Jó napot tól Magyarország!

Hello from Hungary!! The keyboard is very different and I dont have much time so disregard the misspellings and lack of correct punctuation :)

Things here have turned out to be very different than expected, but nevertheless awesome. Our team was originally going to be working at a refugee camp but our contacts in Budapest were in a severe car accident and werent able to house us. So our great organization TeachOverseas scrambled to put something together at the last minute! This week we will be teaching English/Bibleness at a Vacation Bible School for children. I have been working with the preschool children all week and have never wished harder that I had Kathy Weber here with me right now. She would get a kick out of the interesting group we have been working with.

It has been interesting to adjust to teaching as no one speaks English there so we have been getting crash courses in Hungarian. Today I taught the students to play Tail Tag and they loved it!! Otherwise there is lots of pointing, gesturing, and speaking of poor Hungarian. The preschoolers just jabber to me and expect me to understand and I smile and nod a lot! I have a whole new appreciation for the ELL students in my classroom. I came home the first evening with a pounding headache from trying to communicate.

Chelsea, Amy and I are living together this week with a wonderful woman named Greta. She speaks great English has has been so kind and generous to us. Her house is beautiful and just a short walk to the Danube River. We have been enjoying our time with her and she has been brining us to see the sights when we are not teaching at the Bible School. We have seen some castles which housed Matyas the Righteous, old cities, and tried lots of interesting food. Today we had Janos which is fried bread covered in sour cream covered in cheese with garlic on top. Good thing Amy and I shared one because it was really rich. There are so many cultural differences that I would love to talk about and hopefully will soon, but I must now get ready to teach for the afternoon.
All in all, we are having a great time. The hardest thing thus far is the intersting looking old men running around almost naked. They definately love their speedos here! It is also hard to ignore the loud roosters and intense sun at 530 every morning but we are adjusting.

Since I am not sure where we will be next week or what our situation will be, I may not be able to post for awhile. I will keep the blog updated as I can. All this uncertanity has been unnerving, but has really brought our team together. We dont know where we are going or what we will be doing, but we are trusting that God has a plan for us! I will be as interested as you to see where our next posting is from! Much love! Happy Fourth Of July to all!