Last Two Weeks in Hungary

This is called the Bus for Life

It's a traveling library and evangelism tool that we parked in a town square of a town called Kishkunmasja. We helped a pastor named Attila with a big outreach to the community.


We got our faces painted and passed out fliers to invite the community to a kids program and to the services in the evenings.

These are my fellow clown friends :)

In the evenings we also got to do some drama presentations.



Then we got to eat an awesome Hungarian dinner that they provided.

And as a group we painted a backdrop for the stage!


Then we went to a famous lake called Balaton. There was a huge Christian conference there and we helped out a fairly famous Hungarian (famous in Christian circles :) named Danny Kish (he's one of 14 kids who are all following Jesus and making a big difference in Hungary!) with a beach outreach in the afternoons.

We pulled up the bus on the beach and unloaded games galore!


Cool parachute

slip n' slide!

And much more. :) Although it was challenging to talk to people because of the language, the kids who joined us had a lot of fun and thankfully there were also many Hungarian helpers who got to speak with the people.

We also got to see some of our friends from our first camp in Liter!

And now our time in Hungary is over.

I would say it was a time of inward transformation amidst a flexible frenzy of outreaches. :)

Lots of love given and received.

Lots of new perspectives.

Lots of love and peace in my heart as I return to Austria.

Lots of excitement in my heart as I wait to see my parents tomorrow!

Two week break, here I come. :)

Hungarian BBQ!

So the last day of our time in Cegled, we got to go to a traditional Hungarian BBQ in one of the church family's gardens.

You first get some fat, put it on a skewer and roast it over the fire, dripping the juice from the fat on your delicious Hungarian bread. You also roast an onion, and after you have patiently roasted, you throw it all on the bread along with some tomatoes for an incredibly tasty sandwhich, Hungarian style!

Here's our team roasting away.

We also got to eat some amazing fruit, freshly picked from their garden!
Lindy with the plumbs

Me with some grapes

Jake with a pear


To top off the evening, we got to go hear one of our student's parents play live music at a restaurant! We had a fun dance party. :)

It's been awesome getting to taste so much Hungarian culture!

I have a visa!!!

This is somewhat old news, but I realized I hadn't posted a blog about it yet!!! Myself and my whole team now have visas that will enable us to stay in Austria for the remainder of our time here. Praise God! Thanks so much for your prayers- they were powerful and effective. :) God has really used our visa situation for the good- He sent us to Hungary this summer for a win/win situation: OM Hungary needed more help to enable them to serve churches in their summer camps and we needed visas- both have been a success!



This past week we were in yet another Hungarian town serving a reformed church. We were English teachers for a week long English and Bible camp. I got to teach the older group of 13-16 year olds along with my teammate Jake. They were a really creative bunch so we got to do a lot of cool crafts and drawings!

There was a group of 4 teens that called me their own and were sure to save a place for me at every meal. They were full of smiles and eager to test out their bank of English questions (and just as eager to teach me Hungarian words). The week was a challenging one, as it was hard to teach effectively and to know how to share Jesus with the students and we were all quite tired, but when one of my male students cried on the last day, saying he would miss us teachers so much, I was thankful to see that God was able to communicate love through us after all.

I think my favorite part of the week was actually getting to interact with the cook for the camp. She was very sick and was the only one cooking when there were supposed to be other helpers (there were about 50 kids at the camp), and as Hungarians are sticklers to their snack times, she had a lot of meals to prepare! She was also having some difficulties with one of her sons. God really laid her on my heart so I prayed for her through the week and tried to encourage her, thank her, and help out as much as I could. When we left today she gave me a big hug and kiss on the cheek and with moist eyes said, "you're a good girl."

Thanks so much for your prayers! I'm so thankful that God is using us to serve His Body in Hungary, even in our weakness!

We have a few days of rest now. :) Praise the Lord. :)

Teachin' English in Erd

These are my students!

This is my evening class. I taught it along with my teammate Lindy and we had an awesome translator...


his name is zőlt! He is also the pastor of the church that hosts the English camp.


This is my morning class! They were a great bunch of students, eager to learn and they really enjoyed their time.

On Friday evening, our last day, we had a Square dance party! We made a lot of food and then taught them to dance! We had a great time.