueling preparation and now we get to ‘start’ We are so thankful to Keith and Beverly Sellers (and their daughter and son) for giving us a place to stay. We [...]