Shanda did such a phenomenal job on this blog that I’ve decided to use it to show yall as well.  Thanks Shanda for letting me borrow your elbow grease! 

 
                                                                                Dre and Shanda’s excellent adventure


 

  
 
Our adventure started off in Romania where we
visited the city of Targu Mures and a little town outside of Bistrita,
called Viile Tecii. Our time there was a success in terms of ministry
set up and also a great encouragement to the two of us.
 
After a whirlwind 5 days we headed off to Budapest, Hungary, driving
through the night and arriving at 3:30 am, which was no problem for
experienced racers. We took out our sleeping bags and waited patiently
for the bus station to open up.
  
Budapest was beautiful, surpassing all my expectations.
  
Our personal tour guide, Andras, showed us the sites and made sure we has a blast while doing it.
     
Our work… networking and finding new contacts… was done at quaint
little cafes. Nothing makes work go better than mixing it with a
Caramel Machiatto or a steaming cup of Earl Grey.
   
We had impromptu music times, sometimes spontaneous worship broke out,
other times we had our own little concerts in piano stores.
  
We made new friends and felt like we’d known them for years.
  
 
       
We sat in giant wicker onions…

And in a mere two weeks we’d fallen in love with both the people and
the city itself. We’ve left a little piece of our hearts in Budapest.

  
All in all, it was an excellent adventure indeed.