As we were driving from the Eden House to our house late one afternoon, we spotted way off in the distance this familiar, yet strangely out of place, large yellow bus and decided to follow it to get a good view of it (so I could take a picture!!)
Glenn, having mastered the scarey Hungarian driving techniques in only 9 months, was able to catch up with it and get close enough for me to take this picture of it. We are so curious as to who is using it! We've actually seen it once before making it's way down the street infront of our house about 5:00 pm.
Pop wanted to take us out to our favorite restaurant one night as a special treat. The treat was having him and Emogene with us, but I think he wanted to eat too, so I picked this place in our neighborhood that I had heard about from several missionaries that used to live in Budapest. They fondly call it "The Cave" because it is located in the basement of a house that is built on the side of a hill, and it looks like a cave when you go in. Stone walls, rounded or arched ceilings, and kind of underground.
The food was delicious and the portions were huge!
This was kind of our good-bye event, as they left early the next morning. We got up at 3:30 am, left the house at 4:30 am to be at the airport by 5:00am for their 6:50am departure. When we got back to the house, we went back to bed for a couple of hours. I also encouraged Glenn to take a nap that day because we had company coming for dinner that night, and I didn't want him yawning at 8:00 pm!
Pop and Emogene got out of town just before the weather turned cold! This morning it was 25 degrees! Brrrr!
Glenn and I are babysitting some friends' dog while they are in the States for a month. Schatzie (not sure how to spell it in English or Hungarian!) is a beautiful Sheltie that reminds us a lot of Jake, our previous Collie-Sheltie mix that we had in Marietta.
Schatzie's "mother" is my walking partner 3 days a week, so while she is in the States, I will be walking Schatzie. Rather, Schatzie will be walking me!
With company and our work load lately, Glenn and I haven't been doing as much pleasure walking as we have in the past, so today we took Shatsy out for a walk and noticed several things in our neighborhood we haven't seen before...
such as this sign. It wasn't too hard to notice it since it is pretty big and right infront of our house. The cool thing is that we could figure out (we can read!) that it is an advertisement for water, gutter and stone work or repairs.
And we even noticed that the fireplug on the corner of our lot now has new endcaps. We hope that means that there is water in it! One morning several months ago I came outside and water was gushing out one end of it and flooding our yard and the street. We think some mischevious kids must have taken off the endcaps.
But this? THIS we have never noticed nor can we figure out! THIS is where someone has laid a fire by stacking the wood tee-pee stlye with a tall stick poking out the top, and a ceramic pot turned upside down on it! If we were in Africa, we could be pretty certain it is a fetish or a sacrifice to apease some god, but we're in Hungary! We'll let you know if we ever find out what this is about!
It is hard to believe we have been here for 9 months. We've had a great time, but it's because we have seen God work in our lives and the lives of our co-workers. He has provided for our needs, giving us strength and comfort when we needed it. He has answered our prayers for friends with whom we can fellowship and study the Bible. He led us to a church that has welcomed us and made us feel a part of them. When we've had our own bumps in the road or worked with others in difficult situations, just His Presence alone has made it so much easier to bear. We continue to covet your prayers! I know time and distance are tools that Satan uses to his advantage to break your prayer commitment that we so desperately count on. Please don't stop! To God be the glory!
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We remain steadfast in our commitment to pray for you daily! You continue to touch our lives in so many, many ways, and we talk about you often. I was just talking to Jim Scarr about you on Sunday; he and the South African missions team left today for a 2 week trip, so please keep them in YOUR prayers. We love watching the Great Commission being played out in real time, knowing that OUR time will come to go OUT into the world. In the meantime, we know there are plenty of opportunites right around the corner and try to find them where we can.
We love you guys, and we're very happy that December is getting closer, so we can see you again.
Grateful that God put you in our path,
Pam and Adam
Pam,
You are the blessing!
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