Crux is living in Budapest, Hungary helping a couple move their Crisis Pregnancy Center ministry from an old building into a gorgeous, newly renovated office. We finished the move last week and are now putting the finishing touches on the office, organizing, and leading prayer and worship each morning with the staff and clients.
Our contact, Ed, is a bit of a perfectionist who adores his new wooden floors. There are strict rules of what one can and cannot place on the floors in fear of scratches/dents in the wood (which is totally understandable since Ed wants the new office to as professional as possible).
But… there was a slight mishap Monday morning. Steph woke up early and sleepily stumbled her way through the living room
and realized she was standing in 3 inches of water. A valve in the kitchen burst and flooded the entire flat! We jumped up and started cleaning immediately, scooping up buckets upon buckets of water. All of the boxes were soaked. Katie and Audrey tried to buy cleaning supplies, but it was a national holiday and ALL stores were closed. Ed was gone and we didn’t have a working cell phone to call him. We were stuck in a flooded apartment in a foreign city. Luckily it only took a couple hours to clean. We watched a couple episodes of our beloved Bones and finally relaxed.
As we were leaving to wander the city later that afternoon, I smelled gas fumes in the office. Somehow, the flat had been leaking gas and we didn’t realize it until then. We aired out the apartment and left before it poisoned us. Then, after supper the fumes disappeared and Audrey got the bright idea to boil an egg in the microwave, since we’re lacking a stove this month. She put a whole raw egg into a bowl of water and cooked it for 10 minutes. (Mind you, the microwave is in the middle of the living room). About 9 minutes into it, the microwave exploded: the door 
flew open with a loud bang, fumes, and we blew up Ed’s microwave. All in a day’s work!
