Six months, six lessons – part 1

Exhibit graph A: Change in Activities in Hungary, courtesy of Jessica’s doodles

Saturday marked six months since we flew out of Louisville for Hungary. In that time, we’ve learned a lot – about how people live in other parts of the world, about God’s heart for humanity, about His ways with us, about how pointing at things can get you further in communication than you think, and so on. You know this, you’ve been reading our stuff. Still, six months away blows our minds a bit, and we’ve got to reflect on progress made and lessons learned. Here, I think, are six lessons God seems to have been teaching us over the last six months — split into two parts because I (Jessica) got long-winded. (Here’s part two!)

Let’s catch up!

These shirts were an amazing gift from our good friend Krisz! One of these statements is true...

Hello! Clearly it’s been a while since we’ve updated our site. So, we’ll just go ahead and catch up by answering some of the questions you might have about what’s been going on here in Hungary.

Q: How were your holidays?
A: Thanks for asking! While we definitely missed being with family and friends during the holidays, we were blessed to be able to celebrate here in Hungary. We were most homesick at Thanksgiving, maybe because it’s not celebrated by Hungarians, but we were especially grateful for FaceTime that day! And we had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with our softball girls during our weekly ministry night with them that fell on the holiday.

Christmas was a bit more enjoyable as those around us were in the festive spirit as well. We enjoyed visiting the Christmas markets in Budapest and celebrated with our colleagues at OM. We were also blessed to be able to take a short trip to London between Christmas and New Year’s. We had beautiful weather and a nice mental break in an English-speaking world for a short time.