God's Provision

Still in the midst of birthday week here in Hungary. We celebrated both boys yesterday by going to Aqua-World. It was really fun and relaxing! It's a HUGE indoor water park attached to a Ramada Resort hotel on the waaaaaaayyyyy north side of Budapest, so it was an adventure just to drive there. Every time we get somewhere new, we feel very good that we made it and even better when we make it back home! (I'll post pictures later!)

This morning, Mark got up early to head to the depot where our shipping container is sitting. They are going to open it this morning, and transfer all the items (those of you who helped us load the thing will understand how fun that will be) to their warehouse and then early next week on to trucks to our house! We decided (after advisement from MANY) it would be a good idea for Mark to be there to see the unloading, and make sure all of the stuff really makes it to OUR house and not someone elses! It will be very exciting to have our things and get truly settled in!

Tuesday, we visited the public school in Budakeszi to check out how it might work for our boys to attend school. We were thankful for the visit with the vice-principal, who our landlady knew, and we even got to sit in on the classes to see what they are like. This school has a bilingual program where the classes are taught in both English and Hungarian. The classes have two teachers, both speak English, but one is a native English speaker and one Hungarian. The students are learning in both languages. The boys seem excited about attending this school. Pray for us as we continue to decide the best choice for them, and about when they should start. They can enroll as soon as we have our residency papers finalized!

We have felt a strong sense that our boys should go to Hungarian school. For language learning, it's the best way! But also because we know that it's a huge way to build relationships in our community of Budakeszi. We feel that God placed us here,in this specific place, for His purposes. We are very thankful for the bilingual program, which will help our boys learn Hungarian and also help them to feel...not completely lost while they are still picking up the language and culture. We can only give God the credit for putting us here and providing for our family in this way!

love you all!
Jodi