We Got Mail!

Thus begins another busy week! Since our main responsibility right now is to be in full-time language study (I know my Dad. He is thinking this is a lot like our "reading days" in seminary!) I thought I'd show you some of our study materials.



This book is one of our resources. The title is "Hello, Here's Hungary! The word for Hungary is Magyarorszag because the Magyars settled in this place back in 896 (and the word for country is orszag). When I have to say, "I am an American living in Hungary", I stumble all over the word Magyarorszag!



We love the picture textbooks that we use! We are following these ficticious people of different nationalities who have come to a small town near Budapest called Debrecen to study Hungarian (because it is such a desired language to know). The book starts off, of course, with their introductions to each other, and then proceeds to telephone conversations, them getting together to eat in a restaurant (so we can learn how to order food), them telling about their families back home, etc. It's really quite comical! Especially Kurt who is trying to make the moves on Marta! The accompanying video tape is doubly cheesy! Great for late night comedy!



We got our first piece of mail addressed to us! Unfortunately, it was a bill for shipping our crates, but hey, we now have a home address! Other than this one bill, all we have received is junk mail; the same as you get in America! If you would like to write us rather than email us, our address is on the link --Wish List-- above. (This is NOT a subtle way of asking for care packages; it's just that some of you have asked for our address, and that's where it is located.)



Tuesday night we had dinner with fellow missionaries Karen and Brad. Karen is from Maryville, Tennessee where our son Chris and his wife Kate live!



This is the view from Karen and Brad's house! It has a beautiful view overlooking the city of Budapest, but on windy days it can be quiet scarey!



Saturday night was "Ladies Night Out"! We met over at Kristie's house and spent the evening getting caught up on everyone's news. Kristie just returned earlier this week from a 7 month stateside assignment (formerly called "furlough") and is already unpacked and ready to party! Cile's kind of friend! One of the ladies, Kesha, brought a Dr. Pepper for everyone. (She bought a couple of cases when she went to Slovakia a couple of weeks ago, and was kind enough to share them with us!) As we were leaving around midnight, we got to see the full lunar eclipse!

Unfortunatley, Cile's time with Dr. Pepper, Max (as in Pepsi Max, our version of Diet Pepsi) and chocolate so late at night, kept her up until 4:30 AM. That's why 20 people got an email from her between 1:00 and 4:00 AM!




This is our house, into which we have NOT YET MOVED! We are still waiting on a phone and internet access; otherwise, we will have to go back and forth to the Eden House to make and receive calls, messages and emails. We will give you more pictures of the inside as we get it unpacked!

Now in closing, we want to show you some pictures we took during the week that kind of amused us.


U.S. mailboxes for sale!!!


Sign along a busy road on the outskirts of town. Cracked Cile up just to see it in English. To whom are they marketing?


What? Where am I?????