First Ten Days

It's been already 10 days since I arrived to the States, wow! I spent the first week with Pastor Brown and his family in Hobart, IN and Cincinnati, OH. What a blessing it was to be with this awesome family that kind of adopted me. :) Right now I'm in Lafayette, IN - ready to start my counseling classes in just a few hours!!! I'm sooo excited! :-)

I still love the sunshine! :)

Goliath, THE dog

Proof for Timi, my wonderful roomate - this is how big Goliath was! :-)

Pastor Brown and Daneth, my new American parents :)

New little friends, Jilian and Zane

On the Purple People's Bridge between KY and OH

My room for two weeks in Lafayette

Thank you for all your encouraging notes and cards from Hungary!

Craft night with the ladies in Lafayette, preparing for VBS

Windy City

The Lord has blessed me with so many unexpected things since I arrived to the States. On Tuesday a family from church took me to Chicago and ... well, they spoiled me. Here are some pictures from the "great city of winds".

Lake Michigan

My tourguides, Wendy and her wonderful parents: Dean and Ada Miklos

On the Seadog

Beautiful view from the boat

Navy Pier

Lunch at "Elephant and Castle", a British restaurant

The Bean

Buckingham Fountain

Skydeck - on the top of the World :)

On the Ledge

Sears (Willis) Tower - 412 meters, 103 floors - Do you see the little balcony? :)

Thank you, Lord, for this wonderful gift!

Old and New Friends

What an encouraging first Sunday this was! I met some wonderful people in Hobart and Valparaiso, Indiana. I was so touched by their love and kindness, and I was just overwhelmed by the goodness of God I experienced in these two churches. It's such a blessing to belong to the family of God, and know that wherever I go I'll meet brothers and sisters in Christ! They were all so very gracious and encouraging, especially taking in consideration that I presented our ministry for the first time in English! :)

I had the privilege to see some dear friends as well tonight, Wayne and Susie Vanderwier and Donna Snow-Dujmovich, who is the mom of one of my girls in the Bible School. I'm so thankful for all that God has blessed with me in these past couple of days!!!

Good Afternoon, America!

By the grace of God our plane landed safely in Chicago at 3:15 pm yesterday. I had a wonderful trip, and no jetlag praise the Lord! Pastor Brown and his wife are such a blessing!!! They gave me a little tour in downtown Chicago and then we came home to Hobart, IN. We had dinner at a very cute restaurant. Since I already miss soup I ordered lemon rice soup and fresh salad, it was delicious!

As I woke up this morning (on my waterbed :-)) God reminded me on the verse one of my friends wrote me just before leaving Hungary: “It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.” (Deut. 11:12) We’ve been studying Deuteronomy for the last couple of weeks and I’m so amazed by God’s faithfulness and care for His children! Isn’t encouraging that the Lord’s eyes are on us as well continually???

Tomorrow, Tomorrow... :)

I promised I'll post pictures this summer!

Well, here's the first one: LAST BREAKFAST AT HOME. I'm so thankful for Timi (my room mate) and Johanna (our guest from Germany, graduate of the BI) who helped so much with finishing everything as I am getting ready for the looong trip! We just found out not long ago that we are on the same flight with Johanna until München!!! God is perfect! We leave our house tomorrow at 4:15 am. Thank you for praying!

Two weeks!!!

Many of you asked about my itinerary, so here’s what I know now. It’s all in God’s hands, the best place I could ever imagine!

June 1-7 Hobart, IN

June 8-22 Lafayette, IN

June 23-28 Hickory and Muskegon, MI

June 29-July 1 Mishawaka, IN

July 2-23 Indianapolis and area, IN

July 24-August 2 Dallas, TX

August 3-7 Cooperstown, NY

August 8-10 New York City, NY

August 11-19 Schroon Lake, NY

August 20-22 Piseco, NY

Thank you for praying! I’ll do my best to keep you updated and post pictures regularly! :)

God of Wonders

Yes, my Travel Authorization was APPROVED yesterday!!! Thank you for praying, the Lord is so good to me! I praise Him for His wonderful deeds!

"Come and hear, all you who fear God;
    let me tell you what he has done for me.

I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue 

If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;

 but God has surely listened
    and has heard my prayer. 

Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected my prayer     
    or withheld his love from me!"

(Psalm 66)