Conquering our fears!

Today, Mark left very early (I was sound asleep) to catch the "public" into Budapest. My goal for the day was to drive, for the first time in HU,to take the boys to McDonald's for lunch and to buy groceries at Tesco (think smallish walmart). I woke up feeling not so brave. BUT, if you don't get out and do things, you are stuck, and I am not one to be stuck! So...I said to the boys, should we go to McDonald's for lunch? Parker's answer was a strong "YES", but Jonah did not want to go. So I asked him if he was nervous, and he was. I told him I was too! BUT...we decided that we have to be brave and try...or we'll never get any more comfortable in our new home.

Joshua 1:9 says "This is my command- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." (even to McDonald's and Tesco!)

So, we loaded up and took off for McDonald's. Driving was no sweat, after all, I don't have to speak to anyone in Hungarian to drive (unless of course I get pulled over...). We made it just fine to McD's and I ordered for all of us (Happy Meals for the boys...actually called Happy Meals in Hungarian...also Chicken McNuggets are the same!) and the lady was very nice and helpful. We had a great meal and then went to Tesco for Groceries.

Grocery shopping...well, lets just say that we were there for about an hour and a half...trying to find everything we wanted. Some things have too many choices and then other things have no choice at all. Some things I have NO idea what they are! But, we got lots of fun things to try and we checked out without too much trouble. We all got in the car and were glad to be headed home.

It seems as though every little thing is just a little harder than normal, but...we just keep trying and we keep botching the language and every day seems a little more normal. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers. OH...and, I got the oven lit today! Thank you to my landlady who emailed me instructions! Let the baking begin!

OH...also Mark's venture to the immigration place was not too successful, but we got more information on next steps, so keep praying that the residency process goes well for us!