We feel loved and missed!
The highlight of the week was when we received a care package from the Empty Nest class at West Cobb Baptist Church in Marietta and it was great!! We are trying to swap out all the old, moldy VHS tapes at the Eden House with DVD's for our families to enjoy when stuck there for a few days of medical care. We put the word out at the church when we were there in December and these wonderful folks responded in their typical abundant style! They also threw in a few special things for us off of our wish list, like caramel apple dip, Velveeta cheese, Heath chips and maple syrup for good, ol' pancakes! One of our families was there for a full week with 3 kids; they really enjoyed them!! Thank you, friends! Many M's (code word for "missionary") will enjoy and appreciate your generosity.
I am the new Farkel Queen!
On Friday afternoon we had our weekly team meeting which has grown tremendously with the arrival of Brian and Michelle two weeks ago. After our meeting Mary and Alvin, our other team members, invited all of us to stay for pizza and Farkel, a new (to us) dice game of chance.
Obviously, I won or I wouldn't be telling you about the game. And obviously, I enjoyed it because I won. Anyway, it was a lot of fun and Mary and Alvin crowned me the new Farkel Queen. Move over, Kristie! (Gone but not forgotten!)
Baptism at Budafok Baptist Church
This past Sunday we had our first baptism since our arrival. I tell you, I really think our pastor went to seminary in America or something because he does the Lord's Supper and Baptisms exactly like we do in America, even down to the "Buried with Jesus in baptism and raised to walk in the newness of life." It is kind of sad that there is nothing Hungarian about the way we observe the ordinances of the church here. This church is very much like the churches I attended-in the late 70's & early 80"s-down to the very same songs (Majesty, It Only Takes a Spark). I tell people this church is caught in a time warp!
Next Sunday we are going to attend their "pot luck" lunch because one young man has made a special effort twice to invite us to join the church for lunch. If he has asked us twice, he must really want us to come, so we will. Should be an interesting experience. We'll sit there with our American dish hoping that they will like it, and they will sit there with their bottles of wine. Two world's collide but we'll survive and tell you all about it next week!
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Jonathan said he may get confused and call you Queenie instead of farkel Queen. You know how hard all these name changes can be on a person!
So many new experiences, from food to games, from entertaining trustees to being entertained (wined and dined, so to speak!) by church members. Cile, I'm so glad you have this blog; some day, you'll print it out and be so very glad to have such a great journal (complete with pictures!) of your time in Hungary. Meanwhile, your African clothes and the mancala game were brought as precious artifacts by Adam to NCCS. The music teacher is teaching about music around the world, and she rewarded children for bringing in items from another country. Adam scored big for his class, thanks to you! His class is also learning about France; I need to get in touch with Kari to get some "pointers" on real-life info that he can bring in. You guys are just such a treasure trove of information! (not to mention that you're some of the nicest people that we know!).
With love and faithful prayers,
Pam and Adam
So I told Adam that you were the new Farkel queen, and he looked horrified... I think he misunderstood me! (think like an 8-year old boy....). oops...
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