Summer...

Wow...it's been a while since I blogged! I guess I haven't had a lot to say! But, here it is August 17, summer is coming to a rapid end and I thought I'd better say something!

We had had a good summer. It's been a summer full of camps! As a youngster, I LOVED camp! We were a camping family...we went camping a lot and we attended lots of camps. I looked forward every year to the summer camping adventures!

This summer we got to experience camp Hungarian style and Austrian style. Our team hosts English Camps for 4 weeks in July...2 weeks for Elementary age kids and 2 for teens. Although we were not heavily involved this summer, we were around nearly every day to see the camp in action and too help out when we could.

We then traveled to Austria to help out with the Teen English camp in Reutte. Mark was the camp speaker for the week, so we got to experience how the Innsbruck ReachGlobal City team does their camps. On the way home from Austria, we joined the teens from our Hungarian Church for their camping trip in western Hungary. We only spent one day and night with them, but it was fun to see the kids from our church (and the adult counselors) and spend a short time with them.

By the time we got home, we were camped out! It was all a lot of fun, but we were glad to be home! We are so thankful for the opportunities that we have had to help out with camps this summer, so see what camp is like in different cultures. We are also so thankful that our house in Budakeszi has really become home when we come back. Another way that God has provided for us!

School starts for the boys on September 1st. (I think) It will be good for them to get back to school and back to hearing and using Hungarian daily. Pray for them to really start soaking up the culture and language and that we all have good communication with the teachers.

lovingly,

Jodi