Down Time!

The week started off extremely busy with 7 out of the 8 rooms at the Eden House full but things have slowed down as the weekend approached. I spent a good portion of the week either welcoming or sending off families as they left, or doing laundry. I missed a wonderful photo opportunity (photo op), or as Glenn and I would say, "blog-worthy", the day I started the laundry when a mission team checked out. There were 7 sets of sheets to wash for that one group.



So, since I couldn't show you what I did all week (laundry), I took this picture to show you what Glenn did! If he wasn't taking folks to their doctor's appointments, he was answering emails or talking to our missionaries via Skype.


Cobblestone street that leads to our church

We have had such hot weather for the past month that this rain shower was a welcome relief. The weather channel here called for rain all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but we've only received rain twice during the night and a short shower on Sunday morning. It is currently 68 degrees on Sunday night at 9:15 pm. A little relief! We can tell summer is coming to a close by the changes in the sun rise and sun sets. The sun used to rise at 4:30 am and set about 9:30 pm. Now the sun rises about 5:50 am and sets about 8:30 pm. I am NOT ready for winter, but I am enjoying the cooler weather these past few days!



These little ladybugs are a gift to Glenn and me from Abby and Chloe Pollard, little friends of ours. They are so cute! I'm trying to find just the right place to use them. We had the Pollard family over for hamburgers today after church. (They go to our church.) We had grilled burgers with all the trimmings, deep fat fried french fries (!), and Cambell's Pork and Beans (my last two cans), then we topped off the meal with Emogene's Upside Down German Chocolate Cake with vanilla ice cream on top. What decadence! We didn't eat dinner tonight due to the overindulgence at lunch!


Almonds are ready!

Glenn and I have never seen almonds on a tree so it has been quite a learning experience for us to see how they develop. (I know-you'd think with us living in exotic Budapest that we'd have more interesting things about which to blog.) Anyway...we noticed that our almond tree and a lot of the other trees in the neighborhood have a blight on them, so they are not producing healthy almonds. Anyway, I found the above almond hanging on a friends' almond tree, open like this. When the almond is ripe (do nuts get ripe like fruit?), the green fuzzy outer shell opens on its own to reveal the light brown hard shell that we have to crack ourselves.

Well, as you can tell, not a lot has happened this week that was blogworthy. We did, however, get encouraging news that a couple has responded to our request to work at the Eden House as host/hostess! They have indicated this to the IMB and are waiting for approval, which should come within the next two weeks! Pray that God would confirm or close the door, so that His will be known and done!

Have a good week!