Hungary Top Ten

November 4, 2009 | by archiveworldraceblogs

1. Movie Night. Bambi and I
   shared a tent for the first half of the month and on our third night we
   turned our tent into a movie theater and watched Step Up. We also attempted to watch Step Up 2 a
   couple days later but we both fell asleep.

2. Team Date
   Night. Goodness Gracious planned a date night
   for Beautiful Feet. I really loved
   being able to share this time and have a little fun with my team. We had love letters that a member from
   the other team wrote us, and we as a team had written an encouragement
   letter to each member of our team.

               

3. Youth
   Conference. We attended a conference the 16 and 17th
   at the Baptist Church. I’d say
   there were at least 100 youth there! These kids place a fire in my heart to see the youth at home rise
   up. These kids don’t care what
   others say about them they just love Jesus! 

4. Hungarian
   Thanksgiving. For the second month in a row we got to
   experience Thanksgiving. In Hungary
   just like in Moldova Thanksgiving is to give thanks for the Harvest. The food reminded me a lot of home.

           

 

           

5. Girls Night
   Out. The 5 of us girls that stayed in
   Szekefeherevar went out for dinner. We enjoyed some pizza and girl talk. After dinner we got some dessert and
   Birkleigh introduced me to gummy rats…they are very delicious 🙂

6. Bowling. We went Bowling with some of the youth
   and young adults we met from the second church we contacted. We played Americans vs Hungarians and
   afterwards we went back to the church and they had made us, Goulash, a
   Hungarian meal. These are the
   people that I will never forget, a piece of my heart was left in Hungary
   when I left them!

           

7. Hungarian
   Hospitality. The mind set between Americans and
   Hungarians is so different. America
   would be such a friendly place if we gave and served the way Hungarians
   do. Please read my Hungary vs
   Virginia blog to understand more of what I mean.

 

8. Testimonies. This month is the first country since
   being gone that I’ve shared my testimony. By being willing to share the Lord has opened doors to talk to many
   people about my life. When your
   willing to be honest and vulnerable with people you don’t even know God
   uses you in mighty ways.

9. Support. At the beginning of the month I was
   really concerned about how my trip was going to get paid for because my
   account had been at a stand still for the most part since I left the
   US. But PRAISE GOD my Oct 31
   deadline was met by the middle of the month, and my Feb 1st goal is slowly
   being reached. If you still want to
   give but haven’t been able to it’s not too late!

10. My Birthday! I’ve decided that World Race birthdays
    are some of the best! I got to
    celebrate two days in a row…I know not normal. And then in Sofia we celebrate all of
    September and October birthdays! I
    have to say that my Golden birthday was a hit, and probably one of the
    best birthdays ever!  For dinner Ralphie and I celebrated our birthdays together at T.G.I.Fridays.
    

           

 

           

11. Knitting
    Natural. I FINALLY learned to knit. I so badly wanted to learn in
    Ireland. I wanted to learn so badly
    in Ireland that I went out and bought needles and yarn. I finally asked Ashley to teach me and
    who knew that I’m actually pretty good!! It’s become my new habit, hopefully that’s not a bad thing!

12. Coffee. This is the first month where I decided
    to cave in and try some coffee and surprise surprise I actually liked it!

13. Paul and
    Tres get in touch with their feminine side. These
    pictures will hopefully explain it all.

     

14. Daina
    getting baptized in the sink. To read more about this check out Daina’s blog Bathing…the Jesus way!!
    

    

 

15. Day alone
    with Birkleigh and Bethany. The three of us
    got left behind when we were in Pecs. There was a mis-communication about getting to town. We made the best of it by having a photo
    shoot, relaxing, eating breakfast for dinner, and having a movie
    night. I have videos of the whole
    day that will be posted soon.

           

 

               

           

      

16. I dyed my
    hair. I was
    excited to find hair dye that wasn’t very expensive and found the closest
    color to what I normally get. It
    ended up being a bit darker but I love it!

17. Mexican. The couple we stayed with in
    Pecs had some hidden taco seasoning from America so we blessed them by
    making taco’s. It was SO good.