First I need to apologize for any spelling or grammatical errors. I know speak in this strange "Hunglish," as I call it. I talk with people who only know English as their second language, and I know that my prepositions and phrasing have been affected! So I apologize...I'll have to relearn English when I get home to the States!
I wrote about helping Ildi on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Friday, I got to work with Sanyesz again! Sanyesz is great. He is very funny, and I always enjoy talking with him. He has such a great heart for the youth group teens. It is very encouraging to see his love for them.
Anyway, that morning there was a staff meeting. Zoli's wife Edit has an injured finger that she has to protect, so she has not been able to do housework or change diapers or anything for about a week. I was able to help her with the kids during the staff meeting so that Zoli could attend. It was so fun to look after their two girls. I really enjoyed spending time with them.
Aftewards, I headed to Paulus to meet with Sanyesz. We went over things about the youth group and details for Converse. It was a very good meeting, and I felt like we accomplished a lot. At 3, Sara Kazar took me to get ice cream. I love Sara so much and I'm so thankful that she is here to talk with. She has so much wisdom to offer, and I love listening to her! It was great to get ice cream and just talk for a little but. She is American, and she first went to Hungary in the 80s when it was still part of the Soviet Union. She ended up staying, meeting Andras, getting married and having her family in Hungary, as she and Andras served as missionaries, eventually starting Paulus in 2001 and building it up from there. Anyway, she had loaned me a book (actually Viki loaned it to her and Sara loaned it to me) about a missionary, Darlene Deibler Rose. The book is called Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II. This book is incredible - I urge you to go get it right now and read it! I find Darlene to be such a great example of what it means to follow the Lord, no matter if you are a missionary or not. So Sara and I talked about the book, Paulus, etc. It was very nice and restful for me.
When we got back to Paulus at 4, I loaded up with Endre and Zoli to pick up a team from the airport. This group came from Roswell, GA. This is their third year teaching an English camp at Paulus. It was nice to talk with Americans! Ahh! Familiar accents! It was very strange at the same time, to talk to people from home. After they dropped their stuff at the hotel, we took them to Campona for dinner. Campona is a mall, and the food court has lots of options. The group all got gyros or traditional Hungarian food. I saw the McDonalds, and since talking with these Americans had made me miss home a little, I had to go for it! The Diet Coke even had some ice in it! And the french fries were perfect. I never thought there would be a day when I would actually really want to eat McDonalds over anything else, but it happened. My excuse was that I am becoming Hungarian (all of the Hungarian teens and kids LOVE McDonalds. Its a rare treat here, and its always the first choice in fast food). I thoroughly enjoyed my meal. Plus its kind of a tradition for Melicks to eat McDonalds in other countries...I know that Daddy and my aunt would be proud!
Today I went to the Paulus meeting with the Roswell team. I really learned a lot from that about how Paulus handles the incoming groups. I'm glad I went to the meeting. Endre and Zoli asked me to go with the team to Balaton for the day, but I'd already made plans with some girls from the youth group. I'm really glad I stuck with my original plans, because I had a nice relaxing day off! It was fun to spend time with the girls, and then I got to spend some time with my Hungarian family, Janos, Ildi, Benedek, and Lilla!
SB, this post made me laugh so hard--because I had exactly the same reaction to McDonald's when I was abroad! We didn't have any nearby in Brussels (not many chain restaurants, period), and Katelyn took me to one in London. I hadn't had a hamburger in months, and it really seemed like the best thing I'd eaten up to that point in my life! haha So glad that you're staying busy and having such a wonderful time! Miss you!
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