Hungary vs Virginia

This was written a little over a week ago:

I can even take this
title a step forward and say Hungary vs America. Since being in Hungary it’s opened up my eyes
to how much we take for granted in America. When I compare this town to those towns I’m in on a regular basis at
home it’s very obvious the difference! In America “Christians” take for granted what it’s like to
worship and love God without any persicussion. The first youth group we went to was when I began to realize just how
much we take for granted. The kids in
this youth group talked to us about the differences about how we look at
Christianity and how they look at Christianity. Matthew 3:8 says: Prove by the
way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. The youth here live that out daily. The first night Bambi got to talk to one of
the youth, who I eventually got to talk to as well. The conversation started when they noticed a
few of us had tattoos. The conversation
Bambi had with this kid was absolutely amazing! He said that he doesn’t wear any jewelry or Christian t-shirts because
he doesn’t want those things be how people notice that he’s a Christian, but
instead he wants the way he lives to be how they know he’s a Christian. WOW!! If all Christians believed that and lived that way things would be a lot
different. We shouldn’t have to wear a
cross around our neck, have the fish on our cars, or wear Christian shirts for
people to know that we are Christians, but our love for others should be how
they know that we are Christians. They
should desire to have what we have because we seem so different!

My eyes have also
been opened to just how much people give here!! They don’t give because they have to, but because they want to. How much of a difference would it be to give
because we want to not because we feel we have to! Since being in the churches we’ve been
overwhelmed with the amount that they want to give. Do our laundry, provide most of our meals ,
provide housing for free, and when we go out to do things just to spend time
with the amazing people here, they give by paying for us. How much of a difference would it be in
America if we were so willing to provide meals to those who don’t have meals,
open up our houses or churches for complete strangers to come in and live and
then spend almost every waking moment with them. I’m so overwhelmed with how awesome these
people are. I love the time that we’ve
gotten to spend with these awesome people. They have taken off work to spend time with us. These people are Christ and they don’t even
realize it! I wish I could make you
realize how awesome these people are, but what I want to say words can’t
describe.